Easygoing Territory Defense by the Optimistic Lord Anime Announced
Easygoing Territory Defense by the Optimistic Lord: Production Magic Turns a Nameless Village Into the Strongest Fortified City is getting an anime adaptation. Release dates and staff details have not been announced.
The anime will adapt the isekai series written by Sou Akaike and originally published on the Shosetsuka ni Naro website in 2020. It was later picked up by Overlap and published as a light novel under the Overlap Novels imprint with illustrations by Kururi. A manga adaptation by Maro Aoiro is ongoing in Overlap's Comic Gardo magazine.
Illustrator Kururi and manga artist Maro Aoiro drew illustrations to commemorate the announcement:
Illustrations by Kururi (left) and Maro Aoiro (right)
Seven Seas Entertainment licensed both the Easygoing Territory Defense by the Optimistic Lord: Production Magic Turns a Nameless Village Into the Strongest Fortified City (Okiraku Ryoushu no Tanoshii Ryouchi Bouei ~Seisan-kei Majutsu de Na mo na Kimura wo Saikyou no Jousai Toshi ni~) light novel and the manga in English. The publisher describes the plot as:
Van, fourth son of a marquis, is just a toddler when he realizes 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?!
Source: Official Website
© Sou Akaike, Overlap, Okiraku Production Committee