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Konosuba: An Explosion on This Wonderful World! (TV)

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Alternative title:
Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Bakuen o! (Japanese)
この素晴らしい世界に爆焔を! (Japanese)
Genres: adventure
Themes: witches
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: 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... (from manga)
User Ratings: 116 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 6 votes (dub:3, sub:2, raw:1)
 Excellent: 7 votes (sub:5, raw:1, others:1
1 Latin American Spanish subtitled
)
 Very good: 31 votes (sub:25, dub:5, others:1
1 Vietnamese subtitled
)
 Good: 34 votes (sub:33, dub:1)
 Decent: 23 votes (sub:18, dub:3, others:2
1 Arabic subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
)
 So-so: 8 votes (sub:6, raw:1, others:1
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Not really good: 4 votes (sub:2, dub:1, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 Weak: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Bad: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: 1 vote (raw:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 319 users, rank: #2898 (of 9585)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.965 (Good), std. dev.: 1.5916, rank: #4070 (of 9708)
Weighted mean: 6.910 (Good), rank: #4082 (of 9708) (seen all: 7.01 / won't finish: 5.00)
Bayesian estimate: 6.971 (Good), rank: #3512 (of 7289)
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 12
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage: 2023-04-05
Opening Theme:
"STAY FREE" by Machico
Ending Theme:
"JUMP IN" by Rie Takahash and Aki Toyosaki
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Blu-ray + DVD combo
    Konosuba: An Explosion on This Wonderful World! - The Complete Season (BD+DVD) 2024-05-14 (from $69.98)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Yujiro Abe
Series Composition: Makoto Uezu
Script:
Makoto Uezu (eps 1, 5, 8, 12)
Satoko Sekine (eps 3, 10)
Touko Machida (eps 4, 7, 11)
Yasuko Aoki (eps 2, 6, 9)
Storyboard:
Bob Shirohata (eps 4, 8, 11)
Shinichi Watanabe (ep 6)
Takayuki Inagaki (eps 7, 10)
Toshiro Fujii (OP)
Yujiro Abe (eps 1-3, 5, 12)
Episode Director:
Akira Koremoto (ep 2)
Ōri Yasukawa (eps 1, 7, 12)
Shigeki Awai (ep 8)
Shinya Kawabe (ep 11)
Shunji Yoshida (eps 5, 9)
Takahiro Tanaka (ep 3)
Yuki Kanazawa (ep 6)
Yuki Watanabe (eps 4, 10)
Unit Director: Yujiro Abe (OP)
Music: Masato Kōda
Original creator: Natsume Akatsuki
Original Character Design: Kurone Mishima
Character Design: Koichi Kikuta
Chief Animation Director:
Hiroshi Yakou (eps 4, 10)
Koichi Kikuta (eps 1, 6, 9)
Reika Hoshino (eps 2-3, 7, 11)
Tomoyuki Kitamura (eps 5, 8, 11-12)
Yasuyuki Noda (ep 3)
Yoshiko Takemoto (eps 5, 8, 11-12)
Yui Ushinohama (eps 2-3, 7, 12)
Animation Director:
Kazunori Ozawa (ep 8)
Kōhei Yamazaki (eps 4, 10)
Koichi Kikuta (OP)
Marina Kobayashi (eps 4, 10)
Masaaki Sakurai (ep 2)
Masayuki Fujita (5 episodes
eps 1, 5, 7, 11-12
)

Maya Uenishi (eps 3, 7, 11-12)
Ryūichirō Yoshida (5 episodes
eps 1, 5, 7, 11-12
)

Shūhei Yagisawa (eps 5, 7, 12)
Sōichi Honda (eps 3, 7, 11-12)
Takurō Sakurai (eps 3, 7, 11-12)
Tsutomu Ōno (eps 1, 5, 9, 11)
Wakako Yoshida (ep 2)
Yōichi Ishikawa (eps 4, 10)
Yui Ushinohama (ep 1)
Yūki Kitajima (ep 10)
Sound Director: Yoshikazu Iwanami

