Audience reviews
20 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
chrisclem85
To sum up this terrible anime its like playing world of Warcraft as horde undead just upset over little pvp in game your playing then getting friends being op player joining that world as only player than murdering real people to advance he plans but thing is he has none its never explains why as human with thoughts feelings his undead character avatar why he thinks ok killing thousands yet cant deal with gross monster girls coming onto him seems its to try and add fan service and laughs yet doesn't at all with everything else going on.
The first season he seem to have goal searching for his friends but that plot drops off a cliff as following seasons its not even mentioned just more OP MC winning everything nothing going wrong side/support characters basically just cheering squad never a…
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I don't understand how the premise of this story would sound interesting to anyone: OP lvl999 guy gets SAO'd into a new land and then decides to role-play as a rookie adventurer, during which time he beats up weaklings for marginal benefit when there are thousands of better decisions he could make to reach his goals. This whole anime is like watching an NBA player play semi-seriously against kindergartners. There are no interesting characters, the plot is slow and pointless, the storytelling is all over the place, the art design of characters is ugly and ridiculous, it's chock full of terrible CGI and bad animation, an endless stream of stupid attack names that seem like they were chosen by letting a 3rd grader pick out "cool" words from a hat. All of his followers are flat cult follower b…
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I'm about to upset some folks, but this anime is low effort trash. From the opening scene, this anime felt like something written by an untalented self-published writer who watched too much SAO.
The dialogue is heavy-handed and clumsy, the central character is extremely overpowered and invincible, the overt haram theme is out of place, the characters are severely underdeveloped and one-dimensional, and every problem which arises is summarily dealt away with a heavy application of plot armor. The animation leaves a lot to be desired, with computer generated content jarringly out of place. I suppose I could see a preteen enjoying this anime, although the sexual themes and gore put it squarely out of the appropriate realm for that audience. I do not understand how this received more than a si…
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Overlord is just okay
I feel like people over praise Overlord because its similar to SAO with traits of overpowered MC gets stuck in game but different because it doesnt focus on romance then introduce harem or have almost rape or almost incest
but honestly if you look at it independently Overlord isnt that amazing. People just over exaggerate because of all the bad things it manages to avoid doing
You have this guy who allegedly gets stuck in an MMORPG and has no way to get back to the real world so he gathers information about his new world and (for some reason) tries to find if anyone else is stuck in the game also.
Art: Fair
The art was fair, it was not amazing or bad. there was a few fight scenes here and there and they were animated decently.
They also use CG in a few scenes bu…
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I'm gonna be totally honest here and put it all on the table right now before I start this review: this show was basically garbage. I do not, and probably will not ever understand the hype and critical success that this anime got. I can't even give it points for creativity since it's basically just a ripoff of SAO with a few minor changes to effectively dodge copyright. But if I'm honest, even SAO had less annoying and redundant characters than the disaster that was Overlord, and a plot that made even a smidgen more sense. I'm a huge fan of Madhouse and everything that it does, but this show was legitimately hard to watch from even episode 1, with a dull and poorly-paced story, pathetic and bland characters, and a protagonist that made me wonder how this author thought he was a good idea t…
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Ever since the huge popularity of Sword Art Online, more and more studios are trying to create a "player stuck in the game" VRMMORPG anime that could garner the same amount of popularity as SAO. Except none have even come close to reaching that amount of fanbase. Now, Madhouse is also stepping in the game with "Overlord" (No pun intended).
(There will be SPOILERS in my review)
[Story]: (7/10) (SPOILERS)
While Momonga, the protagonist of the series, was spending his last few seconds in "Yggdrasil", which was about to quietly shut down, unknowingly got trapped inside the game. The world around him changed and the NPC's (Non-playable characters) began to talk and feel emotion. Having no parents, friends, or place in society, this ordinary young man then strives to take over the new world t…
Read at the sourceLilGreasyKid
How does this happen?
How can a series with so much potential just roll over and die, failing to achieve even the basic level of its premise?
Welcome to Overlord, the master at poor writing, completely soulless characters , gratuitous CG and lacking sound.
Where does Overlord fail? Does it have any redeeming qualities? Let's find out!
