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Aniplus Asia Airs Simulcast of Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia Anime
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Aniplus Asia announced on Wednesday that it will air a simulcast of Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia, the television anime of Tomato Soup's A Witch's Life in Mongol (Tenmaku no Jādūgar) manga, for the summer 2026 anime season.
The anime will debut in Japan on July 4.
The anime will screen in competition at this year's Annecy International Animation Film Festival in France in the TV Films category.
Yen Press is releasing the manga in English, and it describes the story:
The time: the thirteenth century. The place: Yeke Mongol Ulus, the greatest empire the world has ever known. The woman: Fatima, hailing from Persia, where medical technique and scientific knowledge have been perfected beyond all precedent. Fatima's desire for a stage where she can put her knowledge to work has brought her to the palace of the Mongols, where she falls under the wing of Töregene, the sixth wife of Ögedei, the second Great Khan—a mighty woman with complicated feelings about the direction of the empire. These two women are the axel upon which the politics of the palace, and soon the very world, will turn…
The anime stars:
- Miyu Irino as Shira
- Jun Saitō as Muhammad
- Akira Sekine as Shitara (also written as Sitara)
- Houko Kuwashima as Fatima
- Ryōta Suzuki as Tolui
- Kenji Nojima as Jochi
- Ami Koshimizu as Töregene
- Hiro Shimono as Ögedei
- Daisuke Namikawa as Chagatai
Naoko Yamada (The Heike Story, A Silent Voice, The Colors Within) is serving as chief director, and Abel Góngora (DAN DA DAN season 2, Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, Star Wars: Visions' "TO-B1") is directing the anime at Science SARU. Kenichi Yoshida (Eureka Seven, Gundam: Reconguista in G) is designing the characters and serving as animation chief, and Kanichi Katō (Black Clover, The Eminence in Shadow) is overseeing the series scripts. Kōshirō Hino is composing the music. SEKAI NO OWARI performs the opening theme song "Stella."
