KonoSuba Season 4 premieres in 2027, Kadokawa confirmed at the franchise’s 10th anniversary event in Yokohama on July 26, 2026. The announcement came with a teaser visual, a returning voice cast — and a studio change: ENGI takes over animation production from Drive.
What Was Announced
Kadokawa made the reveal during KonoSuba‘s 10th anniversary event. The confirmed details:
- Release: 2027 (no season or month specified)
- Studio: ENGI (taking over from Drive)
- Chief director: Takaomi Kanasaki
- Director: Manabu Kurihara
- Series composition: Makoto Uezu (returning)
- Character design: Koichi Kikuta (returning)
- Sound director: Yoshikazu Iwanami (returning)
- Music: Masato Kōda (returning)
The main cast all reprise their roles: Jun Fukushima as Kazuma, Sora Amamiya as Aqua, Rie Takahashi as Megumin, and Ai Kayano as Darkness.
The Teaser Visual
The visual shows Kazuma and his party from behind, walking across a grass field toward a break in the clouds. A staff, a sword, and a witch’s hat are planted in the foreground. The tagline reads: “let’s head out on a new adventure.”
It is a notably wistful image for a comedy about a dysfunctional party of idiots — more ending than beginning in its composition.
The Studio Change Is the Thing to Watch
Here is the part that matters more than the date.
KonoSuba‘s production history is unusually fragmented. Studio Deen made seasons 1 and 2. J.C.Staff made the 2019 film. Drive handled the 2023 Megumin spin-off and season 3. ENGI is now the fourth studio to work on the franchise.
| Entry | Year | Studio |
|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 2016 | Studio Deen |
| Season 2 | 2017 | Studio Deen |
| Legend of Crimson (film) | 2019 | J.C.Staff |
| An Explosion on This Wonderful World! | 2023 | Drive |
| Season 3 | 2024 | Drive |
| Season 4 | 2027 | ENGI |
Put plainly: KonoSuba has never had the same studio animate two consecutive entries in the main series after Deen’s back-to-back seasons. Rotation is the norm here, not the exception.
For most anime, a studio change is a red flag — it usually means visual continuity breaks. KonoSuba is the rare case where it may not matter much, and the reason is instructive.
The show’s comedy does not live in animation quality. It lives in timing, facial distortion, and voice performance. Its most celebrated moments are deliberately ugly — smear frames, collapsing character models, faces that fall apart mid-reaction. That is a directing-and-storyboard discipline, not a budget one.
Which is why the genuinely reassuring detail is not the studio name but the four returning names beneath it. Kanasaki has been the creative constant since 2016. Uezu has written every season’s scripts. Kikuta’s character designs and Iwanami’s sound direction carry over. The people who actually determine whether a KonoSuba joke lands are the same people. ENGI is supplying the hands, not the taste.
The real risk is elsewhere: a three-year gap between seasons 3 and 4. KonoSuba‘s previous gap — seven years between season 2 and season 3 — cost it a good deal of cultural momentum. A 2027 date means the franchise is again asking an audience to wait.
What Season 4 Will Likely Adapt
Kadokawa did not specify which light novel volumes season 4 covers, and any confident claim about the arc is guesswork at this stage. What is safe to say: the source series is complete, so the adaptation has a defined endpoint available to it — which the “new adventure” tagline and the valedictory teaser both gesture at.
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Frequently Asked Questions
When does KonoSuba Season 4 come out?
2027. Kadokawa confirmed the year at the franchise’s 10th anniversary event on July 26, 2026, but has not given a season or month.
Which studio is making KonoSuba Season 4?
ENGI, taking over from Drive, which produced season 3 and the Legend of Crimson film. Studio Deen made the first two seasons.
Is the original KonoSuba voice cast returning?
Yes. Jun Fukushima (Kazuma), Sora Amamiya (Aqua), Rie Takahashi (Megumin), and Ai Kayano (Darkness) all reprise their roles.
Will Season 4 look different with a new studio?
Possibly, but the key creative staff carry over — chief director Takaomi Kanasaki, writer Makoto Uezu, character designer Koichi Kikuta, and sound director Yoshikazu Iwanami all return, which is what most determines the show’s comedic timing.
Sources: Anime News Network, Anime Corner, and The Fandom Post.
