Reviews

I’ve made two grievous mistakes in my life; one eating a spoonful of wasabi, and two watching mars of destruction because I did not heed the warnings. By divine intervention I was prevented from making a third. I came really close to not watching this anime. I read the synopsis for Overlord, I remember thinking “great, another second-rate story.” It sounded unappealing, at best I thought this anime was going to be a lame rip-off of SAO. I’ve never to been happier to be wrong, Overlord is the best anime of 2015. I apologize if I sound dogmatic, but those who’ve watched the series can attest to the veracity of my words.

When I first started watching anime, I remember watching epic series after epic series. Then after a while they started to dwindle and I was forced to watch mediocracy. Not so with Overlord, this anime keep me fully immerse in the story. I was at the edge of my seat and it felt as if I was on this adventure alongside the protagonist. As I mentioned before the synopsis on MAL does not do this anime justice. The story flows really well and everything is explained appropriately. There are moments of actual humor, I love the inner dialogue of the protagonist. There are no dull instances or fillers. Everything happened with a purpose and was highlighted by the epic fight scenes and calculated scenarios.

Momonga or Ainz Ooal Gown is the only character that is not a NPC. Most of the story revolves around his perspective. I will admit he falls under the category of overpowered. However, given that he has spent a great deal of time and money playing the game and was the only one still playing while the server was discontinued. His strength and power will certainly be understandable. He is joined by several NPC’s that he and his friends had created over the years. Each NPC is unique in appearance and personality and added to the overall awesomeness of the anime. Given that I want to remain as spoiler free as possible I will refrain going into further details about the characters.

The only real problem I had with this anime was that it was only 13 episodes. Although the story did not feel rush in the slightest, I felt betrayed because the story stop. This anime could have at least been made into a 24 episode series. Now I am a little concern because from what I’ve heard Madhouse, the producers of Overlord, are not too keen in making sequels.

The art is really crisp and the amination is very well done. The music and sound were very enjoyable. The opening song was extremely good and appropriate for the anime. If you cannot tell by now I absolutely loved this anime. Just about everything about this anime was done exceptionally well. This anime certainly has the qualifications to be called epic.