While we’ve had a number of Gundam projects over the past several years, we haven’t had a proper long-form TV series since the Iron-Blooded Orphans show back in 2015. Sunrise announced last fall that they’re looking to make 2022 the year of new projects and they announced the Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury series.
With the show recently being scheduled for an October 2022 debut, the SDCC panel confirmed that the show will be getting simulcast outside of Japan but did not identify any partners. What we did get was a trailer added to their official GundamInfo YouTube channel with all the known information so far.
The Japanese cast includes:
- Kana Ichinose as Suletta Mercury – A second-year student in the piloting department, who transferred to the school from Mercury. Suletta is timid and somewhat lacks communication skills.
- Lynn as Miorine Rembran – 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.
- Guel Jeturk – 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.
- Elan Ceres – 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 in Suletta.
- Shaddiq Zenelli – 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.
Hiroshi Kobayashi directing it with Ryo Ando assisting, working from the script by Ichiro Okouchi. Mogumo worked on the original designs with Marie Tagashira, Shuri Toida, and Hirotoshi Takaya adapting them for the show. Sunrise is handling the adaptation as expected.
Check out the official site and Twitter.
Plot Concept: 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.
Previous promos and visuals:
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『機動戦士ガンダム 水星の魔女』
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2022年10月より毎週日曜午後5時～
MBS/TBS系全国28局ネットにて放送開始その魔女は、ガンダムを駆る。#水星の魔女 #G_Witch pic.twitter.com/PPpTrJwyAE
— 機動戦士ガンダム 水星の魔女 (@G_Witch_M) July 14, 2022
New television anime series “Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury” to be released in 2022
The first new TV animation work in the Gundam series in seven years since the broadcast of “Mobile Suit Gundam IRON-BLOODED ORPHANS”!
Official website URL: https://t.co/QEKhEZq7Dw pic.twitter.com/4Oh6RgEK1v
— SUNRISE (@SUNRISEINC7) September 15, 2021
