"The Easygoing Lord's Fun Territory Defense" main cast announced for 2026 broadcast

It has been announced that the TV anime series "The Easygoing Lord's Fun Territory Defense: Turning an Unnamed Village into the Strongest Fortress City with Production-Based Magic," based on a light novel originally published on the novel submission website "Shosetsuka ni Naro a Novelist," will air in 2026. The main cast has also been announced, with Yumi Uchiyama playing the protagonist, Van, who is reincarnated into an aristocratic family and has been known as a child prodigy since childhood. M.A.O will play Till, Van's personal maid who has served him since childhood and dotes on him like a younger brother, and Mariya Ise will play Khamsin, whose life was saved by Van and who feels a deep loyalty to him.

A message video was posted on YouTube in which the voice actors talk about the appeal of their characters and the highlights of the work. Uchiyama, who plays Van, said about the appeal of the character, "I personally find it wonderful when I see him struggling for his territory and its people, and how everyone has complete trust in him. Even though he's a carefree lord, I think that side of him and his human side are what make him so appealing."

When asked what she is looking forward to in the anime, M.A.O commented, "I'm looking forward to seeing the various expressions in the animation. Till (whom she plays) is also a very expressive character, so I'm excited to see what her face will be like in the comedy scenes!" Ise commented on the recording, "Yumi Uchiyama, who plays Van, loves the series so much and plays it with care, and that has rubbed off on us cast members, and just like Khamsin, who loves Van, I approached the dubbing with the desire to support and encourage Yumi. It was a very friendly and fun set."

The work was published as a book by Overlap Novels (Overlap) in September 2021 and as a manga by Gard Comics (same publisher) in February 2022, with a total circulation of over 2.5 million copies. It boasts 300 million page views on "Shosetsuka ni Naro," and was ranked third in the paperback category of the "Next Light Novel Awards 2022."

Van, the fourth son of a marquis, is reincarnated into another world and has been called a child prodigy since he was a child, with great expectations for his future. However, at the age of eight, he is given the power of production-type magic, which is considered "useless," and is banished from his home... This is the story. Van becomes the lord of an unnamed village on the frontier, and his production-type magic, which was once considered a bad aptitude, holds extraordinary potential for producing anything as long as the materials are available, and the small, impoverished village gradually develops into a huge city attracting a diverse range of people.