Overlord (novel series)
| Overlord | |
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Cover art for the first volume | |
| オーバーロード (Ōbārōdo) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Action, Fantasy |
| Light novel | |
| Written by | Kugane Maruyama |
| Illustrated by | so-bin |
| Published by | Enterbrain |
| English publisher | |
| Demographic | Male |
| Original run | July 30, 2012 – present |
| Volumes | 11 |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Satoshi Ōshio |
| Illustrated by | Hugin Miyama |
| Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
| English publisher | |
| Demographic | Male |
| Magazine | Comp Ace |
| Original run | November 26, 2014 – present |
| Volumes | 4 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Naoyuki Itō |
| Produced by |
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| Written by | Yukie Sugawara |
| Music by | Shūji Katayama (Team-MAX) |
| Studio | Madhouse |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | AT-X, Tokyo MX, SUN, KBS, TVA, BS11 |
| Original run | July 7, 2015 – September 29, 2015 |
| Episodes | 13 |
| Original video animation | |
| Overlord: Ple Ple Pleiades | |
| Released | September 30, 2016 |
| Runtime | 30 minutes |
| 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 |
| Released |
February 25, 2017 (Part 1) March 11, 2017 (Part 2) |
| Runtime |
117 minutes (Part 1)[1] 108 minutes (Part 2)[2] |
Overlord (オーバーロード 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. Eleven volumes have been published since July 30, 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, with a release date of November 8, 2016.
A 13-episode anime television series adaptation by Madhouse aired between July 7 and September 29, 2015. Two compilation anime films recapping the events from the anime television series were released in Japan on February 25, 2017 and March 11, 2017, respectively. A second season of the anime series has been announced.
Plot
In the year 2126, a Dive Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game or DMMORPG called Yggdrasil was released. It stands out among all other DMMORPG's due to its unusually high ability for the player to interact with the game. After an intense 12-year run the game servers are about to be shut down. Within the game exist a guild, Ainz Ooal Gown, once consisting of 41 members and credited as one of the strongest guilds in the game. Now only 4 of the members remain, the other 37 having quit the game. Of those 4 only one actually continues to play; his name is Momonga and he remains the guild leader, maintaining their headquarters, The Great Tomb of Nazarick. 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 real lives to take care of. And so, he stays in the guild alone until the servers shut down.
Then, he realizes that the game does shut down and he cannot seem to use the normal player function, such as General Message, or even quit. Then when the NPC's of Ainz Ooal Gown start talking to him he decides to take things seriously and find out if anyone from 'the real world' is also in this new world with him. Taking on the name of Ainz Ooal Gown, a message to any other players, he begins exploring the world. He tries to figure out what has happened while trying to find anyone, or anything, that could help him solve this mystery.
Media
Light novels
The light novel series written by Maruyama, with illustrations by so-bin, began its serialization online in 2010 prior to Enterbrain's acquisition. As of September 30, 2016, the series has been published by Enterbrain in eleven volumes, with the first volume releasing on July 30, 2012,[3] and the eleventh volume releasing on September 30, 2016.[4] Yen Press announced its license to the series in October 2015 for North America and began publishing the novels in English,[5] with the first volume releasing on May 24, 2016.[6]
| No. | Title | Japanese release | English release |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Overlord 1: The Undead King Ōbārōdo 1: Fushisha no Ō (オーバーロード1 不死者の王) | July 30, 2012[3] ISBN 978-4-04-728152-3 | May 24, 2016[6] ISBN 978-0-31-627224-7 |
| 2 | Overlord 2: The Dark Warrior Ōbārōdo 2: Shikkoku no Senshi (オーバーロード2 漆黒の戦士) | November 30, 2012[7] ISBN 978-4-04-728451-7 | September 27, 2016[8] ISBN 978-0-31-636391-4 |
| 3 | Overlord 3: The Bloody Valkyrie Ōbārōdo 3: Senketsu no Ikusa Otome (オーバーロード3 鮮血の戦乙女) | March 30, 2013[9] ISBN 978-4-04-728689-4 | January 24, 2017[10] ISBN 978-0-31-636393-8 |
| 4 | Overlord 4: The Lizard Man Heroes Ōbārōdo 4: Rizādoman no Yūsha-tachi (オーバーロード4 蜥蜴人の勇者たち) | July 31, 2013[11] ISBN 978-4-04-728953-6 | May 23, 2017[12] ISBN 978-0-31-639759-9 |
