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KonoSuba: Legend of Crimson

KonoSuba: Legend of Crimson (Eiga Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! Kurenai Densetsu, 映画この素晴らしい世界に祝福を！紅伝説) is a 2019 Japanese animated fantasy comedy film, the theatrical continuation of the television anime KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World!, in which Kazuma's party travels to the Crimson Demon Village to save it from a Demon King's general.¹ It was directed by Takaomi Kanasaki, written by Makoto Uezu from the original light novels by Natsume Akatsuki, and animated by J.C.STAFF.¹

Key fact	Detail
Japanese release	August 30, 2019, distributed by Kadokawa Animation; 90 minutes¹
Source material	Theatrical adaptation of Natsume Akatsuki's light novel series, which had sold 8.5 million copies in total; the film adapts Volume 5²^•³
Main staff	Director Takaomi Kanasaki; script Makoto Uezu; character design Koichi Kikuta; music Masato Koda; animation J.C.STAFF¹
Main cast	Jun Fukushima (Kazuma), Sora Amamiya (Aqua), Rie Takahashi (Megumin), Ai Kayano (Darkness), Aki Toyosaki (Yunyun)¹
Box office	$5,078,942 worldwide, of which $3,719,107 came from Japan and $1,134,786 from the United States⁴
English release	Streaming on Crunchyroll from March 25, 2020, with an English dub in April 2020⁵
British rating	BBFC classified 90m with "strong sex references, sexual threat"⁶

Spoilers

Premise and story

The film follows the party of Kazuma Satou, a shut-in gamer reincarnated into a game-like fantasy world after a traffic accident, together with the goddess Aqua, the explosion-obsessed wizard Megumin, and the crusader Darkness, three companions who are powerful but deeply unreliable.⁷ The story is set in motion when Yunyun, a girl of the Crimson Demon clan, bursts in on the party and declares that she wants Kazuma's child; the real matter is that her and Megumin's birthplace, the Crimson Demon Village, faces a crisis that could end it.⁷ Kazuma's party follows her to the village, where the Demon King's general has arrived to obtain the Mage Killer, a weapon with world-ending power.⁸

The film adapts Volume 5 of the light novel and is a direct sequel to the second television season rather than an original story, bridging the gap between season 2 and season 3.³ Its 90-minute runtime condenses the major events of the book.³

Production

Kanasaki, Uezu, and other core staff continued from the television series, while animation production moved to J.C.STAFF, which had not made the TV seasons.¹ Character design was by Koichi Kikuta, art direction by Masakazu Miyake, and the score by Masato Koda, with the main theme performed by Machico.¹ The film was produced by the KonoSuba Movie Production Committee, whose credited partners include KADOKAWA, Sammy, Nippon Columbia, J.C.STAFF, Sony Music Solutions, and MAGES.⁹ A teaser released in December 2018 noted that the light novel series had surpassed 6.5 million copies in circulation at that point; by the film's release the JFDB database put total sales at 8.5 million copies.¹⁰^•²

Release and box office

The film opened in Japanese theaters on August 30, 2019.¹ Box Office Mojo records a Japan gross of $3,719,107, followed by releases in Australia (January 30, 2020, $85,041), South Korea (February 6, 2020, $124,518), and New Zealand (February 6, 2020, $15,490).⁴ In the United States, Fathom Events handled a special engagement beginning November 12, 2019, which earned $1,134,786, about 22.3 percent of the $5,078,942 worldwide total.⁴

Crunchyroll announced in March 2020 that the film would stream on its service from March 25 in the United States and its territories, Canada, South Africa, Central and South America, MENA, and much of Europe, with an English-dubbed version following in April 2020.⁵ Availability has since shifted by region: as of 2026 listings, the film streams on Crunchyroll in many countries, on Netflix in parts of Europe, and on Japanese services including U-NEXT, Hulu, and Disney Plus, while it is not currently available in India.¹¹^•¹²^•¹³

Content advisory and home media

The British Board of Film Classification rated the film for strong sex references and sexual threat, citing strong verbal and visual sex references throughout, a scene in which an army of female orcs threatens to sexually assault a male character, and a prolonged scene in which a man debates having sexual activity with a sleeping woman, though no assault takes place; it also noted moderate fantastical threat and violence and mild bad language.⁶ The Australian Classification Board classified the film as Mature for sex and sexualised imagery, with a classification date of December 24, 2019.¹⁴ Netflix lists the title at 13+ in Japan and Germany.¹⁵ A Japanese limited-edition Blu-ray included a special box with new illustrations by Kurone Mishima, a digipack by character designer Koichi Kikuta, and a short-story collection containing Natsume Akatsuki's "Monsters Night!" together with the theatrical bonus stories "Crimson Demon Village Arc" and "Axel Town Arc".¹⁶

Reception

Critical response was mixed. Rotten Tomatoes records a 93 percent Tomatometer from a single reviewed critic; Daniel Kurland of Den of Geek gave it 3.5 out of 5, calling it a fun return to the universe and a fitting introduction for newcomers.¹⁷ Jordan Ramée's GameSpot review was negative, rating the film "Poor": he praised the opening act and the closing scenes but found the middle repetitive because the film splits the four main characters and focuses mostly on Kazuma and Megumin, and he criticized jokes built on the antagonist Sylvia's portrayal as harmful.¹⁸ On IMDb the film holds a 7.8/10 rating from about 7,600 users.¹⁹

References

Initially written Oct 3, 2026 · Reviewed: Oct 25, 2026 · Edited: Oct 15, 2026; Oct 25, 2026; Nov 1, 2026