Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury is a 2022 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.
The anime series was animated by Sunrise, and it premiered with the first season in Japan from October 2, 2022 to January 8, 2023, consisting of 12 episodes. The second season premiered from April 9, 2023 to July 2, 2023, consisting of 12 episodes.
The Witch from Mercury marks the first mainline Gundam TV anime production in seven years since Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans and the first TV series in the franchise to feature a female protagonist. The series revolves around themes of the dangers of emerging technologies alongside political corruption, capitalism, and revenge.
Crunchyroll licensed and is streaming the English dub of this series starting with the first of 12 episodes of the first part of the anime in Japanese with English subtitles on January 30, 2023.[1] The English Dub of the anime premiered on their streaming service on February 5, 2023[2].
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Cast[]
Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor |
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Main Characters | |||
Suletta Mercury | Kana Ichinose | Jill Harris | |
Miorine Rembran | Lynn | Natalie Van Sistine | |
Asticassia School of Technology | |||
Guel Jeturk | Yōhei Azakami | Bradley Gareth | |
Elan Ceres | Natsuki Hanae | Aaron Dismuke | |
Shaddiq Zenelli | Makoto Furukawa | Alejandro Saab | |
Nika Nanaura | Yume Miyamoto (eps. 1-9) |
Bryn Apprill | |
Haruka Shiraishi (ep. 10) | |||
Chuatury Panlunch | Miyu Tomita | Brittney Karbowski | |
Martin Upmont | Junya Enoki | Matt Shipman | |
Nuno Kargan | Tasuku Hatanaka | Eric Vale | |
Ojelo Gabel | Kenn | Corey Wilder | |
Till Nys | Kōhei Amasaki | Monty Thompson | |
Lilique Kadoka Lipati | Konomi Inagaki | Sara Ragsdale | |
Aliya Mahvash | Miyuri Shimabukuro | Elisa Annette | |
Sabina Fardin | Asami Seto | Katelyn Barr | |
Maisie May | Yuka Nukui | Dani Chambers | |
Renee Costa | Sayumi Suzushiro | Brittany Lauda | |
Ireesha Plano | Ryōko Maekawa | Celeste Perez | |
Henao Jazz | Shion Wakayama | Sarah Wiedenheft | |
Lauda Neill | Takeo Ōtsuka | Nazeeh Tarsha | |
Petra Itta | Yūki Hirose | Kimberly Grace | |
Rouji Chante | Gen Satō | Kristin Payne | |
Benerit Group | |||
Delling Rembran | Naoya Uchida | Gabe Kunda | |
Jeturk Heavy Machinery | |||
Vim Jeturk | Tetsuo Kanao | Christopher Sabat | |
Grassley Defense Systems | |||
Sarius Zenelli | Atsushi Ono | Mike Smith | |
Peil Technologies | |||
Nugen | Masako Katsuki | Wendy Powell | |
Kal | Kazue Komiya | Kristen McGuire | |
Nevola | Yōko Sōmi | Brianna Roberts | |
Golneri | Kimiko Saitō | Molly Searcy | |
Belmeria Winston | Ayumi Tsunematsu | Anastasia Muñoz | |
Dawn of Fold | |||
Naji Geor Hija | Taiten Kusunoki | Ray Hurd | |
Norea Du Noc | Aoi Yūki | Megan Shipman | |
Sophie Pulone | Shiori Izawa | Emi Lo | |
Olcott | Satoshi Mikami | Michael Stimac | |
Others | |||
Rajan Zahi | Eiji Hanawa | Ian Sinclair | |
Kenanji Avery | Yōji Ueda | Brandon Acosta | |
Haro | ¿? | Jerry Jewell | |
Vanadis Institute / Ochs Earth | |||
Elnora Samaya / Prospera Mercury | Mamiko Noto | Elizabeth Maxwell | |
Nadim Samaya | Hiroshi Tsuchida | Christopher Guerrero | |
Cardo Nabo | Miyuki Ichijō | Laurie Steele | |
Nyla Bertran | Sachiko Kojima | Nazia Chaudhry | |
Wendy Olent | Yō Taichi | Krystal LaPorte |
Episodic Characters[]
Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor | Ep(s). |
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Season One | ||||
Yamaoka | Junichi Yanagita | Alex Hom | 0 | |
Kamil Kaysink | Taiki Yamashita | William Ofoegbu | 1, 3, 5 | |
Felsi Rollo | Yūki Takada | Alexis Tipton | 1-3, 5-6 | |
Guston Parche | Junichi Yanagita | Van Barr Jr. | 2 | |
Feng Jun | Akeno Watanabe | Julie Cleburn | 2, 10 | |
Osh | Anan Furuya | Mark Allen Jr. | 5 | |
Godoy | Yutaka Aoyama | Kamen Casey | 5, 11-12 | |
Secilia | ¿? | Cassie Ewulu | 10 | |
Season Two | ||||
Bessie Enrique | Taito Ban | Kevin D. Thelwell | 15 | |
Jalil Li Naranja | Reigo Yamaguchi | Jesse Pinnick | ||
Phillip Koo | Keisuke Hamaoka | Landon McDonald | ||
Machei Gao | Hironori Kondō | Greg Silva | ||
Seethia | Natsumi Kawaida | Emily Neves | ||
Sedo | Natsumi Fujiwara | Molly Zhang | ||
Olcott's Son | Makoto Koichi | Veronica Laux |
Additional Voices[]
Notes[]
- This is the first Gundam series not recorded at either NYAV Post, Ocean Productions or Bang Zoom! Entertainment and the first and so-far only to be recorded in Texas.
- Laurie Steele's first new role since 2016.
- This is the first Gundam series where Haro is voiced by a male voice actor since the Bandai Entertainment dubs of the series completion trilogy.
- This is Corey Wilder's debut anime role.[3]
Transmission via Streaming[]
References[]
External Links[]
- Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury at the Internet Movie Database.
- Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia.
- Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury on Behind The Voice Actors.