Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury
Japanese anime television series
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December 2024 | Announcement of another spinoff manga to be serialized in Comic Newtype starting in spring 2025. |
February 16 2024 | Azteca 7 aired the series dubbed in Spanish, becoming one of the few broadcasters worldwide to air the series. |
January 2024 | Witch from Mercury's final Blu-ray volume is released, including an interview with series director Hiroshi Kobayashi confirming Suletta and Miorine are married in the story's final scene, reigniting the #SuleMioMarriage hashtag trend in Japan. |
2023 | High Grade Gundam Calibarn became the best-selling Gunpla kit of the year. |
2023 | A 1/100 scale Full Mechanics Gundam Aerial kit was released by Bandai Spirits. |
2023 | The soundtrack album peaked at No. 15 on Oricon's weekly albums chart and No. 7 on Billboard Japan's Hot Albums chart. |
2023 | The album achieved number 11 on the Billboard Japan Top Download Albums chart. |
2023 | The soundtrack album ranked number 8 on the Billboard Japan Top Album Sales chart. |
August 9 2023 | Animage and Animedia magazines publish interpretations of the final scene, with voice actors Mamiko Noto and Lynn discussing Ericht's behavior as an in-law. |
July 2023 | The anime series concluded its broadcast, completing its run that began in October 2022. |
July 30 2023 | Kadokawa releases a statement claiming the marriage reference was a 'proofreading mistake' and 'editorial speculation', causing controversy among fans who point out the marriage was objectively confirmed in the anime's final scene. |
July 26 2023 | Interview in Gundam Ace magazine includes Kana Ichinose's quote referencing Suletta and Miorine's marriage, with the official Gundam Twitter account also directly referring to Miorine as Suletta's wife on the day of the finale. |
July 26 2023 | Sunrise Music Label released the soundtrack album for Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury, featuring orchestral scores by Takashi Ohmama and TV-size versions of opening and ending themes. The album was released in three editions: a regular four-CD version, a limited edition four-CD version with LP-sized packaging, and a two-disc LP version. |
July 2 2023 | First season of the series concluded its broadcast. |
May 2023 | Side-story manga titled 'Gundam: The Witch from Mercury - Vanadis Memories' begins serialization in Kadokawa Shoten's Gundam Ace magazine, written by Kō Yoneyama and illustrated by Chika Tōjō. |
April 9 2023 | Second season of the series began airing. |
January 2023 | Ongoing light novel adaptation begins in Kadokawa Shoten's Gundam Ace magazine, written by Yūya Takashima with illustrations by Shūei Takagi. |
January 30 2023 | English dub of the series was released via Crunchyroll, marking the first time the Gundam franchise featured Texas-based voice talent. |
2022 | IGN gave the first season of the series a 9/10 review, praising its drama and striking imagery. |
2022 | Vulture listed Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury's first season as the third best anime of the year. |
2022 | High Grade and SDEX models of the Gundam Aerial were released by Bandai Spirits as part of the Gunpla merchandise line. |
2022 | High Grade Gundam Aerial became the best-selling Gunpla kit of the year, recording the highest initial sales among TV series lead role Gundam versions. |
November 13 2022 | Live reading of the web novel released on YouTube, narrated by Kana Ichinose. |
November 10 2022 | English translation of the web novel by Eriko Sugita released. |
October 2 2022 | Official web novel written by Ichirō Ōkouchi released by Sunrise on their official website, serving as a link between the Prologue and main series of Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury. |
October 2 2022 | Main series of Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury began airing on JNN stations in Japan, including MBS and TBS. |
July 14 2022 | Prologue episode premiered, with additional information revealed at the 'Gundam Next Future - Link the Universe-' event. |
June 17 2022 | Sunrise revealed the series's main plot, characters, staff, confirmed air date, and an overview for the Prologue Episode. |
March 29 2022 | A teaser was released, revealing the main mecha and a female character. |
September 15 2021 | Sunrise first revealed the series at the 2nd Gundam Conference under Bandai Namco Group's 'Gundam Project', marking the first mainline Gundam TV series in seven years since Iron Blooded Orphans. |
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