KonoSuba: An Explosion on This Wonderful World!

KonoSuba: An Explosion on This Wonderful World! (この素晴らしい世界に爆焔を！) is a Japanese light novel trilogy by Natsume Akatsuki, a spin-off of his KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World! series. It is illustrated by Kurone Mishima. It received a light novel sequel and a manga adaptation. An anime television series adaptation produced by Drive aired between April and June 2023.

Light novels
The Megumin-focused spin-off light novel series is written and illustrated by Akatsuki and Mishima respectively, titled KonoSuba: An Explosion on This Wonderful World! (この素晴らしい世界に爆焔を！) and takes place 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, (続・この素晴らしい世界に爆焔を！) was released on December 28, 2016, and March 1, 2019.

Anime
The series was revealed alongside the third season of the main series. Both series will be produced by Drive and directed by Yujiro Abe, with chief direction by Takaomi Kanasaki. The rest of the main staff are returning from previous seasons. It 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). Crunchyroll also licensed the series.