However, extensive use of GUND-ARMS resulted in pilots being crippled or even killed.

After receiving funding from mobile suit manufacturers Ochs Earth, the technology was developed into the 'GUND Format' and employed for military uses, leading to the creation of 'GUND-ARMS': mobile suits that use the GUND Format to increase the performance of their pilots. The purpose of GUND was to enable humans to survive in the harsh environment of space. Several megacorporations are established in this timeline which all focus on the development of technology for Spacians but also caused this very divide socially and politically between them and the Earthians.Īd Stella 101, researchers at the Vanadis Institute created 'GUND', an advanced brain–computer interface that enabled the human nervous system to control artificial appendices and organs. These conflicts revolved around the material named Permet, which was mined due to its information-linking properties and various technologies have been developed by mixing Permet with other materials or propellant for control purposes which includes Mobile Suit development. In this timeline, humanity has advanced into space yet a conflict occurred that caused a split between the inhabitants of space colonies, also called 'Spacians' and the Earth-born 'Earthians', with a vast economic inequality between the two. The series is set in the new calendar system dubbed Ad Stella (AS). See also: List of Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury characters Setting The show revolves around themes about the dangers of emerging technologies alongside political corruption, capitalism, and revenge. The Witch from Mercury marks the first mainline Gundam series to air during Japan's Reiwa era, the first mainline production in seven years since Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans, and the first TV series in the franchise to feature a female protagonist. The series follows the exploits of Suletta Mercury, a young teenager from Mercury who, by orders from her mother, transfers to an academic institute run by megacorporations and attended by the children of the most powerful CEOs.

It premiered in October 2022 on the JNN stations TBS and MBS.

The series is directed by both Hiroshi Kobayashi and Ryō Andō and written by Ichirō Ōkouchi. Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury ( Japanese: 機動戦士ガンダム水星の魔女, Hepburn: Kidō Senshi Gandamu: Suisei no Majo) is a Japanese mecha anime series and the fifteenth mainline entry in Sunrise's long-running Gundam franchise. Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury

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