A third numbered trailer and a special visual for the Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia TV anime have been released, highlighting Sitara/Fatima and the Great Khan’s wives, whom she now finds herself a little closer to following recent events, as well as new developments in the Mongol Empire.
One of the wives is Boraqchin, the first wife of the second Great Khan Ögedai and the Great Khatun of the Mongol Empire. The character’s presence and her design were revealed earlier this month, but we now know that Kujira (Gintama‘s Otose) is voicing her. “Always calm, composed, and dignified, she is a woman of unfathomable depth,” says the press release of Boraqchin. “Believing that ‘in politics, it is crucial to pull strings beneath the surface,’ she secretly devises strategies, deeply concerned about the empire’s future and the imbalance of power.”
Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia debuted on July 4 with two back-to-back episodes. The adaptation of Tomato Soup’s A Witch’s Life in Mongol (Tenmaku no Jaadugar) manga follows the Persian slave Sitara (Akira Sekine), who finds herself deep within the Mongol Empire and interacting with figures of high standing, while carrying a desire for revenge. The anime is directed by Abel Gongora (Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, DAN DA DAN Season 2 co-director) at Science SARU with Naoko Yamada (director of A Silent Voice, K-ON!, The Heike Story, The Colors Within) as chief director. 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 is published by Akita Shoten and currently serialized in Souffle. It started serialization in 2021 has six volumes as of July 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. Yen Press describes the 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…
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
• Ryota Suzuki as Tolui
• Miyu Irino as Shira
• Misaki Kuno as Sorghaghtani
• Mayumi Shintani as Kirgistani
• Ayaka Asai as Möge
Source: Press release
