Kadokawa streamed the first trailer for the spin-off anime of Konosuba: God’s Blessing on this Wonderful World! The series will be based on Natsume Akatsuki and Kurone Mishima’s Konosuba: An Explosion on This Wonderful World novel series and about the character Megumin. Lastly, the trailer reveals more cast/staff members and details about its 2023 debut.
The translation for the video is as follows;
“Young lady, what is your name?”
“My name is Megumin.”
“This is the story of a girl who longed for the strongest magic.”
The Konosuba: An Explosion on This Wonderful World spin-off will star Rie Takahashi as Megumin and Aki Toyosaki as Yunuyun. The spin-off novel centers around Megumin and her Crimson Magic Clan. Regarding staff, Konosuba: God’s Blessing on this Wonderful World! Director Takaomi Kanasaki will direct the spin-off. Studio Drive will animate this series instead regular animators at Studio DEEN. The same staff will also work on season 3 of Konosuba : God’s Blessing on this Wonderful World!
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The main first season of Konosuba: God’s Blessing on this Wonderful World! first premiered in January 2016. The second season premiered in January 2017. Crunchyroll streamed both seasons as they aired in Japan, with an English dub soon following. The franchise also has a movie titled Konosuba- God’s Blessing on this Wonderful World- Legend of Crimson, which premiered in Japan in August 2019.
The original story for Konosuba centers around Kazuma, a shut-in student who dies ironically in a traffic accident. With his death, he meets the water goddess Aqua. She gives him the chance to reincarnate himself in a fantasy world, and he has the choice to keep one thing with him. When he chooses the goddess Aqua herself out of spite for making fun of him, they are both transported to their new lives. The pair then go on quests to earn money to buy food, shelter, and necessities, eventually hiring the sorceress Megumin and the swordswoman Darkness, who they quickly learn is just as useless as they are.
Yen Press is currently releasing the original Konosuba light novels and Masahito Watari’s manga adaptation. The company will also release Konosuba: An Explosion on This Wonderful World and the manga adaptation at an undisclosed date.
Konosuba: An Explosion on This Wonderful World is set to release at an unconfirmed date in 2023. It is also unknown what platform the spin-off will be available on. Season 3 for Konosuba will also be released at an unknown date in 2023.