Overlord Season 1

Synopsis

The final hour of the popular virtual reality game Yggdrasil has come. However, Momonga, a powerful wizard and master of the dark guild Ainz Ooal Gown, decides to spend his last few moments in the game as the servers begin to shut down. To his surprise, despite the clock having struck midnight, Momonga is still fully conscious as his character and, moreover, the non-player characters appear to have developed personalities of their own! Confronted with this abnormal situation, Momonga commands his loyal servants to help him investigate and take control of this new world, with the hopes of figuring out what has caused this development and if there may be others in the same predicament.

Main Cast

Satoshi Hino

Momonga / Ains Ooal Gown (Voice)

Age : 45 | Popularity : 12%

Yumi Hara

Albedo (Voice)

Age : 39 | Popularity : 13%

Sumire Uesaka

Shalltear Bloodfallen (Voice)

Age : 32 | Popularity : 20%

Manami Numakura

Narberal Gamma (Voice)

Age : 36 | Popularity : 9%

Akeno Watanabe

Virtuous King of the Forest (Voice)

Age : 41 | Popularity : 7%

Aoi Yuki

Clementine (Voice)

Age : 32 | Popularity : 43%

Ayumu Murase

Nfirea Bareare (Voice)

Age : 35 | Popularity : 19%

Ayane Sakura

Solution Epsilon (Voice)

Age : 30 | Popularity : 33%

Episodes

Episode 1

07 July 2015 - End and Beginning

Momonga is a regular salaryman who leads a guild in an DMMO-RPG known as Yggdrasil. After twelve years of playing the game, the servers are finally shutting down. Momonga logs in for the last time, seeing the game to its end. However, after the clock strikes midnight, nothing changes.

Episode 2

14 July 2015 - Floor Guardians

Grateful that they weren’t cast aside, the floor guardians experience the rule of their true master for the first time. Momonga quickly assess the situation and works toward protecting the tomb from invaders while contemplating what he must do.

Episode 3

21 July 2015 - The Battle of Carne Village

Momonga continues his efforts to protect Nazarick from the unknown forces he may be up against in this world. As he manipulates the Mirror of Remote Viewing, he notices a village being attacked and decides to test his strength against humans.

Episode 4

28 July 2015 - Ruler of Death

Momonga finds that the attackers of Carne Village were Slane Theocracy soldiers dressed as people from the Baharuth Empire. As the attack to lure and eliminate Gazef Stronoff continues, Momonga takes this chance to continue his tests…

Episode 5

04 August 2015 - Two Adventurers

Momonga sets out with Narberal disguised as humans under the names of Momon and Nabe for the city of E-Rantel. There they register to become adventurers in order to gain more information about this unknown world. As they do, evil gathers around them.

Episode 6

11 August 2015 - Journey

While Momonga has some doubts, he accepts Nphirea Balear’s request under the condition that the members of the Swords of Darkness join them. Though her urge to kill keeps distracting her, Clementine continues to slowly find her way to Nphirea.

Episode 7

18 August 2015 - Wise King of Forest

Momonga and his group continue to Carne Village. There they see that the villagers are working toward fortifying their defenses against possible future enemies. Nphirea meets up with Enri and asks her about this man named Ains Ooal Gown.

Episode 8

25 August 2015 - Twin Swords of Slashing Death

After Momonga registers Hamusuke with the guild, he goes to Nphirea’s home to find that his client has been kidnapped. The zombified remains of the Swords of Darkness litter the storage room. And there, Momonga finds the tortured body of Ninya.

Episode 9

01 September 2015 - The Dark Warrior

Momonga and Narberal begin their respective battles against Clementine and Khajit. Momonga takes this chance to learn about the mechanics of fighting in this world, but in the end, he must show Clementine the consequences of offending him.

Episode 10

08 September 2015 - True Vampire

Momonga finds out that Shalltear has revolted against him, due to something that had happened while she was on her mission with Sebas and Solution. The story rewinds a bit and goes over that very event. What could possibly change her loyalty to him?

Episode 11

15 September 2015 - Confusion and Understanding

Momonga does damage control at the guild while he assesses the reason for Shalltear’s revolt. Coming to the conclusion that she is under an incurable status effect, Momonga goes to the treasury to retrieve some of the powerful weapons of Nazarick.

Episode 12

22 September 2015 - The Bloody Valkyrie

Though Shalltear’s skill set puts Momonga at a complete disadvantage, he steps forward into battle. He gave various world items to his guardians to ensure the safety of Nazarick in his absence. Now, all that is left is a battle of life and death!

Episode 13

29 September 2015 - Player VS Non Player Character

Momonga reminds Shalltear that he is the master of Nazarick and that his name carries the weight of all the supreme beings of Ains Ooal Gown. After the battle comes to a close, Momonga quickly takes action to strengthen the defenses of Nazarick.

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Crew	Script	Yukie Sugawara
	Special Effects	Natsuki Konishi
Camera	Director of Photography	Yuki Kawashita
Art	Storyboard Designer	Yoshiaki Kawajiri
	Art Direction	Shigemi Ikeda Yukiko Maruyama
	Prop Designer	IZMOJUKI
Visual Effects	3D Director	Shuhei Yabuta
	Color Designer	Yukie Noguchi
	Creature Design	IZMOJUKI
Directing	Director	Naoyuki Ito
Editing	Editor	Kashiko Kimura
Sound	Sound Effects	Tomokazu Mii
	Sound Director	Fumiyuki Goh
	Original Music Composer	Shuji Katayama
Writing	Series Composition	Yukie Sugawara
	Novel	Kugane Maruyama
Department	Role	Name

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