Overlord (novel series)

Japanese light novel series and its franchise

Overlord

Cover art of the first volume

オーバーロード
(Ōbārōdo)
Genre|

* Dark fantasy[1]
* Isekai[2]

Novel series
Written by| Kugane Maruyama
Published by|

* Arkadia
* Shōsetsuka ni Narō

Original run| May 9, 2010 – March 30, 2012
Light novel
Written by| Kugane Maruyama
Illustrated by| so-bin
Published by| Enterbrain
English publisher|

* NA: Yen Press

Original run| July 30, 2012 – present
Volumes| 16

Further information

Manga
Written by| Satoshi Ōshio
Illustrated by|

* Hugin Miyama (part 1)
* Matsuki (part 2)

Published by| Kadokawa Shoten
English publisher|

* NA: Yen Press

Magazine| Comp Ace
Original run| November 26, 2014 – present
Volumes| 21
Anime television series
Directed by| Naoyuki Itō
Produced by|

* Kazufumi Kikushima
* Satoshi Fukao
* Noritomo Isogai
* Yūki Yoshida
* Shō Tanaka (I)
* Toyokazu Nakahigashi (II–IV)

Written by| Yukie Sugawara
Music by| Shūji Katayama (Team-MAX)
Studio| Madhouse
Licensed by| Crunchyroll[a]
Original network| AT-X, Tokyo MX, Sun TV, KBS, TV Aichi, BS11, MBS
Original run|  July 7, 2015  –  September 27, 2022
Episodes| 52 (List of episodes)
Original video animation
Directed by| Minoru Ashina
Studio| Studio Puyukai
Licensed by|

* Crunchyroll[a]
*     * SA/SEA: Medialink

Released| September 30, 2016
Original net animation
Overlord: Ple Ple Pleiades
Directed by| Minoru Ashina
Produced by| Minoru Ashina
Studio| Studio Puyukai
Released|  September 25, 2015  – present
Episodes| 44 (List of episodes)
Anime film series

* Overlord: The Undead King
* Overlord: The Dark Warrior

Directed by| Naoyuki Itō
Written by| Yukie Sugawara
Music by| Shūji Katayama (Team-MAX)
Studio| Madhouse
Licensed by| Crunchyroll[a]
Released|

* February 25, 2017 (Part 1)
* March 11, 2017 (Part 2)

Runtime|

* 117 minutes (Part 1)[3]
* 108 minutes (Part 2)[4]

Anime film
Overlord: The Sacred Kingdom
Directed by| Naoyuki Itō
Written by| Naoyuki Itō
Music by| Shūji Katayama (Team-MAX)
Studio| Madhouse
Licensed by| Crunchyroll
Released| September 20, 2024
Runtime| 135 minutes
Anime and manga portal

Overlord (Japanese: オーバーロード, Hepburn: Ōbārōdo) is a Japanese light novel series written by Kugane Maruyama and illustrated by so-bin. It began serialization online in 2010, before being acquired by Enterbrain. Sixteen volumes have been published since July 2012. A manga adaptation by Satoshi Ōshio, with art by Hugin Miyama, began serialization in Kadokawa Shoten's manga magazine Comp Ace from November 26, 2014. Both the light novels and the manga are licensed in North America by Yen Press since 2016.

The novel has been adapted into an anime television series adaptation by Madhouse, consisting of four seasons with thirteen episodes each, with the first season airing from July to September 2015. Two compilation anime films recapping the events from the first season were released in Japan in February and March 2017, respectively. The second season ran from January to April 2018, the third season ran from July to October 2018, and the fourth season ran from July to September 2022. An anime film, The Sacred Kingdom, premiered in September 2024.

## Plot

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See also: List of Overlord characters

In 2126, a Full-Dive massively multiplayer online role-playing game or DMMORPG called YGGDRASIL was released, standing out among all other DMMORPGs due to its unusually high ability for the player to interact with the game. After an intense twelve-year run, the game servers are about to be shut down. Within the game exists a guild, Ainz Ooal Gown, once consisting of 41 members and credited as one of the strongest guilds in the game. Now only four of the members remain, the other 37 having quit the game, and only one, a skeletal Lich "Overlord" character named Momonga, continues to play as the guild leader, maintaining their headquarters in The Great Tomb of Nazarick. In the minutes before the shutdown he invites the remaining guild members, but of those only one appears and only for a short while before leaving. While saddened by this, he accepts the reality that his friends have their other lives to take care of and decides to stay logged in until the servers shut down.

