(Featured Image Source: ©Kugane Maruyama, Published by Kadokawa Corporation / OVERLORD: The Sacred Kingdom Movie Partners)
At this year’s New York Comic Con, Crunchyroll detailed the North American theatrical release of OVERLORD: The Sacred Kingdom.
“After twelve years of playing his favorite MMORPG game, Momonga logs in for the last time only to find himself transported into its world playing it indefinitely. Throughout his adventures, his avatar ascends to the title of Sorcerer King Ains Ooal Gown. Once prosperous but now on the brink of ruin, The Sacred Kingdom enjoyed years of peace after construction of an enormous wall protecting them from neighboring invasions. But, one day this comes to an end when the Demon Emperor Jaldabaoth arrives with an army of villainous demi-humans. Fearing invasion of their own lands, the neighboring territory of the Slane Theocracy is forced to beg their enemies at the Sorcerer Kingdom for help. Heeding the call, Momonga, now known as the Sorcerer King Ains Ooal Gown, rallies the Sorcerer Kingdom and its undead army to join the fight alongside the Sacred Kingdom and the Slane Theocracy in hopes to defeat the Demon Emperor.”
Overlord: The Sacred Kingdom is an anime film that fills in the gaps between episodes 7 and 8 in Overlord season 4. The film shows the Sacred Kingdom struggling to survive a devastating demi-human invasion, having to request help from the Sorcerer Kingdom to protect all of its people. It is directed by Naoyuki Itō, and written by Yuki Sugawara, with art direction by Shigemi Ikeda and Yukiko Maruyama and music by Shuji Katayama. It is produced by Madhouse. It stars Satoshi Hino, Yumi Hara, Masayuki Katô, Asami Seto, Yoshino Aoyama, Hitomi Nabatame, Saori Hayami, and Haruka Tomatsu.
Overlord began as a novel written by Kugane Maruyama, with its light novel illustrated by so-bin. Set in 2126, an MMORPG called YGGDRASIL allows its players to dive their consciousness into the game. When it is announced that the game is being shut down, Satoru Suzuki decides to stay logged in on his character to experience the closure. But after the set shutdown time, he finds he can’t log out and is now stuck in the game as his player character. Adopting the name of his guild, Ainz Ooal Gown, Suzuki now hopes to become a legend and find other members of his guild possibly trapped in the game.
Overlord would get a manga adaption written by Satoshi Ōshio and illustrated by Hugin Miyama. The Overlord anime adaptation would follow.
Crunchyroll also detailed the release of the upcoming Overlord mobile game Lord of Nazerick. An RPG where players will engage in an original OVERLORD story, exploring the land of Nazerick, and gathering allies to become the ultimate overlord. The game will be available for Android and iOS devices. You can pre-register now.
Overlord: The Sacred Kingdom heads to North American theaters on November 8th. Dive over to Fandango to check for screenings near you and to get your ticket.
You can stream all four seasons of Overlord over on Crunchyroll.
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