1999. As the century passes...
The earth and space will continue onward into a new era.
In this world...
Something from a forgotten history has been found.
And that is, Turn A.
Here are some hints on how you can survive when entering the 21st Century.
TURN
TURN-A
TURN-A TURN,
TURN-A TURN, TURN
TURN-A TURN, TURN-A
TURN-A TURN, TURN-A TURN,
Turn-A Gundam
TURN-A TURN, TURN-A TURN, TURN
TURN-A TURN, TURN-A TURN, TURN-A
toki ga mirai ni susumu to dare ga kimeta no da?
Who decided that time should move forward towards the future?
rakuin o kesu inochi ga rekishi o kakinaosu
The lives that will erase these brands will rewrite history
Everything About TURN A
The key word of this story is the Dark History.
This Dark History took place somewhere around 2000 years ago.
A legacy traced from the present to the earth's humble beginnings. The legend of the unknown past.
Let us open the pages of this legend...
...and explore the dark mysteries that were sealed.
First Chapter "Mobile Suits"
At that time, a few of us from the Moonrace had been given a mission...
...to come and experience the earth.
Everyone...
...the earth is a very good place!
Hurry up and come back! The earth is a very good place!
Everyone, Hurry up and come back!
Loran Cehack - He made his living as a worker...
...and as a servant of the Heim Family.
Why do the earth people always look at things above them but never below?
I suppose it's because they're trapped on the ground.
What are the two of you planning to do once the return invasion begins?
I'd rather not be registered with the citizens who return here.
I'm going to continue learning how to bake bread.
I want to serve people the most delicious bread possible.
I'll become a newspaper journalist!
Those who came with Loran: A Baker's apprentice, Keith Laijie...
...and the news reporter, Fran Doll.
I've stopped...
Sochie, you finished your first solo flight! Congrats!
Sochie...you are a girl of the Heim family...and yet you want to be a Militia pilot. You really are something else.
My sister can handle the family's responsibilities.
l really don't want to end up being the wife of an official or merchant.
Sochie Heim
The younger daughter of the Heim family, an energetic girl who enjoys flying in planes.
How's life at the University?
I won't know until school begins.
They'll just be teaching me things I already know. l want to work as a part of society.
What nonsense are you speaking of?
I don't have any interest in going to college to learn some useless theories.
I'd rather become a productive member of society and learn practical skills.
Kihel Heim
Elder daughter of the Heim Family...
A lovely looking girl whose appearance closely resembles the Moon's Queen, Dianna Soriel.
Are you sure that we're really going to war?
That's just what they're saying.
But then, these whispers can help further my goal of converting this society into an industrialized one.
Typical for a nobleman's heir.
You're using your position as your family's heir to advance development and production.
My father is in politics and diplomacy, so what else would one expect of me?
Guin Rhineford
Current heir of the leaders of Inglessa...
...who seeks to industrialize the region.
On the day of Vicinity's Coming of Age festival...
Then, as the chosen representative, I will now undergo the carving ceremony before the White Doll.
Who among you wants to go up with me?
In the Radio monitoring room of Bostonia Castle, they received a message.
They're used for contacting the Moonrace.
Are they the race of people that have been living on the moon?
I have been organizing and strengthening the Militia because they intend to immigrate here from the moon.
It's not just Inglessa.
They want me to hand over most of North Ameria's Sunbelt Zone.
That's the demand of these spacelings who were living on the moon.
l was there with Milady Sochie, standing before the White Doll on that mountain.
I... won't become an adult if I don't do this?
We had begun the coming of age ceremony, but then...
What?
That's the color of fire!
It really is fire!
It's definitely coming from the direction of Nocis city! It's a huge blaze!
The moonrace's technological tools had begun an attack on Nocis city.
What? Are these people serious!?
They're just a bunch of pests!
It's running...
But it seems to be a machine.
The Inglessa Militia rushed to counterattack, however...
You barbarians... DON'T MESS WITH ME!
The pilot of the Mobile Suit WaDom, Lieutenant Poe, opened fire on and destroyed much of Nocis City.
At that moment, the stone statue of the White Doll crumbled...
...and revealed a Mechanical Doll residing within.
What in the world happened!?
l don't know.
The White-Doll crumbled all around us.
What's that!?
