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Konosuba Finally Has An English Dub, And Here's Where You Can Watch It

Dubs for several other series as well.

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Crunchyroll has announced more dubs for several of the series on its streaming service. Most notable is Konosuba: God's Blessing on this Wonderful World Season 1, which is getting a new English dub, as well as dubs in Spanish and Portuguese.

In the English dub cast, Konosuba's main protagonist Kazuma is voiced by Arnie Pantoja, who's appeared in One-Punch Man and Re:Zero. The ladies Kazuma is accompanied by--Aqua, Megumin, and Darkness--are portrayed by Faye Mata, Erica Mendez, and Cristina Vee respectfully. Mata is also in Re:Zero, as baby Rem, and portrays Rider of Black in Fate/Apocrypha. Mendez has a huge resume, portraying Kill la Kill's Ryuko, Sailor Moon's Haruka, Aggretsuko's Retsuko, My Hero Academia: Two Heroes' Melissa Shield, and many more. Vee has an equally large history in anime, voicing The Familiar of Zero's Louise, Devilman Crybaby's Miki, Fate/Zero's Sakura, and dozens of other noteworthy characters.

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Along with Konosuba, new dubs are also coming for In Another World with My Smartphone, Interviews with Monster Girls, Joker Game, Orange, Recovery of an MMO Junkie, and The Ancient Magus Bride. Most of these shows are being dubbed in Spanish, French, German, or Portuguese. Konosuba is the only one getting an English dub. All of the new dubs will be available on Crunchyroll starting January 15.

New Dubs Coming To Crunchyroll

  • Konosuba Season 1 -- English, Spanish, and Portuguese
  • In Another World with My Smartphone -- German, Spanish, French, and Portuguese
  • Interviews with Monster Girls -- Spanish and Portuguese
  • Joker Game -- Spanish, French, and Portuguese
  • Orange -- Spanish, French, and Portuguese
  • Recovery of an MMO Junkie -- Spanish, French, Portuguese, and German
  • The Ancient Magus Bride -- German, Spanish, and Portuguese

Crunchyroll has also announced the next slate of new anime to join its Winter 2019 season. Both Rinshi!! Ekodachan and Rainy Cocoa SideG begin airing on January 8. The former is about a temp worker who lives in the countryside and "doesn't care much about guys" but does all she can to support the women in her community. The latter is a slice of life story about a woman who manages a cafe after being recruited to pay back a vase she broke. Another anime debuts on January 9, titled My Roommate is a Cat, which follows the adorable every day lives of a man and his cat.

Konosuba is one of the most popular comedies on Crunchyroll, first airing in the Winter 2016 season. The series follows the hilarious exploits of Kazuma Satō, a high school student who's killed and offered the chance to be reborn in a fantasy world. The goddess, Aqua, who's responsible for his resurrection is also extremely arrogant and teases Kazuma for dying embarrassingly, so when she tells him he's allowed to bring something of his choice with him to his new life, he takes revenge by forcing her to join him. Life in the new world is not kind to either of them, and things become even worse when they're joined by Megumin, an explosion-obsessed wizard who can only fire off one spell before she collapses from exhaustion, and Darkness, a masochistic crusader who can't even strike a still target. The story plays out in a series of fast-paced skits that also poke fun at MMO and RPG mechanics and quests.

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It's about time. But... I don't have Crunchyroll... Funimation and Hidive yes, but, no to Crunchyroll.

...Free trial. That is the answer!

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@Jaxith: ive used my free trial... so that isn't an option... off to pirate

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Ewwwww who even wants to watch English dubbed anime? There's no way in hell any English voice actress can do as good as Aqua and Megumin's original CVs.

Crunchyroll needs to go out of business.

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@Romangelo: more than 50% of people who speak english. you people are in the minority

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@Spiritbomb2012: Umm that's not true at all, if you are giving an answer like that you must be living under a rock. If you see the whole world 95% of them watch anime in Japanese with subtitles of their choice. For example majority of the people see Korean dramas etc in Korean with subtitles. The only country which has a significant amount of dub anime watchers is the US but even over there it's like 55% sub and 45% dub, and these are not numbers that I'm just making up it's all true. I can show you proof by searching for anime dub vs sub polls on any site and sub has won all the time. Other than Japan Asia is first with 99% sub second is Europe third is North America because of Canada and then Oceania and the rest.

If anyone's the minority it's you guys!

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@vpxyz: im From Australia and watch dubbed anime. That 45/55 is a pretty even split, and Polls are not accurate in the slightest and are bad estimates as a lot of people don't do these poles. crunchyroll is more than dubbing, they are the main reason you are watching subbed anime in the first place. and when they remove all Illegal Streaming Sites or pirate sites like Nyaa and Kissanime etc, you will have no where to watch anime subbed or dubbed you will need to rely on official subbing and sites which won't happen because they are out of business. Can't use VPN to watch japanese streams because they won't have english Subs on them. every streaming site shows dubbed anime, and get a good amount of income from them.

Also to mention a LOT of anime is not shown here in Australia thanks to licensing, Can't even watch Konosuba Here Subbed or Dubbed on crunchyroll. need to watch it via Blu-ray/DVD, Download it online or use a VPN.

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@Spiritbomb2012: So how should we end this war I am from Asia so everyone here watches anime in sub.

Oh yeah and I watch on Crunchyroll because they are one of the sites which give sub the priority over dub. They have to have dubs because there are people like you and many others. Plus other than Crunchyroll there many other legal sites and streaming apps that have more subs than dubs like Netflix and Amazon Prime. Oh yeah and even though I don't watch on sites like KissAnime I'm pretty sure they'll never shut down. So what do you think, in total I feel the whole world watches much more sub than dub and that is a fact in Asia the biggest continent in the world and the second biggest country Canada has like a 80% sub and 20% dub. Plus before Crunchyroll even existed people still used to watch anime sub more than dub because of channels like Animax.

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