
Details
- 50
- TV
- 79
- 18022
- FINISHED
- SPRING 1999
- 24m
- JP
- Action, Adventure, Drama, Mecha, Sci-Fi
This story is set thousands of years in the future. The people of Earth have forgotten the space wars of the past, reverting back to a pre-industrial existence. But the lunar settlers known as the Moonrace, who have retained their high technology, now plan to seize their mother planet for themselves. As the war of the worlds begins, a young Moonrace citizen named Loran Cehack, pilot of the legendary Turn A Gundam, struggles to bridge the gap between humanity's long-separated branches.<br><br> (Source: GundamOfficial)
Episodes

EP 1
1. Howling at the Moon
Loran lands on Earth and begins working for a wealthy family as their driver. Meanwhile, he meets up with his fellow comrades and discusses their plans.
Air Date: 4/9/1999Rating: 5.28

EP 2
2. The Coming Of Age Ceremony
The Coming of Age Ceremony begins; however, during that time the Moon Race begins its invasion. The White Doll Statue crumbles revealing the Turn A Gundam and Loran uses it to fight back the Moon Race.
Air Date: 4/16/1999Rating: 5.55

EP 3
3. After the Festival
The Moon Race's attacks continue. Guin orders the area around Vicinity City to be excavated to find more mobile suits. Meanwhile, Loran's conflicted with being part of the Moonrace while on Earth.
Air Date: 4/23/1999Rating: 4.34

EP 4
4. Hometown Soldier
Loran uses the Turn A Gundam to fight off the enemy mobile suits, then meets with the Dianna Counter leadership, lying to them about his use of the Turn A Gundam. Sid excavates new mobile suits.
Air Date: 4/30/1999Rating: 5.72

EP 5
5. Diana`s Arrival
After attacking the Moonrace, Miashei is captured by Dianna Counter pilot Poe Aijee. Sochie and Kihel's mother starts acting strangely upon their return home. Harry and Guin continue negotiations. Moonrace queen Dianna Soriel arrives on the ship Soleil.
Air Date: 5/7/1999Rating: 6.24

EP 6
6. Forgotten Past
Guin and Dianna head through Nocis, having difficulty from the rioting populace. They are helped by Loran and Harry in their respective mobile suits. Dianna and her advisor Miran Rex try to negotiate with Guin.
Air Date: 5/14/1999Rating: 5.11

EP 7
7. Noble Lady Practice
Dianna hopes to reduce hostilities by holding a party between Inglessia and the Moonrace. Guin and Kihel have Loran cross dress as "Laura Rolla" to makes the Moonrace think the Turn A Gundam's pilot is a woman. Guin and Dianna agree to restart negotiations.
Air Date: 5/21/1999Rating: 6.80

EP 8
8. Laura`s Cow
Sochie and Kihel argue due to Sochie's hatred of the Moonrace. Loran hopes to help Moonrace civilian Khuen Morad, who has a sick wife and baby but Sochie refuses to help. The locals protest the Moonrace civilians taking their food.
Air Date: 5/28/1999Rating: 7.05

EP 9
9. Corin Calls it a Gundam
Moonrace criminal Corin Nander is released from cryogenic stasis and brought to Earth. Loran's identity as a Moonrace has become more public due to Fran's reporting. Sochie is skeptical of Loran and hopes to learn to pilot the Turn A Gundam instead.
Air Date: 6/4/1999Rating: 5.26

EP 10
10. Tomb Sweeping
Sochie and Kihel receive word that their mother has gone insane, thinking her husband is still alive. Keith sells the FLAT to the Militia. Dianna and Kihel decide to play a joke and wear each other's clothes, then to temporarily switch places.
Air Date: 6/11/1999Rating: 8.63

EP 11
11. Norse City is Destroyed
The Militia grows restless, but Guin doesn't want to break the ceasefire and Corin wants the Moonrace to launch their own attack. Miran plots to head to the Sunbelt zone without Dianna's permission. Kihel (Dianna) seeks to negotiate and asks Loran to help.
Air Date: 6/18/1999Rating: 6.38

EP 12
12. Underground Corridor
The battle at the excavation site continues and Loran and Kihel (Dianna) head underground. Guin decides to abandon Nocis causing the Militia to desire help from Luziana, a neighbouring area. Kihel (Dianna) orders Corin to stop fighting or she will kill him.
Air Date: 6/25/1999Rating: 5.72

EP 13
13. An Elder Woman
Kihel (Dianna) encounters a local man, Will Game, who is the grandson of her fiance from when she was previously on Earth decades before. Will is digging up what he believes to be a spaceship. Teteth confronts Loran on why he is helping the Militia.
Air Date: 7/2/1999Rating: 6.33

