Gundam Walks Back On Major LGBTQ+ Milestone, Bandai Namco Releases Controversial Apology

Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury had a major LGBTQ+ milestone, but unfortunately, Bandai Namco appears to have walked back on it. One of the biggest draws to The Witch from Mercury was that it featured a same-sex couple as the main couple and greatly developed Suletta and Miorine’s relationship to the point that the series ended with them getting married. Animation, in general, still often struggles with this topic, even if 2023 was a great year for positive LGBTQ+ representation in anime, so seeing a major franchise like Gundam make a same-sex couple the leads in its latest show and have them get married was a major win for representation in animation.