Easygoing Territory Defense by the Optimistic Lord Premieres January 2026 - A January 2026 premiere window has been announced for the Easygoing Territory Defense by the Optimistic Lord: Production Magic Turns a Nameless Village into the Strongest Fortified City TV anime. A second trailer was released as well.
Easygoing Territory Defense by the Optimistic Lord started as a Shosetsuka ni Naro web novel by So Akaike in 2020. A light novel series, published under the Overlap Novels label and illustrated by Kururi, debuted in 2021 and has eight volumes as of August 2025.
Synopsis
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?!
