The snowball effect of Konosuba fans has finally led to the official announcement of Konosuba Season 3! We know the hype is getting crazier by the second, and you want to know more about the release, so prepare yourself for another round of Megumi’s explosion!
Konosuba Season 3 Release Date
KonoSuba: God’s Blessing on This Wonderful World! is one of the eminent isekai Japanese light novel series by Natsume Akatsuki, apart from Konosuba he is also the author of another famous series named Re: Zero!
The series was adapted into a manga by Masahito Watari and Joseph Yokobori and is being serialized in Fujimi Shobo’s Monthly Dragon Age magazine since 2014.
The anime adaptation of Konosuba Season 1 by Studio Deen aired between January and March 2016. The second season of Konosuba aired between January and March 2017. J.C. Staff produced an anime film titled KonoSuba: God’s Blessing on This Wonderful World! Legend of Crimson. The film was released on August 30, 2019.
Konosuba Season 3 is officially confirmed already and you can check the tweet that we have shared for your reference. The exact release date has not been revealed yet, but we are speculating it to release by August 2023.
The news is not only confirmed by Kadokawa but by Crunchyroll as well. Kadokawa also revealed that there will be another anime film adaptation based on a spin-off light novel series set to premiere on April 5, 2023; besides the anime film, the franchise will get a dramatic stage reading on July 3, 2023. Visuals have been shared to commemorate the announcement on Twitter.
Konosuba Plot
The story is about Kazuma Sato a Japanese shut-in NEET who dies an unexpected and embarrassing death that is hilariously stupid in its way. In the afterlife, he meets a Goddess named Aqua who offers to reincarnate Kazuma in a parallel world with MMORPG equipment and skills, where he can battle monsters and go on adventures.
Kazuma gets provoked by Aqua’s comments and chooses her to company him to the town of Axel in the new world. Kazuma soon realizes that her existence is useless because of her absent-mindedness and attitude.
Aqua is unable to return to her realm until she defeats the Devil King, so both of them form a party and start recruiting more members. They soon recruit two members; an explosion obsesses maniac magician named Megumin and a masochistic crusader named Darkness.
Kazuma realizes that the team is troublesome and that their dysfunctional abilities will never let him defeat the devil king, so he decides to live a normal life in the world. No matter how much he tries to avoid it; he ends up in battles leading to Devil King’s generals.
Konosuba Season 3 Plot & Expectations
The synopsis or plot has not been shared officially but Konosuba Season 3 will follow the manga or the light novel series. The light novel series has 17 volumes in total meaning there are enough source materials for another two seasons. The first two seasons covered up to 4 volumes while the movie covered volume 5.
In the next season, we are expecting volume 6 of the light novel to be adapted which focuses on Kazuma meeting with The Crown after his party’s victory against Devil King news gets spread.
The meeting with The Crown soon turns upside down and leads to chaos, Kazuma gets separated from his party, as they get involved in a conspiracy and focuses heavily on the Megumin-Kazuma romance. Darkness ends up agreeing to marry Lord Alderp to save her family from debt which creates a crack in the group.
We would get to witness some more loli jokes and hilarious nicknames in the future. We cannot wait to know what will happen, whether they will start having feelings or Kazuma will think of her as an explosion-obsessed kid.
The spin-off movie releasing on April 5 will cover Megumin’s past before she met Kazuma and others, this will be exciting to watch as well so do not forget to catch the movie this April.
Konosuba Season 3 Cast & Staff
Konosuba Season 3 is said to have the same main cast who played the roles in the previous seasons and the Japanese Staff will be returning as well. You can check the following lists to know the names of the cast that will play roles in Konosuba Season 3.
Japanese Staff
- Chief Director: Takaomi Kanasaki
- Director: Yujiro Abe
- Series Composition: Makoto Uezu
- Original creator: Natsume Akatsuki
- Original Character Design: Kurone Mishima
- Character Design: Koichi Kikuta
Japanese Cast
- Ai Kayano as Darkness
- Jun Fukushima as Kazuma Satō
- Rie Takahashi as Megumin
- Sora Amamiya as Aqua
Japanese companies
- Animation Production: Drive
Where to Watch Konosuba Season 3?
Konosuba Seasons 1 & 2 are available on Crunchyroll and the movie is also available on the mentioned platform. You can watch Konosuba Season 3 on local Japanese TV channels (if broadcasted) or on Crunchyroll. We expect it to release by August 2023, and probably the episodes will release every Saturday/Sunday.
The Konosuba spin-off Explosive flames in this wonderful world! the movie will be broadcast in Japan on April 5, the information for the same is shared below:
- TOKYO MX 4/5 (Wed) 25:00~
- Television Aichi 4/5 (Wed) 26:05~
- BS11 4/6 (Thu) 23:00~
- KBS Kyoto 4/7 (Fri) 24:00~
- Sun TV 4/7 (Fri) 24:00~
Looking at Crunchyroll’s release patterns, we expect Crunchyroll to stream the movie after 2-3 hours of live broadcast in Japan.
Is there any Konosuba Season 3 trailer released yet?
No trailer for Konosuba Season 3 anime has been shared so far but, The Konosuba spinoff movie will release on April 5, 2023, whose trailer has been shared below.
As of now, there are 3 trailers streamed which you can watch on Youtube. We are expecting the Konosuba Season 3 trailer to be released in August 2023.
Conclusion
No matter how much we try to hide and act patiently, our minds and soul cannot wait to see the characters on screens again with their hilarious scripts and humorous episodes that will make us laugh our guts out. Konosuba Season 3 is speculated to release after the Konosuba sequel movie; titled Explosive flames in this wonderful world!
Let us know which is your favorite character from Konosuba in the comments section below.
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