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KonoSuba – God's blessing on this wonderful world! 3 OVA Reveals March 14 Run in Theaters
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Kadokawa announced on Thursday that the new original video anime (OVA) for the KonoSuba – God’s blessing on this wonderful world! 3 anime is titled Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku o! 3 -Bonus Stage-. The OVA consists of two unaired episodes that will start a two-week theatrical screening run in Japan on March 14, before heading to general retail stores on Blu-ray Disc and DVD on April 25. Kadokawa also unveiled a new teaser and visual for the OVA.
The OVA reunites the returning staff and cast. The two OVA episodes are titled "Red Stream Explosion!" and "Nisemono Chūi!" (Beware of Fakes!).
The theaters screening the OVA will offer its Blu-ray Disc and DVD one month earlier than the April 25 general retail release. The home video release will include a completely original text story from original light novel author Natsume Akatsuki as a bonus extra.
Previous anime director Takaomi Kanasaki served as the chief director for the third season at Drive. (Studio DEEN animated the previous two seasons and J.C. Staff animated the film.) Yujiro Abe (episode director for Kaguya-sama: Love is War, Great Pretender) directed the series. Makoto Uezu was again in charge of the series scripts, and Koichi Kikuta returned as character designer. Masato Kōda returned to compose the music. Machico performed the opening theme song "Growing Up," and the main cast of Sora Amamiya, Rie Takahashi, and Ai Kayano performed the ending theme song "Ano Hi no Mama no Bokura" (Us, Just Like on That Day).
The first main television anime season premiered in January 2016, and the second season premiered in January 2017. Crunchyroll streamed both seasons as they aired in Japan. The KONOSUBA - God's Blessing on This Wonderful World– Legend of Crimson anime film opened in Japan in August 2019. Crunchyroll and Fathom Events screened the film in the United States in November 2019.
The television anime of Natsume Akatsuki and Kurone Mishima's Konosuba: An Explosion on This Wonderful World! spinoff novel series premiered in April 2023, and it aired for 12 episodes.
Source: Press release
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