Mobile Suit Gundam the Witch from Mercury‘s Original Soundtrack has charted on Billboard Japan‘s Hot Albums, debuting at #7. Beautifully scored by composer Takashi Ohmama, the soundtrack was released by Sunrise Music on July 26, featuring eighty tracks.
In December the official Japanese Gundam YouTube channel, Gundam Channel, released a music video for Mobile Suit Gundam the Witch from Mercury. The video features the main theme of the series “The Witch from Mercury” and the sub theme “Asticassia” from Takashi Ohmama, with footage from the recordings of the pieces.
Music Video Staff
- Editor: Rei Kasai
- Cameraman: Maximilian Hofko, Stefano Maccarelli
- Music Producer: Shunsuke Matsuda (Bandai Namco Music Live)
- Music Production Management & Coordination: Daisuke Mizuta (Nichion)
- Mixing Engineer: Mitsunori Aizawa (SIGN SOUND)
- Mastering Engineer: Reuben Cohen (Lurssen Mastering)
- Music Production Staff: Hinako Kanabo, Miwa Suzuki (Nichion), Junko Nakajima, Tatsuhiko Saiki, Akimi Hayase, Mayumi Torihata (SIGN SOUND)
- Associated by Hiroshi Kobayashi, Jin Aketagawa (MAGIC CAPSULE) Takuya Okamoto, Haruna Hayakawa (Bandai Namco Filmworks)
Takashi Ohmama previously worked in the Gundam series, serving as composer for the 2017 ONA(original net animation) Mobile Suit Gundam: Twilight AXIS, delivering another masterful music score. Twilight AXIS was adapted from the 2016 novel of the same name by Ark Performance, inspiring an anime film compilation titled Mobile Suit Gundam: Twilight AXIS Red Trace, along with a manga adaptation later in 2017. The short anime project was helmed by Sejoon Kim, wearing the many hats of director, writer, animation director, character designer and mechanical designer.
Mobile Suit Gundam the Witch from Mercury is directed by Kiznaiver‘s Hiroshi Kobayashi, and penned by Code Geass scribe, Ichiro Ohkouchi. The tagline of the series is “This witch…rides a Gundam”. The series began broadcast October 2, 2022 on twenty-eight of MBS and TBS TV networks on their 5pm “Nichigo” anime block, as well as simulcasted internationally. The Witch from Mercury completed its two season, twenty-four episode run on July 2, 2023.
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Source: Billboard Japan
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