Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury Season 2 Opening Theme MV Released
Following the release of yama’s lyric video for Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury Season 2’s opening theme, viewed over 2.5 million times in five weeks, the musical artist finally released a full-length music video for their single “slash.” The song was released digitally first via major subscription services on April 9, and its CD single followed on May 10. The CD ranked 20th in Oricon’s weekly single charts by selling 4,446 copies in its first week.
The music video features illustrations newly drawn by JUN INAGAWA, a creator who has been attracting much attention in the street scene in recent years and now known as the original creator of the ongoing TV anime Magical Destroyers.
“For me, it was the first time to draw with a real subject,” INAGAWA said. “However, I was able to express it smoothly because our subcultural tastes and backgrounds were pretty close, and we also had a lot of fun with GORILLAZ. For example, the mask yama always wears has its own separate personality in this ‘New yama,’ and the statue ‘Muni’ appears as a hidden character… I incorporated a lot of ideas!”
“slash” music video:
“Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury” season 2 creditless opening movie:
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Time-limited production edition CD jacket:
Regular edition:
yama:
JUN INAGAWA:
In addition, yama wills stream an online concert, “yama Special Online Live ‘Early Summer Nights’,” for free on YouTube on Tuesday, May 23 at 19:30 (JST) / 03:30 (PT). Yama is also expected to make an announcement at the end of the live stream.
The highly-anticipated new season of Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury premiered in Japan on April 9, and is also simulcast on Crunchyroll for members in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East and CIS.
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Season 2 trailer:
Key visual:
Sources: yama official YouTube channel, Sony Music Labels press release
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