The Shin no Seijo de Aru Watashi wa Tsuihou Saremashita. Dakara Kono Kuni wa Mou Owari Desu (Because I, the True Saint, was Banished, that Country is Done For!/真の聖女である私は追放されました。だからこの国はもう終わりです) light novel series by Utsuzawa Shikiso will be adapated into a TV anime which will premiere in 2027.
A teaser visual has been revealed along with illustrations by Pukynosuke, the novel’s illustrator, and by Matsu Mokuba, the artist behind the novel’s manga adapation.
Sakurai Tsukasa is directing the anime at Tsumugi Akita Anime Lab, and the anime will star Tazawa Masumi as Eliane and Yashiro Taku as Nigel.
Author Utsuzawa started the original story in June 2020 on the Shousetsuka ni Narou website, and Kodansha published the first novel with illustrations by Pukynosuke in January 2021. The series seventh novel was released in December 2024.
Matsu began the manga adapation in April 2021 in Kodansha’s Palcy app, and Kodansha published the manga’s first tankoubon volume in October 2021. The manga’s 13th volume will be released on July 30th, 2026.
K Manga and Kodansha USA Publishing release the manga adaptation in English under the name Because I, the True Saint, was Banished, that Country is Done For!. Kodansha USA will release the manga’s 11th volume on December 5th, 2026, and it describes the manga story below:
“Ever since she was a child, Eliane has been the saint and protector of the Kingdom of Belkheim, warding off monsters and ensuring bountiful harvests with her prayers. But when a pretender saint beguiles the foolish prince—to whom she is engaged—into believing she is nothing but a fraud, he calls off the marriage and banishes her from the kingdom. Homeless and penniless but free to chart her own course for the first time in her life, Eliane decides to make for the neighboring kingdom, where she hopes to blend in as a commoner and lead a quiet life…but a chance encounter on the road will totally upend her modest plans.“
