It has been announced that a spin-off manga of the popular anime series Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury, Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury , will be serialized on the website Comic Newtype from spring 2025. The parallel story is set in a near-future Japan and follows the encounter between two high school girls, Sletta and Miorine.
The scenario will be written by HISADAKE of the creator unit "Morion Airlines," who also participated in "The Witch of Mercury," and the manga will be drawn by illustrator and manga artist Hiro Hata. The teaser visual shows Sletta and Miorine in blazers inspired by the uniforms worn by the characters in the anime.
HISADAKE, who is in charge of the scenario, commented, "For Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury, I assisted with the planning as Morion Airlines and also contributed to the setting as an individual. In this work, I would like Sletta and his friends to see various landscapes of Japan! I hope you will enjoy it!"
Hata, who draws the manga, said, "I had a lot of fun watching Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury, so I'm very happy to be able to meet Sletta and the others again in this spin-off! I will do my best to draw the characters, so I hope you enjoy them!"
The catchphrase for "The Witch of Mercury" is "The Witch Drives a Gundam." The story is set in AS (Ad Stella) 122, an era when many companies have expanded into space and built huge economic spheres. The protagonist, a girl named Suletta Mercury from the remote land of Mercury, transfers to Asticasia Technical College, run by the Benerit Group, the largest mobile suit industry company. Season 1 was broadcast from October 2022 to January 2023, and Season 2 was broadcast from April to July 2023 on the MBS/TBS Sunday 5pm anime slot "Nichi 5".
