Gundam: Witch From Mercury Will Show First Episode at San Diego Comic Con
Gundam: Witch From Mercury isn't just set to return to the franchise to the small screen, but it will also feature the first female protagonist of the series. With the show set to arrive in Japan this fall, fans attending this year's San Diego Comic-Con will get the opportunity to see the premiere episode, giving viewers an idea of the new adventures that are facing this new addition to the roster of mech pilots that first hit the scene in the 1970s.
Gundam: Witch From Mercury Prologue will be the episode in question, which will act as a prequel to the story of Suletta Mercury. The same special will also air in Japan on July 14th at the Gundam Factory Yokohama, the same location that currently is where the life-sized statue, the Walking Gundam, resides. With plenty of anime franchises set to have a role at this year's San-Diego Comic-Con, including the likes of Dragon Ball Super, One-Punch Man, and Bleach to name a few, Gundam certainly is in good company when it comes to this major event in the industry.
For those who might not be familiar with the story of this new mech series, the official description for Gundam: With From Mercury reads as such:
"An era when a multitude of corporations have entered space and built a huge economic system. A lone girl from the remote planet Mercury transfers to the Asticassia School of Technology, run by the Beneritt Group which dominates the mobile suit industry. Her name is Suletta Mercury. With a scarlet light burning in her pure heart, this girl walks step by step through a new world."
On top of both Witch From Mercury and the Gundam movie, Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan's Island, the franchise is also currently working on additional films for the trilogy of Hathaway's Flash, a story that once again drops us into the original universe years following the original battles between Amuro and Char. Needless to say, now is definitely a good time to be a fan of the legendary mech franchise.
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Via San-Diego Comic-Con Website