Story: Overlord sells itself as a story about a evil mastermind trying to cement his legacy. The lead character, Momonga, is a computer-gamer turned trapped dictator who wants to "learn" about the world around him and how its different from the game he used to know. The story is made up of small little arcs that have little to do with each other and feel more like side quests than anything. However, unlike other episodic series, Overlord shows you none o…
Read at the sourceBanjoTheBear
(This has been adapted from my blog/reddit thread. Spoilers ahead!)
Hanging out in the front of Ironforge. Karazhan runs. The snowy hills of Northrend. World of Warcraft is not just a game, it is its own, complete world. Beasts to slay, treasure to find, and quests to complete. Dailies for gold. Instances for gear. Fishing for fun. There is so much to do that it more or less became my second life for a sizeable chunk of my teenage years. After going to school, chatting with friends, and taking care of what needed to be done in the real world, I would hop onto the computer and become someone that was not technically me but might as well have been.
That sounds bonkers, but it is the truth. The amount of time, the resources, and the effort I sunk into that game were enough to make my avatar…
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Overlord is the kind of anime you begin watching with some reservations.
"A popular MMORPG game traps its players inside and the players now have to play the game where the consequences are quite real".
Sounds familiar?
Well, that's exactly what happens in Overlord, however, the advantage with me is that I haven't seen shows like Sword Art Online, so while the plot was known to me the inherent flaws and stereotypes were not. The show quickly sets itself apart from its contemporaries by giving us a protagonist who plays the role of an antagonist and loves it.
After a brief period of confusion, the ease with which Ainz/Momon takes charge of his servants and powers is refreshing to see. Every move he makes defines his character as a person who is a veteran of MMORPG games. And while he…
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Thoroughly enjoyed this series and long for a season 2. Series took me back to the old D&D days plus refreshed the excitement that series like SOA brought to us. It was great taking a ride with a bad ass that looked the part and had the skills and smarts one hopes for in a main character. Great Story line with allot of action and never dragged. Great Good- Bad guy with all the signs of an evil overlord that takes you off guard with the fact that he may be the most honorable and just overlord Yggdrasil could hope for.Highly recommend!
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[NO SPOILER REVIEW]
Let me start this review by stating the reason I started watching Overlord; it had an 8.14 on MAL. I figured it must be pretty damn good, considering it was the second highest rated new anime of the Summer 2015 season. Wow was I wrong to assume that.
Story: 3 - Poor
So this anime starts off with a really generic crappy MMO story, nothing amazing about it, nothing that hooks the viewer. However, you can't always judge an anime by its first few episodes. Gurren Lagann had a pretty slow beginning; as did Rokka no Yuusha and numerous other shows, so it's nothing to be ashamed about.
About 4 episodes in, I found myself thinking, "Oh Boy, I bet something cool's gonna happen and this show is gonna become amazing to overcome it's lackluster start!". But the story just never…
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The concept of this anime is familiar to most of you. A player gets stuck into video game (e.g. SAO, Log Horizon) where he/she is trying to find a way out.
The very simple difference between Overlord and other doppelgängers is the approach.
In overlord you get like the antagonistic (the main villain) kind of feeling.
The second difference is that MC is already capable of doing almost anything and is clearly out of every single ones league.
The way the story forwards is cool in its own way. The idea is probably nothing fresh or new but quite enjoyable.
Story: 8
With Madhouse Studios as the producer you can't complain about the art. Fight scenes & character designs are especially cool! What comes to the music, I didn't myself see it as the best (excluding the OP and ED)
Art: 10
Sound:…
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Otaku power fantasy #doesitreallymatter - overlord
Overlord is the anime that was adapted from a LN which is adapted from a WN (web novel), and frankly it suffers from almost all of the problem of a WN or LN power fantasy. So your enjoyment lies entirely on whether you are the type to like a PF or the type that hates it. And I hate PF from the bottom of my heart, so this review would mostly focus on how bad a PF is.
A bit of background first, Japanese WN adapted LN usually have the problem of being a power fantasy, famous (or infamous) examples include SAO (though Kawahara said he would fix some of it) and Mahouka (which the author would throw a tantrum like a 5 year old every time someone says something remotely bad about his work). This trend originate from the harshness of Japanese so…
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I wrote this review after watching the episode 13 and also finished reading all the volumes of overlord that had been released so far, which is till volume 9. So I have at least quite an understanding of the story so far. But I would not put any spoilers in the review and just general info that people can see from the anime's synopsis description or at most first episode.
