Sacrifices had to be made in the service of the message. We thank him for the compromises to his vision for us to get what we did. The best stories from this franchise would work with infantry or tanks set in modern world or sometimes fantasy. War sucks, the end.
Carbine
Marcelo Cassaro, a brazilian writer and editor, interviewed him in 2004 and asked why he likes giant mechas. Tomino answered:
"I don't like giant mechas. I like political dramas. But the anime needed sponsorship and to sell toys. So, I made political drama with giant mechas"
