The show has also unveiled additional cast members ahead of its debut.
The television anime adaptation of Kusunoki's Garden of Gods has unveiled its second promotional video, revealing a premiere date of 4 April, 2026.
The series will premiere on TV Asahi’s “NUMAnimation” programming block, before airing on BS Asahi on 6 April at 2AM JST (1AM SGT). The anime will broadcast across 24 channels nationwide. A special livestream program is scheduled for 14 March. It is unconfirmed whether the series will be globally streamed, but details may be revealed in the following weeks.
“Kusunoki's Garden of Gods” details and other information
The newly-announced cast members are:
- Toru Okawa as Reiki
- Koji Yusa as Ōryū
- Show Hayami as Kirin
- Hiroki Takahashi as Hōō
Previously announced cast members are:
- Shogo Sakata as Minato Kusunoki
- Shinshu Fuji as Yamagami
- Minako Kotobuki as Torika
- Shinnosuke Tokudome as Seri
- Makoto Koichi as Utsugi
- Yuichiro Umehara as Saiga Harima
- Yoshiki Nakajima as Fūjin
- Daiki Kobayashi as Raijin
Sekijuu Sekino is directing the anime at JUVENAGE, with Ryo Yamauchi serving as assistant director. Yuji Kobayashi is overseeing the series scripts. Yuko Inoue and Chikako Noma are designing the characters, while RON (is composing the music.
Additional production staff members include:
- Art Director: Ken Naitō
- Background Artist: Katsuhisa Takiguchi
- Colour Designer: Azusa Sasaki
- Editor: Kentarō Tsubone
- Director of Photography: Anna Tomisaki
- Sound Director: Hiromi Kikuta
- Recording Adjustment: Yoshio Obara, Chikako Abe
- Sound Effects: Rio Satō
- Sound Production: Half H.P Studio
- Sound Production Manager: Chiyo Kagiyama, Yūki Yamada
- Music Production: Nippon Columbia
Miyu Irino performs the opening theme song “Odoroki no Ko,” marking his first anime theme song in his music career. The song was written and composed by Yuki Ozaki of the band Galileo Galilei.
Enju launched the story on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website in April 2021, with serialisation on Kakuyomu beginning in December the same year. Kadokawa publishes the printed volume, illustrated by ox, since November 2021.
A manga adaptation by Akira Anzai began on Kadokawa’s ComicWalker website in November 2021.
Yen Press publishes the light novels in English, and describes the story as:
Deep in the countryside, Minato Kusunoki is left in charge of a terrifying house overflowing with evil spirits—or at least, it was full 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?