The official website for the anime “Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury” revealed on Thursday (4) that the second season will air with a special recap episode on May 14, instead of its sixth episode (the 18th episode overall).
Mobile Gundam: The Witch from Mercury – Recap Episode to Air in May
The recap episode will therefore review the events of the first five episodes of the second season (episodes 13-17 overall). The fifth episode will air this Sunday, as scheduled.
The second season premiered in Japan on April 9th.
On the other hand, the first season of the anime premiered in Japan in October 2022; it's worth remembering that it received a special on November 13th of that same year, delaying the broadcast of the seventh episode.
The anime announced on February 21st that Yume Miyamoto will return in the role of Nika Nanaura in the second part of the anime, after a brief hiatus due to health issues.
Hiroshi Kobayashi, who directed the original KIZNAIVER anime at Studio TRIGGER, is directing the series at Studio Sunrise alongside Code Geass co-creator Ichiro Okouchi, who serves as series writer and composer.
The complete technical team includes:
- Assistant Director: Ryo Ando (Interviews with Monster Girls)
- Original Character Design: Mogumo
- Character Design: Marie Tagashira, Shuri Toida, Hirotoshi Takaya
- Mechanical Design: JNTHED, Kanetake Ebikawa, Ko Inaba, Ippei Gyobu, Kenji Teraoka, Takayuki Yanase
- Mechanical Design Supervision: Shinya Kusumegi, Kanta Suzuki, Kiyoaki Maeda
- Concept Art: Lin Junbun
- Technical Direction: Yohei Miyahara
- Art Design: Tomoaki Okada, Kenichi Morioka, Kazushige Kanehira, Junichiro Tamamori, Yasuyoshi Uetsu
- Art Direction: Ayumi Sato
- Color Design: Kazuko Kikuchi
- 3DCG Direction: Shinichi Miyakaze
- Photography: Shota Kodera
- Edited by: Kengo Shigemura
- Sound Direction: Jin Aketagawa
- Soundtrack: Takashi Ohmama (Castle Town Dandelion)
Synopsis
AS (Ad Stella) 122 – An era where various corporations have built a new and important economic system in space. Suletta Mercury, a lonely girl from the remote planet Mercury, moves to the Asticassia Institute of Technology, managed by the Beneritt Group, which dominates the mobile suit industry. Finally, with a scarlet light shining in her pure heart, this girl takes the first step towards a new world.
Source: Official website
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