Light Novel 'Kami no Niwatsuki Kusunoki-tei' Gets TV Anime in 2026

Production company Kadokawa opened an official website for a television anime adaptation of Enju's Kami no Niwatsuki Kusunoki-tei (Kusunoki's Garden of Gods) manga on Monday, revealing a teaser visual (pictured). The anime series is scheduled to premiere in 2026. Enju began penning the fantasy slice of life novel on the Shousetsuka ni Narou website in April 2021. ASCII Media Works published the first volume under its Dengeki no Shin Bungei imprint with illustrations by ox in November 2021. The ninth volume shipped on March 17, with the tenth volume set for a July 17 release. The light novel has a cumulative 500,000 copies of its volumes in circulation. Akira Anzai began drawing a manga adaptation on the ComicWalker web manga portal in November 2021. Kadokawa shipped the fourth volume in December 2024. Yen Press licensed the light novel in English in October 2024 and released the first volume in October that year. The second volume shipped on May 20, with the third volume planned for an November 11 release. Synopsis Deep in the countryside, Minato Kusunoki is left in charge of a terrifying house overflowing with evil spirits—or at least it was, until his extraordinary ability cleared them all out! Instead, a procession of unique and peculiar gods is drawn to the comfort of the purified Kusunoki residence, and Minato spends his days relaxing in the company of his spiritual neighbors. What else lies in store for Minato as he lives peacefully surrounded by gods? (Kami no Niwatsuki Kusunoki-tei on MAL