It has been announced that Akaike Sou’s Okiraku Ryoushu no Tanoshii Ryouchi Bouei: Seisan-kei Majutsu de Na mo Nakimura o Saikyou no Jousai Toshi ni (Easygoing Territory Defense by the Optimistic Lord: Production Magic Turns a Nameless Village into the Strongest Fortified City) light novel series has been green-lit for a TV anime adaptation.
Both Kukuri, the novel’s illustrator, and Aoiro Maro, the manga adaptation artist, released illustrations in celebration of the news.
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Author Akaike started the story in May 2020 on the Shousetsu ni Narou website. Publisher Overlap released the first novel with illustrations by Kururi in September 2021 and the seventh novel in January 2025.
Aoiro adapted the novel series into a manga in August 2021 on Overlap’s Comic Gardo website. Overlap published the manga’s first tankoubon volume in February 2022 and will release the seventh volume on April 25th, 2025.
Seven Seas Entertainment publishes both the novel series and manga adaptation in English under the name Easygoing Territory Defense by the Optimistic Lord: Production Magic Turns a Nameless Village into the Strongest Fortified City. It will release the fifth novel on August 19th, 2025 and the manga’s fifth volume on July 1st, 2025. Seven Seas Entertainment describes the novel’s story below:
Van, fourth son of a marquis, is just a toddler when he realises he’s been reincarnated. Thanks to his literal lifetime of knowledge, he’s raised as a child prodigy—until his production magic manifests, and it’s the last thing his snooty mage family wants to see! His disappointed father banishes him to a podunk town on the verge of collapse, yet Van can only see the place’s potential. Can our hero’s bastion of battlements build a better life than battle magic ever could?!
