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Bandai Namco Group unveiled a new teaser video and visual for Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury (Kidō Senshi Gundam: Suisei no Majo), the first new Gundam television anime series in seven years, during its Gundam Conference on Tuesday. The video reveals the anime's protagonist, the first ever "female hero" in a main Gundam television anime series, as well as her mobile suit, the Gundam Aerial.



The conference also revealed a prequel project for the anime titled Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury Prologue. Bandai Namco described the prequel as a full-fledged project that will feature its own story and mobile suits, including the Gundam Lfrith and Beguir-Beu

The project will then debut in events in Japan and around the world at a later date.

The series will be the first brand-new television anime series in the franchise since Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans. The first season premiered in October 2015 and aired for 25 episodes, and the second season premiered in October 2016 and also aired for 25 episodes.

The anime will premiere in October during the Nichi-5 slot on Sundays at 5:00 p.m. JST (4:00 a.m. EDT/3:00 a.m. EST) on MBS/TBS' network of stations.

Updated - Debut on October 2nd.


Source - Anime News Network

With the Prologue anime going live at selected sites in Japan on July 14th, and also be debuting at Comic Con International San Diego on July 21st, there has been a flurry of publicity pouring out for Gundam: The Witch from Mercury series.

Here are some trailers.



There have also been visuals for the main characters and their Gundam, but I can't show them here.

The prologue can be seen on Youtube, but I suspect it is a pirated copy, and the subs are horrible, so I won't be posting the video to be viewed here. If you want to go watch it...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaykGElBEng

A new trailer has just been released, and simulcast confirmed for October.

2nd trailer.