| 5 | Overlord 5: The Men in the Kingdom (Part 1) Ōbārōdo 5: Ōkoku no Otoko-tachi (Jō) (オーバーロード5 王国の漢たち [上]) | December 28, 2013[13] ISBN 978-4-04-729259-8 | September 19, 2017[14] ISBN 978-0-31-639761-2 |
| 6 | Overlord 6: The Men in the Kingdom (Part 2) Ōbārōdo 6: Ōkoku no Otoko-tachi (Ge) (オーバーロード6 王国の漢たち [下]) | January 31, 2014[15] ISBN 978-4-04-729356-4 | — |
| 7 | Overlord 7: The Invaders of the Large Tomb Ōbārōdo 7: Daifunbo no Shinnyūsha (オーバーロード7 大墳墓の侵入者) | August 30, 2014[16] ISBN 978-4-04-729809-5 | — |
| 8 | Overlord 8: The Two Leaders Ōbārōdo 8: Futari no Shidōsha (オーバーロード8 二人の指導者) | December 26, 2014[17] ISBN 978-4-04-730084-2 | — |
| 9 | Overlord 9: The Magic Caster of Destroy Ōbārōdo 9: Hagun no Mahō Eishōsha (オーバーロード9 破軍の魔法詠唱者) | June 29, 2015[18] ISBN 978-4-04-730473-4 | — |
| 10 | Overlord 10: The Ruler of Conspiracy Ōbārōdo 10: Bōryaku no Tōchisha (オーバーロード10 謀略の統治者) | May 30, 2016[19] ISBN 978-4-04-734089-3 | — |
| 11 | Overlord 11: The Craftsman of Dwarf Ōbārōdo 11: Dowāfu no Kōshō (オーバーロード11 山小人の工匠) | September 30, 2016[4] ISBN 978-4-04-734230-9 | — |
Manga
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.[20]
| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | June 26, 2015[21] | ISBN 978-4-04-103071-4 | June 28, 2016[22] | ISBN 978-0-31-627227-8 |
| 2 | July 25, 2015[23] | ISBN 978-4-04-103072-1 | September 27, 2016[24] | ISBN 978-0-31-639766-7 |
| 3 | December 26, 2015[25] | ISBN 978-4-04-103857-4 | December 13, 2016[26] | ISBN 978-0-31-643425-6 |
| 4 | June 25, 2016[27] | ISBN 978-4-04-104399-8 | October 31, 2017[28] | ISBN 978-0-31-647643-0 |
Anime
A 13-episode anime television series adaptation by Madhouse aired between July 7 and September 29, 2015.[29] The opening theme is "Clattanoia" by OxT. The ending theme is "L.L.L." by Myth & Roid. The anime adaptation covers light novel volumes 1-3. 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.[30] Two compilation films acting as a recap to the anime television series were released in 2017;[31] the first compilation film, titled Overlord: The Undead King (オーバーロード 不死者の王 Ōbārōdo: Fushisha no Ō), was released on February 25, 2017, while the second compilation film, titled Overlord: The Dark Warrior (オーバーロード 漆黒の戦士 Ōbārōdo: Shikkoku no Senshi), was released on March 11, 2017. The film's theme song, titled "Crazy Scary Holy Fantasy", was performed by Myth & Roid.[32][33]
A second season was announced at film screenings of the second compilation film.[34]
Episode list
| No. | Title | Original airdate |
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| 1 | "End and Beginning" "Owari to Hajimari" (終わりと始まり) | July 7, 2015 |
| Yggdrasil is a Dive Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game released in 2126 came to see its end after 12 years of standing as the top DMMO-RPG. Momonga, guildmaster of Ainz Ooal Gown, is conversing with Herohero during the last moments of YGGDRASIL. Herohero bids farewell to Momonga and logs out. Momonga is enraged about his friends leaving the game, but cools down after noting that they didn't abandon the guild - it was that they had real life issues to deal with. Still engrossed in the memories of the past, he takes the Staff of Ainz Ooal Gown before heading to the throne room. On the way he ordered Sebas and his battle maids to follow and met Albedo there. After checking her setting Momonga (on a whim) changed it to fall in love with him as its originally setting created by Tabula was that she was an absolute "bitch". Momonga closed his eyes to await the forced logout by server but realized something was wrong since he was still in the game. He discovers, to his astonishment that his servants have developed their own personalities and can be directly communicated with. Albedo, in particular begins exhibiting the personality traits based on the settings Momonga had set, much to his shock. Momonga attempts to test the limits of this new discovery but is forcefully calmed down before he could do a thing. Dazed at all that has occurred, Momonga orders Albedo to call every guardian except 4th and 8th floor to meet him in the Arena floor. He later teleports himself to Arena floor and meets Aura and Mare. After testing his skill, Shalltear arrives and so do other guardians as they bow before him. | ||
| 2 | "Floor Guardians" "Kaisō shugo-sha" (階層守護者) | July 14, 2015 |
| The Floor Guardians of Nazarick are introduced. Momonga continues to test his capabilities in the new world and set up some countermeasures for any potential threat with the help of Mare and Sebas Tian. | ||
| 3 | "The Battle of Carne Village" "Karune-mura no tatakai" (カルネ村の戦い) | July 21, 2015 |
