Anime And Manga About Islamic Historical That Won Award

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Anime And Manga About Islamic Historical That Won Award 

Anime and manga often take settings and backgrounds from different cultures, including Islamic culture in it.

Interestingly, Japan, as the main producer of anime and manga, has several anime and manga that tell stories about or are inspired by Islamic history.

Today we will discuss several of those anime and manga, let's dive right into the list.Today we will discuss several of those anime and manga, let's dive right into the list.

Jaadugar A Witch In Mongolia

First on this list is definitely the currently hyped anime adapted from the manga of the same title, Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia. This manga has also won awards in Japan.​ Tenmaku no Jaadugar (also known as A Witch's Life in Mongol by Tomato Soup) ranked first in the 2023 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! list for female readers, and was nominated for the Manga Taishō award in 2023 and 2024..

Interestingly, this manga was created by a non-Muslim.What's crazy though, is how both the manga and anime have so many lines and scenes that are super accurate to actual Islamic teachings. It feels like the show really highlights them, which just shows how much effort Tomato Soup put into researching every real-world element. It proves they knew how important doing deep research is to make the story feel authentic without sparking any controversy. The easiest examples to spot are right there from episodes 1 to 4, featuring translated lines from a Hadith about the obligation to seek knowledge, the Basmala, Innalillahi wa inna ilaihi raji'un, little kids wearing the hijab, and plenty of other details. All of this is delivered through Japanese translations, making it way easier for Japanese viewers and subtitle makers to grasp every single word..

Otoyomegatari

Otoyomegatari was created by Kaoru Mori, a Japanese mangaka. Just like Jaadugar, Otoyomegatari—whose English title is A Bride's Story—is a manga that tells about Mongol history. However, the difference is that the Mongol setting in this manga has split into several factions and has also embraced Islam. 

Just like Jaadugar, Otoyomegatari has won many various national and international awards, even more than Jaadugar. ​Some of them include: ​Manga Taishō Award (2014): Won the Grand Prize at the 7th comic awards event in Japan, after previously being nominated and securing second place in 2011. ​Angoulême International Comics Festival (2012): Won the Prix Intergénérations (Intergenerational Award) in France. ​SUGOI JAPAN (2015): Ranked in the top 10 best manga works chosen by the public as deemed worthy of going global. ​Eisner Award (2016): Nominated for the prominent international comic award in the United States."

Shoukoku No Alatir

Shoukoku no Altair is a manga created by a manga artist named Kotono Kato.

Just like the two mangas we mentioned above, this manga has also won a prestigious award, namely the 41st Kodansha Manga Award in 2017. ​Yes, besides that, this anime not only takes a historical setting of the Islamic Caliphate, specifically the Ottoman Empire, but many Islamic teachings are also implicitly displayed in this anime. ​This becomes somewhat understandable because, although Kotono Kato's religion is not widely known, one confirmed fact is that Kotono Kato majored in Turkish history during university.