Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury’s prologue is streaming free

Mobile Suit Gundam has returned with its first series in nearly seven years. Bandai Namco invites everyone to see it. This is the prologue episode. Mobile Suit Gundam – The Witch of Mercury is available to stream for free on YouTube now, while the rest of the series won’t start until October.

Mobile Suit Gundam – The Witch of Mercury takes place in another of Gundam’s many alternate timelines. The story of Suletta Mercury (the first female protagonist in Mobile Suit Gundam), who moves into Asticassia School of Technology at the age of A.S.122, follows. At this time in the Gundam universe, corporations have expanded into space to create a massive economic system, with the Beneritt Group, which also runs Mercury’s school, in control of most of the industry that creates mobile suits, the giant mecha that give the franchise its name.

This episode is primarily about introducing the series’ world and setting the scene for future events. The prologue has been available for a while in Japan, but this YouTube video is the first time it’s been available for the rest of the world. The rest of the series will premiere late this year, but there’s no word yet on where the episodes will be streamable.