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NEWS: Gundam: The Witch From Mercury Anime's 1st Part Ends on January 8 Due to Special Programming


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Kougeru



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 06, 2022 12:38 pm Reply with quote
It doesn't say "First part" ending, it says "first cour" which is how it would've been anyway, a cour is only 12-13 episodes by definition. The first "part" is very likely going to be 25-ish episodes as is usually the case with Gundam
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Kurohei



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 06, 2022 12:57 pm Reply with quote
I stopped watching the show after episode 6. I might go back once the show was over. Looks like that might be further away that I thought.
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Arale Kurashiki



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 06, 2022 1:04 pm Reply with quote
Kougeru wrote:
It doesn't say "First part" ending, it says "first cour" which is how it would've been anyway, a cour is only 12-13 episodes by definition. The first "part" is very likely going to be 25-ish episodes as is usually the case with Gundam

"Part" isn't an industry term with a specific usage, it's just a word...
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Hoppy800



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 06, 2022 1:14 pm Reply with quote
1st Part? Oh dear.

I knew this installment couldn't sustain 40-50 episodes split cour or not, it makes sense that it will be between 22-26 episodes split into 2 cours or parts as this article is stating, so at least it can end on a high note and not get boring with a ton of padding, it is panning out to be a Gundam installment without a bloody war after all.
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tintor2



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 06, 2022 1:41 pm Reply with quote
Still wondering if this cour will end with a big change in the narrative. I mean, the OVA was ridiculously violent when compared to these episodes. The closest thing we had to tragedy in the series so far is the Natsuki Hanae character
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Beatdigga



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 06, 2022 1:55 pm Reply with quote
tintor2 wrote:
Still wondering if this cour will end with a big change in the narrative. I mean, the OVA was ridiculously violent when compared to these episodes. The closest thing we had to tragedy in the series so far is the Natsuki Hanae character


I think the tonal shift is inevitable, which is why we’re getting all the classroom interactions and cute moments now, so the tragedy has more impact later.
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MagicPolly



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 06, 2022 2:29 pm Reply with quote
Didn't we already know this was split cour? I swear it was announced really early on

If the rumored production issues are true, these delays are probably very helpful
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MFrontier



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 06, 2022 2:46 pm Reply with quote
Beatdigga wrote:
tintor2 wrote:
Still wondering if this cour will end with a big change in the narrative. I mean, the OVA was ridiculously violent when compared to these episodes. The closest thing we had to tragedy in the series so far is the Natsuki Hanae character


I think the tonal shift is inevitable, which is why we’re getting all the classroom interactions and cute moments now, so the tragedy has more impact later.

I think Miorine finding out the truth about the Aerial and how it works will probably cause a big shift in the plot.
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SHD



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 06, 2022 3:18 pm Reply with quote
MagicPolly wrote:
Didn't we already know this was split cour? I swear it was announced really early on

If the rumored production issues are true, these delays are probably very helpful

It was always split cour, the only thing of importance that was announced here is that the show will skip two weeks due to special programming (a news talk show and new years' programs), so that the first cour will end on January 8 instead of December 25 or something. (Also, I'm not sure why people think there are production issues, but in any case the recap episode was very obviously pre-planned so it wasn't a due to a last minute delay in production.)
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 06, 2022 4:36 pm Reply with quote
SHD wrote:
MagicPolly wrote:
Didn't we already know this was split cour? I swear it was announced really early on

If the rumored production issues are true, these delays are probably very helpful

It was always split cour, the only thing of importance that was announced here is that the show will skip two weeks due to special programming (a news talk show and new years' programs), so that the first cour will end on January 8 instead of December 25 or something. (Also, I'm not sure why people think there are production issues, but in any case the recap episode was very obviously pre-planned so it wasn't a due to a last minute delay in production.)


A certain group of people desperate to come across as insiders said the show was falling apart before it even started airing, and they take any chance they get to pretend that's the case.
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OjaruFan2



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 06, 2022 4:48 pm Reply with quote
Kurohei wrote:
I stopped watching the show after episode 6.

Why?

tintor2 wrote:
I mean, the OVA was ridiculously violent when compared to these episodes.

How was it ridiculously violent?

MagicPolly wrote:
Didn't we already know this was split cour? I swear it was announced really early on

Yep, it was: https://www.siliconera.com/gundam-the-witch-from-mercury-will-have-two-separate-cours/

JoelBurger wrote:
A certain group of people desperate to come across as insiders said the show was falling apart before it even started airing, and they take any chance they get to pretend that's the case.

Where did they say that?
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JoelBurger





PostPosted: Tue Dec 06, 2022 5:04 pm Reply with quote
OjaruFan2 wrote:
Where did they say that?


On their blog for sakuga that nobody reads.
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Egan Loo



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 06, 2022 7:26 pm Reply with quote
MagicPolly wrote:
Didn't we already know this was split cour? I swear it was announced really early on


The article wrote:
The anime's second part will air in April 2023 in the same Sunday 5:00 p.m. time slot on MBS and TBS as the first part.


animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-09-29/gundam-the-witch-from-mercury-anime-to-air-2nd-part-next-april/.190325

What is new is when the first part would end.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 06, 2022 8:26 pm Reply with quote
I'd complain that momentum is being lost, but then I remember there isn't any.

Also what's this blog that's saying the show is falling apart? I’d love to read some like minded negative takes on this show.
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Deacon Blues



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 06, 2022 10:52 pm Reply with quote
Rahxephon91 wrote:
I'd complain that momentum is being lost, but then I remember there isn't any.

Also what's this blog that's saying the show is falling apart? I’d love to read some like minded negative takes on this show.


Streaming numbers say otherwise. Gundam.info's YouTube has at the very least 500K per episode (though most are 600-700K). Throw in the other AnimeOne channel or whatever and you've got 200-250K at least more. Toss in the same numbers for off YT viewership and you're looking at somewhere around 1 million streaming views for each episode. Let's also forget how it's a consistently trending topic on Twitter each and every Sunday both in Japan and the US. I wish we had access to Crunchy viewership numbers.

Now, if you going to say what I think you are to refute that, you'll probably try citing some weird Reddit weekly anime spread that's full of hokey numbers and supposed ratings and whatever not. That's not an indicator of what's popular, no matter how many times people try using it. The same crowd that was trying to drum up the production issue rumor mill are the same ones trying to claim waning/failing popularity and they're being proven wrong for that too.

It's almost like the show is doing so gosh darn well for itself they're scrambling to try and find more outlandish excuses to brand the show with.
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