{"id":64783,"date":"2026-04-07T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=64783"},"modified":"2026-04-07T14:47:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T05:47:38","slug":"official-mobile-suit-gundam-the-witch-from-mercury-x-account-locks-comments-due-to-harassment-three-years-after-airing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/official-mobile-suit-gundam-the-witch-from-mercury-x-account-locks-comments-due-to-harassment-three-years-after-airing\/","title":{"rendered":"Official\u00a0Mobile Suit\u00a0Gundam: The\u00a0Witch\u00a0From\u00a0Mercury X account locks comments\u00a0due to\u00a0harassment\u00a0three years after airing\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Following\u00a0inappropriate comments\u00a0including\u00a0slander, discriminatory language, and defamation\u00a0regarding\u00a0the anime\u2019s content, the official <strong>Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury<\/strong>\u00a0X account announced on April 3 that it would be locking\u00a0the\u00a0comments section\u00a0of its posts\u00a0for the time being. The restriction did not come\u00a0out of\u00a0nowhere either, as a formal warning\u00a0against\u00a0hateful replies was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/G_Witch_M\/status\/2037001692462669902?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">issued back\u00a0on March 26<\/a>, albeit to no avail. For the sake of fans who used the comments section appropriately, the account has disabled replies for a safer\u00a0browsing experience.\u00a0The announcement was addressed to both Japanese-\u00a0and English-speaking fans.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">For the time being, we have disabled replies in order to ensure a safe browsing environment for everyone. We sincerely apologize to everyone who has been using this service appropriately, and appreciate your understanding so that we can continue to explore new works together.<\/p>&mdash; \u6a5f\u52d5\u6226\u58eb\u30ac\u30f3\u30c0\u30e0 \u6c34\u661f\u306e\u9b54\u5973 (@G_Witch_M) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/G_Witch_M\/status\/2039900747371028595?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 3, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Originally airing from October 2022 to July 2023, The Witch from Mercury\u00a0is\u00a0one of the more divisive entries in the Mobile Suit Gundam franchise, with\u00a0the canonicity of\u00a0the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20231221-24740\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">female protagonists\u2019 same-sex relationship<\/a>\u00a0being\u00a0one of the\u00a0major\u00a0points\u00a0of discourse\u00a0among fans<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20231221-24740\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a>.\u00a0It seems users\u2019\u00a0complaints\u00a0about the\u00a0show and its creators have escalated\u00a0on X\u00a0as\u00a0the Witch\u00a0From\u00a0Mercury\u00a0celebrates its third anniversary, though the official account\u00a0did\u00a0not disclose\u00a0any details about the nature of the abusive comments.<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/no_life_inu\/status\/2040030710690672842?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/no_life_inu\/status\/2040030710690672842?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Japanese users report<\/a>\u00a0that the\u00a0account\u2019s\u00a0lockdown was preceded with\u00a0flamers\u00a0posting gory images of dead bodies and atomic bomb\u00a0explosions\/mushroom\u00a0clouds,\u00a0which were promptly\u00a0deleted.\u00a0Likewise,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/no_life_inu\/status\/2040033780711473358?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">violent threats posted in\u00a0a message board<\/a>\u00a0for an upcoming live event caused organizers to increase security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For now, the&nbsp;Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury&nbsp;official account has not&nbsp;indicated&nbsp;when it will be&nbsp;reopening&nbsp;its comment sections, but the measure&nbsp;seems to be&nbsp;temporary.&nbsp;With any luck, this will hopefully be sooner rather than later.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Related:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20231108-22872\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury led to record-breaking sales for Bandai Namco in 2023<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20230712-20044\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Japanese users notice that same-sex marriage in Gundam: The Witch from Mercury is made clear in North America but vague in Japan<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A whole three years after the anime&#8217;s airing, the official Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury X account has disabled all replies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":64787,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,65],"tags":[73,17],"class_list":["post-64783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-nongaming-news","tag-anime","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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