A press
release from TV Asahi listed that Tomato Soup 's
manga , " A Witch's Life in Mongol ( Tenmaku
no Jaadugar )", is getting an anime adaptation to be produced
by Science SARU studios and will have the Western title,
" Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia ".
The
statement included a special illustration by Tomato Soup, the author of the
work , as well
as a commentary on it: “ More than 10 years before I started drawing
Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia, I became obsessed with the history of the Mongol
Empire and thought, “I wish there was an anime like this.” So I began to
imagine, if an anime were created, what kind of characters would appear and
what kind of story would unfold? Although I couldn’t make an anime, with a
manga, I could do it alone. The ideas I started drawing on the back of sheets
of photocopy paper slowly accumulated, until, without realizing it, they became
a comic. And now, it’s about to become an anime. I’m so grateful to all the
people who extended their hand to get it here. From now on, it will be handed
over to the anime team, and I will also be eager to support and enjoy how
Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia takes off. ”
Tomato
Soup began
publishing the manga through Akita Shoten 's digital
service Souffle in September 2021, and also simultaneously
through the same publisher's Mystery Bonita magazine
since March of this year. The manga was nominated for the 16th Manga
Taisho Awards in 2023, and was nominated again for the Manga Taisho
Awards the following year, in 2024. 5/5
Synopsis
of Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia
The
time: the 13th century. The place: Yeke Mongol Ulus, the greatest empire the
world has ever known. The woman: Fatima, originally from Persia, where medical
techniques and scientific knowledge have been perfected beyond all precedent.
Fatima's desire to find a setting where she can put her knowledge to work has
led her to the Mongol palace, where she falls under the wing of Töregene, the
sixth wife of Ögedei, the second Great Khan, a powerful woman with complex
feelings about the direction of the empire. These two women are the axis around
which the politics of the palace and, soon, of the world itself will revolve...
