Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury is certainly enjoying its run of famed popularity. Not since Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans has there been such strong hype for an AU Gundam title. As you know, a second season is set to be released later this spring, but guess what else is being released along the way?

Kadokawa’s Gundam Ace has announced a manga side story for the latest Gundam installment. According to the announcement, the side story will take place several years after the Vanadis incident. It also follows a surviving witch named Vilda Miren, who wanders the earth with a curse. Ko Yoneyama is credited for the scenario and HISADAKE for planning cooperation, while Mogmo will handle character designs and Chika Tojo will handle the art. It is planned to launch in spring 2023.

Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury is the Gundam franchise’s latest installment and the first AU Gundam title in 7 years, the last one being 2015’s Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans. The anime was recently released in the fall season of 2022 as a TV show and will have a second season released in the spring of 2023. It ran for 12 episodes and is set to have another 12 episodes for its second season, making a total of 24 episodes. The latest Gundam installment has received both praise and criticism from Gundam fans new and old.

Have you watched Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury? Are you excited for the manga? Let me know in the comments!

Sources: Anime News Network