Gundam: Witch from Mercury Prologue Anime Gets U.S. Premiere at Comic Con Int'l in San Diego

Comic Con International: San Diego’s website lists that the Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury Prologue anime, a prequel for the first new Gundam television anime series in seven years titled Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury (Kidō Senshi Gundam: Suisei no Majo), will screen at the event on July 21 at 12:30 p.m. PDT.

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

Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury Prologue will debut in Japan on July 14 at the Gundam Factory Yokohama (the site of the life-size moving Gundam statue), the life-size Gundam Unicorn statue in Tokyo’s Odaiba, the life-size Freedom Gundam statue in Shanghai, the life-size RX-93ffν Gundam statue in Fukuoka, and the upcoming Gundam Base Virtual World in Bandai Namco Group’s planned Gundam Metaverse project.