Overlord (novel series)

Overlord
Cover art of the first volume
オーバーロード
(Ōbārōdo)
Genre
Novel series
Written byKugane Maruyama
Published by
Original runMay 9, 2010 – March 30, 2012
Light novel
Written byKugane Maruyama
Illustrated byso-bin
Published byEnterbrain
English publisher
DemographicMale
Original runJuly 30, 2012 – present
Volumes16
Manga
Written bySatoshi Ōshio
Illustrated byHugin Miyama
Published byKadokawa Shoten
English publisher
  • NA: Yen Press
MagazineComp Ace
DemographicSeinen
Original runNovember 26, 2014 – present
Volumes19
Anime television series
Directed byNaoyuki Itō
Produced by
  • Kazufumi Kikushima
  • Satoshi Fukao
  • Noritomo Isogai
  • Yūki Yoshida
  • Shō Tanaka (I)
  • Toyokazu Nakahigashi (II–IV)
Written byYukie Sugawara
Music byShūji Katayama (Team-MAX)
StudioMadhouse
Licensed byCrunchyroll[a]
Original networkAT-X, Tokyo MX, Sun TV, KBS, TV Aichi, BS11, MBS
Original run July 7, 2015 – September 27, 2022
Episodes52 (List of episodes)
Original video animation
Directed byMinoru Ashina
StudioStudio Puyukai
Licensed by
ReleasedSeptember 30, 2016
Original net animation
Overlord: Ple Ple Pleiades
Directed byMinoru Ashina
Produced byMinoru Ashina
StudioStudio Puyukai
Released September 25, 2015 – present
Episodes44 (List of episodes)
Anime film series
  • Overlord: The Undead King
  • Overlord: The Dark Warrior
Directed byNaoyuki Itō
Written byYukie Sugawara
Music byShūji Katayama (Team-MAX)
StudioMadhouse
Licensed byCrunchyroll[a]
Released
  • February 25, 2017 (Part 1)
  • March 11, 2017 (Part 2)
Runtime
  • 117 minutes (Part 1)[3]
  • 108 minutes (Part 2)[4]
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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 is set to premiere in September 2024.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference ANN1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (October 6, 2018). "New Isekai Quartet Anime Project Crosses Over Overlord, Re:Zero, Tanya, Konosuba Franchises". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on October 6, 2018. Retrieved December 9, 2018.
  3. ^ 劇場版総集編 オーバーロード 不死者の王 (2017). allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Archived from the original on January 26, 2018. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
  4. ^ 劇場版総集編 オーバーロード 漆黒の英雄 (2017). allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Archived from the original on January 26, 2018. Retrieved March 11, 2017.


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