I'm a really big fan of Japanese culture and one of my favourite things is their anime style! I'm a big fan of anime in general but no other country comes even close to the level of Japanese ones!
I must have watched over 200 titles over the years with the latest one been "Overlord", an action/fantasy "Swords Arts Online" like anime and damn I just devoured all 4 seasons of it in a week! Yeap, it's that good!
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Story
Our main character is Momonga, a legendary Undead Sorcerer player and one of the masters of "Ainz Oal Gown" guild in the MMORPG game called "Yggdrasil". The year is 2138 A.D.
After 12 years "Yggdrasil" devs decided to shut down the game due to players inactivity and our protagonist Momonga decided to spend those last few hours playing before game shuts down for good!
Game was supposed to go down on midnight but midnight passed and Momonga found himself still logged in to "Yggdrasil" and unable to log out! On top of that all NPCs (Non Player Characters) inside his guild seem to behave like real persons.
Momonga immediately realised that something is wrong so he commands his guild guardians to investigating the surrounding of the "Great tomb of Nazarick" (guild headquarters name) and realises he's stuck in a completelly different world than the "Yggdrasil" he knew.
GIF by me
Plot
First season is more like an introductional season, Momonga along with Nazarick guardian Nerberal Gamma heads out to explore this new world he is trapped at and for security reasons they decide to change their names to Momon and Nabe respectively as well as their appearances. On top of that he decided to change his main name to "Ainz Oal Gown".
As in every world, virtual or real one needs money so Momon and Nabe become adventurers, fight against villains, save people and acquire lots of money, fame and influence in the kingdom of E-Rantel.
Fun fact : Adventurer Momon is a swordsman despite "Ainz "Oal Gown"'s (same person) sorcerer class yet he is so BADASS!
Adventurer Momon in action - GIF by me
After realising how this new world works "Ainz Oal Gown" puts forward his ultimate plan, to create a kingdom of his own with inhabitants from all sorts of races but easier said than done!
Ainz had to fight with all sorts of races like humans, lizardmen etc. to get hold of their territories as well as solve internal guild problems with brute force like "Shalltear bloodfallen's" rebelion.
Ainz vs Shalltear - GIF by me
Battle Scenes
I've watched numerous Shounen anime and I can't say that "Overlord's" battle scenes were the best but they were quite good! Animation really shows how powerful "Ainz Oal Gown" is and thank god there are not many chats in between battles!
My favourite battle was when Ainz single handedly faced an army of 200k humans! Just one of his spells were able to instantly kill 70k soldiers and at the same time summon a black demon powered by the souls of the dead who would hunt down the rest of the army.
"Ainz Oal Gown's" is in a league of his own when it comes to "Overlord" power ranking in all 4 seasons.
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My Opinion
"Overlord" had a strong story, some nice jokes and lots of battling. Most MMORPG anime have a similar plot and this makes them kinda boring after watching a bunch of them but "Overlord" kept me wanting to find out what's gonna happen next!
It is not in the top of my MMORPG anime list but it's definitely a top 5, can't beat "How to pick up girls in a dungeon" hehe! If you are a fan of dark Shounen anime the I'd recommend you give this one a watch, 13 episodes in each of it's 4 seasons with a total watch time of 17,5 hours. Short and sweet!
Let me know if you enjoyed this very first anime review at the comments section bellow and feel free to suggest any cool shounen anime to watch or review! Thanks for reading!
"Overlord" trailer
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