Ending animation for Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury Season 2, broadcast from April to July 2023. To weave the story of Season 2 together through symbolic visuals, the main keywords were “synesthesia” and “dreamlike theater,” and the animation was created to move between the hearts of the protagonist Suletta (the red-haired girl) and Miorine (the white-haired girl). In the story, the two protagonists’ hearts continue to miss each other, and this was symbolically expressed by showing Suletta standing on a theater stage and Miorine projected from a film projector, physically passing by one another, representing their relationship. Within the main story, there are references reminiscent of Shakespeare’s play The Tempest, and the ED animation also begins with an opening shot inspired by stage drama. It was created with the image of characters who operate behind the scenes, as if making the two protagonists dance on the stage set called the school. On the other hand, by giving it a strong film-grain look, the animation symbolically expresses how the protagonists struggle against the story burned into film as “the curse of Gundam.”

Inspired by ramko’s song, I wanted to express in this video the feeling that “if you stay true to yourself and remain as you are, you can suddenly become aware of emotions that are easy to overlook in everyday life,” and that was the concept behind this production. In the MV, Kuromi-chan’s inner conflict is portrayed with a look that drifts between dream and reality. I hope viewers can enjoy the feeling of peeking a little into Kuromi-chan’s heart through the visuals.