Sunrise and Kadokawa have launched the new spin-off manga based on Gundam: The Witch From Mercury. The full title of the new manga is Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury - Frontiers in Glory Days, and it is immediately available in Japanese on Comic Walker.

The companies had previously unveiled the spin-off manga in late December 2024 with the Japanese subtitle Seishun Frontier, which could be translated to "Adolescent Frontier." While today's release matched the promised Spring 2025 window, the Japanese chapter revealed Frontiers in Glory Days as the official English subtitle.

This spin-off manga notably changes all the locations so that it takes place entirely on a near-future Earth. The Asticassia School of Technology is now located in the existing Japanese prefecture of Kanagawa. Suletta is alternatively depicted as coming from Alaska, even though she retains her Mercury surname. Her mother also instead goes on a business trip to South America to oversee the launch of an explorer spacecraft.

The last page of the inaugural chapter teases the appearance of "Aerial," which shares the same name as the original title's flagship mech, XVX-016 Gundam Aerial. This teaser comes from a chat message sent by Suletta's elder sister in English to further reinforce the new setting of the Mercury family residing in Alaska.

The first chapter of Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury - Frontiers in Glory Days is readily available to read in Japanese on Comic Walker. The second chapter will appear on the same platform on June 27, 2025.

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7-Eleven Japan is gradually releasing Gundam themed merchandise in its outlets across the country. The items will range from SD Gundam figures to character-branded Country Ma'am cookie packages.

The primary highlight in the lineup is the 1/1 Gunpla-kun figure. This 8 cm (3.15 inches) tall figure of the RX-78-2 Gundam in SD (Super Deformed) proportions with a 7-Eleven exclusive green-and-red livery is available at 880 yen (~$6).

In addition, 7-Eleven also released Gashapon Box Machiboke clear black figures of SD-sized units from Mobile Suit Gundam. A single box costs 440 yen (~$3), and it will randomly contain one of the following four Mobile Suits: Gundam, GM, Zaku, or Acguy.

SD Gundam figures will not be the only Gundam products that 7-Eleven will sell. The store chain has also confirmed that it will sell special Country Ma'am vanilla cookies branded with characters from the 2024 movie Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom on May 12, 2025. A box will cost 1,100 yen (~$7.60), and it will contain four packs of two cookies and a colored paper containing a random character illustration that could be Kira Yamato, Lacus Clyne, Athrun Zala, or Cagalli Yula Athha.

The SD Gundam figures of Gunpla-kun and Mobile Suit Gundam Machiboke series are immediately available in select 7-Eleven outlets across Japan while stocks last. The store chain will also release Gundam SEED Freedom-branded Country Ma'am vanilla cookies on May 12, 2025.

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Bandai has revealed foldable umbrellas designed after the shields used by Mobile Suits from the 1979 anime show Mobile Suit Gundam. The company will sell these products on the Japanese Bandai web store. [Thanks, Inside!]

The umbrellas will be available in four designs. Each of them will take inspiration from Amuro Ray's RX-78-2 Gundam, Ramba Ral's MS-07B Gouf, Char Aznable's customized MS-06S Zaku II, and the regular MS-06 Zaku II. All umbrellas will have the same tax-inclusive price tag of 6,930 yen (~$48.35).

Each umbrella will also come with a case adorned with emblems that suit the respective Mobile Suit. You can see how the umbrellas will look like with the sample images shared right below:

The Bandai Namco Group has been producing numerous Gundam-themed merchandise as the complete owner of the franchise. Some of the products released include wa-gu-mi bamboo craft puzzles themed after Amuro's Gundam and Char's Zaku II. The group has also worked with other companies to release collaboration products, such as T-shirts from Uniqlo and shoes from Crocs.

The umbrellas themed after the Mobile Suit Shields from Mobile Suit Gundam will be available in Japan. Bandai has yet to announce the products' pre-order and release windows as of the initial reveal.

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Tatsumi Group has published a mook (magazine-book) that compiles information about the Mobile Suits from the Gundam SEED sub-series. The book's full title is Gundam Mobile Suit Coursebook - C.E.70-75 Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Series Arc. As implied by the covered years, it also includes units from the 2024 movie Gundam SEED Freedom.

The 160-page book covers not only Mobile Suits but also the pilot characters and other vehicles. But as the title implies, only the Mobile Suit pages will appear in color, with the other sections available in grayscale.

