About

Overlord is an ongoing Light Novel and anime about a level-100 Lich and his quest to take over the world along with his loyal subordinates. It is written by Maruyama Kugane and illustrated by So-bin. There are currently 13 volumes of the Light Novel, three seasons of the anime produced by studio MADHOUSE, and nine issues of the manga.

Premise

In the year 2138, the popular DMMO-RPG YGGDRASIL is shutting down. Suzuki Satoru, an overworked salaryman, logs in as Momonga one more time to remember the good times he had in his now empty guild, Ainz Ooal Gown. However, when the game finally closes, he discovers that the Great Tomb of Nazarick has been transported into a completely different world, and all of the NPCs are alive. Now calling himself Ainz Ooal Gown, he sets out to the world with his maximum level character and all of the loyal servants suddenly under his command to figure the mystery behind it due the connections between YGGDRASIL and the world he ended up teleporting in and if anyone like him also ended up in the new world until his plans derailed into world conquest.

Origin

Maruyama first began writing the Overlord web novel in 2010. It was eventually acquired and serialized by Arcadia. The first manga issue was released on June 6th, 2015, the first light novel released on July 30th, 2012, and the anime first aired on July 7th, 2015.





Reception

The light novel and manga have sold over 7 million copies, and it was ranked first in the 2017 edition of Takarajimasha's Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! guidebook. The anime proved popular enough to get three seasons made by MADHOUSE. The anime also has been popularly received, netting a score of 8.1/10 on My Anime List.





Online Presence

Online, the series has generated a devoted fandom. The series has a Wiki and a page on TV Tropes. The series was covered by Kotaku in 2015. The series also has a devoted subreddit with over 24,000 subscribers and a Facebook fan page with over 88,000 likes.

Related Memes

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Splat

Splat refers the event during the climax of volume 9 where Ainz Ooal Gown summoned five Dark Young that proceeded to trample over the human army. That certain page of the novel contained a whole paragraph of "SPLAT" which became a popular quote within the Overlord fandom.





Sasuga Ainz-sama

Sasuga Ainz-sama is a phrase notable spoken by Demiurge everytime he is amazed by an action or plan of Ainz Ooal Gown unbeknownst to him that he misunderstood his master as Ainz didn't even planned anything ahead or was just pulling out ideas on the fly. Fans of Overlord eventually use this term everytime Ainz does anything significant or something insignificant as if it's part of his plan.





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