KonoSuba: An Explosion on This Wonderful World!


KonoSuba: An Explosion on This Wonderful World! is a Japanese light novel trilogy by Natsume Akatsuki, a spin-off of his KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World! series. It is illustrated by Kurone Mishima. It received a light novel sequel and a manga adaptation. An anime television series adaptation produced by Drive aired between April and June 2023.

Characters

CharacterJapaneseEnglish
MeguminRie TakahashiErica Mendez
YunyunAki ToyosakiKayli Mills
KomekkoMaria NaganawaJackie Lastra
ArueKaori NazukaMarissa Lenti
FunifuraMiyu TomitaReba Buhr
DodonkoSayumi SuzushiroRyan Bartley
NerimakiShizuka IshigamiMichelle Marie
ChomusukeHitomi NabatameRyan Bartley
PucchinMitsuhiro SakamakiJoe J. Thomas
CecilyFairouz AiAmanda Lee
ZestaYasunori MasutaniMick Lauer
Narrator
Jun FukushimaArnie Pantoja

Media

Light novels

The Megumin-focused spin-off light novel series is written and illustrated by Akatsuki and Mishima respectively, titled KonoSuba: An Explosion on This Wonderful World! and takes place a year prior to the main series, was released from July 1, 2014, to June 1, 2015, in three volumes. A two-volume sequel, KonoSuba: An Explosion on This Wonderful World! Bonus Story, was released on December 28, 2016, and March 1, 2019.

Anime

The series was revealed alongside the third season of the main series. Both series were produced by Drive and directed by Yujiro Abe, with chief direction by Takaomi Kanasaki. The rest of the main staff are returning from previous seasons. It aired from April 6 to June 22, 2023, on Tokyo MX and other networks. The opening theme is "Stay Free" by Machico, while the ending theme is "Jump In" by Megumin and Yunyun. Crunchyroll streamed the series.

Episodes