A pre-broadcast trailer for the Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia TV anime has been released, revealing the Queen Bee-sung ending theme song “STAT” and showing off more of the protagonist and her resolve. The “full” main visual was also revealed.

Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia will debut on Japanese TV on July 4 at 11 PM JST with the first two episodes airing back-to-back. It is based on Tomato Soup’s A Witch’s Life in Mongol (Tenmaku no Jaadugar) manga, which is published by Akita Shoten and currently serialized in Souffle. Yen Press describes the manga’s synopsis as such:

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…

©Tomato Soup(AKITASHOTEN)/Jaadugar Committee

Abel Gongora (Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, DAN DA DAN Season 2 co-director) is directing the anime at Science SARU, with Naoko Yamada (director of A Silent Voice, K-ON!, The Heike Story, The Colors Within) as chief director: Naoko Yamada (director of A Silent Voice, K-ON!, The Heike Story, The Colors Within). Other staff include character designer and animation chief: Kenichi Yoshida (Eureka Seven character designer) and series composer Kanichi Kato (The Eminence in Shadow).

A Witch’s Life in Mongol started serialization in 2021 and will get its sixth volume on July 15, 2026. It was the number one title in the female reader category of This Manga is Amazing! 2023 and the top historical fiction manga in Apple Books Store’s 2022 Best Manga list. 

Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia was featured at Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2026 under the TV Films selection, alongside other anime like Sparks of Tomorrow, Takopi’s Original Sin, and Candy Caries. It’ll also have its US premiere at Anime Expo 2026 on July 3.

Production credits

• Chief director: Naoko Yamada 
• Director: Abel Gongora 
• Character designer and animation chief: Kenichi Yoshida 
• Series composer: Kanichi Kato
• Music composer: Koshiro Hino 
• Animation production: Science SARU

Cast

• Akira Sekine as Sitara
• Hoko Kuwashima as Fatima
• Jun Saito as Muhammad
• Ryota Suzuki as Tolui
• Miyu Irino as Shira

Source: Press release