Gundam Reconguista afterthoughts

 Possibly the last of Yoshiyuki Tomino major work which unfortunately end in rather bad notes. Gundam Reconguista is easily one of the weaker Gundam series out there despite having Potentials. The series is what you expect from a Tomino series, good animation but hard to follow storyline as the characters behaved rather erratically and for G-Reco it is rather similar to Overman King Gainer. The Premise is about the group of youth trying to make a change in their world with the help of powerful Gundam called G-Self but good intentions without pragmatism never end up well. Tomino might had some ideas for this series but i guess he doesn't have any good writers at the time to help him make these ideas into fruition. I suppose this also had to do when a big series like Gundam, interference from the stakeholders are inevitable considering Bandai will definitely want a return for their investments on the animations. The Mecha designs in G-Reco are actually good but a weak series make it difficult to appeal for general market even though i do like G-Self and Kabakali. The main heroine Aida supposedly had important role in the series but ends up being wallflower most of the time. In the end G-Reco unable to leave a significant mark despite the potential it possess tagging along with Age in the bottom list of Gundam series when it comes to success. As for Tomino, his animation directing skills are superb but his storytelling ability is a lot to be desired.