EP 14
14. Seperated, Again
Loran assists with the excavation of the spaceship. Luziana military commander Mulligan introduces the Militia, including Sochie, to the Suicide Squad, led by Gavane Goonny. Miran recommends Dianna declare a Moonrace nation in the Sunbelt zone.
Air Date: 7/9/1999Rating: 5.81

EP 15
15. The Dissapearing Memory
Excavation continues on the spaceship, which Sid hopes to keep secret from Luziana. Will meets Dianna (Kihel) and is brought into the Dianna Counter forces. Will and Poe fight the Suicide Squad and Militia forces. Sochie joins in, piloting the Turn A Gundam.
Air Date: 7/16/1999Rating: 6.87

EP 16
16. All About "Turn A Gundam"
A recap episode. Loran summarizes the events of the first 15 episodes.
Air Date: 7/23/1999Rating: 2.23

EP 17
17. Blowing Dust for the Founding of a Nation
Dianna (Kihel) sends Guin a letter inviting him to the Moonrace's declaration of a nation in the Sunbelt Zone. The Militia starts recruiting Moonrace technicians to join them. Teteth plans to assassinate Dianna.
Air Date: 7/30/1999Rating: 6.87

EP 18
18. Kiel and Dianna
Kihel (Dianna) reveals her true identity to Loran, thinking her counterpart's life is in danger. The Militia launches an attack on the Moonrace forces and Teteth attempts again to kill Dianna. Dianna (Kihel) makes her founding of the state proclamation.
Air Date: 8/6/1999Rating: 6.99

EP 19
19. Sochie`s War
Work continues on the space ship discovered by Will Game, and a Gallop craft is discovered, which Loran is declared captain of. Dianna (Kihel) talks with Harry about those who disagree with her policies, including Agrippa Maintainer.
Air Date: 8/13/1999Rating: 6.68

EP 20
20. Anis` Power
The Suicide Squad is forced to retreat from the Dianna Counter's mobile suits. Loran meets an old woman, Anise Bell. The Red Team, a group of Moonrace who have long been on Earth, attack, hoping to be accepted into Dianna Counter.
Air Date: 8/20/1999Rating: 6.68

EP 21
21. Dianna`s Struggle
Bruno and Jacop join the Gallop, hoping to steal the Turn A Gundam. Dianna (Kihel) discusses Agrippa Maintainer's possible betrayal with Miran and Harry. Lily suggests Kihel (Dianna) help at the local hospital and she directly encounters the anguish the fighting has caused.
Air Date: 8/27/1999Rating: 6.68

EP 22
22. Harry`s Disaster
The Moonrace leadership discusses the effect escaping settlers is having. Harry heads out wearing civilian clothing and sneaks in with some settlers, making it to the Militia's excavation site. Successful tests are performed on the space ship. Harry finds Kihel (Dianna), but she refuses to leave. Poe launches an attack, but she is forced to retreat by Loran and Harry. Guin proclaims the space ship to be called the Willghem.
Air Date: 9/3/1999Rating: 6.68

EP 23
23. The Last Words of Teteth
Teteth meets up with another undercover Moonrace, Meme Midgard about her observations of the Turn A Gundam. Gavane asks Sochie to marry him. Kihel (Dianna) recognizes Midgard. Teteth finds Corin Nander, but he only freaks out upon seeing the Turn A Gundam. Archaeologist assistant Joseph Yaht meets Loran's friend Fran. Teteth manipulates a man named Troy to trick Loran and capture the Turn A Gundam. She also captures Dianna, but exchanges her for weapons. Loran uses the Gallop to trick Teteth and take back the Turn A Gundam. Midgard kills Teteth.
Air Date: 9/10/1999Rating: 6.68

EP 24
24. Laura`s Long Cry
The Red Team and Suicide Squad battle. The Red Team later fights with Poe over repair shortages. Gavane and Sochie's engagement becomes public knowledge. The Red Team demands the Turn A Gundam's pilot fight them and attacks the local hospital. Joseph and Loran join up with the Suicide Squad to fight them off. Kihel (Dianna) realizes the Red Team are the descendants of Moonrace troops left behind decades later. She desires to return to the Moon in order to stop the war.
Air Date: 9/17/1999Rating: 6.68

EP 25
25. Willgem`s Take-Off
Work concludes on the Willghem. Kihel (Dianna) has headed off with Corin Nander and Loran follows in the Turn A Gundam. She realizes the effect the Moonrace's arrival has had on the local populace. Gavane gives Sochie her wedding dress. Dianna Counter's Phil Ackman hopes to destroy the Willghem, but Dianna (Kihel) says to capture it instead. Loran encounters Fran and Keith. The Willghem successfully takes off and escapes the Dianna Counter attack.
Air Date: 9/24/1999Rating: 5.81

