A spinoff or spin-off is any narrative work derived from an already existing work that focuses on different aspects from the original work.
67-398: KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World! , often referred to simply as KonoSuba , is a Japanese light novel series written by Natsume Akatsuki and illustrated by Kurone Mishima . The series follows Kazuma Satou , a boy who is sent to a fantasy world with MMORPG elements following his death, where he forms a dysfunctional adventuring party with a goddess, an archmage, and
134-406: A sidequel , a portmanteau of "side" (as in side-by-side) and " sequel ", when it occurs in the same timeframe as the original, sometimes contacting with the main narrative at points. In Japanese , the word gaiden ( 外伝 , pronounced [ɡaideɴ] , lit. "outside legends") also refers to such contemporaneous spin-offs and is frequently translated as "side story". Sometimes even when
201-543: A 70% to 80% share of the market. In 2009, light novels made ¥30.1 billion in sales, or about 20% of all sales of bunkobon format paperback books in Japan. There are currently many licensed English translations of Japanese light novels available. These have generally been published in the physical dimensions of standard mass market paperbacks or similar to manga tankōbon , but starting in April 2007, Seven Seas Entertainment
268-508: A Japanese teenage shut-in NEET , meets a goddess named Aqua , who offers to reincarnate him in a parallel world with MMORPG elements, where he can go on adventures and battle monsters. Despite being offered a superpowered item or ability to use in this new world, Kazuma, following some provocation, chooses Aqua herself to accompany him to the town of Axel, quickly finding her absent-mindedness to be less than beneficial. With Aqua unable to return to
335-475: A critical note, Creamer disapproved of Kazuma's negative attitude, which he felt harmed the comedy in the series. KonoSuba 's characters, especially those in Kazuma's party, have garnered favorable reactions in the anime community. Creamer described the group as possessing a "strange but endearing chemistry," as the members are unfriendly with one another, yet are close. Morrissy added the party's "emotional bond
402-619: A crusader. Originally serialized as a web novel on Shōsetsuka ni Narō between December 2012 and October 2013, KonoSuba was published as a printed light novel series by Kadokawa Shoten under the company's Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko imprint from October 2013 to May 2020. The light novel series features a divergent plot. A manga adaptation, illustrated by Masahito Watari and Joseph Yokobori, began serialization in Fujimi Shobo 's Monthly Dragon Age magazine in October 2014. A radio drama CD
469-591: A light novel is about 50,000 words, and is published in the bunkobon format ( A6 , 10.5 cm × 14.8 cm [4.1 in × 5.8 in]). Light novels are subject to dense publishing schedules, with new installments being published in 3–9 month intervals. Light novels are commonly illustrated in a manga art style and are often adapted into manga and anime . While most light novels are published only as books, some have their chapters first serialized monthly in anthology magazines before being collected and compiled into book format, similar to how manga
536-568: A new KonoSuba anime project, later revealed to be a new movie, KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World! Legend of Crimson . On October 6, 2018, it was announced that characters from KonoSuba would appear in Isekai Quartet , a crossover anime also featuring characters from Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World , Overlord , and The Saga of Tanya the Evil . On July 18, 2021,
603-550: A reputation as being "mass-produced and disposable," an extreme example being Kazuma Kamachi who wrote one novel a month for two years straight, and the author turnover rate is very high. As such, publishing companies are constantly searching for new talent with annual contests, many of which earn the winner a cash prize and publication of their novel. The Dengeki Novel Prize is the largest, with over 6,500 submissions (2013) annually. They are all clearly labeled as "light novels" and are published as low-priced paperbacks. For example,
670-549: A similar increase in popularity as it has in the Japanese subculture once it becomes recognized by the consumer audience. Popular literature has a long tradition in Japan. Even though cheap, pulp novels resembling light novels were present in Japan for years prior, the creation of Sonorama Bunko in 1975 is considered by some to be a symbolic beginning. Science fiction and horror writers like Hideyuki Kikuchi or Baku Yumemakura started their careers through such imprints. Another origin
737-467: A subject of praise; Nick Creamer of ANN commended Sora Amamiya and Rie Takahashi's roles as Aqua and Megumin for the energy provided in their performances, while Martin applauded Jun Fukushima for his work in voicing Kazuma, considering his dry tone an additional factor in the show's humor. From the Legend of Crimson' s release in Japan, Daryl Harding, writing for Crunchyroll News praised the story and comedy of
