Turn A Gundam

In the Correct Century, Earth is slowly recovering from a devastating conflict, while much of humanity lives on the Moon. The Moonrace has spent years assessing whether the planet can support their return. Rolan Cehack is sent to Earth on a reconnaissance mission and settles into work with the Heim family, aristocrats whose society marks coming of age with a ceremony around a giant stone figure called the White Doll.

The fragile arrangement breaks when the Moonrace arrives intending to seize Earth. In the attack, the White Doll is damaged, exposing a mobile suit: the Turn A Gundam. Rolan takes the controls, and the machine's presence brings Earth and Moon's forces to a standoff. He and people on both sides face the challenge of preserving peace rather than letting the conflict become catastrophic again.

Sci-fi and mecha action meet a story built around opposing communities and the danger of renewed war. Its central tension comes from Rolan's position between people from Earth and the Moon, while the buried Gundam gives the conflict a striking focal point. The setup pairs a recovering planet and an aristocratic household with a struggle over who will claim Earth.

Turn A Gundam is a finished TV series from 1999, with 50 episodes. Begin with episode 1 to follow Rolan's arrival on Earth and the events that bring the two sides into confrontation.

• A recovering Earth as its setting
• A concealed Gundam at the story's center
• Tension between Earth and Moon
• A young pilot working to preserve peace

Fans of sci-fi mecha action and stories about keeping peace between opposing sides