Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury Season 2

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機動戦士ガンダム 水星の魔女 Season2

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Overview

Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury Season 2 matters because it gives its mecha spectacle real social and emotional weight. Its giant-robot battles sit alongside corporate power, military pressure, technological ethics, and the intimate consequences of decisions made by institutions. The result is a science-fiction drama that treats its young characters as people navigating systems designed to use them, while keeping a female-led perspective at the center of a major real-robot series.

The experience is tense, polished, and increasingly serious, balancing school-life familiarity with conspiracy, political conflict, family strain, revenge, and tragedy. It is less interested in simple victories than in asking what progress costs and whether inherited violence can be interrupted. With 12 episodes, this season offers a focused continuation for viewers who enjoyed the first season's character dynamics and want those relationships tested under greater pressure. It is not the gentlest introduction to the setting, so watching the preceding season first will make its emotional turns and ongoing conflicts more rewarding. Still, audiences who are new to Gundam but enjoy accessible character drama, ethical science fiction, or action anime with a primarily teenage cast may find its scale inviting. Viewers should expect guns, warfare, terrorism, gore, and heavy themes alongside the school setting. An English dub is available, and the series is listed on Crunchyroll, YouTube, Netflix, and iQ, though regional access may vary.

Synopsis

Two weeks after the incident at Plant Quetta, Suletta Mercury remains at Asticassia School of Technology, waiting for the chance to see Miorine Rembran again. The transfer student from Mercury has built an unusual place for herself at the school, both as Miorine’s bridegroom and as a member of GUND-ARM, Inc., the company created around Gundam technology. Her everyday school life, once filled with new encounters and hard-won connections, is now overshadowed by uncertainty and the consequences of the violence that disrupted it.

Miorine is separated from Suletta and stationed at the Benerit Group’s headquarters, where she watches over her father’s condition while facing responsibilities tied to one of the powerful corporations that shape life across space. The two young women are pulled into different but closely connected struggles as corporate interests, political power, and the dangerous legacy of Gundam technology converge around them. With new hardships approaching, Suletta and Miorine must confront difficult decisions and the conflicting feelings that define their relationship.

Season 2 continues its science-fiction mecha drama through the pressures placed on its young protagonists, whose school environment exists within a much larger economic and political system. As the girls seek their own answers, they are forced to face the harm and immense power associated with GUND technology, while conspiracies, family obligations, and the threat of further conflict make personal choices increasingly consequential.

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Should You Watch It?

Watch it if you enjoy

  • Watch after Season 1 for a focused continuation of Suletta and Miorine’s story, with corporate conflict, Gundam technology, and political pressure intensifying.
  • Choose it for polished real-robot action paired with questions about institutional power, inherited violence, and the cost of technological progress.

It may not suit you if

  • It may not suit viewers seeking a standalone entry, since its emotional stakes and ongoing conflicts depend on the preceding season.
  • The serious shift from school-life familiarity toward conspiracy, military pressure, tragedy, and gore may be heavier than expected.
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Why It Connects With Audiences

Why people love it

  • Viewers may appreciate how mecha battles carry social and emotional consequences rather than functioning only as spectacle.
  • The female-led perspective and strained relationship between Suletta and Miorine give the corporate and political drama an intimate center.

Common criticisms

  • The concentration of corporate, political, technological, and family conflicts may feel demanding within a 12-episode continuation.
  • Its balance of school-life elements with increasingly serious violence and tragedy may feel uneven to viewers preferring one consistent tone.

Volluble DNA

A quick profile of the title’s dominant storytelling ingredients.

Action
88
Comedy
24
Emotion
86
Mystery
62
Romance
48
Horror
38
Philosophy
72
Anime/Manga Convention Intensity
78
Characters and Voice Actors25 characters

Suletta Mercury

Main character
  • Japanese: Kana Ichinose
  • English: Jill Harris

Miorine Rembran

Main character
  • Japanese: Lynn
  • English: Natalie Van Sistine

Elan Ceres

Supporting character
  • Japanese: Natsuki Hanae
  • English: Aaron Dismuke

Guel Jeturk

Supporting character
  • Japanese: Youhei Azakami
  • English: Bradley Gareth
  • English: Emi Lo

