is a Japanese

light novel A is a type of Genre fiction, popular literature novel from Japan usually classified as young adult fiction, generally targeting Adolescence, teens to Young adult, twenties or older. The definition is very vague, and wide-ranging. The abbr ...

series written by Fefu Kazuno and illustrated by Jun. It began serialization as a web novel published on the user-generated novel publishing website

Shōsetsuka ni Narō is a Japanese novel self-publishing website created by . It was launched on April 2, 2004. Users can upload their novels free of charge and the novels are also free to read. As of December 2022, the site hosts close to 1,000,000 novels, has over ...

in November 2017. It was later acquired by Micro Magazine who began publishing it under their GC Novels light novel imprint in November 2019. A

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adaptation illustrated by Yasaiko Midorihana began serialization on

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's ''ComicWalker'' manga website in March 2020. An

anime is a Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, , in Japan and in Ja ...

television series adaptation produced by

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is set to premiere in July 2025.

Premise

After dying young from illness, Takuto Ira finds himself reborn in "Eternal Nations", his favorite online game; along with his demonic retainer Atou. Neither of them are sure what happened but decided to found a settlement in the forest to live in peace. Pretty quickly refugees of different races begin seeking asylum under his protection; due to the racism of the human countries.

Characters

; : : The Lord and founder of Mynoghra. Classified by the world morality as "evil", he is nothing but a

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person, who looks out for others above his own needs. He has no desire to war with the other counties, but will defend his home should humans be stupid enough to try. :Though Takuto and Atou see him as human, the inhabitants of the world see him as dark smoke in human shape; making him look scary to others. ; : :"Atou the sludge" is Takuto's right hand woman and leader of his Eight Heroes. Though she looks like an

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elf, it's just a skin suit hiding her true monstrous form. While a sadist in combat, Atou is friendly to allies and is often serving as emotional support to Takuto. ; : ; : ; : ; : ; : ; :

Media

Light novel

Written by Fefu Kazuno, ''Apocalypse Bringer Mynoghra: World Conquest Starts with the Civilization of Ruin'' began serialization on the user-generated novel publishing website

on November 7, 2017. It was later acquired by Micro Magazine who began releasing it with illustrations by Jun under their GC Novels light novel imprint on November 30, 2019. Seven volumes have been released as of June 2024. On March 16, 2021,

Cross Infinite World Cross Infinite World is a California-based language localization company specializing in Japanese to English translation and publication of Japanese media such as light novels and manga. History Founded in 2016, Cross Infinite World is a loc ...

announced that they licensed the light novels for English publication. Cross Infinite World is also releasing audiobook versions.

Manga

adaptation illustrated by Yasaiko Midorihana began serialization on

's ''ComicWalker'' manga website on March 27, 2020. The manga adaptation's chapters have been collected by

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into six volumes as of December 2024. On January 5, 2024,

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announced that they licensed the manga adaptation.

Anime

television series adaptation was announced on June 23, 2024. The series is produced by

and directed by Yūji Yanase, with series composition handled by Yuka Yamada, characters designed by Kaho Deguchi, and music composed by Kujira Yumemi and Midori Narikiyo. It is set to premiere on July 6, 2025, on

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and

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. The opening theme song is "Majestic Catastrophe" performed by Rico Sasaki, while the ending theme song is "more than W" performed by

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will stream the series.

Muse Communication Muse Communication Co., Ltd. (also known simply as Muse) is a Taiwanese distributor and licensor that specializes in the distribution of Japanese animation. Based in Xinzhuang District, New Taipei City, the company also distributes Asian and E ...

licensed the series in South and Southeast Asia.

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