{"rewrite":{"id":"r_bddf0129600043db892973ad","clusterId":"c_c14aa20f2a9e4d2aa8e62795","slug":"jaadugar-a-witch-in-mongolia-reveals-cast-july-4-premiere","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia Reveals New Trailer, Cast, and July 4 Premiere","summary":"The television anime adaptation of Tomato Soup's manga A Witch's Life in Mongol, titled Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia, has received a second promotional video and a main visual. The video previews the opening theme song \"Stella\" by SEKAI NO OWARI. The anime will premiere on July 4 at 11:00 p.m. JST on TV Asahi's IMAnimation W block and 23 affiliated channels, as well as on BS Asahi. The first two episodes will air consecutively as a one-hour special. Four new cast members were announced: Kenji Nojima as Jochi, Ami Koshimizu as Töregene, Hiro Shimono as Ögedei, and Daisuke Namikawa as Chagatai. The anime is produced by Science SARU, with Naoko Yamada as chief director and Abel Gongora as director. Kenichi Yoshida handles character design and animation chief duties, and Kanichi Kato oversees series scripts. The anime will screen in competition at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in the TV Films category. A world premiere of the first three episodes is set for June 13 at United Cinemas Aqua City Odaiba. Anime Expo will host a U.S. premiere screening on July 3, with Yamada and Gongora in attendance.","whyItMatters":"The announcement locks in a concrete premiere date and expands the cast with four major historical figures, signaling that the production is on track for its July debut after a lengthy pre-production phase that included a research trip to Mongolia.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe second trailer for Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia offers the clearest look yet at the anime's 13th-century Mongol Empire setting, with SEKAI NO OWARI's \"Stella\" playing over scenes of palace intrigue and desert landscapes. The newly revealed cast members play sons and a wife of Genghis Khan: Kenji Nojima as Jochi, Hiro Shimono as Ögedei, Daisuke Namikawa as Chagatai, and Ami Koshimizu as Töregene. They join previously announced leads including Akira Sekine as Sitara, Houko Kuwashima as Fatima, and Miyu Irino as Shira.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe anime's production team traveled to Mongolia for location scouting during pre-production, according to Niche Gamer. Science SARU handles animation, with Naoko Yamada (The Heike Story, A Silent Voice) as chief director and Abel Gongora (Scott Pilgrim Takes Off) as director. The manga by Tomato Soup won the grand prize in the Comic division of the 55th Japan Cartoonists Association Awards and topped the Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2023 rankings for female readers. Yen Press publishes the English edition. The sixth compiled volume ships on July 15.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia gets a July 4 premiere date, a new trailer with SEKAI NO OWARI's opening, and four new cast members playing Genghis Khan's family. The first two episodes air back-to-back as a one-hour special.","twitterPost":"The Jaadugar anime cast now includes Kenji Nojima, Ami Koshimizu, Hiro Shimono, and Daisuke Namikawa as the Khan's sons and wife. Naoko Yamada and Abel Gongora will attend the Anime Expo screening on July 3.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia has revealed a second trailer, main visual, and a July 4 premiere date. The opening theme is by SEKAI NO OWARI. 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