It has been announced that the TV anime "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 that originated on the Shosetsuka ni Naro a Novelist," will begin airing in January 2026. Additional cast members have also been announced, including Yoko Hikasa as Viscount Panamera of the Count of Ferdinat, Shion Wakayama as Arte, the youngest daughter of the Count of Ferdinat, Kenyu Horiuchi as Espada, the main character Van's butler, and Chikahiro Kobayashi as Dee, vice-commander of the Count of Fertio's knight order.
The second promotional video, featuring a series of characters who adore Van and help him, has been released on YouTube. It has also been announced that singer Rei Nakajima will be performing the opening theme, "Okirakuzation." The song, written and composed by Kenichi Maeyamada, was unveiled in the promotional video.
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.
The anime will be directed by Tetsuya Tatami and produced by NAZ. Yumi Uchiyama will play the main character Van, while M.A.O and Mariya Ise will appear as voice actors.