This book also includes content from most of the Cosmic Era side stories and MSV (Mobile Suit Variation) entries, such as C.E.73 Stargazer and the Astray sub-series up to VS Astray and Princess of the Sky. But while it obviously does not include the Gundam SEED Freedom Zero movie and the newly ongoing Gundam SEED Freedom Astray manga, the recently concluded Gundam SEED Eclipse is also notably missing from the lineup.

The book has a price tag of ¥1,980 (~$13.85), and it is available for purchase via Rakuten Books and Amazon Japan. The latter has also been confirmed to international shipments for this book.

This SEED sub-series book is actually the fourth one in Tatsumi's Gundam Mobile Suit compilation books, but it is the first one to feature an alternate universe outside of Universal Century. The group first published a book that focused on the U.C.0079-0080 One Year War era in August 2021. It then followed up with another book in November 2022 that covered U.C.0083-0087 era units from Stardust Memory, Zeta Gundam, and Gundam ZZ. The third book, published in September 2023, featured units in the U.C.0093-0097 period from Char's Counterattack, Gundam Unicorn, Twilight Axis, and Gundam Narrative.

The Gundam Mobile Suit Coursebook - C.E.70-75 Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Series Arc book is now available for purchase.

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Uniqlo has revealed new UT graphic T-shirts based on three major Japanese science fiction anime series: Gundam, Evangelion, and Ghost in the Shell. The apparel brand will gradually release these shirts worldwide, starting in Japan throughout the Spring season of 2025.

Gundam will have its own collection to mark the series' 45th anniversary, and Uniqlo will release it first on April 14, 2025. This lineup will feature four designs: A gathering of Gundams from multiple universes drawn by Kunio Okawara, the key art of the first Mobile Suit Gundam entry, a compilation of the Freedom Gundam's upgrade paths throughout the Gundam SEED sub-series, and the key visual of Gundam: The Witch From Mercury.

In addition, Uniqlo simultaneously revealed a Science Fiction Anime collection that will group Evangelion with Ghost in the Shell in May 2025. It will feature two shirt designs from each franchise. The former will feature a group of the three main EVA units and a close-up of the Evangelion Production Model-02'β. Rounding up the lineup will be Ghost in the Shell line art designs of Major Motoko Kusanagi and the Tachikoma.

All T-shirts will have the same price tag of ¥1,990 (~$13.60). They will be available in eight adult sizes, ranging from XS to 4XL. However, Uniqlo's physical stores will only offer shirts sized between S and XL. People interested in the XS and the three largest sizes can only purchase those on Uniqlo's web store.

Uniqlo will release the Gundam series 45th anniversary T-shirts first in Japan on Monday, April 14, 2025. The SF Anime collection featuring Evangelion and Ghost in the Shell will follow suit the month after in mid-May 2025.

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Bandai Namco has revealed that it will add the XXXG-00W0 Wing Gundam Zero to the playable unit roster for the PC version of Mobile Suit Gundam: Battle Operation 2. Players of the online PC game will be able to pilot the After Colony-era Mobile Suit, which will look exactly as it appeared in the 1995 TV version of Gundam Wing.

The facts that the Battle Operation series generally focuses on the Universal Century and that this news appeared on April 1 may seem like an elaborate April Fools prank. However, this announcement is completely legit, as Wing Zero is not the first Mobile Suit from an alternate universe to appear in the PC game.

The ZGMF-X10A Freedom Gundam from Mobile Suit Gundam SEED was the first alternate universe unit to appear in Battle Operation 2 in early 2024. Later on, in November 2024, Bandai Namco added G Gundam's flagship Mobile Fighter GF13-017NJII God Gundam, which is alternatively known in the Western releases as Burning Gundam.

Bandai Namco added the alternate universe Gundams to celebrate special occasions for each of them. The Freedom Gundam appeared to mark the launch of the 2024 movie Gundam SEED Freedom, while the God/Burning Gundam celebrated Mobile Fighter G Gundam's 30th anniversary. Likewise, the Wing Gundam Zero will appear to mark the 30th anniversary of the Gundam Wing TV show that aired in 1995.

The XXXG-00W0 Wing Gundam Zero from the TV version of Gundam Wing will be available exclusively in the PC Steam release of Mobile Suit Gundam: Battle Operation 2. Bandai Namco also runs a separate build of the online game on PlayStation 4 and 5, which stays true to the setting by only featuring units from the Universal Century timeline.

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Bandai Spirits has opened applications for the second pre-order batch of the Hatsune Miku-themed Strike Freedom Gundam Type 2 Metal Robot Spirits action figure on the Japanese Bandai site. The company will use a lottery to determine people eligible to purchase the action figure because the first batch sold out very quickly.

