Kien Aien’s story of youths taking on the coming apocalypse

The “Dengeki Bunko Fall Festival Online 2026″ announced on Saturday that Kien Aien’s Kochira, Shūmatsu Teitai Iinkai. (This Is the End Stagnation Committee.) light novel series has an anime in the works.

The story imagines if our world is actually in the middle of an apocalypse, unbeknownst to most people. Weird creatures beneath Tokyo’s Shinobazu Pond, a giant snail perched on the Eiffel Tower, a demon lord who looks like a beautiful girl …. Yet, in the underbelly of society, there are boys and girls who fight the coming apocalypse while giving it the middle finger. They can’t cancel the apocalypse, and they can only delay it. Still, they take their arms into battle. Why? To them, this is just day-to-day life, a ritual festival every day for the young.

Kadokawa published the first light novel volume with illustrations by Ogipote on July 10, 2025, and published the sixth volume on July 10, 2026. Hiroshi Sakurai began a manga adaptation on Kadokawa‘s Shōnen Ace Plus service in April 2024, and Kadokawa published the second manga volume on July 10.

Source: “Dengeki Bunko Fall Festival Online 2026″

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The Dengeki Bunko Autumn Festival Online 2026 livestream event announced an anime adaptation of Maware Isogawa and Heirou‘s Dorei kara no Kitai to Hyouka no Sei de Sakushu Dekinai no da ga (I Can’t Exploit it Because of the Expectations and Evaluation from Slaves) light novel on Saturday, revealing an announcement visual (pictured above) and a celebratory illustration (pictured right) by Heirou.

Isogawa began publishing the fantasy isekai light novel under the Dengeki no Shin Bungei imprint in March 2023, featuring illustrations by Heirou. Kadokawa published the fourth volume in November 2025, with the fifth volume scheduled to go on sale on October 16.

Sachi Nishioka began drawing the manga adaptation in Shounen Ace Plus in October 2023. Kadokawa published the fifth volume on September 25.

Source: Dengeki Online

Dorei kara no Kitai to Hyouka no Sei de Sakushu Dekinai no da ga on MAL

The Dengeki Bunko Autumn Festival Online 2026 announced a television anime adaptation of Kien Aien‘s Kochira, Shuumatsu Teitai Iinkai (This Is the End Stagnation Committee.) light novel on Saturday, revealing an announcement promo.

Kadokawa began publishing the fantasy romance novel under its Dengeki Bunko imprint in July 2024, featuring illustrations by Ogipote. The sixth volume was released on July 10.

A manga adaptation by Yutaka Sakurai began on Shounen Ace Plus on April 2025. Kadokawa published the second manga volume on July 10.

The series ranked second in the new release category and fourth in the paperback category of the Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! 2025.

Announcement

Source: Dengeki Online

Kochira, Shuumatsu Teitai Iinkai on MAL