That said, I am surprised that many people were surprised by the terrible things Ainz does in the third season, when he had been doing terrible things in the first two as well. No, what I actually mean is, “Jesus Christ, Ainz! Did you really have to go THAT far?” This makes Overlord different from many other anime out there because our main characters are quite literally evil.Īnd by “quite literally evil” I don’t mean, “oh, they’re just morally grey characters.” It’s just too bad that the NPCs, now very real monsters, see this as an attempt at world domination and now Ainz has to act like he is this all knowing overlord to keep their trust.

Trapped in the body of his player character, Satoru takes on the name of his guild, Ainz Ooal Gown, and seeks to spread his name throughout this new world in the hopes of discovering other players trapped with him. Role playing as the skeletal overlord Momonga, Satoru decides to stay logged in until the game shuts down for good, only for him and the game’s NPCs from his tomb of Nazarick to be transported to another world.

This time, I actually committed to watching all three seasons and I enjoyed each one.Īdapted from the Light Novel by Kugane Maruyama, and directed by Naoyuki Itō, Overlord follows the story of Satoru Suzuki (Satoshi Hino), a salaryman in the future who is playing his favourite video game YGGDRASIL on its dying day. I had actually tried watching this anime about a year or so ago but, for whatever reason, only got to episode three before I gave up. After watching and loving Tanya the Evil, I decided to be more open to watching isekai’s and my first stop was Overlord.

Overlord anime characters season 1