Top 10 Mecha Anime of 2022
1. Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury
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An era when a multitude of corporations have entered space and built a huge economic system. A lone girl from the remote planet Mercury transfers to the Asticassia School of Technology, run by the Beneritt Group which dominates the mobile suit industry.
Her name is Suletta Mercury. With a scarlet light burning in her pure heart, this girl walks step by step through a new world.
(Source: Mobile Suit Gundam The Witch from Mercury Official Site)
2. Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury - PROLOGUE
The prologue of Mobile Suit Gundam: the Witch from Mercury.
At Fólkvangr, a front constructed inside an asteroid, the Gundam Lfrith is undergoing operating tests in the Vanadis Institute's laboratory. The Lfrith has not yet managed to meet the conditions imposed by the council, and test pilot Elnora Samaya is growing impatient.
That same day, her daughter is celebrating her fourth birthday...
(Source: GUNDAM.INFO)
Note: Premiered at the "GUNDAM NEXT FUTURE -LINK THE UNIVERSE-" event in July, before the TV anime broadcast in October.
3. Date A Live IV
The fourth season of Date A Live.
Despite the numerous challenges he has overcome so far, Shidou Itsuka's mission with Ratatoskr is far from over. In a departure from his daily routine, Shidou encounters a starving woman lying on the street and ends up helping her. After the two arrive at her apartment, the woman introduces herself as Nia Honjou—a popular manga artist working under a pen name. However, cutting straight to the chase, Nia reveals that she is also a Spirit and is aware of Shidou's secret operation.
Interested in seeing his charisma firsthand, Nia challenges Shidou to win her over on a date. As he strives for an opportunity to seal her powers, Shidou learns more about Nia and her history with Deus Ex Machina Industries, a name he is all too familiar with...
(Source: MAL Rewrite)
4. The Blessing
Music video directed by Nobutaka Yoda for the song Shukufuku by YOASOBI. The song is based on the original novel "Yurikago no Hoshi" by Ichirou Ookouchi.
Note: The song featured in this music video also serves as the opening theme of the anime Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury. There exists two versions of this music video; the first being a Japanese version uploaded on October 2, 2022 and an English version of the song titled "The Blessing" also by YOASOBI, which was uploaded on November 8, 2022.
5. Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan's Island
After a covert mission goes wrong, Mobile Suit pilot Amuro Ray and his comrades are stranded on a remote island. The battalion was sent to a land called the Island of No Return to clear off any enemy forces, only to find a group of children and an enemy mecha attack. Now Amuro must find a way for them all to escape this mysterious land, but not before meeting a strange man—Cucuruz Doan.
Note: Announced at the "Dai 2-kai Gundam Conference" event, the film is described as a retelling of the 15th episode of the original Mobile Suit Gundam television anime. The episode itself has been omitted from English releases of the series.
(Source: Crunchyroll, Anime News Network)
6. Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games Is Tough for Mobs
Office worker Leon is reincarnated into a particularly punishing dating sim video game, where women reign supreme and only beautiful men have a seat at the table. But Leon has a secret weapon: he remembers everything from his past life, which includes a complete playthrough of the very game in which he is now trapped. Watch Leon spark a revolution to change this new world in order to fulfill his ultimate desire…of living a quiet, easy life in the countryside!
(Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)
7. Gundam: G no Reconguista IV - Gekitou Ni Sakebu Ai
The fourth film compiling the Gundam: G no Reconguista TV anime, which also prominently features new content for the series.
8. Gundam: G no Reconguista V - Shisen wo Koete
The fifth and final film compiling the Gundam: G no Reconguista TV series.
9. Muv-Luv Alternative Season 2
The second season of Muv-Luv Alternative.
10. AMAIM Warrior at the Borderline Part 2
The second cour of Kyoukai Senki.