Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. The end of the first season for Gundam: The Witch from Mercury is finally here and it finally picks up from where the prologue left off.

Yet another alternate timeline Gundam series, but Witch from Mercury is a far more layered tale, and this new Blu-ray release certainly does it justice. As this is an alternate timeline Gundam ...

In an unprecedented move, Bandai and Sunrise are teaming with Studio Khara to develop its next mecha series, Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuux.

The next Gundam anime has a great creative team behind it, and the show has a chance to do something wildly different for the mecha franchise.

Gundam: The Witch From Mercury introduces the first female LGBTQ lead in a modern Ad Stella timeline. A fresh, relatable take ...

Sunrise and Khara joined forces to create a new Gundam series, with a lot of staff members that previously worked for Gainax.

But I am curious to see how the response to The Witch from Mercury has shaped the new series ... our favorite tomato girl set a precedent for Gundam going forward. A show with this many u's ...