Crunchyroll to Stream Gundam the Witch from Mercury Exclusively Outside Asia

As the latest Gundam TV outing is days away, Gundam Info, the official International Gundam YouTube channel, announced streaming information for Mobile Suit Gundam the Witch from Mercury. The anticipated series will stream on the dedicated channel in Asia and regions in Oceania, while Sony-owned anime distributor Crunchyroll will stream the series worldwide excluding Asia. More information on additional regions will be made at a later date.

Mobile Suit Gundam the Witch from Mercury is directed by Kiznaiver‘s Hiroshi Koyabashi, and penned by Code Geass scribe, Ichiro Ohkouchi. The tagline of the series is “This witch…rides a Gundam”. The series will broadcast in Japan this fall October 2, 2022 on twenty-eight of MBS and TBS TV networks on their 5pm “Nichigo” anime block, as well as the aforementioned international simulcasts. The PROLOGUE for the series is now streaming on Gundam Info.

YOASOBI is performing the opening theme song the series, titled “Shukufuku” or “The Blessing”. The tune is accompanied by an original novel “Cradle Star”, authored by Ichiro Ohkouchi. The song will be released digitally on October 1, a day before the start of the series. A limited edition CD of “The Blessing” will be released on November 9. Priced at 4,400 yen, it will include an original YOASOBI-themed Demi Trainer Gundam model kit, YOASOBI-themed marking stickers for the HG Gundam Aerial, and the “Cradle Star” companion novel.

Story

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.

Cast

Kana Ichinose as Suletta Mercury
Lynn as Miorine Rembran
Yohei Azakami as Guel Jeturk
Natsuki Hanae as Elan Ceres
Makoto Furukawa as Shaddiq Zenelli
Yume Miyamoto as Nika Nanaura
Miyu Tomita as Chuatury Panlunch

Staff

Planning & Production: Sunrise
Director: Hiroshi Kobayashi
Series Composition & Script: Ichiro Ohkouchi
Original Concept: Hajime Yatate, Yoshiyuki Tomino
Original Character Design: Mogumo
Character Design: Marie Tagashira, Juri Toida, Hirotoshi Takaya
Mechanical Design: JNTHED, Kanetake Ebikawa, Wataru Inata , Ippei Gyoubu, Kenji Teraoka, Takayuki Yanase
Chief Mechanical Animators: Shinya Kusumegi, Kanta Suzuki, Seimei Maeda
Co-Director: Ryo Ando
Setting Researcher: Seiichi Shirato
Sci-fi Researcher: Yuya Takashima
Mechanical Coordinator: Ryoji Sekinishi
Setting Cooperation: HISADAKE
Prop Design: E Wo Kaku PETER, Esuthio
Concept Art: Lin Junbun
Technical Director: Yohei Miyahara
Art Designers: Tomoaki Okada, Kenichi Morioka, Kazushige Kanehira, Junichiro Tamamori, Yasuyoshi Uetsu
Art director: Ayumi Sato
Color Setting: Kazuki Kikuchi
3DCG Director: Shinichi Miyakaze
Monitor Graphics Design: Kaori Seki
Director of Photography: Shota Kodera
Editor: Kengo Shigemura
Sound Director: Jin Aketagawa
Music: Takashi Ohmama
Produced by Bandai Namco Filmworks, Sotsu, MBS