Back Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury German Kidou Senshi Gundam: Suisei no Majo Esperanto Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury Spanish Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury French Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury Italian 機動戦士ガンダム 水星の魔女 Japanese 기동전사 건담 수성의 마녀 Korean โมบิลสูทกันดั้ม แม่มดจากดาวพุธ Thai 機動戰士GUNDAM 水星的魔女 Chinese
| 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) | |
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| Genre | |
| Created by | |
| 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 | Sunrise |
| Released | July 14, 2022 |
| Runtime | 23 minutes |
| Episodes | 1 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by |
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| Produced by | Naohiro Ogata |
| Written by | Ichirō Ōkouchi |
| Music by | Takashi Ohmama |
| Studio | Sunrise |
| Licensed by | Sunrise[a] |
| Original network | |
| English network | |
| Original run | October 2, 2022 – July 2, 2023 |
| Episodes | 24 |
| 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 |
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]
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- ^ "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.