When the shut-down time arrives, Momonga discovers that the game has not vanished; instead, it appears as if Nazarick has been transported to another world altogether and its various NPCs becoming actual living beings. Momonga has been trapped in the form of his game avatar, leaving him unable to use the normal player functions such as General Message, or even log out. With no other option, Momonga sets out to learn if any players like himself are in this new world. Taking on the name of the guild, Ainz Ooal Gown, as a message to any other remaining players, Momonga begins exploring the world in an attempt to figure out what has happened while searching for anyone or anything that could help him solve this mystery, while ensuring the safety of Nazarick. Ainz Ooal Gown seems to have modifications made to his behavior by in-game mechanics, because he demonstrates no moral qualms with killing and other actions that are taboo in the real world.

## Media

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### Light novels

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The light novel series written by Maruyama, with illustrations by so-bin, began its serialization online in 2010 via the novel publishing website Arcadia. It was also uploaded to the novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō in 2012, prior to Enterbrain's acquisition. The first volume was released on July 30, 2012.[5] As of July 29, 2022, sixteen volumes have been released.[6] In the afterword in the second part of the sixteenth volume, it was announced that the series is set to end with its eighteenth volume.[7]

Yen Press announced its license to the series in October 2015 for North America and began publishing the novels in English,[8] with the first volume releasing on May 24, 2016.[9]

No. | Title  | Original release date  | English release date

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|
|

1| The Undead King
Fushisha no Ō (不死者の王)| July 30, 2012[5]
978-4-04-728152-3| May 24, 2016[9]
978-0-316-27224-7
2| The Dark Warrior
Shikkoku no Senshi (漆黒の戦士)| November 30, 2012[10]
978-4-04-728451-7| September 27, 2016[11]
978-0-316-36391-4
3| The Bloody Valkyrie
Senketsu no Ikusa Otome (鮮血の戦乙女)| March 30, 2013[12]
978-4-04-728689-4| January 24, 2017[13]
978-0-316-36393-8
4| The Lizardman Heroes
Rizādoman no Yūsha-tachi (蜥蜴人の勇者たち)| July 31, 2013[14]
978-4-04-728953-6| May 23, 2017[15]
978-0-316-39759-9
5| The Men of the Kingdom Part I
Ōkoku no Otoko-tachi (Jō) (王国の漢たち [上])| December 28, 2013[16]
978-4-04-729259-8| September 19, 2017[17]
978-0-316-39761-2
6| The Men of the Kingdom Part II
Ōkoku no Otoko-tachi (Ge) (王国の漢たち [下])| January 31, 2014[18]
978-4-04-729356-4| January 1, 2018[19]
978-0-316-39879-4
7| The Invaders of the Great Tomb
Daifunbo no Shinnyūsha (大墳墓の侵入者)| August 30, 2014[20]
978-4-04-729809-5| May 22, 2018[21]
978-0-316-39881-7
8| The Two Leaders
Futari no Shidōsha (二人の指導者)| December 26, 2014[22]
978-4-04-730084-2| September 18, 2018[23]
978-0-316-39884-8
9| The Caster of Destruction
Hagun no Mahō Eishōsha (破軍の魔法詠唱者)| June 29, 2015[24]
978-4-04-730473-4| January 22, 2019[25]
978-0-316-39886-2
10| The Ruler of Conspiracy
Bōryaku no Tōchisha (謀略の統治者)| May 30, 2016[26]
978-4-04-734089-3| May 21, 2019[27]
978-0-316-44498-9
11| The Dwarven Crafter
Yama Kobito no Kōshō (山小人の工匠)| September 30, 2016[28]
978-4-04-734230-9| October 29, 2019[29]
978-0-316-44501-6
12| The Paladin of the Sacred Kingdom Part I
Sei Ōkoku no Sei Kishi (Jō) (聖王国の聖騎士 [上])| September 30, 2017[30]
978-4-04-734845-5| June 23, 2020[31]
978-1-9753-0806-3
13| The Paladin of the Sacred Kingdom Part II
Sei Ōkoku no Sei Kishi (Ge) (聖王国の聖騎士 [下])| April 27, 2018[32]
978-4-04-734947-6| June 1, 2021[33]
978-1-9753-1153-7
14| The Witch of the Doomed Kingdom
Mekkoku no Majo (滅国の魔女)| March 12, 2020[34]
978-4-04-735885-0| June 28, 2022[35]
978-1-9753-2380-6
15| The Half-Elf Demigod Part I
Han Mori Yōsei no Shinjin (Jō) (半森妖精の神人 [上])| June 30, 2022[36]
978-4-04-736555-1| March 21, 2023[37]
978-1-9753-6056-6
16| The Half-Elf Demigod Part II
Han Mori Yōsei no Shinjin (Ge) (半森妖精の神人 [下])| July 29, 2022[6]
978-4-04-736556-8| July 18, 2023[38]
978-1-9753-6780-0