EP 26
26. To be Awakened
Kihel (Dianna) and Corin stop by at a nearby village. A mountain is discovered which may contain more mobile suits and both sides decide to go after it. One of Harry's underlings reports to him the sighting of Dianna and Corin. Loran finds them. Dianna hopes to use the Sacktrager space route to return to the moon. The village holds an Earth/Moonrace celebration which includes a float of the Turn A Gundam. Corin sees it and attacks it. Harry arrives. They trick Corin into thinking he defeated the real Turn A Gundam, and he leaves.
Air Date: 10/8/1999Rating: 6.00

EP 27
27. Sunrise at Midnight
Kihel (Dianna) and Loran convince Harry to do some farming so as to experience what is like to be on Earth. The two later leave together. The Suicide Squad reaches the mountain, where the Moonrace is excavating mobile suits. A Moonrace officer, Ralfa, discovers that the mountain contains several nuclear weapons. Dianna and Kihel reunite and switch back to their original places. Dianna and Harry convince Kihel to stay with them. The Gallop and Red Team also rush towards the mountain. Ralfa's pleas for the fighting to stop are ignored. Gavane takes several nuclear bombs with him and fights with the Red Team. The nuclear bombs detonate, lighting up the sky for miles around.
Air Date: 10/15/1999Rating: 7.32

EP 28
28. Entrusted Things
The Militia and Dianna Counter react to the nuclear explosion. Phil orders Poe to acquire the remaining nuclear bombs. Poe demands Ralfa hand over the 2 nuclear bombs he possesses causing him to flee to the Turn A Gundam and Gallop to ask for help. Ralfa gives the bombs to Loran, who places them in the Turn A Gundam's chest, with the goal to bury them or throw them in the ocean. Dianna and Phil argue over what to do. Ralfa brings Sochie and Miashei to the Soleil causing a battle during which he dies. Phil holds Dianna at gun point and Kihel escapes with Harry, trying to trick him into thinking she's Dianna.
Air Date: 10/22/1999Rating: 6.00

EP 29
29. The Two Diannas
Dianna insists to Phil that she is Kihel and he sends Poe out to find her counterpart. Fran catches up with Loran and they head to the Willghem, as does Harry and Kihel. Pretending to be Dianna, she demands to speak with Guin, telling him not to travel on the Sacktrager. Poe arrives and Harry, Sochie, Joseph and Miashei fight her off. Loran soon joins in as well. A guard loyal to Miran lets Dianna out on the Soleil.
Air Date: 10/28/1999Rating: 6.00

EP 30
30. Holding you in my Arms
Miran helps Dianna onto a shuttle that departs the Soleil and meets up with Midgard. The Willghem crew argue over whether Kihel is Dianna. Sochie acts strangely, heading out on her Kapool in her wedding dress. Loran catches up to her and she calls out to Gavane. The Red Team desires to protect Dianna and attack the Willghem. Guin gets them to leave by pointing a gun at Kihel.
Air Date: 10/29/1999Rating: 6.64

EP 31
31. Crying Pou`s Attack
Phil makes a speech to Dianna Counter. Dianna and Midgard depart from Ameria on a ship. A sick Poe searches for the Willghem. Harry confronts her and gives her medicine. The Red Team spots Dianna. The Willghem flies into the clouds since the Moonrace is afraid of lightning. Cancer and Muron of the Red Team catch up to Midgard and Dianna and they head to the ship Gendarme. Loran and the others fight off Poe.
Air Date: 11/5/1999Rating: 6.00

EP 32
32. The King of Myth
The Willghem reaches Manupichi through which they believe they can make it to space. Upon their arrival they find that Dianna Counter already occupies it. Joseph is from the area and says the Adeskan people live in Manupichi. An Adeskan girl named Mayalito believes the Turn A Gundam to be a white devil. Loran and the others encounter her and Quoatl, king of Adeska who says their people saw a vision of a nucelar blast. He agrees to help Loran after they fight and tells them of their legend of the Ades branch. Guin plans to fire the Willghem's mega beam cannon if Loran and the Suicide Squad can't take Manupichi by morning. Another Adeskan named Taruka confronts them, and everyone is thrown in a dungeon.
Air Date: 11/19/1999Rating: 6.00

EP 33
33. Captured Manupichi
Joseph meets up with Mayalito who doesn't believe Quoatl to be a cowardly king. The Adeskans demand Quoatl pick up a sword and fight Taruka, but he refuses. Joseph arrives and provides a distraction, and Quoatl finally fights Taruka. Quoatl had refused earlier challenges because Taruka wasn't ready to become king. Quoatl and Mayalito help attack the Dianna Counter soldiers while the Suicide Squad attacks their cannons. Kihel tries to stop the firing of the Willgehm's beam cannon. Planted bombs destroy the cannons, along with assistance from Taruka. Quoatl and Mayalito sacrifice themselves. Taruka becomes the new king and encourages Loran to head to space.
Air Date: 11/25/1999Rating: 6.00