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#1733086139574804-437: A supporting or cameo role, at the least as a historical mention, in the new subseries. Spin-offs sometimes generate their own spin-offs, leaving the new show in its own series only vaguely connected to the original series - for example, the police procedural franchises of NCIS / JAG and CSI have both spun multiple shows, including multiple spin-offs from series and spin-offs from spin-offs. A spin-off may be called
871-776: A venture to publish more light novels in the United States. The leader of this, publisher Yen Press , is a joint venture between Hachette Book Group (which owns 49%) and Japanese publisher Kadokawa (which owns 51%). Other publishers such as Seven Seas Entertainment , Viz Media (owned by Shogakukan and Shueisha ), Vertical (owned by Kodansha USA ), One Peace Books , J-Novel Club (owned by Kadokawa), Cross Infinite Worlds , Sol Press have all been making an effort to publish more light novels in English. Additionally, light novel authors have been starting to make guest appearances overseas at anime conventions. The 2019 Anime Expo , one of
938-428: A web novel initially published in 2002, contributed to the popularization of 'Isekai' as a genre. This web novel became extremely popular, forming various adaptations such as an anime, manga, and even various movies and spinoff series. Because of the success of Sword Art Online , other novels such as KonoSuba, Overlord and Re:Zero became increasingly more popular. The success of Sword Art Online and 'isekai' as
1005-601: A whole contributed to the creation of write-your-own fiction websites in Japan and increasing popularity of light novels in the west as well. The Kadokawa Group's local subsidiary, Kadokawa Taiwan ( Chinese : 台灣角川 ; pinyin : Táiwān Jiǎochuān ), translated and sold Chinese versions of their own light novels in Taiwan and Hong Kong , after being established as the first overseas branch in 1999 by Kadokawa Japan. In 2007, Chingwin and Shueisha signed an exclusive contract to publish Super Dash Bunko and Cobalt Bunko under
1072-512: 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. Another spin-off featuring Vanir was published on April 1, 2016, called Consulting With This Masked Devil! A third spin-off series titled KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World! Extra Attention to that Wonderful Fool! began publication on August 1, 2017. It
1139-487: Is "Chīsana Bōken-sha" performed by Aqua ( Sora Amamiya ), Megumin ( Rie Takahashi ), and Darkness ( Ai Kayano ). On January 7, 2019, Crunchyroll announced that the series would receive an English dub. The first season's dub made its debut on January 25, 2019, with the second season's dub being released on February 25, 2020. Discotek Media released the first season on Blu-ray in North America on May 25, 2020. The series
1206-540: Is "Growing Up" by Machico, while the ending theme is "Ano Hi no Mama no Bokura" by Aqua (Amamiya), Megumin (Takahashi), and Darkness (Kayano). Crunchyroll also licensed both series. On June 25, 2018, a film adaptation was announced to be in development at J.C.Staff . The cast and staff reprised their roles from the TV series. The film is titled KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World! Legend of Crimson , and it premiered in Japan on August 30, 2019. Crunchyroll began streaming
1273-502: Is "Tomorrow" by Machico, and the ending theme is "Ouchi ni Kaeritai" by Aqua (Amamiya), Megumin (Takahashi), and Darkness (Kayano). Crunchyroll later added the second season. A second OVA was bundled with the twelfth volume of KonoSuba in July 2017. Discotek Media released the second season on Blu-ray in North America in 2021. On July 25, 2017, Jun Fukushima and Takahashi, the voice actors of Kazuma and Megumin respectively, announced plans for
1340-566: Is also a magazine called Tenman Light Novels , which established a Newcomer's Award and says that the awards for the best full-length works may even be presented in Japan. Additionally, translated versions of other works such as Nisio Isin 's Katanagatari have also been published in China . In South Korea , Daewon C.I. , Haksan Publishing and Seoul Cultural Publishers, Inc are known to translate many popular Japanese titles, and they are easily available at larger bookstores. The publication pace
1407-500: Is also evident in the ways they interact with each other. My favorite thing about the anime is that it takes the time to draw these nuances out onscreen and express them with visual flair." Megumin in particular has been considered one of the series' most popular characters, winning Sneaker Bunko's official Favorite KonoSuba Character poll. She was also the sixth-highest vote in Newtype 's 2015–16 Awards for Best Female Character (Kazuma
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#17330861395741474-461: Is bundled with the limited edition of first Blu-ray/DVD volume of the anime series' second season and was released on April 28, 2017. The game is a side-scroller with gameplay resembling the Mega Man series. A visual novel adaptation for PlayStation Vita and PlayStation 4 , KonoSuba: God's Blessing on this Wonderful World! Judgment on this Greedy Game! , was developed and published by 5pb. , and
