The franchise of Gundam has not stopped releasing series, movies and specials in recent years, although it seemed that lately it was a bit in the doldrums and had come to be considered “for old people” if we asked younger anime fans.
so in sunrise they took note of the criticism and have given their approach to anime series a major facelift, which ended up giving rise to the most recent anime: ‘Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury’. The move has turned out wonderfully for them, because thanks to suletta and its Gundam franchise has hit the jackpot and broken records this year.
That thing about girls not selling has stayed in the past
Apparently Gundam It had taken so long to have a female lead because someone at Bandai Namco thought a female character wouldn’t sell Gunplas… And whoever it is, they’ve shut their mouths.
Between the benefits of the anime and the sales of models inspired by ‘The Witch from Mercury’, Bandai Namco has pocketed some profit of 131.3 billion yenbreaking all previous Sunrise franchise records.
These sales have for the first time surpassed the annual revenue of ‘Naruto’ and ‘One Piece’, which are two anime titans that are practically incompetible, and they have only lagged behind ‘Dragon Ball Z’which in the end plays in its own league.
Despite the mid-season hiatus, fans of ‘Gundam: The Witch from Mercury’ have continued to be hooked on Suletta and Miorine’s story and model sets and models have become even more popular. So much so that the demand for these toys has even doubled that of Bandai’s other great franchise, Kamen Rider.
So anime-wise, this is great news. It remains to be seen how this first season of ‘Gundam: The Witch from Mercury‘, but if we were worried about the future of the series with these numbers we have a second season almost, almost assured. Meanwhile, we can follow the anime on Crunchyroll with a new chapter every week.
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