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Animax Asia Airs Gundam: Witch from Mercury Anime on March 15
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Animax Asia announced on Monday that it will air the first half of the Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury anime beginning on March 15 at 8:00 p.m. GMT +8. Animax Asia will air two new episodes every Wednesday and Thursday.
The anime's second part will premiere in Japan on April 9, and will air in the same Sunday 5:00 p.m. time slot on MBS and TBS as the first part.
Hiroshi Kobayashi (Kimi no Iru Machi, Kiznaiver, Spriggan) is directing the anime at Bandai Namco Filmworks/Sunrise, with Ryo Ando (Interviews with Monster Girls, Double Decker! Doug & Kirill) as co-director. Ichirō Ōkouchi (Code Geass, Princess Principal, Sk8 the Infinity) is credited for series composition and as scriptwriter. mogmo is credited for the original character designs, and Marie Tagashira, Shuri Toida, and Hirotoshi Takaya are drawing those character designs for animation. Takashi Ohmama (Castle Town Dandelion, Mobile Suit Gundam Twilight AXIS) is composing the music. The anime's mechanical designers include JNTHED, Kanetake Ebikawa, Wataru Inada, Ippei Gyōbu, Kenji Teraoka, and Takayuki Yanase.
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury - Prologue, the prequel episode for the show, debuted on the Gundam.info YouTube channel outside of Japan on September 1. The prequel anime also debuted on streaming services in Japan on September 4, and later aired on MBS and TBS on September 25.
The anime's official website published an English translation of Ichirō Ōkouchi's "Cradle Planet" prequel short story for the anime in November 2022. The story is told from the point of view of the Gundam Aerial, and is also the basis of the lyrics for YOASOBI's opening theme song "Shukufuku" (The Blessing) for the anime. The anime's Japanese website published the short story in October 2022.
Source: Animax Asia's Facebook page
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