{"rewrite":{"id":"r_357bf276ea41fd52fd12ddac","clusterId":"c_04f9d497d9fd3775743c1de1","slug":"this-is-the-end-stagnation-committee-light-novels-get-anime","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"This Is the End Stagnation Committee Light Novels Get Anime","summary":"The Dengeki Bunko Fall Festival Online 2026 announced on Saturday that Kien Aien's light novel series This Is the End Stagnation Committee has an anime in the works. The story sets an apocalypse beneath everyday life, with creatures under Tokyo's Shinobazu Pond and a demon lord who looks like a beautiful girl. Kadokawa published the first volume with illustrations by Ogipote on July 10, 2025, and the sixth on July 10, 2026.","whyItMatters":"Dengeki Bunko used its own festival stream to confirm the adaptation, and Kadokawa already has six volumes and a manga run behind it, so the announce is a scheduling decision rather than a question of whether there is enough material.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe announcement came from the Dengeki Bunko Fall Festival Online 2026 on Saturday. No studio, staff, or broadcast window was named.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKien Aien\u0026#39;s series runs on a premise of apocalypse hiding in plain sight: weird creatures beneath Tokyo\u0026#39;s Shinobazu Pond, a giant snail on the Eiffel Tower, a demon lord who looks like a beautiful girl. Boys and girls fight the coming end anyway, knowing they can only delay it.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKadokawa published the first light novel volume, illustrated by Ogipote, on July 10, 2025, and the sixth on July 10, 2026. Hiroshi Sakurai\u0026#39;s manga adaptation began on Shonen Ace Plus in April 2024, with a second collected volume out July 10.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Kien Aien's light novels ran six volumes in roughly a year, with volume one and volume six both dated July 10. An anime greenlight that early points to a publisher moving on sales data while the series is still releasing.","twitterPost":"Six volumes of This Is the End Stagnation Committee in about a year, volume one and six both out July 10. The anime greenlight is running ahead of the print cadence.","threadsPost":"Kien Aien's This Is the End Stagnation Committee went from a first volume on July 10, 2025 to a sixth on July 10, 2026, with an anime now announced at the Dengeki Bunko Fall Festival Online 2026. Kadokawa is moving on the adaptation while the series is still mid-release rather than waiting for it to finish.","newsletterBlurb":"Kien Aien's light novel series This Is the End Stagnation Committee has an anime in the works, announced at the Dengeki Bunko Fall Festival Online 2026 on Saturday. Kadokawa has published six volumes since July 10, 2025, and Hiroshi Sakurai's manga adaptation has run on Shonen Ace Plus since April 2024. No studio, staff, or release window was given.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-10-03/this-is-the-end-stagnation-committee-light-novels-have-anime-in-the-works/.242449\",\"title\":\"This Is the End Stagnation Committee Light Novels Have Anime in the Works\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4284,"outputTokens":690,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791098975,"createdAt":"2026-10-04T07:26:13.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-04T07:28:26.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-04T07:28:26.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_04f9d497d9fd3775743c1de1","canonicalTitle":"News\nThis Is the End Stagnation Committee Light Novels Have Anime in the Works","representativeArticleId":"a_69a60e65fcc64f39a1d50166","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[\"This Is the End Stagnation Committee\"],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Kien Aien\"],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"anime\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-03T15:11:58.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-03T15:11:58.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-04T07:28:22.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-10-03/this-is-the-end-stagnation-committee-light-novels-have-anime-in-the-works/.242449","title":"News\nThis Is the End Stagnation Committee Light Novels Have Anime in the Works"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":["This Is the End Stagnation Committee"],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":["Kien Aien"],"type":"announcement","domain":"anime","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}