Tomato Soup's A Witch's Life in Mongol Manga Gets TV Anime From Science Saru

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Award-winning historical manga launched in 2021

TV Asahi announced on Monday that Tomato Soup's A Witch's Life in Mongol (Tenmaku no Jādūgar) manga is inspiring a television anime adaptation from Science SARU. The anime's English title will be Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia. Tomato Soup drew an illustration featuring Sitara (Fatima) and Töregene to celebrate the announcement.Tomato Soup provided a comment on the anime adaptation: Tomato Soup launched the manga on Akita Shoten's Souffle website in September 2021. Akita Shoten published the manga's fourth compiled book volume in August 2024, and will publish the fifth volume on April 16.The series began publishing simultaneously in Akita Shoten's Mystery Bonita on March 6, on top of its publication on the Souffle website. The manga is being published bimonthly until this summer, where it will then go on hiatus for Tomato Soup's maternity leave. The manga is planned to return next year.The manga topped the Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2023 rankings for female readers, and ranked #11 in the 2024 rankings for female readers. The manga was nominated for the 16th Manga Taisho Awards in 2023, and was nominated once again for the Manga Taisho Awards the following year in 2024.Source: Press release

Published on: 2025-04-14 05:00 EDT