EP 34
34. Flight into the Ozone Layer
Midgard prepares the Gendarme to head to space. At Manupichi, the mass driver is revealed. Harry approaches the Gendarme in his Sumo but is unable to board it. Miran and Phil argue on the Soleil about what to do. The Willgehm prepares for takeoff, but Poe attacks. Loran fights them in the Turn A Gundam and is helped by Harry. The Willgehm takes off, and is helped by the Turn A Gundam and Sumo, making it to Sacktrager in space.
Air Date: 12/3/1999Rating: 6.00

EP 35
35. Zacktraeger
The Willgehm docks with Sacktrager. The Gendarme is also docked there. Harry gets on the Willgehm and despite some of the crew's hesitancy speaks with Kihel. Midgard sends out forces to attack the Willgehm. Harry, Loran and Sochie try to trick Midgard and sees that he is using Dianna as a shield. Harry is able to install surveillance on the Gendarme. Dianna and Kihel speak to Midgard's pilots and are able to stop the attack on the Willgehm. The Gendarme and Willgehm both depart Sacktrager and head for the moon.
Air Date: 12/10/1999Rating: 6.98

EP 36
36. The Militia`s Space Battle
Michael, Yanny and other members of the Militia are having a hard time getting used to space. Sochie and Kihel spend some quality time together. Yanny and other soldiers get drunk and try to return him to earth in a barrel forcing Loran to rescue him. Michael and Yanny then take Kihel hostage on the bridge, thinking she is Dianna. By sucking the air out of the bridge, they are forced to relent, but flee to the mobile suit deck where they take out to Borjanons and a Kapool. Loran and Harry go out to get them back.
Air Date: 12/17/1999Rating: 6.64

EP 37
37. The Moon Gate
Cancer overhears Midgard plotting with Gym Ghingnham on killing Dianna. She and Muron try to rescue Dianna, heading out on a FLAT and a shuttle. Loran and Sochie ponder where to put the Turn A Gundam's hidden nuclear bombs. Dianna, Cancer and Muron head to the asteroid colony Mistletoe and send a signal to the Willghem. Loran decides that he will hide the nuclear bombs there. Gym discovers that Dianna is at Mistletoe. He launches a force led by Sweatson Stero. Harry heads off in his Sumo with Kihel. Loran and Sochie are attacked by Sweatson's forces and enter Mistletoe.
Air Date: 12/24/1999Rating: 6.64

EP 38
38. The Fighting God, Ghingnham
Loran and Sochie are pursued by Sweatson and his Mahiroos, and Harry tries to stop them by saying he has rescued Dianna. Dianna, Cancer and Muron enter activate the asteroid's systems and fight off Sweatson's forces. They meet up with Loran, and Dianna convinces Cancer and Muron to trust him. Harry admits his love for Kihel and kisses her. The Willghem enters Mistletoe. Harry and Kihel meet up with Gym on the ship Aspite. Sweatson is given orders to attack. The Mahiroos try to lock the Willghem in Mistletoe, but everyone is able to escape before it is destroyed.
Air Date: 1/7/2000Rating: 6.00

EP 39
39. The Exploding Planet
The Willghem continues to depart from Mistletoe. Sweatson and his Mahiroos attack again. Guin speaks with Midgard, and Gym agrees to negotiate and get Agrippa involved. Part of Mistletoe is set to crash into Von City on the moon. Kihel demands Gym destroy it; he initially claims he doesn't have enough weapons, but then agrees to use the Turn X top. Loran plans to use the nuclear bombs stored in the Turn A Gundam to destroy the remains of Mistletoe. Gym recognizes the Turn A Gundam. Loran is successful in detonating the remains of the asteroid with the bombs. Cancer and Muron head back towards Earth in their FLAT.
Air Date: 1/14/2000Rating: 7.91

EP 40
40. Sea Battle Under the Moon
The Turn A Gundam and Kapool enter the moon. There they find a giant river and Loran meets up with his friends Donna and Hammett, who ride dolphins. They head to their house, where a crowd is excited to see Dianna. Guin, Michael and Lily meet with Gym, who says that he's more focused on the military and they should speak with Agrippa. Midgard tries to stab Harry, to no avail. Dianna hopes to head to the Moon capital of Gaingnham and they wonder if they can get there via the river. Working with cloth, giant disguises are made for the Turn A Gundam and Kapool to make them look like whales. Sweatson's group arrives at the Moon and starts searching for them. The Aspite and Willghem descend to Gaingnham. Whales appear, enabling Loran and the others to repel Sweatson's attack.
Air Date: 1/21/2000