The official Twitter/X account for the Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury anime has announced a spinoff manga for the series. The manga is titled Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury Seishun Frontier (or Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury: Adolescent Frontier). It puts the characters from the iconic anime in an alternate universe where they are high school students in a near-future Japan.
HISADAKE will write the story with art from Hiro Hata. The manga will begin serialization in Kadokawa’s Comic Newtype service in Spring 2025. Check out the announcement post for the new Gundam: The Witch from Mercury spinoff manga below:
◆◆ スピンオフ漫画企画始動！◆◆
2025年春より「#コミックNewType」にて
連載スタート決定！近未来の日本を舞台に
女子高生のスレッタとミオリネの
出会いが描かれるパラレル作品です。#G_Witch pic.twitter.com/gX1ZMr5qoj— 機動戦士ガンダム 水星の魔女 (@G_Witch_M) December 28, 2024
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury is one of the most beloved Gundam anime released in the last few years. The anime aired on Crunchyroll in 2022, with season 2 releasing in 2023. Both seasons, as well as a subbed and dubbed version, are available in its entirety on the streaming service. Crunchyroll describes Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury as follows:
A.S. (Ad Stella) 122― 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.
Lastly, the Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury spinoff manga, titled Adolescent Frontier, will release starting in Spring 2025 via Kadokawa’s Comic Newtype service.
