Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury

Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury
	Cover of the first Blu-ray volume, featuring Suletta Mercury and Miorine Rembran
機動戦士ガンダム水星の魔女; (Kidō Senshi Gandamu: Suisei no Majo)
Genre	Mecha; Military science fiction;
Created by	Hajime Yatate; Yoshiyuki Tomino;
Original net animation
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury – Prologue
Directed by	Hiroshi Kobayashi
Produced by	Naohiro Ogata
Written by	Ichirō Ōkouchi
Music by	Takashi Ohmama
Studio	Sunrise
Licensed by	Crunchyroll (streaming); NA: Sunrise (licensing); ;
Released	July 14, 2022
Runtime	23 minutes
Episodes	1 (List of episodes)
Anime television series
Directed by	Hiroshi Kobayashi; Ryō Andō;
Produced by	Naohiro Ogata
Written by	Ichirō Ōkouchi
Music by	Takashi Ohmama
Studio	Sunrise
Licensed by	Crunchyroll (streaming); NA: Sunrise (licensing); SEA: Medialink; ;
Original network	JNN (MBS, TBS);
English network	SEA: Animax Asia; US: Crunchyroll Channel;
Original run	October 2, 2022 – July 2, 2023
Episodes	24 (List of episodes)
Novel
Cradle Planet
Written by	Ichirō Ōkouchi
Published by	Sunrise
Demographic	Male
Published	October 2, 2022
Light novel
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury
Written by	Yūya Takashima
Illustrated by	Shūei Takagi
Published by	Kadokawa Shoten
Magazine	Gundam Ace
Demographic	Male
Original run	January 2023 – present
Manga
Vanadis Heart
Written by	Kō Yoneyama; HISADAKE
Illustrated by	Chika Tōjō
Published by	Kadokawa Shoten
Magazine	Gundam Ace
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	May 2023 – present
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Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury (Japanese: 機動戦士ガンダム水星の魔女, Hepburn: Kidō Senshi Gandamu: Suisei no Majo) is a Japanese mecha anime series and the fifteenth mainline entry in Sunrise's long-running Gundam franchise. The series is directed by both Hiroshi Kobayashi and Ryō Andō and written by Ichirō Ōkouchi, and aired from October 2022 to July 2023.

Set in a world where numerous companies have advanced into space and constitute a huge economic zone, the story concerns the Mobile Suits known as "GUND-ARMS" ("Gundams" for short), weapons that were developed out of diverted health technology "GUND" which compensates for physical disabilities caused by living in space.

The Witch from Mercury marks the first mainline Gundam series to air during Japan's Reiwa era, the first mainline production in seven years since Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans, and the first TV series in the franchise to feature a female and LGBTQ protagonist.^[2] The anime revolves around capitalism and political corruption, stylistically inspired by Shakespeare's The Tempest with elements from witch trials, which inspires the titular Gundam technology.^[3]

^ "Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury - Trailer". YouTube. March 6, 2023. Archived from the original on March 6, 2023. Retrieved March 6, 2023.
^ Lee, Michael (July 3, 2023). "Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury Brings Politics, Queerness, and Giant Robots to a Classic Franchise". Paste. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
^ "『機動戦士ガンダム水星の魔女』岡本拓也インタビュー" [“Mobile Suit Gundam Witch of Mercury” Takuya Okamoto interview]. Gundam Ace (March 2023). Kadokawa Shoten: 10–13. January 26, 2023.

[1] "Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury - Trailer". YouTube. March 6, 2023. Archived from the original on March 6, 2023. Retrieved March 6, 2023.

[2] Lee, Michael (July 3, 2023). "Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury Brings Politics, Queerness, and Giant Robots to a Classic Franchise". Paste. Retrieved July 3, 2023.

[GundamAce-3] "『機動戦士ガンダム水星の魔女』岡本拓也インタビュー" [“Mobile Suit Gundam Witch of Mercury” Takuya Okamoto interview]. Gundam Ace (March 2023). Kadokawa Shoten: 10–13. January 26, 2023.

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