Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron Blooded Orphans (2015)
This is Witch From Mercury’s direct series predecessor, but there’s not too many parallels between Orphans and Witch From Mercury beyond the fact that they’re both standalone series set in their own timelines, and are contemporary anime. Well, there’s also the child soldiers, the socioeconomic disparities between Earth and Space, plenty of traumatic violence, and even a teeny tiny smattering of sapphic subtext by the end of it all. So there’s some good stuff! But really, this is mostly an excuse to see another relatively modern approach to a Gundam AU.
Where to Watch: Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron Blooded Orphans is streaming on Crunchyroll and Netflix.