1541-475: Is derived from already existing works that focus on more details and different aspects from the original work (e.g. particular topics, characters or events), and includes books, radio programs , television programs , films, video games , or any narrative work in any medium. In genre fiction , the term parallels its usage in television; it is usually meant to indicate a substantial change in narrative viewpoint and activity from that (previous) storyline based on
1608-464: Is published. Light novels developed from pulp magazines . Plots frequently involve romantic comedy and isekai fantasy. To please their audience, in the 1970s, most of the Japanese pulp magazines began to put illustrations at the beginning of each story and included articles about popular anime , movies and video games . The direction of light novels evolved to cater to newer generations of readers, with light novels becoming fully illustrated in
1675-498: Is quite fast, and it can be said that Korea is one of the countries outside of Japan that accepts Japanese light novels the most. Like in other countries, there are awards as well. In the United States , hundreds of different light novels have been translated into English, the two largest publishers being Yen Press and Seven Seas Entertainment . The success of anime adapted from light novels, such as Sword Art Online , along with
1742-517: Is the serialization of Record of Lodoss War in the magazine Comptiq . Kim Morrissy of Anime News Network reported that Keita Kamikita, the system operator of a science fiction and fantasy forum, is usually credited with coining the term "light novel" in 1990. After noticing that the science fiction and fantasy novels that had emerged in the 1980s were also attracting anime and manga fans because of their illustrations by famous manga artists , Kamikita avoided using terms like "young adult" because
1809-410: Is written by Hirukuma and illustrated by Uihime Hagure, and features Dust as the central character. A light novel adaptation of KonoSuba Fantastic Days smartphone game, written by Hirukuma and illustrated by Mishima, was published on March 1, 2022. Yen Press announced on May 20, 2016, that it had licensed the light novels for release in North America. The first volume was released in conjunction with
1876-536: The "tired genre" as well as its cast finding them appealing based on their traits. However, Hanley criticized the short length of the first volume. The series won BookWalker's 2016 Grand Prix Award. In 2016, the anime was voted as the tenth-best TV anime in the Newtype 2015–16 Awards. KonoSuba also finished runner-up for Best Comedy in the Crunchyroll 's Anime Awards 2016 to Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto . In 2019,
1943-414: The 11-volume series had a total of 1.5 million copies in print, each volume selling 136,000 copies on average. In January 2018, the light novel series ranked first among the top 50 best selling digital manga and light novels in worldwide stores by BookWalker . By February 2019, the light novels had 6.5 million copies in print. In a review of the first novel, Andy Hanley praised the series' comedy reflected in
2010-514: The Devil King's generals. The original web novel series written by Natsume Akatsuki was published on Syosetu between December 2012 and October 2013. The author also wrote a side story featuring Wiz and Vanir. Akatsuki, who enjoyed playing fantasy video games like Wizardry and Final Fantasy , also derived much of KonoSuba 's fantasy elements from tabletop role-playing games . A light novel version with illustrations by Kurone Mishima
2077-504: The English subtitled and English dub version on March 25, 2020, and on January 1, 2021, respectively. A PC video game developed by game creator Tachi, titled KonoSuba: God's Blessing on this Wonderful World! In The Life , is bundled with the first Blu-ray/DVD volume of the anime series on March 25, 2016. The game is developed using the software RPG Maker VX Ace . Another video game, created by Team Ladybug and Krobon, titled KonoSuba: God's Blessing on this Wonderful World! Revival of Beldia ,
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2144-564: The Gathering of Adventurers! , was released in Japan on June 27, 2019. An updated version of the game, KonoSuba: God's Blessing on this Wonderful World! Labyrinth of Hope and the Gathering of Adventurers! Plus , was released in Japan on August 27, 2020, for the PS4 and Nintendo Switch . A dungeon RPG, KonoSuba: God’s Blessing on this Wonderful World! Cursed Relic and the Perplexed Adventurers ,
2211-755: The Kadokawa Group and Cobalt Bunko in Germany, for which publishing is done by Carlsen Verlag . A web novel is a literary work that is published mainly or exclusively on the Internet. Web novels offer authors the opportunity to share their stories directly online in a continuous format, reaching a wide audience. In Japan, many light novels begin as web novels before being revised and published in print. This model allows authors to receive valuable feedback from readers and further develop their works before physical publication. The low entry barrier also provides unknown authors with