| While using a magic mirror to examine nearby lands with the help of Sebas Tian, Momonga discovers a village under siege by Knights belonging to a unknown organization. At first, Momonga thinks nothing of them but when he remembers the debt he owed to his guild mate 'Touch Me' he decides to save the village's inhabitants. Meanwhile, a group of warriors led by a man named Gazef encounter sacked villages, looking for survivors. | ||
| 4 | "Ruler of Death" "Shi no shihai-sha" (死の支配者) | July 28, 2015 |
| Nigun Grid Luin, the captain of the Sunlight Scripture of the Slane Theocracy marches on Carne Village with a team of magic casters to kill Gazef. Realizing this, Gazef attempts to convince Ainz Ooal Gown (Momonga's new name) to defend the village to no avail, so he sets out with his men to confront them while Ainz assists the villagers in escaping. Gazef and his men fight bravely, but they are beaten severely by Nigun's men. Before Nigun's magic casters can deal the final blow, an item that Ainz had previously given Gazef activates and swaps the latter and his men with Ainz and Albedo. Ainz reveals that his whole scheme was to test the power that the Slane Theocracy's men had, and that he was using Gazef to do so. Immediately, Ainz begins effortlessly batting away the attacks of Nigun's men, much to their shock. This leads Nigun to activate a 7th tier spell, summoning a powerful angel to attack Ainz. The attack barely inflicts pain on Ainz, which he scoffs about. Albedo, however, is infuriated that someone hurt her "beloved" Ainz and threatens to massacre them. Ainz calms her down, and then proceeds to obliterate the angel with a black hole. Dumbfounded and horrified at the power Ainz displayed, Nigun begins to beg for his life. Laughing, Ainz responds by quoting one of Nigun's previous statements. After the battle, Ainz returns to Nazarick to announce his name change and their goal of spreading his new name, Ainz Ooal Gown, across these new lands. However, his servants misinterpret this as a declaration that he wishes to rule the world. | ||
| 5 | "Two Adventurers" "Futari no bōken-sha" (二人の冒険者) | August 4, 2015 |
| Ainz and Narbeal (one of the Battle Maids of Nazarick) take on the aliases of Momon and Nabe, respectively, in order to join the adventurer's guild to learn more about the world. Several complications arise when "Momon" finds it troublesome to keep "Nabe" from blowing their cover. while rowdy adventurers try to win Nabe's attention (which only annoys her). Meanwhile, a dangerous necromancer and a bloodthirsty female assassin plot a takeover of Re-Estize. | ||
| 6 | "Journey" "Tabiji" (旅路) | August 11, 2015 |
| In the journey, Momon, Nabe, Nfirea and the Swords of Darkness travel to Carne Village, the party is attacked by a large group of Goblin and Ogre. A battle plan is made quickly while the Swords of Darkness pick off the goblins, Momon and Nabe would eliminate the ogres. As the fight proceeds, Momon immediately breaks formation and instantly bifurcates several ogres to the shock of the Swords of Darkness. The other goblins and ogres panic and retreat at the sight of Momon cutting down their kin. Later, around a campfire, Momon and Nabe share a tense moment with the rest of the group when one of the Swords inquires about Momon's past. | ||
| 7 | "Wise King of Forest" "Mori no ken-ō" (森の賢王) | August 18, 2015 |
| Momon's group arrives at Carne Village and meet Enri Emmot and her Goblin Troop. Enri tells Nfirea why the village is fortified and she also mentions Ainz Ooal Gown, the red potion that healed her, and Albedo which leads Nfirea to conclude that Momon is Ainz Ooal Gown. Nfirea apologizes to Ainz for deceiving him and Ainz tells him not to reveal his identity to anyone. Overhearing this, Nabe immediately becomes distraught as she was responsible for Nfirea uncovering Momon's identity. Later, as Nfirea requests the Swords of Darkness along with Momon and Nabe to help him collect medical herbs in the forest, Momon learns of the "Wise King of the Forest", a supposedly powerful magical creature. Seeing an opportunity to gain fame, Momon contacts Aura back in Nazarick and has her draw out the beast from its den. The beast angrily runs out of its den and charges Momon. Upon meeting the beast, Momon immediately recognizes it as a Djungarian Hamster, a species that one of his guildmates kept as a pet back in Yggdrasil. Noting how much of a disappointment that the Wise King was, Momon instead opts to use Aura of Dread level 1 to scare the beast into submission. Aura, seeing this, asks if she can take its pelt, but Momon instead opts to make the King his servant. Naming the Wise King Hamsuke, Momon introduces Hamsuke to the Swords of Darkness who are in awe over its wisdom. Momon, however, is floored by their perception of Hamsuke as he can't see her as anything other than a giant cute hamster. After successfully collecting the herbs, the group returns to E-Rantel. Momon and Nabe then part ways with the group to register Hamsuke while the Swords of Darkness return to the pharmacy for their payment from Nfirea. The group is intercepted by Clementine, however, who menacingly mocks the group. | ||
