The first trailer has been released for the previously announced Megumin spin-off TV anime titled KonoSuba: An Explosion On This Wonderful World, and it was revealed that it will premiere in 2023. Today marks the beginning of the 3rd anniversary celebration of the KonoSuba: God’s Blessing on This Wonderful World! Legend of Crimson movie, which will be screened until September 2. Studio Drive is in charge of the production, and you can watch the first trailer:
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Rie Takahashi is reprising her role as Megumin, with Aki Toyosaki as Yunyun. The staff working on the 3rd season of KonoSuba is also in charge of the Megumin spin-off anime, and it includes:
- Director: Yujiro Abe (episode director on Great Pretender, Kaguya-sama Love Is War 1-2)
- Chief Director: Takaomi Kanyasaki (KonoSuba)
- Series Composition: Makoto Uezu (KonoSuba 1-2)
- Character Design: Koichi Kikuta (KonoSuba)
The original KonoSuba creator Natsume Akatsuki and illustrator Kurone Mishima also created the KonoSuba: An Explosion on This Wonderful World! light novel series. Kadokawa Shoten serialized it from 2014 to 2015, and it has a total of 3 volumes in circulation. Yen Press licensed it in English, and they describe the story:
One year before a certain useless goddess and NEET extraordinaire hit the scene, Megumin, the “Greatest Genius of the Crimson Magic Clan,” is hard at work. Ever since a life-changing encounter in her youth, the young wizard has dedicated her every waking moment to the pursuit of the ultimate offensive magic, Explosion! (Well…every moment not spent hustling food from her self-proclaimed rival.) And while the big sister’s away, the little one will play. On a routine trip into the woods, Megumin’s little sister, Komekko, finds a strange black kitten. Little does she know that this cat plays a key role in unsealing a Dark God’s tomb…
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Source: Official KADOKAWA YouTube Channel
©Natsume Akatsuki, Kurone Mishima/KADOKAWA/KonoSuba Production Committee
