The winter 2016 anime series Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! had its home video release settled quite awhile ago and we learned back in July that it’s getting a complete box set for that first season. It’s scheduled for an October 24th, 2018 release and we now have our first promotional video showing off the project that’s priced at 22,000 yen and will include the ten episode run plus the OVA which includes a new commentary. There are also some good pack-in extras and newly designed and illustrated packaging. The series previously got a fifive-volumeelease for its ten-episode run where the Blu-ray editions were priced at 7,600 yen each, which makes this set a deal.
The cast includes Jun Fukushima as Kazuma Satou, Sora Amamiya as Aqua, Rie Takahashi as Megumin, Ai Kayano as Raratina Dustiness Ford, Sayuri Hara as Luna, Tetsu Inada as Ruffian, Ayaka Suwa as Chris, Takuya Eguchi as Kyouya Mitsurugi, Hiroki Yasumoto as Beldia Dullahan and Yui Horie as Wiz.
The series is animated at Studio DEEN with Takaomi Kansaki directing based on scripts by Makoto Uezeu and character designs by Kouichi Kikuta.
The original work comes from writer Akatsuki Natsume with illustrations by Mishima Kurone. The book began in the fall of 2013 and has eight volumes released so far. It also got the expected manga adaptation along the way with Masahito Watari illustrating that starting back in September 2014, which was one of the clues that this was likely going to get an anime adaptation.
Plot concept: After a traffic accident, Kazuma Sato’s disappointingly brief life was supposed to be over, but he wakes up to see a beautiful girl before him. She claims to be a goddess, Aqua, and asks if he would like to go to another world and bring only one thing with him. Kazuma decides to bring the goddess herself, and they are transported to a fantasy world filled with adventure, ruled by a demon king. Now Kazuma only wants to live in peace, but Aqua wants to solve many of this world’s problems, and the demon king will only turn a blind eye for so long…
| S2 Volume | Date | Extras |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 03/24/17 | |
| 2 | 04/28/17 | |
| 3 | 05/26/17 | |
| 4 | 06/30/17 | |
| 5 | 07/28/17 | |
| S1 Volume | Date | Extras |
| Box | 10/24/18 | Deluxe Booklet, Cast Script Reproduction, New Audio Commentary For OVA, Prior Audio Commentaries, Clean Opening, Clean Closing, Promos, Commercials |
| 1 | 03/25/16 | PC Game, Booklet with new original story, Audio commentary, clean opening |
| 2 | 04/27/16 | Booklet with new original story, event digest video, Audio commentary, Clean Ending |
| 3 | 05/27/16 | Booklet with new original story, 15-page manga, Audio commentary, promo |
| 4 | 06/24/16 | Booklet with new original story, 15-page manga, Audio commentary, promo |
| 5 | 07/29/16 | Booklet with new original story, 15-page manga, Audio commentary, promo |
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[Source: Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo!]
