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KonoSuba 2 Anime's Promo Video Previews Machico's Opening Theme
posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
The official website for Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku o! 2 (KonoSuba – God’s blessing on this wonderful world!! 2), the second anime adaptation of Natsume Akatsuki's KonoSuba – God’s blessing on this wonderful world!! light novel series, began streaming a promotional video on Monday. The video previews Machico's opening theme song "Tomorrow." The end of the video previews Sora Amamiya, Rie Takahashi, and Ai Kayano's ending theme song "Ōuchi ni Kaeritai" (I Want to Go Home). The three voice actresses are performing the song as their characters Aqua, Megumin, and Darkness, respectively.
The new season will premiere on Tokyo MX on January 11 at 25:05 a.m. (effectively January 12 at 1:05 a.m.). The anime will also air on Sun TV, TV Q Kyūshū, Gifu Broadcasting, Mie TV, TV Saitama, Chiba TV, tvk, and BS11. The anime will also stream in Japan on d Anime Store and Niconico.
The main cast and staff are returning for the second season, although assistant director of photography Hisashi Yonezawa is taking over as director of photography.
Akatsuki's light novel series centers around Kazuma Satō, a hikikomori (shut-in) die-hard fan of games, anime, and manga. A traffic accident brings his disappointingly brief life to an end … or it should have, but he wakes up and sees a beautiful girl who introduces herself as a goddess. "Hey, I have some good news — would you like to go to an alternate world? You may only bring one thing you like with you."
He responds, "…So, I'll bring you." With that, he is transported to another world and his great adventure subjugating the demon king begins … but first the hard work of finding food, clothing, and shelter begins. Kazuma wants to live in peace, but the goddess raises one problem after another, and then the demon king's army has its eyes set on him.
The first television anime series premiered on January 13, and its 10th and final episode aired in March. Crunchyroll streamed the anime as it aired in Japan.
The television anime's first Blu-ray Disc and DVD volume shipped on March 25 with an original PC game. An original video anime on Blu-ray Disc shipped with the limited edition of the ninth volume of the original light novels in June.