| 8 | "Twin Swords of Slashing Death" "Shi o kirisaku sōken" (死を切り裂く双剣) | August 25, 2015 |
| Clementine appears in front of Nfirea and prepares to kidnap him. The Swords of Darkness attempt to buy time for Nfirea and Ninya to escape but Khajiit blocks their way of escape which leads to the members being slaughtered. After registering Hamsuke at the Adventurer's Guild, Momon's group meets Lizzie Bareare and guides them to her house. However, they found the Swords of Darkness, who were turned into zombies. After killing them off, Momon immediately deduces three things: first, whoever did it didn't care about hiding the bodies, meaning they had time. Second, whoever killed the Swords of Darkness did so with a piercing weapon. Third, their target was Nfirea. With this knowledge, Momon asks Lizzie if she wants to hire him to save her grandson at the cost of all she has. Agreeing to the pseudo "Faustian Contract", Momon uses several locator spells to track Clementine to an old cemetery on the edge of the kingdom. Using Crystal Monitor, Momon discovers an undead army with Nfirea at its center. Alerting Lizzie to the threat, Momon immediately rushes to the cemetery. Upon arriving at the gate, Momon astonishes the guards by single-handedly annihilating the undead attacking them despite the fact he was a copper plate. Along with Nabe and Hamsuke, Momon carves a path to Khajiit and Clementine. Confronting them, he mocks Khajiit and demands that they hand over Nfirea while also drawing out Clementine. Momon then leaves Nabe to deal with Khajiit while he and Clementine leave to take their battle elsewhere. As Momon and Clementine are walking, the latter attempts to psychologically taunt Momon. Momon brushes it off with laughter, and then enrages Clementine when he declares he doesn't need to fight seriously to kill her. | ||
| 9 | "The Dark Warrior" "Shikkoku no senshi" (漆黒の戦士) | September 1, 2015 |
| Momon and Nabe begin their respective fights against Khajiit and Clementine. Khajiit summons two skeletal dragons that he declares are impervious to magic, but this is proven partially false as Nabe easily obliterates both the dragons and Khajiit with a seventh tier spell (as the dragons can only block six and below.) Momon, continuing to give Clementine a handicap, clashes with her repeatedly. Furious at how Momon repeatedly mocks her as weak, Clemetine charges Momon with a full force attack and stabs him in both eyes with elemental strikes. Laughing, Momon brushes off the move to Clementine's shock and pins her with a one-armed bear hug. Revealing his true nature as an undead elder lich, Ainz torments Clementine that she was defeated by a magic caster that didn't even use magic. Visibly shaken, Clementine snaps and flails relentlessly while thrashing at Ainz to release her. Her efforts prove futile, and Ainz crushes her body with both arms, killing her. Ainz then returns victorious with Narberal, Hamsuke and Nfriea and for his efforts is immediately promoted to Mythril rank. As he discusses his new promotion with Narberal, Ainz contacts Albedo who alerts him that Shalltear Bloodfallen has rebelled against Nazarick. | ||
| 10 | "True Vampire" "Shinso" (真祖) | September 8, 2015 |
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Shalltear is outside Nazarick, trying to find Martial Arts users with Sebas and Solution. After encountering some bandits, she sends Sebas and Solution back to the kingdom and goes to the Bandits base, where she confronts their leader, Brain Unguls, who knows martial arts. However he is so weak, compared to her, that she does not even realize that he is using them. She then goes into a Blood Frenzy and kills all of the Bandits except Brain who escapes. She tries to follow him, but encounters Adventurers, who are there to fight the Bandits. She kills all of them except Brita, who had Ainz's red potion which makes her believe that Ainz wanted her alive. When she realizes that one adventurer was set to run away before hand should it all go bad, she tries to find him, but ends up being attacked by some unknown people who attack her with a weapon. but not before she manages to wound the user. After Ainz hears that she has Betrayed Nazarick, he decides to go to her and find out why. | ||