There's the seat.
This is definitely a driver's seat.
There's an M.E.T. as well...
But the control panel is much different.
There was a mechanical doll inside the White-Doll?
That seems to be it.
This is a Mobile Suit!
Why did a Mobile Suit get buried in an ancient ruin?
Sochie, Get down!
It fired!
This thing's moving on its own...I can't seem to control it.
- Stop it! - How!?
The earth shouldn't have any Mobile Suits!
After that, Sir Guin began holding negotiations between the Earth and Moon's representatives at his palace.
I want the people of Dianna Counter to know...
That any of the radio communications we've had with them over the past 2 years, will now be disregarded entirely.
You mean you don't want to recognize the fact
that there is a race of humans living on the moon?
What I mean to say is, we know nothing of your level of technology or information.
Then you wish for us to still meet and regard your barbaric standards?
Unfortunately, I simply cannot agree with to the discussions we've had up to this point.
Harry Ord: The Commander of Queen of the Moon, Dianna Soriel's, Royal Guard.
It was Harry and his Mobile Suit SUMO who acted as an escort...
...For the Dianna Counter flagship, the Soleil, as it landed at Nocis' airport.
Queen Dianna personally landed on the Earth.
l am Dianna Soriel.
You must be Guin Sard Rhineford.
Yes, Your Majesty Dianna Soriel.
You may rise.
Dianna Soriel: The Queen of the Moonrace.
The leader of the Dianna Counter forces who issues orders from within the ship that landed on Earth.
I am Loran Cehack.
I was born in November of CC 2328...
...in the Meizan region.
After graduating from middle school, I was sent on FLAT Number 2, and came here to the earth.
You've done good work on the mission these past 2 years.
It appears that you're healthy both mentally and physically.
I was in Vicinity and had never heard anything about Mobile Suits there.
But...on the night of the Summer Solstice's Coming of Age Ceremony...
...the WaDom fired while we were at the Mountain Cycle, and then...
...the stone statue, "White-Doll" broke apart...
...and a Mobile Suit came out of it.
Have you ever heard anything about the Dark History? Tales of ancient great gods and other such things.
Art representing it could be found in their children's books...
- But... - But?
A man named Sid said that he would be able to dig up some space weapons...
...that would prove the existence of the Dark History.
He's an old man who has been mining everywhere in the mountains for the Militia soldiers.
Guin Rhineford is ordering them to keep digging.
The first mobile suit that we uncovered was the mustached suit, "Gundam".
Why was it hidden within the statue of the White Doll...
And just why did randomly counterattack against Dianna Counter's return forces?
These things, I'm afraid I do not know.
Is that the Mustache's manual book?
The Dark History showed records of electronic books like this one.
One like this, you mean?
There are many unpredictable things hiding...
...within that twenty meter tall machine.
Turn A Gundam: Spec One...
The Cockpit.
In order to enter the cockpit, you must use the lift.
Originally, the unit was controlled through the use of the V.R. MET...
...which would then show you visual images through the Turn-A's canopy monitor, and you move the unit with the foot pedals and control arm.
W.A.D.!
Spec Two: The Chest.
The frame is an uneven and disjointed component with several compartments for weapon storage.
The frame's main structure is supported by the cross shaped section in the center.
Spec Three: The Shoulders.
The arm's movement can be used to pull out a special beam saber...
...which can be used like a laser cutter to slice through just about anything.
Spec Four: The Legs.
I'm not going to fall!
The Rear Legs open to reveal a system...
...that allows a mobile suit to fly, regardless of its posture.
I am one of the Moonrace...
But now, I am with the people of Earth.
By operating the Turn A Gundam...
I fight against the Mobile Suits used by the people of the moon.
WaDom VS. Gundam
Did we destroy it?
Above us!
The earth is not a place to start a war!
What!?
Poe...Think of something!
I don't know what to do!
SUMO vs. Gundam
Since then, we found other Mobile Suits.
There's the FLAT Loran and his friends from the moon used when they first landed on Earth.
Then the Militia battles the Dianna Counter by using this machine they excavated, the Kapool.
But the most recently uncovered find...
...was this old Mobile Suit.
Perhaps you the viewer recognizes it. It's appearance strongly resembles that of the Zaku from "First Gundam".
The Borjarnon.
