Many people still think the Mobile Suit Gundam series is the best in the mecha anime genre, but the next series may make it queen. Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury is the first Gundam anime in seven years and the second in the franchise to be led by a woman.
Instead of the usual war between the colonies, the new Gundam show seems to be more about corporate espionage and school drama, with the main character attending an elite academy and being involved in both.
In line with this change, the art style has become brighter and more “modern,” sure to make the mobile suit battles in the series stand out more than ever. Gundam fans should know the following about The Witch from Mercury, which has a lot to look forward to and will likely be followed by many new merchandises.
Release Date for the Witch From Mercury
When the show was first announced, the first episode of Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury was set to air on October 2, 2022. The movie will come out on that date, and a simultaneous release outside Japan is also planned.
But it hasn’t been decided yet which streaming service will have it. Still, Netflix already has a few Gundam anime, like Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans and the first Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway movie, so this is probably where The Witch from Mercury will end up when it finally comes out in October.
The Plot of The Witch from Mercury
Some of the most popular Gundam anime takes place in the Universal Century, but others take place in their own separate timelines. Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury, which takes place in the A.S. (Ad Stella) timeline, is an excellent example.
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The story will be about things like new technologies, the different improvements they bring, and the corporations that lie and scheme to take advantage of these new technologies.
The main character is a girl named Suletta Mercury, who comes from the planet with the same name. Like the other characters in the franchise, she has a nickname and a fake name. Her real name, though, is Ericht Samaya. She’s crucial for Gundam because she’s the second leading female protagonist in the franchise (after Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket) and the first prominent female mobile suit pilot.
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Auletta doesn’t know how to get along with other people, but she becomes the pilot of the Gundam Aerial when she moves to a school run by the Benefits Group. This makes her an essential part of a world where technology is at the center of everything.
News to Know About Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury was announced at the 2nd Gundam Conference on September 15, 2021. On March 29, 2022, it was announced that the prologue anime special would come out on July 14, 2022.
Hiroshi Kobayashi and Ryo Ando are directing, and Naohiro Ogata, Ichiro Okouchi, and Takashi Oh mama are in charge of producing, writing the script, and making the music.
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Kana Ichinose gives voice to the main character, Suletta Mercury. She had previously worked in the mecha genre when she gave voice to Ichigo in Darling in the Franxx. She was also the voice of Maki Shijo in the anime Kaguya-Sama: Love Is War and Yuzuriha Ogawa in the anime Dr. Stone.
Miorine Rembran, Guel Jeturk, Elan Ceres, Shaddiq Zenelli, Nika Nanaura, Chuatury Panlunch, and the late Elnora Samaya, Stella’s father, are among the other characters. It looks like the Gundam franchise is keeping up its tradition of giving its characters strange names.