Shaddiq Zenelli

Supporting character
  • Japanese: Makoto Furukawa
  • English: Alejandro Saab

Nika Nanaura

Supporting character
  • Japanese: Yume Miyamoto
  • English: Bryn Apprill

Chuatury Panlunch

Supporting character
  • Japanese: Miyu Tomita
  • English: Brittney Karbowski

Nugen

Supporting character
  • Japanese: Masako Katsuki
  • English: Wendy Powell

Rouji Chante

Supporting character
  • Japanese: Gen Satou
  • English: Kristin Payne

Delling Rembran

Supporting character
  • Japanese: Naoya Uchida
  • English: Gabe Kunda

Lauda Neill

Supporting character
  • Japanese: Takeo Ootsuka
  • English: Nazeeh Tarsha

Sarius Zenelli

Supporting character
  • English: Mike Smith
  • Japanese: Atsushi Ono

Golneri

Supporting character
  • English: Molly Searcy
  • Japanese: Kimiko Saitou

Nevola

Supporting character
  • English: Brianna Roberts
  • Japanese: Youko Soumi

Felsi Rollo

Supporting character
  • Japanese: Yuuki Takada
  • English: Alexis Tipton

Petra Itta

Supporting character
  • Japanese: Yuuki Hirose
  • English: Kimberly Grace

Rajan Zahi

Supporting character
  • Japanese: Eiji Hanawa
  • English: Ian Sinclair

Secelia Dote

Supporting character
  • Japanese: Aya Yamane
  • English: Cassie Ewulu

Prospera Mercury

Supporting character
  • Japanese: Mamiko Noto
  • English: Elizabeth Maxwell

Martin Upmont

Supporting character
  • Japanese: Junya Enoki
  • English: Matt Shipman

Ojelo Gabel

Supporting character
  • Japanese: KENN
  • English: Corey Wilder

Nuno Kargan

Supporting character
  • Japanese: Tasuku Hatanaka
  • English: Eric Vale

Lilique Kadoka Lipati

Supporting character
  • Japanese: Konomi Inagaki
  • English: Sara Ragsdale

Till Nys

Supporting character
  • Japanese: Kouhei Amasaki
  • English: Monty Thompson

Aliya Mahvash

Supporting character
  • Japanese: Miyuri Shimabukuro
  • English: Elisa Annette
Production and Staff26 credits
Animation StudioSunrise
Original CreatorHajime Yatate
Original CreatorYoshiyuki Tomino
Original Character DesignMogumo
DirectorHiroshi Kobayashi
Series CompositionIchirou Ookouchi
Character DesignHirotoshi Takaya
Character DesignJuri Toida
Mechanical DesignKanetake Ebikawa
Mechanical DesignKenji Teraoka
Mechanical DesignIppei Gyoubu
Mechanical DesignTakayuki Yanase
View all 14 additional credits
Mechanical DesignJNTHED
Mechanical DesignKou Inaba
Prop DesignPeter
Prop DesignEsteo
Design AssistanceMorion Airlines
Art DirectorAyumi Satou
Art DesignKenichi Morioka
Art DesignKazushige Kanehira
Art DesignTomoaki Okada
Art DesignYasuyoshi Uetsu
Art DesignJunichirou Tamamori
Concept ArtAyane Hayashi
Assistant DirectorShinya Watada
Assistant DirectorRyou Andou

Production Background

Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury Season 2 is an original anime television production rather than an adaptation of previously published source material. It was made as part of Sunrise’s Gundam television project, with the official site carrying the Sunrise and MBS copyright notice. Hiroshi Kobayashi directed the television series, while Ichirō Ōkouchi handled its scripts. The production belongs to a Gundam setting built around an original school, corporate, and spacefaring society, with mobile suits and GUND technology central to its science-fiction framework.

This entry completed its broadcast run in 2023 with 12 episodes. The wider television series aired in Japan from October 2022 through July 2023, placing this season within that continuous release period. Its story begins two weeks after the Plant Quetta incident, following Suletta Mercury at Asticassia School of Technology while Miorine Rembran remains at the Benerit Group headquarters. The official presentation identifies the season as the continuation of their story and emphasizes the new difficulties and decisions facing both characters. Following its television release, the work was made available through multiple streaming services, including Crunchyroll, YouTube, Netflix, and iQ. The official site also records Blu-ray and DVD availability for the larger production, while related official materials include the “PROLOGUE” prequel and a later Blu-ray release for the series’ 2024 festival event.

Franchise Context

Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury Season 2 is the second television season of the original anime Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury. It is a direct continuation rather than a beginning, remake, alternate version, or spin-off, and follows the first season as part of the series’ 2022 to 2023 broadcast run. The season contains 12 episodes and completes this individual television storyline.

Within the broader Gundam franchise, this entry belongs to the long-running line of original mecha anime centered on mobile suits, political conflict, technology, and the human cost of war. It does not adapt a manga or novel, and its story is distinct from the franchise’s other television series and films. The setting, characters, and conflicts introduced in The Witch from Mercury continue here, including the series’ school and corporate framework and its focus on Suletta Mercury and Miorine Rembran. For viewing order, it follows the first season of The Witch from Mercury, with the separately identified prequel PROLOGUE serving as an optional earlier entry in the same series context.

Where This Fits in Gundam

A spoiler-light guide to where this exact work fits within the broader Gundam franchise.

  1. Step 1
    Optionally begin with the prequel Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury PROLOGUE for background on the setting and Gundam technology.
  2. Step 2
    Watch Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury Season 1 before this season, since Season 2 continues Suletta and Miorine's story after the Plant Quetta incident.
  3. Step 3
    Watch Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury Season 2 as the concluding TV season of this storyline; no later connected work is identified in the supplied record.

Franchise Path

  1. Optional prequel: Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury PROLOGUE.
  2. Watch Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury Season 1 first.
  3. Finish with this 12-episode concluding TV season.

After You Finish

Continue with

  • This storyline is complete; no later connected work is identified in the supplied record.

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  3. Wikipedia: Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury

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