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Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia(2026)

Also known as तंबू में जादूगर • तम्बुमा जादुगर • Tenmaku no Jādūgar

Archived · tv asahi

8.5TV-1412 eps
S01
DramaWar & PoliticsAdventureAnime
ON AIR: JUL 4Season 1Archived listing

What to Expect

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Set inside the 13th-century Mongol court, this anime adaptation keeps its conflict in the corridors and chambers rather than on any battlefield. Fatima's medical expertise is not background detail; it is currency, the thing that earns her proximity to power and makes her dangerous to those who would rather she disappear. Palace alliances shift quickly, and a miscalculation does not simply cost influence but can erase a person from the historical record entirely.

Fatima and Töregene's partnership is the engine of the story, two women working a hierarchical system that was built to exclude them both. Revenge and political survival are so entangled here that neither motive stays clean for long. The shojo and josei registers mean the series spends real time inside each character's reasoning, so the emotional cost of every compromise registers alongside the political one.

Best for

court intrigue, revenge plotting and Drama

Story lane

Drama and War & Politics

Commitment

Season 1 · 12 episodes

Where

tv asahi

Official Premise

In 13th century Mongolia, Persian medical expert Fatima joins the Khan's harem, allying with Töregene, Ögedei Khan's sixth wife. Their partnership shapes palace politics and global events.

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