For the record, Bandai Spirits first revealed the action figure on March 10, 2025, with its release window set in October 2025. However, in what seemed to be a first-come-first-served basis, the allocated stock in the first batch ran out in a very short time.

The new pre-order batch will let people purchase the action figure with the same tax-inclusive price tag of 24,200 yen (~$160.60). The package will still contain an action figure of the Strike Freedom Gundam Type 2 with its blue parts repainted with the Miku Green color and an acrylic stand of Hatsune Miku with a gear set inspired by the flagship Mobile Suit of the 2024 movie Gundam SEED Freedom.

Bandai Spirits will close the application period on April 13, 2025. It will announce the winners eligible to purchase the action figure later, around mid-April 2025. After finalizing the payments, they can expect their orders to arrive in December 2025.

The crossover figures between Hatsune Miku and the Gundam franchise go both ways; there will be both Miku-themed Gundam figures and Gundam-themed Miku figures. Earlier in March 2025, Megahouse revealed two examples of the latter with Lucrea figures of Hatsune Miku themed after the Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz version of Wing Gundam Zero and the 00 Gundam from the Mobile Suit Gundam 00 TV series, respectively.

The Metal Robot Spirits <Side MS> action figure of Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom's Strike Freedom Gundam Type 2 - Hatsune Miku Version will be available first in October 2025. People who order via the newly opened second batch will be able to get it in December 2025. This action figure will appear not only in Japan but also the rest of Asia and the US.

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The Hololive Vtuber Hoshimachi Suisei's song that appeared in the Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning- movie will also become the ending theme of the regular TV show. Sunrise and Khara announced the confirmation on the anime title's Japanese official social media .

The song's title in Japanese is "Mou dou nattemo iiya," and its official English title is "I don't care." The same song originally appeared as an insert song in the middle of the Beginning movie edition. Cover has since published the short movie version of the song on YouTube and music streaming platforms including Spotify.

As an official ending theme song, the Hoshimachi Suisei song will complement Kenshi Yonezu's "Plazma," which has become the opening theme song for the regular TV run of Gundam GQuuuuuuX. However, those two are not the only pop songs that have been featured in the anime show. The movie also featured Nomelon Nolemon's "Midnight Reflection" as another insert song, but it remains to be seen whether the latter will also appear in the regular TV run or not.

Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX will launch on Japanese television channels on April 9, 2025, past midnight JST. Prime Video will exclusively the earliest streams of the episodes soon after the Japanese premiere. The episodes will also appear on other streaming platforms like Netflix and Disney+ two days later.

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Bandai Spirits has revealed the full prize lineup for its Ichiban Kuji Online lottery featuring Mobile Suit Gundam 00 merchandise and figures. The company will launch the lottery in Japan at the beginning of April 2025, though an exact date isn't available yet.

The highlighted prize in this lineup will be the immovable but highly detailed Masterlise Mechanics statue figure of the GN-001 Gundam Exia. It will be available as the most precious A Prize, with an alternative Trans-Am mode appearing via the Last One Prize.

A single ticket in this merchandise lottery will cost 850 yen (~$5.7). Each ticket will also count as an entry in the Double Chance Campaign, which will close at the end of July 2025 and reward the regular Gundam Exia statue to 30 winners.

The complete prize lineup is as follows:

• A Prize: Masterlise Mechanics statue figure of Gundam Exia
• B Prize: Big acrylic stand featuring Setsuna F. Seiei and Gundam Exia
• C Prize: Big acrylic stand featuring Lockon Stratos and Gundam Dynames
• D Prize: Big acrylic stand featuring Allelujah Haptism and Gundam Kyrios
• E Prize: Big acrylic stand featuring Tieria Erde and Gundam Virtue
• F Prize: Random rubber coaster mat
• G Prize: Random character acrylic stand
• H Prize: Random clear key visual poster
• Last Prize: Masterlise Mechanics statue figure of Gundam Exia in Trans-Am mode

Bandai Spirits has been frequently holding Ichiban Kuji lotteries based on specific Gundam titles. The company had also previously launched lotteries themed after Mobile Fighter G Gundam and Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX.

The Mobile Suit Gundam 00 -Gundam Meisters- Ichiban Kuji Online lottery will launch on April 1, 2025.

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Bandai Spirits has revealed that it will restock three of its Gunpla model kits from the Mobile Suit Gundam franchise and sell them exclusively on Bandai. While the company is also producing kits from other universes like Gundam SEED's Cosmic Era and Iron-Blooded Orphans' Post Disaster timeline, the three Gunpla kits in this list are based on mobile suits from the Zeon side in the Universal Century timeline. All three kits will also have the same HG (High Grade) 1/144 scale. [Thanks, Hobby Watch!]

