Future's Folktales

Asateer – Future's Folktales^[a] is a Saudi Arabian–Japanese animated series co-produced by Manga Productions and Toei Animation.^[1]

Future's Folktales أساطير في قادم الزمان
Key visual of the first season
アサティール 未来の昔ばなし (Asatir: Mirai no Mukashibanashi)
Genre	Science fiction Fantasy Folklore Adventure kodomo
Created by	Manga Productions Toei Animation
Anime television series
Directed by	Masami Shimoda
Written by	Masakazu Hashimoto
Music by	Hiroki Kikuta
Studio	Manga Productions Toei Animation
Licensed by	NA: Sentai Filmworks
Original network	MBC4, MBC3, Spacetoon
Original run	January 24, 2020 – January 24, 2025
Episodes	26 (List of episodes)
Video game
Future's Folktales: The Game
Developer	Manga Productions
Genre	Adventure
Platform	iOS, Android, HarmonyOS
Released	2025

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]

Episode List

Season	Episodes		Originally released
			First released	Last released
1	13		January 24, 2020 (2020-01-24)	April 10, 2020 (2020-04-10)
2	13		November 3, 2024 (2024-11-03)	February 2, 2025 (2025-02-02)

Season 1 (2020)

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Japanese air date
1	"Zarqa"	Ayumi Ono	Noritomo Hattori and Aizumi Shion	24 January 2020 (2020-01-24)[3]	April 4, 2020
2	"Favorite Phrase"	Michita Shiraishi	Minoru Okabe and Yukari Kobayashi	31 January 2020 (2020-01-31)	April 11, 2020
3	"Camel"	Michita Shiraishi	Akiko Nakano	7 February 2020 (2020-02-07)	April 18, 2020
4	"Brother"	Cai Xianya	Asuna Imahashi	14 February 2020 (2020-02-14)	April 25, 2020
5	"Banana"	Ayumu Ono	Yukari Kobayashi	21 February 2020 (2020-02-21)	May 2, 2020
6	"Rabab"	Ayumu Ono	Satoshi Inoue	28 February 2020 (2020-02-28)	May 9, 2020
7	"Anter"	Rei Mano	Kwon Yong-sang	6 March 2020 (2020-03-06)	May 16, 2020
8	"Salt"	Michita Shiraishi	Akiko Nakano	13 March 2020 (2020-03-13)	May 23, 2020
9	"Quiet Princess"	Hidehiko Kadota	Kwon Yong-sang	20 March 2020 (2020-03-20)	May 30, 2020
10	"Hartim"	Hidehiko Kadota	Kwon Yong-sang	27 March 2020 (2020-03-27)	June 6, 2020
11	"Good Man"	Ayumu Ono	Akiko Nakano	3 April 2020 (2020-04-03)	June 13, 2020
12	"Heritage"	Michita Shiraishi	Akiko Nakano	10 April 2020 (2020-04-10)	June 20, 2020
13	"Grandmother Story"	Masami Shimoda	Rei Mano	17 April 2020 (2020-04-17)	June 27, 2020

Season 2 (TBA)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Japanese air date
14	1	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
15	2	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
16	3	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
17	4	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
18	5	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
19	6	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
20	7	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
21	8	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
22	9	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
23	10	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
24	11	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
25	12	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
26	13	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA

Notes

1. (Arabic: أساطير في قادم الزمان, romanized: Asateer Fi Qadem Al Zaman, Japanese: アサティール 未来の昔ばなし, romanized: Asatīru: Mirai no Mukashibanashi)