2278-406: The activities of the series' principal protagonist, and so is a shift to that action and overall narrative thread of some other protagonist, which now becomes the central or main thread (storyline) of the new subseries. The new protagonist generally appears first as a minor or supporting character in the main storyline within a given milieu and it is very common for the previous protagonist to have
2345-499: The afterlife until the Devil King is defeated, the two form a party and recruit two other members; an explosion-obsessed magician named Megumin and a masochistic crusader named Darkness . Due to the party's dysfunctional abilities, Kazuma quickly gives up on the idea of defeating the Devil King and tries to live a comfortable lifestyle, only to find the circumstances of his daily life are forcing him and his party to encounter and battle
2412-404: The anime has received positive reception for its comedy, parody of the isekai genre, and faithful adaptation of the light novels. Reviewing the first few episodes, Anime News Network (ANN)'s Theron Martin described the second episode as "the funniest episode of anime I have seen since Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun aired", while also praising the series' musical score. The voice acting has also been
2479-609: The anime won "Isekai Series of the Decade" at the Funimation 's Decade of Anime poll, where the fans voted for their favorite anime across multiple categories. KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World is an anime that has a lot of fun mocking the tropes of the typical JRPG fantasy world via a colorful cast of characters that are enjoyable in their own right. The comedy is so spot-on with its deadpan nature that it's hard not to be drawn in by that alone. Like its light novel counterpart,
2546-524: The anime, Machico performed the opening "Million Smile", while Amamiya, Takahashi, and Kayano sang the game's ending theme "101 Pikime no Hitsuji". A Nintendo Switch port of the game was released on the Nintendo eShop on December 17, 2020. The sequel to KonoSuba: God's Blessing on this Wonderful World! Judgment on this Greedy Game! , a visual novel with outfit crafting mechanics, KonoSuba: God's Blessing on this Wonderful World! Love For These Clothes Of Desire!
2613-497: The biggest Anime conventions of the year, featured creators such as Kumo Kagyu, author of Goblin Slayer , and Fujino Omori, the author of Is It Wrong to Pick up Girls in a Dungeon? . One popular genre in the light novel category is isekai ( 異世界 ) or "different world" stories. In these stories usually feature an ordinary person that is transported from a modern city life to a world of fantasy and adventure. Sword Art Online,
2680-465: The chance to gain recognition and build a fan base without relying on the support of a traditional publisher. Spin-off (media) One of the earliest spin-offs of the modern media era, if not the first, happened in 1941 when the supporting character Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve from the old time radio comedy show Fibber McGee and Molly became the star of his own program The Great Gildersleeve (1941–1957). A spin-off (also spelt spinoff )
2747-494: The film noting that the "classic humor of (the TV series) translates well to a film runtime." Daryl Harding did criticise the film by stating that "It doesn't look too different than the TV series" even with "more effects placed over the animation during scenes of explosive magic." In contrast, a common criticism of the anime was its inconsistent character animation, one that was described as "low budget" as characters appeared off-model . Koichi Kikuta responded by stating such design
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2814-485: The global publishing rights over to Sesisoft, which took effect on June 1, 2023. It will end service on January 30, 2025. A radio drama CD , featuring a different voice cast to the anime, was released by HobiRecords on March 1, 2015. A second drama CD, along with an original soundtrack by Kouda Masato and a character song album, was released in March 2017. The KonoSuba light novels have been quite popular. By March 2, 2016,
2881-404: The main staff returned from previous seasons. KonoSuba: An Explosion on This Wonderful World! 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 (Takahashi) and Yunyun ( Aki Toyosaki ). The third season aired from April 10 to June 19, 2024 on Tokyo MX and other networks. The opening theme
2948-470: The manga adaptation at the same time that it licensed the original light novels. A manga adaptation of Extra Attention to that Wonderful Fool! novels, illustrated by Hirukuma, was published in Media Factory 's Shounen Ace magazine from January 26, 2018, to January 24, 2020 and compiled into two volumes. A manga adaptation of Consulting With This Masked Devil! novel, illustrated by Suzume Somemiya,
3015-441: The most celebrated artists from pixiv and the most successful works are adapted into manga, anime, games and live-action movies. Since the mid-2000s, it has become increasing popular for publishers to contact authors of web fiction on their blog or website to publish their work in print form. The material is often heavily edited and may even feature an altered story, which might compel someone who had already read it online to buy
