【Animation】《Overlord》Film to Open This Year！！

A television special about the Overlord anime film project, which will cover the Sei Ōkoku-hen, announced on Monday that the film will open in Japan this year. Cast members Satoshi Hino , Yumi Hara , and Masayuki Katou hosted the special, which also previewed new anime footage.

The franchise’s story takes place in the year 2138 when virtual reality gaming is booming. Yggdrasil, a popular online game, is quietly shut down one day. However, the protagonist Momonga decides to not log out. Momonga is then transformed into the image of a skeleton as “the most powerful wizard.” The world continues to change, with non-player characters (NPCs) beginning to feel emotion. Having no parents, friends, or place in society, this ordinary young man Momonga then strives to take over the new world the game has become.

The film project was first announced during a 2021 live special for the anime. While the 2021 special did not announce the cast and staff of the new film project, the television anime’s cast members Hino, Hara, and Sumire Uesaka (Shalltear) made the announcement, and presented messages from the television anime’s director and series script supervisor.