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Amazon Prime Japan Briefly Streams Gundam: The Witch From Mercury #18 1 Day Early

ANN confirmed on Saturday that the Amazon Prime service in Japan briefly streamed the 18th overall episode of the Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury anime, one day before the episode is slated to premiere on Sunday. The episode is no longer available to watch but was viewable for at least a brief period of time on Saturday.

The second season premiered in Japan on April 9 on MBS, TBS, and 26 of their affiliate stations at 5:00 p.m. (4:00 a.m. EDT). The anime aired a recap special on May 14 instead of its sixth episode (the 18th overall episode of the series).

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 first season aired a recap compilation special on November 13, delaying the seventh episode's broadcast.

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. 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.

Source: Amazon Prime via Yaraon!

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