Turn A Gundam

I'm 11 episodes in and fail to see the qualities of Turn A Gundam although I've really enjoyed other Gundam series like the whole UC universe, IBO and Thunderbird.

My main issue is that the conflict seems to be too light-handed and of little consequence to take serious. The dysfunctional military on both sides is extremely annoying with whichever person of any random rank doing whatever the fuck they want.
The whole thing currently feels more like a child's play - something you'd see at a middle school theater play.

My question is whether the series ramps up in gravity or if it always keeps its frivolity?

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Yes the series ups the gravity, but it never becomes gritty.

Also you're complaining that local militias that are suddenly jumping several hundred years of technology, and what amounts to the security guards for colony ships are being too dysfunctional. They're being exactly as dysfunctional as they should be.

I was underwhelmed at the point you're at, but not enough to drop it. That feeling rarely went away and never for long, but I wound up finishing the entire thing out of a combination of inertia, mild curiosity, and having nothing better to marathon at the time. This being a long while ago.

It got a bit more fun toward the very end, but I'll never understand the pedestal it's often placed upon. I would say it was about three times longer than it should be at the very least.

Thanks

Yes of course they are supposed to be dysfunctional to a certain degree, but I feel as if it is taken to an extreme here. It is more so annoying with the moonrace for which the commander-in-chief (?) was killed in the first meeting and them descending into chaos with no more chain of command.

Hm okay, don't really have an issue with length or pacing anymore after watching LoGH, but I hope it doesn't get repetitive.
I'll probably notice if I fall asleep on my commute while watching it.

Also it doesn't help that Sochie's voice actress permanently sounds like she's nagging regardless of the situation, even when talking to her mother. No change in intonation or stress.

>It is more so annoying with the moonrace for which the commander-in-chief (?) was killed in the first meeting and them descending into chaos with no more chain of command.

Watch more, it'll all start to fall into place.

Turn A gets it's due from the characters being very strong and likeable, even in their goofyness at times, and how well it hammers in it's themes and ideas. It's very much a culmination of Tomino's Gundam in every sense. The only other work of his which is as "complete" is Dunbine.

Also you're looking from way too much of a hollywood perspective. Tomino is very good at showing Military being pretty realistically bogged down by nonsense shit.

>Watch more, it'll all start to fall into place.

That's great to hear

Do you like the ED? Have you seen the second ED?

I've not even seen Turn A before, but Tsuki no Mayu is one of my favourite Yoko Kanno tracks, and overall EDs.

>The dysfunctional military on both sides is extremely annoying with whichever person of any random rank doing whatever the fuck they want.
One side is a hobbled together militia that happened to find giant robots after their best war machines were bi-planes. The other hasnt seen actual combat for thousands of years. What do you expect?

If gets better on the second, or 20 or so episodes.

And then it's kino