The first one will be Char Aznable's customized version of the High Mobility Type Zaku II, which was originally used by the Brown Southern Cross team in the 2022 movie adaptation of Gundam: Cucuruz Doan's Island. The kit is originally getting released in March 2025, but its pre-order stock ran out much earlier. Bandai will release a new batch of the kits in May 2025 at 2,750 yen (~$18.35).

The second kit features the Zaku Desert Type used by the Pink Panther Corps, which appeared in Gundam: Mobile Suit Discovery side story materials and has no relations at all with the famous American movie mascot. The first batch is slated for release in April 2025 at 2,640 yen (~$17.60). Bandai newly announced that it will release the second batch in June 2025 with the same price tag.

The third and last kit in the list will feature the original AMX-014 Doven Wolf from Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ. The mobile suit was previously featured in the HGUC (High Grade Universal Century) line in February 2014. It will be available again in July 2025 at 2,640 yen (~$17.60).

The 1/144 HG (High Grade) Gunpla model kits of Char Custom High Mobility Zaku II, Pink Panther Corps' Zaku Desert Type, and Doven Wolf from the Zeon factions will be available again in May 2025, June 2025, and July 2025, respectively.

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Megahouse teased two new Hatsune Miku x Gundam collaboration Lucrea figures inspired by the anime franchise. These are being created for the 45th anniversary of the Bandai Namco series. So far, the company has only shown the two key visuals for the figures, and there is no release date in sight.

While Bandai Namco and Megahouse have yet to offer a release window, the official website estimates that pre-orders will open sometime in 2025. The first of the two figures is inspired by the Wing Gundam Zero mech from the Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz film. The key visual shows Hatsune Miku wearing a white military uniform with white wings that combines Mobile Suit motifs with the image of an orchestra conductor. The illustration was created by Japanese artist neco.

Meanwhile, the second figure is inspired by the Mobile Suit Gundam 00 anime. The illustration shows Miku sitting on top of a pile of TVs showing the logos of the Celestial Being, the Advanced European Union, and the Union of Solar Energy and Free Nations from the Gundam 00 series. The TVs are sitting on a bed of flowers and Miku is holding a Haro robot that uses her color scheme. Artist Ixy was responsible for this design.

You can take a look at the key visuals for the figures here:

As a reminder, Good Smile Company recently announced a special Nendoroid to celebrate the 100th release of Hatsune Miku Nendoroid figures throughout the years.

Two new Hatsune Miku x Gundam Lucrea figures are currently in development. More information will appear in the future, and pre-orders will open sometime in 2025.

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Japan Airlines revealed that it is working with Bandai Namco Holdings on Mobile Suit Gundam collaborations as part of promotions for the 2025 World Expo in Osaka, Japan. The companies are launching a JAL enger plane and a restaurant bus with unique Gundam liveries, as well as RX-78 Gundam model kits with exclusive themed liveries.

The liveries for both the real airplane and bus will feature the franchise's titular Mobile Suit Gundam, along with the Expo 2025 mascot, Myaku-Myaku. Japan Airlines is holding the first launch of the plane with the Gundam livery on March 3, 2025—the same day it held the press presentation. Meanwhile, Willer Across will manage the restaurant bus and bring it to various locations across Japan from March 2025 until October 2025.

As for the Gunpla model kits, there will be two different types available in this collaboration. The first one will be a kit of the RX-78-2 Gundam with the white-and-red Japan Airlines livery. People must first their interests via inflight Wi-Fi to gain access to the kit's purchase page for up to three days.

The second kit will be a new version of the RX-78F00/E Gundam, which the Bandai Namco group designed specifically for Expo 2025. This special kit will come with red Japan Airlines decals, but it will only be available by purchasing JAL Dynamic Packages that combine domestic flight tickets with pre-determined hotel lodgings and tour plans.

Gundam will not be the only Japanese subculture franchise to have a presence at the 2025 World Expo. The Pokemon Company and Niantic will also stage Pokemon GO events that will be available at the venue for the whole duration of the Expo.

The collaboration between Japan Airlines and Mobile Suit Gundam will appear to help promote the 2025 World Expo, which will take place in Osaka, Japan, from April 13, 2025, until October 13, 2025.

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Bandai Spirits announced a model kit of the ASW-G-08 Gundam Barbatos Lupus from the Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans anime series. The release date and price of the new model kit has yet to be decided, and more information will appear in the future. [Thanks, Hobby Watch!]

