Summary
It was announced on Sunday that an OVA (original video animation) episode for the third season of the smash-hit comedy isekai,KONOSUBA -God’s Blessing On This Wonderful World!, is currently in production. At this point in time, no release date, cast or staff information has been revealed. The news was revealed during a special program titled “KonoSuba Radio” on the Kadokawa official YouTube channel, which was hosted by Kazuma and Megumin voice actors Jun Fukushima and Rie Takahashi, and featured guests like Aqua voice actor Sora Amamiya and Darkness voice actor Ai Kayano.
The OVA announcement comes a few months after the end of the third season of the series,which aired during the Spring season.
About KonoSuba Season 3
This Has Been a Busy Year For the Series
2024 has been quite the year for fans of the series, who not only got to enjoy the third season of the series, returning after the second season which aired 7 years ago, but also theAn Explosion on This Wonderful World!spin-offwhich follows Megumin as a main character. The third season of KonoSuba was directed by Yujiro Abe (episode director,Kaguya-sama: Love is War) at studio Drive (who are currently producing the upcoming anime adaptation of Junji Ito’sUzumaki), with series composition by Makoto Uezu, who wrote the script alongside chief director Takaomi Kanasaki. Koichi Kikuta did the character designs, based on the original designs by Kurone Mishima; while Masato Kōda did the music and Yoshikazu Iwanami was responsible for sound direction.
Cast involved in the third season ofKonoSubainclude Sora Amamiya (Tōka Kirishima,Tokyo Ghoul) as Aqua; Jun Fukushima (Gabiru,That Time I Got Reincarnated As a Slime) as Kazuma Satō; Ai Kayano (Sylphiette,Mushoku Tensei) as Darkness; Rie Takahashi(Yuzuriha,Hell’s Paradise: Jigokuraku)as Megumin; Aki Toyosaki (Yui Hirasawa,K-On) as Yunyun; Ayaka Suwa (Tōka Yada,Assassination Classroom) as Chris and Eris; Kanon Takao (Meme Kakure, upcoming100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love Yousecond season) as Iris; Masakazu Nishida (Mezō Shōji,My Hero Academia) as Vanir; Reina Ueda (Lemon Irvine,Mashle: Magic and Muscles) as Rain; Sayuri Hara (Makie Osakabe, Ars Nova) as Luna; Sayuri Yahagi (Manami Okuda,Assassination Classroom) as Claire; Takashi Nagasako (Jason Cardenas,Ninja Kamuy) as Alderp Alexei Barnes; Takuya Eguchi (Loid Forger,Spy x Family) as Kyōya Mitsurugi and Yui Horie (Tsubasa Hanekawa,Bakemonogatar) as Wiz.
No release date information for theKonoSubaseason 3 OVA has been supplied as yet.