You can take your break once we've finished uncovering the main body!
Many weapons and mobile suits have now been excavated.
And just why are there so many things such as these hidden underground?
For now, that remains a mystery.
Second Chapter: "Dianna and Kihel"
These two here gave me quite the surprise...
...since Queen Dianna and Milady Kihel's appearances are practically identical.
Are you left handed?
No. I am like a mirror before you.
My my, Queen Dianna.
The two of us look exactly the same.
I must admit, I'd noticed the exact same thing.
Miss Kihel...
Could I have you try on my outfit as well?
You want me to wear your gown, Queen Dianna?
That's right, please do.
Sure.
That's the last piece.
Could you please turn around for me?
Miran, let us continue surveying the sights. Please accompany me.
You're exactly like the real thing, Miss Kihel.
From this point on, ...Kihel will be Dianna Soriel...
And I will be Kihel Heim.
What should we do if someone discovers the truth?
If that happens, then we'll apologize to them for it.
While they originally did this as a simple game of sorts...
When Queen Dianna and Milady Kihel changed identities...
It would also end up altering both of their destinies.
This is also my first time riding a vehicle like this.
Be careful how you speak. Remember, you are Dianna Soriel.
You have to carry yourself with grace.
With grace, huh? You mean I need to use a more authoritative tone?
I'm not sure if I can do it.
And then... at the Heim's place...
You finally made it back! It's been so long and you've been so busy...
This summer holiday's been a long one, hasn't it?
Yes it has. There's been too much homework, so l couldn't make it back before this.
Mother...
Is everything going well at college?
Yes, I've made several friends there..
I'm sorry to have called you all the way back here.
No.
Mother...
Your father left for the mountains to try and improve productivity in the mines.
For the sake of our leader...
The war I've instigated is against people like this...?
Your hands are very warm, Kihel.
Thank you very much, mother.
Milady Kihel...
Oh father, I'm so very sorry!
I'm sorry that it took so long for me to come back...
It's just that I have been kept so very busy by my work.
I really am terribly sorry, father. Please understand this and be at peace...
Dianna Soriel...
Thank you so much.
That...That really did come from deep within your heart, didn't it?
And so, Queen Dianna became Milady Kihel...
and stayed with me at the Heim's home...
And now Queen Dianna, while living the life of Milady Kihel...
I simply remembered that this was a very beautiful place.
l too like the view here quite a bit.
Do all of the people from the moon feel the same way about it?
I certainly hope they do.
You're right.
Elsewhere, Milady Kihel was also still pretending to be Queen Dianna...
- You mean the Soleil should? - I mean all of our forces.
What do you think, Queen Dianna?
Are you sure about that?
We must also consider the safety of the populous that's returned here.
That is true, and yet...
You want this?
Please allow me to borrow it.
Kihel Heim...
A lady like yourself shouldn't be using a device like that.
Corin Nander!
Her Majesty!?
Milady Kihel?
You have not obeyed my order!
I, Dianna Soriel now have no other choice. You are sentenced to death!
They are not only like twins in the way that they look...
...but even in the ways that they think.
As time passes, Queen Dianna becomes more like Milady Kihel...
...while Milady Kihel becomes more like Queen Dianna.
- Pass on this order. - Yes Ma'am!
The air troops!
Queen Dianna, please leave this place!
Don't worry about me.
If it has come to war, then I am responsible for being on the front and taking command of my people.
Ready the Soleil for launch!
Right!
Queen Dianna...is this really what you wanted?
Will these two ever be able to return to their rightful places...
...or are these their true forms?
Third Chapter: The romances of Loran and the others.
Just as it had once done in space...
...romance blossoms everywhere on the earth.
Mary had a little lamb...
It has nothing to do with the people of the earth, nor the people of the moon.
Even in my case, I have long since admired someone.
Queen Dianna Soriel.
It was a major shock when I realized that Milady Kihel resembled Queen Dianna so closely.
Dianna is a magnificent person, and many of her own people admire her.
You brought Queen Dianna's...
It's a copy. Just a copy.
When Her Majesty Dianna arrives...do you think that she can calm this matter down?
And when Queen Dianna finally landed...
Queen Dianna!
It's really her!
I was so excited when I was told...
...that I would finally be able to meet her myself.