2nd Key Animation:
Aoi Mabe (OP; ep 12)
Hinako Kawase (OP; eps 5, 12)
Wakako Yoshida (ep 2)
Yūto Okumura (eps 3, 5)
Animation producer: Toru Miyakoshi
Assistant Animation Director:
Reika Hoshino (ep 1)
Shūhei Yagisawa (ep 1)
Tomoyuki Kitamura (ep 1)
Chief Supervision: Takaomi Kanasaki
Color design: Saori Yoshida
In-Between Animation:
Mari Oda (Studio PaTHoS; ep 4)
Wakako Yoshida (ep 2)
Yūto Okumura (OP)
In-Between Check:
Hinako Kawase (eps 1, 5, 7, 12)
Misato Furubayashi (ep 2)
Yūto Okumura (eps 3, 9, 11)
Key Animation:
Akane Hirose (A-1 Pictures; ep 4)
Akane Takeda (A-1 Pictures; ep 4)
Aoi Mabe (eps 3, 7)
Hinako Kawase (eps 3, 7)
Hiroaki Takagi (ep 5)
Hiroshi Sasaki (ep 10)
Katsushi Morita (A-1 Pictures; ep 4)
Kazunori Ozawa (eps 1, 5, 9, 12)
Keisuke Furuichi (A-1 Pictures; ep 4)
Kōhei Yamazaki (ep 10)
Lie Jun Yang (ep 1)
Marina Kobayashi (ep 4)
Satoshi Sakai (eps 1-2)
Shinobu Nishioka (eps 4, 10)
Sōichi Honda (eps 1, 3, 5)
Takayuki Kikuchi (A-1 Pictures; ep 10)
Takumitsu Miura (A-1 Pictures; ep 4)
Takurō Sakurai (eps 1, 5)
Wakako Yoshida (ep 2)
Yoshiyuki Ōkubo (OP)
Yuichiro Iida (ep 10)
Yūki Kitajima (Rising Force; eps 1, 3-5, 12)
Yūto Okumura (ep 3)
Production Advancement:
Daichi Sakamoto (ep 1)
Kazuya Tamura (ep 10)
Kenta Ushio (ep 4)
Sō Watanabe (ep 3)
Yūya Imanishi (ep 2)
Production Advancement Assistant: Sō Watanabe (ep 1)
Production Desk:
Daichi Sakamoto
Sō Watanabe
Recording: Takayuki Yamaguchi
Setting Production: Daichi Sakamoto
Sound Effects: Yasumasa Koyama
Theme Song Arrangement:
Kōji Mizuguchi (OP)
TiMT (ED)
Theme Song Composition:
Takafumi Iwasaki (OP)
YeYe (ED)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Takafumi Iwasaki (OP)
YeYe (ED)
Theme Song Performance:
Aki Toyosaki (as Yunyun; ED)
Machico (OP)
Rie Takahashi (as Megumin; ED)
Aki Toyosaki as Yunyun
Rie Takahashi as Megumin

Fairouz Ai as Cecily
Hitomi Nabatame as Chomusuke
Itaru Yamamoto as Host
Kaori Nazuka as Arue
Maria Naganawa as Komekko
Mitsuhiro Sakamaki as Pucchin
Miyu Tomita as Funifura
Sachiko Kojima as Arnes
Sayumi Suzushiro as Dodonko
Shizuka Ishigami as Nerimaki
Yoshiki Nakajima as Bukkorori