But before I write my review, there is this one glaring point of the anime's story setting that a lot of people seemed to be confused about lately that I have to point out.
Many people tend to be confused that the main character has been stuck in the game world he is playing in but the truth is that it is Experimented and Proven many times that he is instead Transported into a new fantasy Reality world where Yggdrasil…
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Obligatory spoiler warning because Overlord is a masterpiece that must be experienced first-hand. So apparently what Sword Art Online needed was for Kirito to be a skeleton wizard and Asuna to be Mahouka's Miyuki. The concept of this series is the same as what most people are already familiar with; A guy is playing a game, and then he's suddenly trapped in it because of some unexplained reason. Overlord does absolutely nothing original aside from having a few aesthetic and irrelevant differences from the rest, and people seem to consider it as a brilliant masterpiece because it apparently managed to appeal to those who wanted to play as the bad guy in a roleplaying forum.
The original LN has some pretty nice art and cool character designs. That's about the only good thing about the serie…
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Even uttering the words "MMO anime" triggers a lot of violent and ambivalent thoughts among the community in 2015. After a slew of shows of dubious merit based on playing a video game, or being trapped inside of it- it's understandable that the community is a bit gunshy on the concept.
Rest assured though, that anime with the Madhouse tag on it are in good hands, as it's more often than not a high quality and faithful production.
Overlord is not your nouveau Sword Art Online. Overlord is not your No Game No Life, and it's most certainly not .Hack://Sign.
Artwork and Animation: 8
Again, Madhouse produced anime are almost always synonymous with quality. Great consistency in character detail and motions, and some very pretty 3D spellcasting that looks a lot like it was pulled from Deat…
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There isn't anything new here. That doesn't mean it isn't the most enjoyable anime of the 2015 Summer Season though. If you're into main characters that kick ass and take names, then this is the show for you. If you're sick of watching NTRs and all that jazz, check out this anime.
If you like fantasy, otaku-pandering, and tons of fun in a virtual world that rocks the boat, then you'll love Overlord. Where SAO had uninspiring character designs, Overlord has a cast that is actually memorable and dynamic. Where Log Horizon struggles with pacing, Overlord keeps you on the edge of your seat. Where NGNL was too mainstream for your hipster-weeb-ways, Overlord is here.
This isn't deep. This is fun. The story is simple and hilarious. It ignores the real world and sticks to the new one, all the wh…
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What do you get with Overlord? A good, enjoyable anime which is one of the seasons best (not really hard this time) also if you long for some good ol' overpowered main character fighting - this show is for you.
The story centers around a guy (do we know his name?) who is the last remaining player (?) in the online game YGGDRASIL. His alter ego is Momonga, later Ainz Ooal Gown, a powerful undead Necromancer and also the guildmaster of the successful guild Great Tomb of Nazarick. The other members have already left the game long ago, but left him with their belongings and also the personal created NPCs, which serve as guardians of the Tomb (guild hall).
Like other people already wrote the story takes some time to get going, probably even another season, nevertheless is interesting.
It sta…
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The most captivating 'stuck in a game' story I've seen so far, and I've seen quite a few. I simply can't find anything to fault in this anime.
It's hard to believe they could keep such a breakneck pace through the whole series without it feeling rushed either. Pure bliss from the opening to the end of every episode (and what a great opening it is, by the way).
The protagonist finds himself in a new world - and a new, undead body. He brings with himself his sensibilities from his own life, but finds he no longer actually feels the moral compulsions of his previous human self, making his character an interesting mix of ruthless and mindful.
There's a strong focus on exploring a new and hostile world, and finding the differences between the world's "systems" and what the protagonist is us…
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Anime adaptation revolving around RPG and MMORPG themed worlds can usually be a hit or miss. As a fan of MMORPG games in real life, there should be expectations with the world fiction such as the monsters, mechanics, story, setting, and overall execution. Where does that put Overlord? A bit overboard? Underwhelming? It’s not really like that but Overlord is the type of show that can be hard to judge.
The series is based on a light novel that originated from a Japanese web novel. The original source has about 9 volumes although the adaptation by Madhouse studio consists of only a single cour. (13 episodes) That usually sets off a red flag with the story pacing. And it isn’t wrong either as the first two or so episodes carries a weak weight on itself.
Taking place in the online world of Y…
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