| 11 | "Confusion and Understanding" "Konran to haaku" (混乱と把握) | September 15, 2015 |
| Ainz and Albedo find Shalltear but Ainz states that even though Shalltear is under mind control, she was left behind without any orders. Ainz attempts to use a Super Tier magic item to free her, but it fails. Ainz then discovers that Shalltear has been mind controlled by a World Class Item, the strongest of all types of items. He decides to equip the NPC's with the World Class items that Nazarick has before he goes to fight Shalltear, but reveling that Shalltear is one of the Strongest NPCs in Nazarick and that he might not be able to beat her. | ||
| 12 | "The Bloody Valkyrie" "Senketsu no ikusaotome" (鮮血の戦乙女) | September 22, 2015 |
| Ainz finally goes and confronts Shalltear, who proves to be on par with Ainz, but Ainz beats her with a special move, after which she uses a skill to prevent her death, at the cost of using up all her mana. However Ainz then states how everything has been going according to his plan. | ||
| 13 | "Player VS Non Player Character" (PVN) | September 29, 2015 |
| Ainz and Shalltear Bloodfallen continue their fight. However it is revealed that outcome of their fight was already predicted by Ainz. Using the knowledge about Shalltear, provided by her creator and his friend Peroronchino, he had the whole battle preplanned. With his MP reduced, he changed to warrior class and used the world champion armor. Then using various other cash shop items and finally using a super tier spell, Ainz defeats and kills Shalltear. Then back at Nazarick, Ainz resurrects Shalltear using 500 million gold. However Shalltear has no memory of her time under mind control, although it is revealed that The Slane Theocracy was responsible for it. Momon and Nabe return for taking the job from the guild and it is shown that he has been promoted directly to adamantite class, making them the third of the Adamantite party in the kingdom. | ||
| OVA | "Ple Ple Pleiades - Nazarick's Greatest Crisis" "Pure Pure Pureadesu - Nazarikku Saidai no Kiki" (ぷれぷれぷれあです - なざりっく最大の危機) | September 30, 2016 |
| "And So, "Total Maniac-Modified" Activates!" "Sonna wake de "Kanzen Naru Kyousou-Kai" Hatsudou!" (そんなワケで「完全なる狂躁・改」発動!) | ||
| "Meeting With Pleiades" "Pureadesu to Machiawase" (ぷれあですと待ち合わせ) | ||
| "Let's Chat With Shalltear!/Let's Tangle With the Twins and the Bugs!/Pairing Up the Two Who Don't Get Along" "Sharutia to Hanashitemiyou!/Futago to Mushi to Karandemiyou!/Nakayokunai Futari Narabetemita Ken" (シャルティアと話してみよう!/双子と虫とからんでみよう!/仲良くない二人ならべてみた件) | ||
| "The Three are in Treasure House" "Sannin wa Houmotsuden Nau" (三人は宝物殿なう) | ||
| "NvN" | ||
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Ainz summons all Guardians (except Gargantua and Victim) and Pleiades Combat Maids, and shows them the item "Total Maniac-Modified", which Yuri points out has the power to destroy the world. Upon activation, Shalltear becomes a self-loathing person, Cocytus starts saying perverted things openly, Demiurge starts adding weird random words to his sentences, and Aura and Mare act more childish. Ainz states that the item has an effect that makes them open their heart, and agrees with Demiurge's explanation that this is an experiment to how they act upon affected by mental condition. Ainz interviews Shalltear in his room, accompanied by CZ and (uninvited) Albedo. Shalltear and Albedo waste no time to start bickering with each other. When asked about the reason they always fighting, Shalltear states that the main reason is about their chest size, since all men thinks that "big breasts are justice". Ainz denies this, and states that there are people who likes flat chest too, and stuttered "hinnu" instead of "hinyuu" (flat-chested), though the others think that the term is cute. Then Ainz is asked the question: does he like big breast or small breast? To avoid any problems, Ainz ends the segment there and then. Ainz interviews Aura, Mare and Cocytus, accompanied by Entoma. Ainz notes that Aura hasn't change much, which Aura states it's because she is always honest with herself. Cocytus keeps spouting perverted delusion (similar to the usual Albedo), so Ainz asks him to be silent, which makes him crying. In an attempt to cheer him, Entoma takes out a cockroach, which frightens Cocytus. Mare catches the cocroach, and the siblings roast it. Entoma points out that cockroach is more delicious to be eaten raw, and starts eating. In the midst of the chaos, Mare asks Ainz about the person he likes, shocking him. Albedo feels like she was called by Ainz, and Lupusregina jokes that it's a skill that big breasted people