Ai Kayano as Darkness (ep 10)
Aino Shimada as Sansara (eps 1-4)
Anzu Haruno as Makaromi (eps 1-4)
Ayaka Suwa as Chris (ep 10)
Banjō Ginga as Headmaster (eps 1-2, 6)
Daichi Hayashi as Axis Order member (ep 7)
Hayato Kaneko as
Adventurer (ep 11)
Ein (ep 10)
Hidenari Ugaki as Tristan (eps 7-8)
Hiroki Takahashi as Hyoizaburo (ep 1)
Hiroo Sasaki as Chakamiya (eps 2, 6)
Hitomi Sekine as Girl (ep 7)
Jun Fukushima as
Kazuma Satō (eps 10-12)
Narrator (ep 1)
Mai Kanazawa as Kaikai (eps 1-4)
Mamiko Noto as Yuiyui (ep 1)
Masaaki Mizunaka as Adventurer (ep 11)
Miki Hase as
Adventurer (ep 10)
Soketto (eps 3, 5)
Mitsuhiro Sakamaki as
Adventurer (eps 9, 11)
Eris Order member (ep 7)
Shopkeeper (ep 10)
Mitsuki Nakae as Adventurer (ep 10)
Nobuaki Kanemitsu as Guardsman (ep 8)
Reiō Tsuchida as
Adventurer (ep 11)
Rhode (ep 10)
Reo Osanai as Girl (ep 9)
Rie Suegara as Girl's mother (ep 9)
Rikuya Yasuda as Shikobei (eps 2, 6)
Rina Honnizumi as Poritan (eps 1-3)
Saki Fujita as
Axis Order member (ep 7)
Sakiberry (eps 1-4)
Satsumi Matsuda as Female knight (eps 7-8)
Sayuri Hara as Luna (eps 10-12)
Sayuri Yahagi as Female constable (ep 7)
Shintarō Ōhata as Owner (ep 9)
Shouto Kashii as
Adventurer (ep 11)
Chekera (eps 2, 6)
Coachman (eps 8-9)
Eris Order member (ep 7)
Thomas (ep 10)
Sora Amamiya as Aqua (eps 10-12)
Takeo Ōtsuka as Rex (eps 11-12)
Takuya Eguchi as Kyōya Mitsurugi (ep 11)
Teppei Uenishi as Ryze (ep 10)
Tetsu Inada as
Adventurer (eps 11-12)
Blacksmith (ep 2)
Ruffian (ep 10)
Tsuguo Mogami as
Axis Order member (ep 7)
Axis Order priest (ep 8)
Terry (eps 11-12)
Yoshiki Nakajima as Adventurer (ep 9)
Yoshino Aoyama as Fio (ep 11)
Yui Horie as Wiz (eps 11-12)
Yui Ogura as Axis Order member (ep 7)
Yuiko Tatsumi as Sophie (eps 11-12)
Yūko Kaida as Wolbach (eps 1, 4-5)
Yurie Mikami as Laina (ep 10)
Yutaka Aoyama as Torosuke (eps 2, 4, 6)
Japanese companies
2D Design: Chiptune
2nd Key Animation:
A-1 Pictures (ep 4)
D'Art Shtajio (ep 5)
diomedéa (ep 7)
Dogwood (ep 5)
Grain (eps 1, 3)
PBJ (ep 4)
PRA (ep 4)
R.I.C (ep 1)
Studio Massket (OP; eps 5, 7)
Studio PaTHoS (ep 4)
Triple A (eps 1-7 odd)
xenron (ep 7)
3D Layout: MADBOX (ep 1)
3D Modelling: MADBOX (ep 1)
3D Production Management: MADBOX (ep 1)
Animation Direction: Triple A (ep 3)
Animation Production: Drive
Background Art: Atelier Musa
Color Coordination: MADBOX (ep 1)
Color Specification: MADBOX (ep 1)
Finish Animation:
Bird (eps 2, 4)
Dogwood (ep 5)
Grain (eps 1, 3, 7)
One Order (eps 2, 7)
Production I.G (eps 2, 4, 7)
R.I.C (eps 1, 7)
Revival (ep 7)
Seven Seas (eps 4, 8)
Studio Elle (ep 7)
Studio Massket (OP; eps 5, 7)
Studio PaTHoS (ep 4)
Triple A (eps 1-7 odd)
Wish (ep 7)
xenron (ep 7)
Xuyang Animation (ep 8)
In-Between Animation:
A-1 Pictures (ep 4)
A-1 Pictures Fukuoka Studio (ep 4)
Dogwood (ep 5)
DR Movie (ep 4)
Grain (eps 1, 3, 7)
lolroute (ep 2)
One Order (eps 2, 7)
P2 studio (ep 4)
PRA (ep 2)
Production I.G (ep 2)
R.I.C (eps 1, 7)
Satelight (ep 2)
Seven Seas (eps 4, 8)
Studio Lings (ep 2)
Studio Massket (OP; eps 5, 7)
Studio PaTHoS (ep 4)
Triple A (eps 1-7 odd)
xenron (ep 7)
Xuyang Animation (ep 8)
Internet Streaming: Disney+
Key Animation:
A-1 Pictures (ep 4)
D'Art Shtajio (ep 1)
Debris Sapporo (ep 3)
Rising Force (eps 1, 3, 5)
Triple A (eps 1, 5)
Music Production: Nippon Columbia
Photography: EXPLOSION
Photography Cooperation:
R.I.C (ep 1)
Triple A (ep 1)
Production Cooperation:
A-1 Pictures (eps 4, 10)
ENGI (eps 6, 8)
Production I.G (ep 2)
Sound Production: HALF H·P STUDIO
special effects: Chiptune
English staff
English cast
ADR Script: Laura Stahl
Producer: Eric P. Sherman