### Manga

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A manga adaptation by Satoshi Ōshio, illustrated Hugin Miyama, was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's manga magazine Comp Ace from November 26, 2014,[1] to May 25, 2023.[39]

A sequel manga series, titled Overlord New World, illustrated by Matsuki, started in the same magazine on April 26, 2024.[40]

No. | Original release date  | Original ISBN  | English release date  | English ISBN

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|
|
|

Part 1
1|  June 26, 2015[41]| 978-4-04-103071-4| June 28, 2016[42]| 978-0-316-27227-8
2|  July 25, 2015[43]| 978-4-04-103072-1| September 27, 2016[44]| 978-0-316-39766-7
3|  December 26, 2015[45]| 978-4-04-103857-4| December 13, 2016[46]| 978-0-316-43425-6
4|  June 25, 2016[47]| 978-4-04-104399-8| October 31, 2017[48]| 978-0-316-47643-0
5|  August 26, 2016[49]| 978-4-04-104400-1| January 23, 2018[50]| 978-0-316-51724-9
6|  December 26, 2016[51]| 978-4-04-104679-1| April 17, 2018[52]| 978-0-316-51727-0
7|  May 24, 2017[53]| 978-4-04-105764-3| July 24, 2018[54]| 978-1-9753-5335-3
8|  December 26, 2017[55]| 978-4-04-106389-7| November 13, 2018[56]| 978-1-9753-2813-9
9|  April 26, 2018[57]| 978-4-04-106390-3| February 19, 2019[58]| 978-1-9753-8284-1
10|  July 26, 2018[59]| 978-4-04-107168-7| May 21, 2019[60]| 978-1-9753-5739-9
11|  February 26, 2019[61]| 978-4-04-107896-9| September 24, 2019[62]| 978-1-9753-3230-3
12|  September 24, 2019[63]| 978-4-04-108688-9| May 19, 2020[64]| 978-1-9753-1296-1
13|  March 24, 2020[65]| 978-4-04-108689-6| June 1, 2021[66]| 978-1-9753-2309-7
14|  November 25, 2020[67]| 978-4-04-110815-4| November 16, 2021[68]| 978-1-9753-2335-6
15|  July 26, 2021[69]| 978-4-04-111589-3| August 23, 2022[70]| 978-1-9753-4485-6
16|  January 26, 2022[71]| 978-4-04-111590-9| November 22, 2022[72]| 978-1-9753-5994-2
17|  June 24, 2022[73]| 978-4-04-112615-8| May 23, 2023[74]| 978-1-9753-6640-7
18|  March 25, 2023[75]| 978-4-04-113501-3| February 20, 2024[76]| 978-1-9753-7954-4
19|  December 26, 2023[77]| 978-4-04-114353-7| October 15, 2024[78]| 979-8-8554-0381-7
Part 2
1|  September 25, 2024[79]| 978-4-04-115221-8| —| —
2|  March 25, 2025[80]| 978-4-04-115865-4| —| —

### Anime

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See also: List of Overlord episodes

See also: Isekai Quartet

A 13-episode anime television series adaptation by Madhouse aired between July 7 and September 29, 2015.[81] The opening theme is "Clattanoia" by OxT, and the ending theme is "L.L.L." by Myth & Roid. Both are bands of the musician Tom-H@ck. A 30-minute original video animation was bundled with the eleventh limited edition volume of the light novel series, which was released on September 30, 2016.[82] Two compilation films acting as a recap to the anime television series were released in 2017;[83] the first compilation film, titled Overlord: The Undead King (劇場版総集編 オーバーロード 不死者の王, Gekijō-ban Sōshūhen Ōbārōdo Fushisha no Ō), was released on February 25, 2017,[84] while the second compilation film, titled Overlord: The Dark Warrior (劇場版総集編 オーバーロード 漆黒の戦士, Gekijō-ban Sōshūhen Ōbārōdo Shikkoku no Senshi), was released on March 11, 2017. The films' theme song, titled "Crazy Scary Holy Fantasy", was performed by Myth & Roid.[85][86]

