Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury

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Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury
File:Gundam Mercury Visual.jpg
Teaser visual, featuring protagonist Suletta Mercury and the XVX-016 Gundam Aerial
機動戦士ガンダム 水星の魔女
(Kidō Senshi Gandamu: Suisei no Majo)
Genre Mecha, military science fiction
Original net animation
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury – Prologue
Directed by Hiroshi Kobayashi
Produced by Naohiro Ogata
Written by Ichiro Okouchi
Music by Takashi Ohmama
Studio Sunrise
Released July 14, 2022
Runtime 23 minutes
Anime television series
Directed by
  • Hiroshi Kobayashi
  • Ryo Ando
Produced by Naohiro Ogata
Written by Ichiro Okouchi
Music by Takashi Ohmama
Studio Sunrise
Licensed by Crunchyroll
Network
Original run October 2, 2022 – scheduled
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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 an upcoming 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 Ryo Ando and written by Ichiro Okouchi. It will premiere in October 2022 on the JNN stations TBS and MBS.

The Witch from Mercury marks the first mainline Gundam TV anime production in 7 years since Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans and also the first Gundam TV series to feature a female main character as the pilot of the titular Gundam. The series will revolve around themes of the dangers of emerging technologies alongside political corruption.

Plot

A.S. (Ad Stella) 122: An era when a multitude of corporations have entered space and built a huge economic system. A lone girl from the remote planet Mercury transfers to the Asticassia School of Technology, run by the Beneritt Group which dominates the mobile suit industry. Her name is Suletta Mercury. With a scarlet light burning in her pure heart, this girl walks step by step through a new world.[1]

Characters

Suletta Mercury (スレッタ・マーキュリー Suretta Mākyurī?)[1]
Voiced by: Kana Ichinose[2]
Originally named Ericht Samaya (エリクト・サマヤ Erikuto Samaya?), she is a second-year student in the piloting department who transferred to the school from Mercury. Suletta is timid and somewhat lacks communication skills. She is the pilot of the Gundam Aerial developed on Mercury.[1]
Miorine Rembran (ミオリネ・レンブラン Miorine Renburan?)[1]
Voiced by: Lynn[2]
An attractive and academically distinguished second-year student in the management strategy department. Miorine is the only daughter of Delling Rembran, the president of the Beneritt Group and chairman of the school's board. She has a strong rebellious feeling towards her father.[1]
Guel Jeturk (グエル・ジェターク Gueru Jetāku?)[1]
Voiced by: Yōhei Azakami[3]
An heir to Jeturk Heavy Machinery, one of the group's three branches, and a third-year student in the piloting department. Guel has a rough temperament and is quick to anger. As the ace pilot of Jeturk House, he has absolute confidence in his own skills.[1]
Elan Ceres (エラン・ケレス Eran Keresu?)[1]
Voiced by: Natsuki Hanae[3]
The top pilot backed by Peil Technologies, one of the group's three branches. A third-year student in the piloting department. Elan is a taciturn and solitary person, who doesn't open his heart to anyone in school. He has an interest to Suletta.
Shaddiq Zenelli (シャディク・ゼネリ Shadiku Zeneri?)[1]
Voiced by: Makoto Furukawa[3]
An adopted child of the CEO of Grassley Defense Systems, one of the group's three branches. A third-year student in the piloting department who leads Grassley House. Although still a student Shaddiq has shown his skill in business too, he is a candidate for next generation executive.[1]
Nika Nanaura (ニカ・ナナウラ?)
Voiced by: Yume Miyamoto[3]
Chuatury Panlunch (チュアチュリー・パンランチ Chuachurī Panranchi?)
Voiced by: Miyu Tomita[3]
Elnora Samaya (エルノラ・サマヤ Erunora Samaya?)
Voiced by: Mamiko Noto[2]
Ericht's mother and the first pilot of Gundam Lfrith.
Nadim Samaya (ナディム・サマヤ Nadimu Samaya?)
Voiced by: Hiroshi Tsuchida[2]
Ericht's father who sacrificed himself to give Elnora and Ericht a chance to escape.
Cardo Nabo (カルド・ナボ Karudo Nabo?)
Voiced by: Miyuki Ichijou[2]
Nyla Bertran (ナイラ・バートラン Naira Bātoran?)
Voiced by: Sachiko Kojima[2]
Wendy Olent (ウェンディ・オレント Uendi Orento?)
Voiced by: Yō Taichi[2]
Delling Rembran (デリング・レンブラン Deringu Renburan?)
Voiced by: Naoya Uchida[2]
Sarius Zenelli (サリウス・ゼネリ Sariusu Zeneri?)
Voiced by: Atsushi Ono[2]
Vim Jeturk (ヴィム・ジェターク Vimu Jetāku?)
Voiced by: Tetsuo Kanao[2]
Kenanji Avery (ケナンジ・アベリー Kenanji Aberī?)
Voiced by: Yōji Ueda[2]