Audio Operations Manager: Ismael Yanez
Casting Director: Mami Okada
Co-Producer:
Mami Okada
Mio Moroe
Dialogue Editing: Benjamin Harrington
Engineering Assistant:
Austin Seuser
Krystal Holmes
Production Coordination:
April Garner
Kana Ozaki
Production manager:
Jessica Peace
Robert G. Mah
Re-Recording Mixing: Benjamin Harrington
Recording engineer: John Shieh
Sound Supervision: Patrick Rodman
Spotting: Emily Nicolas
Video Technician: Samantha Girod
Voice Direction: Chris Cason
Emi Lo as Yunyun (Understudy)
Erica Mendez as Megumin
Kayli Mills as Yunyun

Amanda Lee as Cecily
Bill Butts as Host
Dawn M. Bennett as Arnes
Jackie Lastra as Komekko
Marissa Lenti as Arue
Michelle Marie as Nerimaki
Mick Lauer as Zesta
Reba Buhr as Funifura
Ryan Bartley as
Chomusuke
Dodonko
Sean Chiplock as Bukkorori

Arnie Pantoja as Narrator (ep 1)
Ben Balmaceda as Rex (eps 11-12)
Brianna Knickerbocker as Wiz (eps 11-12)
Brittany Lauda as Laina (ep 10)
Christina Costello as Girl (ep 9)
Clifford Chapin as Adventurer (ep 9)
Cristina Valenzuela as Darkness (ep 10)
Dorothy Fahn as Yuiyui (ep 1)
Jason Marnocha as Headmaster (eps 1-2)
Joe J. Thomas as
Hyoizaburo (ep 1)
Pucchin
Matt Shipman as Ryze (ep 10)
Matthew Greenbaum as Priest (ep 8)
Maureen Price as Poritan
Reba Buhr as Wolbach

English companies
ADR Production: Bang Zoom! Entertainment
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll
Licensed by: Crunchyroll
French staff
French companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll (French-speaking countires)
French cast
(none)
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
Subtitle Quality Check: Iván Fraile Ramos (Jonu Play; Spain)
Internet Streaming:
Crunchyroll (Latin America)
Jonu Play (Spain)
Licensed by: Jonu Media (Spain)
Spanish cast
(none)
Arabic staff
Arabic companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll (Arabic-speaking countries)
Arabic cast
(none)
Russian staff
Russian companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll (Russian-speaking countries)
Russian cast
(none)
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll (Brazil)
Portuguese cast
(none)

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