Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia Reveals Trailer, Main Cast
The Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia anime revealed the first trailer alongside the main cast announcement. The anime premieres in July 2026 and has been selected for the TV Films category at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2026, scheduled to take place from June 21 to 27.
The cast members for the main cast are:
- Sitara: Akira Sekine
- Fatima: Houko Kuwashima
- Muhammad: Jun Saito
- Tolui: Ryota Suzuki
- Shira: Miyu Irino
Studio Science SARU is animating, and the staff includes:
- Chief Director: Naoko Yamada (The Colors Within)
- Director: Abel Gongora (DAN DA DAN Season 2)
- Character Designer/Chief Animation Director: Kenichi Yoshida (The Orbital Children)
- Series Composition: Kanichi Kato (The Eminence in Shadow, Teasing Master Takagi-san, Black Clover)
- Music: Koshiro Hino
The manga series by Tomato Soup has been licensed as A Witch's Life in Mongol (Tenmaku no Jadougal) by Yen Press. It has been serialized on Akita Shoten's Souffle manga service. Yen Press released the first volume on May 27, 2025, and describes the story as:
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…
Source: Press Release
©Tomato Soup (Akita Shoten) / Tenmaku no Jadougal Production Committee
