KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World! Legend of Crimson

KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World! Legend of Crimson (この素晴らしい世界に祝福を！紅伝説) is a 2019 Japanese animated film based on KonoSuba light novel series by Natsume Akatsuki. Produced by J.C.Staff, the film was directed by Takaomi Kanasaki from a script written by Makoto Uezu and stars Jun Fukushima, Sora Amamiya, Rie Takahashi, Ai Kayano, Aki Toyosaki, Yui Horie, Masakazu Nishida, Sayuri Hara, Tetsu Inada, and Maria Naganawa. In the film, Kazuma Sato and his party travel to Crimson Demon Village, Megumin's hometown, where they battle a powerful general of the Demon King's army.

In July 2017, an anime project based on KonoSuba was announced. The project was revealed in June 2018 to be a film adaptation of the light novel, with Kanasaki and Uezu returning from two seasons of KonoSuba anime series to direct and write the script, respectively. The title of the film was revealed in November 2018.

''KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World! Legend of Crimson'' premiered in Japan on August 30, 2019, and was released in the United States on November 12. The film grossed over US$7million worldwide and won awards at Newtype Anime Awards.

Plot

Following a recently failed quest, Kazuma Sato, Aqua, Megumin, and Darkness are visited by Yunyun. Yunyun explains the letter from her father telling her to have a son with Kazuma to make their child avenge the people of Crimson Demon Village, her and Megumin's hometown, when they get destroyed. However, they discover that the part asking for Yunyun to have a son with Kazuma was actually an excerpt of a classmate's fanfiction that was accidentally sent with the letter. Still, Megumin decides to check her village's condition, so Kazuma's party asks Wiz to teleport them.

After defeating a group of female orcs and an army of goblins with Yunyun and Crimson Demon Clan members' help, Kazuma's party arrives at the Crimson Demon Village and visits Yunyun's father, who admits to exaggerating the aftermath of the attack on the village by one of the Demon King's generals named Sylvia. In fact, the Crimson Demons have been effortlessly repelling all Sylvia's attacks so far. Afterward, Kazuma's party visits Megumin's house and meets her family, who become interested in Kazuma for his fortune. The following day, Megumin shows Kazuma and Aqua around the village, visiting her school and the storage building that holds the Mage Killer, a weapon capable of destroying the world. They later find Darkness fighting Sylvia and her army, but Sylvia retreats after learning of the defeat of Verdia, Vanir, and Hans from Kazuma. Later that night, Sylvia manages to take Kazuma hostage and brings him to the storage building to steal the Mage Killer, but Kazuma traps her inside and reunites with his party. She then fuses with the Mage Killer and begins destroying the Crimson Demon Village. Kazuma's party finds a high tech rifle that was built to counter the Mage Killer and uses it to kill Sylvia.

A dying Sylvia encounters Verdia and Hans in the afterlife and fuses with them to be revived as a giant monster. Wiz and Vanir arrive at the village for a business trip but end up joining the fight. Wiz collects the Crimson Demon Clan members' magic and transfers it to Megumin and Yunyun, while Kazuma seduces Sylvia to buy them time. Megumin and Yunyun destroy Sylvia with their combined powerful attack, with Kazuma also perishing. Afterward, Kazuma is revived and returns to Axel with his party. While on a picnic, Megumin asks Kazuma to put her experience points into another skill to be a useful mage without relying on her Explosion magic. She casts her final Explosion skill as a farewell but finds it much stronger than usual, realizing that Kazuma disregarded her request and put the points on it instead. As they meet up with the others, the smoke from the explosion forms the shape of a heart in the sky.

Voice cast

Production

In July 2017, voice actors Jun Fukushima and Rie Takahashi announced on a radio program at HiBiKi Radio Station an anime project related to Natsume Akatsuki's light novel series KonoSuba, but they did not confirm the nature of the project.[7] In June 2018, the project was revealed to be a film adaptation of the light novel and to be produced by J.C.Staff instead of Studio Deen, which animated two seasons of KonoSuba anime series. Takaomi Kanasaki was announced as the film's director, along with Makoto Uezu as the scriptwriter and Koichi Kikuta as the character designer. In the same month, Fukushima, Sora Amamiya, Takahashi, Ai Kayano, Yui Horie, and Aki Toyosaki were confirmed to be reprising their respective roles in the film as Kazuma Sato, Aqua, Megumin, Darkness, Wiz, and Yunyun.[8] The film's full title was revealed in November 2018 to be ''KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World! Legend of Crimson.[9] The light novel's fifth volume, titled Let's Go, Crimson Magic of Explosion!'', served as the inspiration for the film.[10]

Music

Masato Kōda was revealed to be composing the soundtrack for ''KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World! Legend of Crimson'' in June 2018.[8] In April 2019, Kayano, Takahashi, and Amamiya were revealed to be performing the first ending theme song titled "My Home Town" (マイ・ホーム・タウン), while Machico was set to perform the second ending theme song titled "1 Millimeter Symphony" (1ミリ Symphony).[11] The film's original soundtrack, subtitled The Smoke Signal of Hope in the Clear Blue Sky! (澄み渡る青空に希望の狼煙を!), was released in Japan by Nippon Columbia on September 4, 2019.[12]

Marketing

A teaser visual for ''KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World! Legend of Crimson'' was released in November 2018.[9] Two teaser trailers for the film were released in December 2018 and February 2019,[13][14] while two full trailers were released in March and July 2019.[15][16] Promotional partners for the film included Cure Maid Café,[17] Pomme's Omelette Rice,[18] Yaro Ramen,[19] Roll Ice Cream Factory,[20] and Shinjuku Alta.[21]

Release

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