have, shocking Shalltear. Ainz asks them what they like the most, and Aura, Mare and Entoma all answers "Lord Ainz", but Cocytus almost says "breast", though he corrects his answer before he spouts it. Ainz interviews Demiurge and Sebas, accompanied by Entoma and Solution. Demiurge still add random words to his sentences. Sebas tries to restraint himself from acting wildly, though he really wants to. He get the chance to do so when Demiurge said that Ainz asks them to act casually, but Solution states that the Sebas now is his true self, so he has no option but to restraint himself and act like everything is normal. Solution suddenly becomes plump, shocking Sebas (who screams), and in return shocking Ainz (whose emotion gets regulated). Ainz states that Solution takes a challenge to eat 10 humans at once, causing her to get fat. Yuri, Lupusregina and Narberal arrives in the Treasure Room. She states that the "Total Maniac-Modified" is different from the one she saw last time, and accuses that it is made by Pandora's Actor, because the puppet's face on the item looks exactly like Pandora's real face. Demiurge joins the talk, and reveals that the item actually has no effect on him, and him talking weirdly is just an act. Pandora explains that since making item that affect personality is hard, he had a prototype that turns someone's personality to simple quality - sexually open, self-loathe on their complexes, amplifying childish tendencies, in short, changes into any character. In the end, it is revealed that Ainz actually took the prototype, since the prototype and the real has no differences in shape prior to being used (Even Pandora can't tell the differences). In Ainz's room, everything became chaotic. In order to cure the effect, Pandora takes out the hammer-looking item "Total Calmness", which cancels the effect of "Total Maniac-Modified" upon hitting the affected people. As the leader of the Guardians, Albedo takes charge in resolving the problem - Solution and Lupusregina confront Shalltear, Entoma and CZ confront Cocytus, Sebas (still affected) confronts Aura and Mare, Yuri and Narberal guard the door, and Demiurges to hit the targets with "Total Calmness" (Albedo assigns herself to guard Ainz, which the latter doesn't want to tsukkomi). Upon healed, the affected people forgot what happened, and Demiurge told a lie that the destruction of Ainz's room is caused by Yuri's Flying Head Attack. For safety, Ainz hits Demiurge and Albedo with "Total Calmness" before decides to do the same thing upon himself. Afterwards, Pandora, in an attempt of getting screentime, states that it's just a beginning towards more madness (denied by Ainz). Alone in his room, Ainz thought that they can talk honestly with each other while bathing, and a mind-reading CZ points out it could be a foreshadowing. | ||
Reception
In 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 8 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. As of 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.[35] As of September 18, 2015, Overlord light novel and manga has over 2 million copies in circulation.[36] As of May 2016, the Overlord light novel series had 2.5 million copies in print.[37] Overlord has since been named the top-selling light novel series of 2015.[38]
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- ↑ 劇場版総集編 オーバーロード 漆黒の英雄 (2017). allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
- 1 2 オーバーロード1 不死者の王 [Overlord 1: The Undead King] (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
- 1 2 オーバーロード11 山小人の工匠 [Overlord 11: The Craftsman of Dwarf] (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
- ↑ "Yen Press Adds Space Dandy, Dimension W, Overlord, Boy & the Beast". Anime News Network. October 10, 2015. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
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- ↑ オーバーロード2 漆黒の戦士 [Overlord 2: The Dark Warrior] (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
- ↑ "Overlord, Vol. 2". Hachette Book Group. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
- ↑ オーバーロード3 鮮血の戦乙女 [Overlord 3: The Bloody Valkyrie] (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
- ↑ "Overlord, Vol. 3". Hachette Book Group. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
- ↑ オーバーロード4 蜥蜴人の勇者たち [Overlord 4: The Lizard Man Heroes] (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
- ↑ "Overlord, Vol. 4". Hachette Book Group. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
- ↑ オーバーロード5 王国の漢たち [上] [Overlord 5: The Men in the Kingdom (Part 1)] (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
- ↑ "Overlord, Vol. 5". Hachette Book Group. Retrieved March 15, 2017.