3082-497: The name Elite Novels. Subsequently, GA Bunko and HJ Bunko , which were slowly starting to gain popularity in Japan, also signed exclusive contracts with local publishers. As time went on, the original exclusive contracts were gradually opened to other publishers. Translated versions of Kadokawa works are published by Kadokawa's Chinese subsidiary, Guangzhou Tenmon Kadokawa Doman Co. Ltd. In addition to Japanese light novels, there are works by Chinese as well as Taiwanese authors. There
3149-483: The novels did not appeal to one particular demographic. The 1990s saw the smash-hit Slayers series which merged fantasy-RPG elements with comedy. Some years later MediaWorks founded a pop-lit imprint called Dengeki Bunko , which produces well-known light novel series to this day. The Boogiepop series was their first major hit which soon was animated and got many anime watchers interested in literature. Dengeki Bunko writers continued to slowly gain attention until
3216-452: The official Twitter account for the KonoSuba anime confirmed that a new anime project was in production. The project was later revealed to be both a third season of the main series and an anime television series adaptation of KonoSuba: An Explosion on This Wonderful World! . Both series were produced by Drive and directed by Yujiro Abe, with chief direction by Takaomi Kanasaki. The rest of
3283-427: The popular art style. The popular serials then began to be printed in their now known novel format. Often light novels are chosen to be adapted into manga , anime, and live-action films. Some of them are serialized in literary magazines such as Faust , Gekkan Dragon Magazine , The Sneaker and Dengeki hp , or media franchise magazines like Comptiq and Dengeki G's Magazine . Light novels have
3350-570: The price for The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya in Japan is ¥540 (including 5% tax), similar to the normal price for trade paperbacks—light novels and general literature—sold in Japan. In 2007 it was estimated (according to a website funded by the Japanese government) that the market for light novels was about ¥20 billion (US$ 170 million at the exchange rate at the time) and that about 30 million copies were published annually. Kadokawa Corporation 's publishing subsidiary , which owns major labels like Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko and Dengeki Bunko , has
3417-411: The print release as well. The free novel publication website Shōsetsuka ni Narō is a popular source for such material. Popular works like Sword Art Online , That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime , Overlord , Re:Zero and KonoSuba were originally popular web novels that got contacted by a publisher to distribute and publish those stories in print format. In recent times, there has been
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#17330861395743484-554: The second manga volume on February 21, 2017. On June 20, 2023, Yen Audio released the first volume of the light novel as an audiobook. They also released the Fantastic Days novel on June 18, 2023. A manga adaptation of KonoSuba illustrated by Masahito Watari began serialization in the October 2014 issue of Fujimi Shobo 's Monthly Dragon Age magazine on September 9, 2014. As of June 7, 2024, nineteen tankōbon volumes have been released. Yen Press announced its acquisition of
3551-437: The series' humor derives from the deconstruction of Kazuma's hopes of becoming the hero of a fantasy world, instead realizing he is forced to struggle his way through the world. Comparing Kazuma's problems in a fantasy world to those in real life, Creamer wrote about a sense of relatability between the series' protagonists and the audience, as the party deals with issues like debt and taking questionable jobs because of high pay. On
3618-594: The small light novel world experienced a boom around 2006. After the huge success of the Haruhi Suzumiya series, the number of publishers and readers interested in light novels suddenly skyrocketed. Light novels became an important part of the Japanese 2D culture in the late 2000s, with series such as A Certain Magical Index selling large amounts of copies with each volume release. The number of light novels series put out every year increases, usually illustrated by
3685-409: The surge in popularity of the isekai genre has helped to make light novels more mainstream. Furthermore, online book stores, particularly Amazon Kindle , have a tendency to overly recommend light novel titles after a customer has purchased one which, along with Ebooks being more accessible than physical books, has boosted their sales. In Europe , TOKYOPOP mainly translated and publishes works by
3752-453: The volume number and Y represents the chapter number. Light novel A light novel ( Japanese : ライトノベル , Hepburn : raito noberu ) is a type of popular literature novel native to Japan , usually classified as young adult fiction , generally targeting teens to twenties . The definition is very vague, and wide-ranging. The abbreviation of " raito noberu " is ranobe ( ラノベ ) or, in English, LN . The average length of
3819-490: Was animated by Koichi Kikuta and Momoka Komatsu, with the former working on odd-numbered episodes and the latter on even-numbered. While Komatsu's character designs closely resembled those of the light novels and had more attractive appearances, Kikuta based his designs on children's shows like Pokémon as he felt KonoSuba 's story was similar to those found in such shows. A second season aired between January 12, 2017, and March 16, 2017. The second season's opening theme
