Future's Folktales

アサティール未来の昔ばなし (Asatir: Mirai no Mukashibanashi)
Future's Folktales
Anime television series
Studio	Manga Productions Toei Animation
Licensed by	^NA Sentai Filmworks
Original network	MBC 1, Spacetoon
Original run	January 2020 – present
Episodes	13 ()
Anime and manga portal

Asateer – Future's Folktales (アサティール未来の昔ばなし, Asatir: Mirai no Mukashibanashi, Arabic: أساطير في قادم الزمان, Asateer Fi Qadem Al Zaman) is a Saudi Arabian–Japanese animated series co-produced by Manga Productions and Toei Animation.^[1]

Plot[]

The first season is set in Riyadh in the year 2050, revolving around an old woman named Asmaa who narrates folktales from the Arabian Peninsula to her three grandchildren. The second season will be set in Neom.^[1]

Production[]

Future's Folktales was a co-production between two animation firms, Manga Productions of Saudi Arabia and Toei Animation of Japan. In 2021, Manga and Toei entered a partnership with the developer of the planned community Neom, which was made the setting of the second season.^[1]

Broadcast and distribution[]

Future's Folktales was first broadcast in January 2020 and was made available to various television broadcasters in Japan, mainland China, Taiwan, Ireland, the United Kingdom and the United States.^[2] Sentai Filmworks holds the rights to broadcast the series in North America, while the series premiered in Japan on J Tele on 4 April 2020.^[1]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d Hazra, Adriana (3 January 2021). "Manga Productions, Toei, NEOM Team Up for 2nd Season of Future's Folktales Animated Series". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
^ News, Taiwan (22 December 2020). "Manga Productions announces partnership with NEOM for second season of Saudi animation series, Future's Folktales". Taiwan News. Retrieved 2 March 2021.

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