Production

On September 15, 2021, at the 2nd Gundam Conference, Sunrise revealed that a new installment in the Gundam series was being worked on, and that it will premiere on October 2, 2022, on MBS and TBS Sunday at 17:00 PM JST.[4][5] On March 29, 2022, it was announced that a prologue prequel will premiere on July 14, 2022.[6][1] The series is directed by Hiroshi Kobayashi, with Ryo Ando serving as co-director, Ichiro Okouchi overseeing and writing scripts, mogmo designing the characters, Marie Tagashira, Shuri Toida, and Hirotoshi Takaya adapting mogmo's designs for animation, JNTHED, Kanetake Ebikawa, Wataru Inada, Ippei Gyōbu, Kenji Teraoka, and Takayuki Yanase designing the mechs, Shinya Kusumegi, Kanta Suzuki, and Seizei Maeda animating the mechs and Takashi Ohmama composing the music.[1] The opening theme song is "Shukufuku" (祝福?, English title: "The Blessing") by Yoasobi.[3][7] Crunchyroll licensed the series through Sunrise.[8] Medialink licensed the series in Southeast Asia.[9]

At the 2022 San Diego Comic-Con, it was announced that the series will be simulcasted outside of Japan.[10]

No. Title Directed by Written by Storyboarded by Original air date [lower-alpha 1]
0 "Mobile Suit Gundam - the Witch from Mercury PROLOGUE" Teruo Sato Ichirō Ōkouchi Hiroshi Kobayashi July 14, 2022 (2022-07-14)
In the far future, humanity develops GUND technology, which allows humans to directly connect their brains to machines to control them, revolutionizing prosthetics. However, GUND technology is also weaponized and installed in special mobile suits called "Gundams", which is a controversial move since humans have trouble handling the mental strain of controlling them, resulting in crippling injuries and even death. The company Ochs Earth is secretly commissioned to build Gundam Lfrith in a project led by Dr. Cardo Nabo, who believes Lfrith will be the next step in GUND development that will allow humanity to expand into space. However, Lfrith's test pilot, Elnora Samaya, has so far been unable to activate Lfrith. Meanwhile, Ochs Earth's sponsor, the Mobile Suit Development Council, decides to pull their support for the project and instead forms a regulatory body called Cathedra to suppress Gundam development. Cathedra's leader, Delling Rembran, authorizes a military assault on the Ochs Earth research station holding Lfrith. Nabo and most of the staff are killed in the fighting, while Elnora and her daughter Ericht take shelter in Lfrith. Elnora is shocked when Lfrith activates in response to Ericht's biosigns, and the infant Ericht unknowingly commands Lfrith to destroy several Cathendra mobile suits. Ericht's father Nadim then sacrifices himself to give Elnora and Ericht time to escape the area while Rembran declares in a speech that Cathedra will destroy all Gundams.
1 TBA TBA TBA TBA October 2, 2022 (2022-10-02)

Notes

  1. ↑ The series will premiere on MBS and TBS on October 2, 2022 at 5:00 p.m. JST.[5]

References

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  8. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  9. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  10. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

External links

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Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan's Island
 Gundam metaseries (production order)
2022 - ongoing		 Succeeded by
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