Art of Overlord
/Overlord is an animation series produced by Madhouse and directed by Naoyuki Itō in 2015. The anime was based on the homonym light novel series written by Kugane Maruyama and illustrated by So-Bin, and also by the manga adaptation written by Satoshi Ōshio, with art by Hugin Miyama. The anime adaptation covers the novel volumes 1 to 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. Two compilation films acting as a recap to the anime television series were released in 2017, the first compilation film, titled Overlord: The Undead King, was released on February 25, while the second compilation film, titled Overlord: The Dark Warrior, was released on March 11. The pictures on this page are a collection of artworks created for this series.
THE STORY
In the year 2126, a 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 4 of the members remain, the other 37 having quit the game, and only one, an elder lich 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 finds that the game hasn't vanished; instead, it appears as if Yggdrasil has been recreated as its own reality along with its various NPCs having been brought to life. 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 to log out…
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