- ↑ オーバーロード6 王国の漢たち [下] [Overlord 6: The Men in the Kingdom (Part 2)] (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
- ↑ オーバーロード7 大墳墓の侵入者 [Overlord 7: The Invaders of the Large Tomb] (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
- ↑ オーバーロード8 二人の指導者 [Overlord 8: The Two Leaders] (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
- ↑ オーバーロード9 破軍の魔法詠唱者 [Overlord 9: The Magic Caster of Destroy] (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
- ↑ オーバーロード10 謀略の統治者 [Overlord 10: The Ruler of Conspiracy] (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
- ↑ "Over Lord Fantasy RPG Light Novels Gets Manga". Anime News Network. October 25, 2014. Retrieved October 25, 2014.
- ↑ "オーバーロード (1)" (in Japanese). Kadokawa Shoten. Retrieved July 19, 2016.
- ↑ "Overlord, Vol. 1 (manga)". Hachette Book Group. Retrieved July 19, 2016.
- ↑ "オーバーロード (2)" (in Japanese). Kadokawa Shoten. Retrieved July 19, 2016.
- ↑ "Overlord, Vol. 2 (manga)". Hachette Book Group. Retrieved July 19, 2016.
- ↑ "オーバーロード (3)" (in Japanese). Kadokawa Shoten. Retrieved July 19, 2016.
- ↑ "Overlord, Vol. 3 (manga)". Hachette Book Group. Retrieved July 19, 2016.
- ↑ "オーバーロード (4)" (in Japanese). Kadokawa Shoten. Retrieved July 19, 2016.
- ↑ "Overlord, Vol. 4 (manga)". Hachette Book Group. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
- ↑ "Cast, Staff, Premiere Date Announced for Over Lord Fantasy RPG TV Anime". Anime News Network. March 24, 2015. Retrieved March 25, 2015.
- ↑ Green, Scott (May 30, 2016). ""Overlord" Light Novel To Include Super Deformed "Pleiades" Blu-ray". Crunchyroll. Retrieved May 30, 2016.
- ↑ "Overlord Anime Has Compilation Film in the Works". Anime News Network. September 29, 2016. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
- ↑ "Overlord Anime's Compilation Project Split Into 2 Films With Myth&Roid Music". Anime News Network. November 24, 2016. Retrieved November 24, 2016.
- ↑ "Overlord: Fushisha no Ō Anime Film's Ad Previews Myth&Roid Song". Anime News Network. February 13, 2017. Retrieved March 15, 2017.
- ↑ "Overlord TV Anime Gets 2nd Season". Anime News Network. March 10, 2017. Retrieved March 10, 2017.
- ↑ https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2015-08-20/overlord-novels-manga-have-1.5-million-copies-in-circulation/.91925
- ↑ https://twitter.com/over_lord_anime/status/644897632121319424?ref_src=twsrc^tfw
- ↑ http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/05/30/overlord-light-novel-to-include-super-deformed-pleiades-blu-ray
- ↑ http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/01/02/top-selling-light-novel-series-of-2015-announced
External links
- Official light novel website (in Japanese)
- Official anime website (in Japanese)
- Overlord at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
