The live-streamed “Overlord IV Special” premiered a second promotional video for the Overlord season 4 anime. The video also announces the anime’s July premiere date. Along with Studio Madhouse returning, the original cast will return.
The illustrator, so-bin, said that the 10th volume of the novel (their favorite) is finally being animated at the time of this announcement. The franchise will also have an anime film project that will cover the Holy Kingdom Arc of the books.
The Overlord series is based on Kugane Maruyama’s Overlord light novel series. Funimation streamed the anime series as it aired in Japan, with the company releasing an English dub soon after. The second anime series premiered in January 2018 and streamed on Crunchyroll as it aired. The third anime series started soon after the second one ended in July 2018.
The Overlord anime has also spawned a number of stories on other mediums. This includes a mobile game, a manga series, and a short series titled Isekai Quartet. Each of these has also seen a newly announced update during the “Overlord IV Special.”
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Kugane Maruyama began the original Overlord novels in 2010 online through Kadokawa’s Enterbrain. Soon after, so-bin started publishing and drawing illustrations for the physical copies in 2012. As of now, Yen Press is releasing the novel series in North America with over 2.5 million copies in circulation.
The franchise’s story takes place in the year 2138, where online gaming is the new normal. Yggdrasil, a popular online game, is shut down without notice. This leaves the main character Momonga stuck. As he decides not to sign off, Momonga is now trapped within Yggdrasil with its many NPCs, who are starting to gain sentience. With no other choice, he takes on the identity of ‘the most powerful and feared wizard,’ Ainz Ooal Gown. Now with his new companions, Ainz sets out to see if anyone else from the real world is trapped in the game with him.
Overlord’s first three seasons are available to stream on Crunchyroll, Funimation, and Hulu.