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Gundam: The Witch From Mercury Anime's Season 2 Premieres on April 9
posted on by Joanna Cayanan
The official Twitter account for the Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury anime revealed on Sunday that the anime's second season will premiere in Japan on April 9 on MBS, TBS, and 26 of their affiliate stations at 5:00 p.m. (4:00 a.m. EDT). A special program will also air on April 2 at 5:00 p.m., a week before the new season premieres.
◆◆Season2放送日解禁◆◆
— 機動戦士ガンダム 水星の魔女 (@G_Witch_M) March 5, 2023
『機動戦士ガンダム 水星の魔女 』Season2
4月9日から毎週日曜午後5時
MBS/TBS系全国28局ネットにて放送開始
さらに、4月2日 日曜午後5時に、
「Season2 放送直前特番」が放送決定！
▼公式サイトhttps://t.co/3Mn7SwfvlH#水星の魔女 #G_Witch pic.twitter.com/ZF1RUL23G9
The anime's first season premiered in Japan in October 2022 on MBS and TBS, and aired on Sundays at 5:00 p.m. Crunchyroll streamed the anime as it aired, and started streaming the anime's English dub on February 5.
The anime announced on February 21 that Yume Miyamoto will return in the role of Nika Nanaura in the anime's second part, after going on a brief hiatus due to poor health.
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. Ichiro Okouchi (Code Geass, Princess Principal, Sk8 the Infinity) is credited for series composition and as scriptwriter. Mogumo is credited for the original character designs, and Marie Tagashira, Juro 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 Gyobu, 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 Ichiro Okouchi's "Cradle Planet" prequel short story for the anime on November 10. 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 on October 2.
Source: Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury anime's Twitter account
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