The main production staff of the anime has been announced.
The upcoming anime Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia has released a brand-new teaser trailer online. It was revealed that the series will begin airing in July 2026, but an exact release date hasn’t been announced. The latest update also revealed the main production staff working on the show.
Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia anime details
Science SARU, known for their amazing work on DAN DA DAN and SANDA, are animating the Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia anime series. Naoko Yamada is overseeing the series as chief director, while Abel Gongora directs it. Kenichi Yoshida is the character designer and chief animation director. Kanichi Katō writes and oversees the scripts, while Kōshirō Hino composes the music.
The anime adaptation was announced back in April 2025, but no cast members have been revealed as of yet. Fans are excited about the show’s unique artstyle and desert setting.
The anime is adapted from Tomato Soup’s manga series A Witch's Life in Mongol (Tenmaku no Jādūgar). Yen Press publishes the manga in English, and describes the story as:
In the harem of the Khan, wisdom is beauty.
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…