The production of a new KonoSuba: God’s Blessing on this Wonderful World! anime sequel has been confirmed.The news was revealed at theatrical screenings of the two-episode special KonoSuba: God’s Blessing on this Wonderful World!! 3 - BONUS STAGE - in Japan. At time of this reporting, no additional details were revealed, so we'll have to wait to find out about the anime sequel's format, release date, and story details.
Check out the announcement from the official X account of KonoSuba below:
At this point, there have been three TV anime seasons, a feature film, one season of the spin-off series, Konosuba: An Explosion on This Wonderful World!, and OVAs. The latest one is KonoSuba: God’s Blessing on this Wonderful World! 3 -Bonus Stage- OVA that started its two-week theatrical screening in Japan on March 14 JST and will be released on Blu-ray and DVD on April 25 JST.
KonoSuba – God’s blessing on this wonderful world! Season 3 premiered last April and aired for 11 episodes. The episodes were released on Crunchyroll as they aired in the Spring 2024 anime season, and the streamer also released an official English dub. Previous anime director Takaomi Kanasaki returned as the chief animation director for Season 3, and Studio Drive was in charge of the animation (Studio DEEN animated the first two seasons and J.C. Staff animated the movie). Yujiro Abe was the director of Season 3, with Makoto Uezu as the series composer, and Koichi Kikuta returned as character designer.
What is KonoSuba about?
KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World! is based on the light novel series of the same title (Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo!) written by Natsume Akatsuki and illustrated by Kurone Mishima, which was first published in 2013, and ended in 2020, after seventeen volumes were released. The light novel series was published under Kadokawa Shoten's Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko imprint. The isekai fantasy series has multiple spin-offs and side stories.
Crunchyroll shared the following plot description for KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World!:
After a traffic accident, Kazuma Sato’s disappointingly brief life was supposed to be over, but he wakes up to see a beautiful girl before him. She claims to be a goddess, Aqua, and asks if he would like to go to another world and bring only one thing with him. Kazuma decides to bring the goddess herself, and they are transported to a fantasy world filled with adventure, ruled by a demon king. Now Kazuma only wants to live in peace, but Aqua wants to solve many of this world’s problems, and the demon king will only turn a blind eye for so long…
Source: KonoSuba's official X account