Nobody here wishes for war to break out.
Then, if you do your best, I would like for the earth and the moon to be able to live peacefully together.
Of course. You and I have different opinions on some matters...
But I believe that we're both thinking the same way.
And as for Kihel's reversal with Queen Dianna...
...But you spoiled that.
She was once rather cold towards me, but now that demeanor has started to change.
What is it?
The sky, the clouds, and the wind...
l want everyone to be able to see and feel them as well.
Loran!
Are you alright?
Your arm.
It's really nothing.
What would you do if that wound of yours got infected?
Why is Milady Kihel...
You're suddenly being too kind to me...
Get back!
The fight is still going on out there.
The war is still expanding...
Ouch...
Please, pardon me!
You've done an excellent job. You continually surprise me.
Really?
You should probably rest for awhile.
And yet just when the two of us had finally had a chance to relax...
...she ended up meeting a person who was once very important to her.
Umm...
How rude!
Mr. Will Game wanted to find out about the romantic legend of his ancestor...
...and excavated a spacecraft in hopes that he would be able to fly it to the moon.
You're...
Huh? Can I help you?
...Will Game! That's who you are, right?
And who are you?
I'm Dianna Soriel...
Dianna?
Will...
Dianna Soriel?
Meanwhile, I also...
Was this also dug out from the mountain?
At first Teteth Hallah seemed to be Will's wife...
...but she was in fact, a mysterious and seductive woman.
I just touched it and it opened.
Hey, how do you know how to operate this Mechanical Doll?
I'd like for you to tell me about it.
It's a hot spring!
That's right.
You, come and join me.
Are you taking advantage of a woman by letting her go first?
No, that's not it at all.
If you are from the Moonrace, why are you helping the Militia solders?
You're from the Moonrace, too.
My ancestors were.
After the spaceship has been excavated, what are you planning to do?
What am I planning? Doesn't it seem odd to you that those old fossilized items can even move?
l am leaving.
An image plate?
Do you know who it is?
That looks like the Will from a few generations before me.
I can't convince you not to leave on this journey?
I will return.
When that happens, please marry me.
Of course. Please return to me safely.
Will decided to deny my request, and then left on his trip.
...And then Will's descendant also left us, riding away on a mobile suit he uncovered.
If you continue to assist our Dianna Counter...
We will consider sending you to the moon.
If I may...Are you really Queen Dianna Soriel?
What?
The legend said my ancestor fell in love with the girl from the moon named Dianna Soriel.
But...you have the same name yet you don't seem to know anything about it.
Lieutenant Harry, Take this man to Commander Phil and give him a job.
I won't let you get in the way of my romance, Militia!
Lieutenant, watch this!
The spacecraft in that valley will be used for the sake of meeting Dianna Soriel!
Binetsu ga samenai mama
As if unawoken from a slight fever
Utsumuku shounen no hitomi wa
The eyes of the boy hanging his head
The pilot... is trying to get out?
We should help him.
Kokoro no umi mitsumete
Gaze upon the sea of his heart
But...I don't think those are anything but arms anymore, Milady.
You mean?
Shizuka ni hohoenderu
And smile silently
Mr. Will Game...
Umare kuru mono kiete yuku mono
What is born, and what fades away
Loran...Loran...
What about Will? How's Mr. Will Game?
Subete wa sadame no furiko no haba
Are but the sway of the pendulum of fate
Where's Will Game?
Zasetsu no yami o tsukinuke mietekuru
Piercing the darkness of frustration, he begins to see it
Loran...
As of now, no one knows how the romances of Loran and his friends will develop.
Sore ga hikari no shinjitsu
It is the reality of the light
But as long as the truths of the Dark History remain a mystery...
Aura
There will always be battles.
Shijou no ai wa chiisana sono te no naka ni aru
History's love lies in his tiny hands
As the storm rages on...
Many different and unexpected situations arise.
Meanwhile, I helped Keith get across by becoming a bridge for him.
Elsewhere, while near the Soleil, I find myself trying to stop the Gozzo type mobile suits...
...and I also find Ms. Teteth.
Next Time... on Turn A Gundam...
Dust Blows On The Founding Of A Nation
The deadly wind swirls and becomes a vicious twister.
Dust Blows On The Founding Of A Nation