The new Gundam Barbatos Lupus model kit is part of the MG 1/100 (Master Grade) line of scale Gunpla kits. It was announced on February 21, 2025 during the Gundam NEXT Future -Final- event held in Tokyo. Since its production was just announced there is currently no prototype of the model kit, although we might see Bandai Spirits share a look at it as its development progresses.

The creation of the new Gunpla was decided as part of the celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Iron-Bloodeed Orphans anime, which premiered in Japan on October 4, 2015 and ran until April 2, 2017. The original anime has 2 seasons of 25 episodes each, and a new anime based on the Iron-Blooded Orphans: Urdr-Hunt mobile game is currently in production.

The new Gundam Barbatos Lupus model kit from the Gundam Iron-Blooded Orphans anime is currently in development, and information on its release date and price will appear at a later date. The Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans anime is available on Crunchyroll.

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Bandai Namco announced that it will close down Gundam Tribe on May 27, 2025. The long-running Gundam browser game will have its plug pulled just shortly before it reaches its 10th anniversary.

The browser strategy game originally appeared in June 2015. Its operations team had a lengthy debate that concluded with the end of the game's services just before it could actually reach its 10th anniversary. But despite the closure announcement, the team will continue adding new units and events until the server shutdown date.

gacha purchases will be available until March 18, 2025. Bandai Namco will then close the game's overall microtransaction system on March 31, 2025. The last event for Gundam Tribe will take place on May 12, 2025, and it will feature the "Beyond the Time" SP stage inspired by events from Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack.

On a related note, Gundam Tribe is being developed and managed by Bandai Namco Online. The subsidiary company that also worked on Gundam Evolution and Blue Protocol will be absorbed into Bandai Namco Entertainment at the start of the new fiscal year on April 1, 2025. While Bandai Namco Entertainment will seamlessly continue managing Gundam Tribe for the remainder of its lifespan, its end-of-service announcement marks a closure for another game developed by Bandai Namco Online.

Gundam Tribe is available on PC and mobile browsers in Japan until May 27, 2025, at 6 PM JST.

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GungHo has revealed the third wave of Gundam crossover content for Puzzle & Dragons, and it will also include Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX. Players of the popular long-running Japanese mobile game will be able to get new Mobile Suits from the Gundam metaseries via gacha from February 20, 2025, until March 10, 2025.

Other than GQuuuuuuX, the third Gundam crossover wave in Puzzle & Dragons will newly add content from late Universal Century titles like Gundam F91 and Victory Gundam, as well as closely related timelines like Regild Century's Reconguista in G and Correct Century's Turn A Gundam. It will also have content from After War Gundam X while adding more Mobile Suits from already-featured titles.

Here is the complete list of new additions that did not appear in the second crossover wave that launched in 2024:

Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX

• GQuuuuuuX - with Amate "Machu" Yuzuriha
• Red Gundam - with Shuji Ito
• Military Police Zaku

Early and Middle Universal Century

• Guncannon
• Guntank
• Acguy
• Hyaku Shiki
• Hambrabi
• Methuss
• Z Gundam with active Biosensor - new upgrade for Z Gundam
• Hi-Nu Gundam - new final upgrade for RX-78-2 Gundam
• Nightingale - new final upgrade for Char Aznable's Zaku
• Unicorn Gundam Awakened Mode
• Banshee Norn Destroy Mode

Late Universal Century

• Gundam F91 - with Seabook Arno
• Berga Giros
• V2 Gundam - with Uso Ewin; upgradeable to V2 Assault Buster Gundam
• Gedlav
• Gottrlatan

Gundam: Reconguista in G (Regild Century)

• G-Self Space Pack - with Bellri Zenam; upgradeable to Perfect Pack
• Kabakali

Turn A Gundam (Correct Century)

• Turn A Gundam - with Loran Cehack
• Gold SUMO
• Kapool

After War Gundam X (After War)

• Gundam X - with Garrod Ran and Tiffa Adill; upgradeable to Gundam DX
• Gundam Virsago Chest Break - with Gundam Ashtaron Hermit Crab MA as assist

Gundam 00 Series (Anno Domini)

• 00 Qan[T] - new final upgrade for Gundam Exia
• Reborns Gundam

Iron-Blooded Orphans (Post Disaster)

• Gundam Bael

The Witch from Mercury (Ad Stella)

• Gundam Pharact

Puzzle & Dragons is available on Android and iOS mobile devices in Japan. The third wave of the Gundam series crossover content will be available from February 20, 2025, until March 10, 2025.

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