3886-415: Was intentional, hoping to "bring out the individuality of each character" rather than the prettier artwork in the light novels; to do this, Kikuta's animation displayed "their more human sides, like their unflattering traits and their distressed moments." Crunchyroll's Kim Morrissy considered the animation to be humorous, especially fitting in a comedic anime. Kotaku writer Richard Eisenbeis explained much of
3953-713: Was published in Media Factory's Monthly Comic Alive magazine from February 27, 2018, to January 26, 2019 and compiled into two volumes. A manga adaptation of the KonoSuba Fantastic Days smartphone game by Kasumi Morino began serialization in Monthly Comic Alive on March 26, 2022. An anime television series adaptation produced by Studio Deen aired on Tokyo MX between January 14, 2016, and March 16, 2016; later broadcasting on eight other networks and several video on demand streaming networks . The series
4020-857: Was released by HobiRecords in March 2015, and an anime television series adaptation produced by Studio Deen aired in Japan between January and March 2016. A second season of the anime aired between January and March 2017. A spin-off light novel series, KonoSuba: An Explosion on This Wonderful World! , was published from July 2014 to June 2015. Both the light novels and the manga are licensed in North America by Yen Press . An anime film adaptation produced by J.C.Staff , titled KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World! Legend of Crimson , premiered on August 30, 2019. An anime television series adaptation of An Explosion on This Wonderful World! , produced by Drive , aired from April to June 2023. A third season, also by Drive, aired from April to June 2024. Following an untimely and embarrassing death, Kazuma Satou ,
4087-425: Was released for PS4 and Switch in 2022. A mobile gacha RPG titled KonoSuba: God's Blessing on this Wonderful World! Fantastic Days was released for iOS and Android devices on February 27, 2020. It was developed by CyberAgent subsidiaries Sumzap, with Nexon Korea handled the global release, in which the mobile game launched worldwide outside Japan on August 19, 2021. The latter announced that they've transferred
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#17330861395744154-417: Was released in Japan on September 7, 2017. The game features an original story, in which Kazuma discovers a cursed ring that allows him to steal the underwear of others near him. He learns the only way to undo the curse would be by raising enough money. Judgment on this Greedy Game! introduces an "Underwear Judgment" system, where the player assists Kazuma in returning lost underwear to its rightful owner. Like
4221-437: Was released on September 24, 2020, for the PS4 and Switch in Japan. The game features a story where Kazuma's party discovers a slab that can create clothing but curses them with personality changes in exchange. A western release of the game, including a Microsoft Windows port, came out on February 8, 2024. A dungeon crawler game for the PS4 and Vita, titled KonoSuba: God's Blessing on this Wonderful World! Labyrinth of Hope and
4288-617: Was released under Kadokawa Shoten 's Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko imprint from October 1, 2013 to May 1, 2020. The light novel diverges significantly from the web novel's plot from the sixth volume onwards, and also features changes to the characters' ages. The final book in the series, Volume 17, contains information in its Afterword on possible future development that the teased "After Story" spin-offs might contain. A Megumin-focused spin-off light novel series, also written and illustrated by Akatsuki and Mishima respectively, titled KonoSuba: An Explosion on This Wonderful World! and takes place
4355-505: Was simulcast by Crunchyroll in several regions such as North America, and by AnimeLab in Australia. The series was directed by Takaomi Kanasaki and written by Makoto Uezu with character designs by Koichi Kikuta. An original video animation (OVA) was bundled with the ninth light novel of KonoSuba in June 2016. The anime's opening theme is "Fantastic Dreamer" by Machico while the ending theme
4422-490: Was the first English publisher to print light novels in their original Japanese bunkobon format. Other United States English-language publishers that license light novels are Tokyopop , Viz Media , DMP , Dark Horse , J-Novel Club , Yen Press (Kadokawa's American joint-venture with Hachette Book Group ), and Del Rey Manga . The founder of Viz Media, Seiji Horibuchi, speculates that the US market for light novels will experience
4489-531: Was third in the male category) and received the most "Other" votes in the Best Girl category in Crunchyroll's Anime Awards 2016. In an interview with internet personality The Anime Man , Natsume Akatsuki described Megumin as giving off "a pure and elegant atmosphere" like one of an anime heroine or waifu , hence her popularity among fans. ^LN represents the light novel series in X.Y format, where X represents
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