A second season was announced at film screenings of the second compilation film.[87] It premiered on January 9, 2018.[88][89] It ran for a total of 13 episodes. Outside of Asia, Funimation has licensed the second season for a simuldub.[90] Following Sony's acquisition of Crunchyroll, the series was moved to Crunchyroll.[91] In South and Southeast Asia, Medialink holds the rights to the series.[92] The opening theme is "Go Cry Go" by OxT and the ending theme is "Hydra" by Myth & Roid.[93]

A third season premiered on July 10, 2018.[94][95][96] The opening theme is "Voracity" by Myth & Roid, and the ending theme song is "Silent Solitude" by OxT.[97][94]

On May 8, 2021, a fourth season and an anime film were announced, with the film covering the Holy Kingdom Arc of the series. The staff and cast members returned to reprise their roles for the fourth season,[98] which aired from July 5 to September 27, 2022.[99] The opening theme is "HOLLOW HUNGER" by OxT, and the ending theme is "No Man's Dawn" by Mayu Maeshima.[100] On July 18, 2022, Crunchyroll announced an English dub for the fourth season, which began streaming on July 19.[101]

An anime film, Overlord: The Sacred Kingdom (劇場版 オーバーロード 聖王国編, Gekijō-ban Ōbārōdo Sei Ōkoku-hen), premiered with regular screenings in Japan on September 20, 2024, while IMAX screenings began a week earlier on September 13.[102]

A comedy crossover anime Isekai Quartet featured characters from Overlord in a chibi style. It also featured characters from the light novel series KonoSuba, Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World, and The Saga of Tanya the Evil, all published by Kadokawa Corporation. The anime began airing on April 9, 2019.

### Video games

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A mobile game Mass for the Dead was launched in late 2019 in Japan, with a global (English) version launched in early 2020.[103] It received poor reviews, with reviewers noting it was rather simple and did not offer anything new compared to many other similar gacha games.[104] The global version has been shut down as of March 31, 2021.[105][106]

A Metroidvania game titled Overlord: Escape from Nazarick was announced on December 17, 2021, for Nintendo Switch and PC via Steam[107] and was released on June 16, 2022.[108]

## Reception

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By June 2015, prior to the release of the anime and manga, the light novel series had about 600,000 copies in print in Japan with eight volumes. By August 1, 2015, the light novel and manga series had a total of 1 million copies in circulation in Japan. On August 4, a 600,000-copy reprint of the novels was announced. By August 20, 2015, the nine-volume Overlord light novel series and two-volume manga series have, together, more than 1.5 million copies in circulation in Japan.[109] By September 18, 2015, Overlord light novel and manga has over 2 million copies in circulation.[110] By May 2016, the Overlord light novel series had 2.5 million copies in print.[111] Overlord was the top-selling light novel series of 2015.[112] By April 2018, the light novel and manga combined had over 7 million copies in print.[113] By December 2021, the light novel and manga combined had over 11 million copies in circulation.[114]

The light novel ranked first in 2017 in Takarajimasha's annual light novel guide book Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi!, in the tankōbon category.[115] It ranked fourth in 2018.[116]

In reviewing the anime adaptation, Kotaku called the Overlord anime a "magnificent power fantasy" which "brings up a very relatable theme for anyone who has played an MMORPG before."[117]

### Overlord: The Sacred Kingdom

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In November 2024, Overlord: The Sacred Kingdom earned $1.16 million in its U.S. opening weekend, ranking at #12 in the box office.[118]

Phil Hoad of The Guardian gave the film 3/5 stars, writing, "At least in this instalment, we never see the real-world frame story outside the game, but there’s a fatalistic sense that all this is being decided elsewhere. Coupled with expansive, heroic visual character-work, the film has a classiness that, with a bit more focus, could in future put it in Princess Mononoke territory."[119] Randy Myers of The Mercury News gave it 3/4 stars, writing, "Director Naoyuki Itô obviously relishes classic world-building elements and oversees some rather astonishing visual set pieces. All the staples are there, too: bloody battles, surprising revelations and dormant powers within unlikely sources."[120] IGN's Mike Mamon was more critical, calling the film "more of a footnote to a long-running anime series than it is an entertaining movie experience" and adding, "The arc that inspired the movie receives only a passing mention on the TV show; The Sacred Kingdom's lackluster execution makes that short shrift feel justified." He gave the film a score of 4/10.[121]

## See also

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* Fantasy portal

* Blade & Bastard, another light novel series with the same illustrator
* Yakitori: Soldiers of Misfortune, a novel series with the same illustrator

## Notes

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1. ^ a b c Formerly known as Funimation.

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