| Anime: | Overloard Seasons 1 - 3 |
| Producers: | AT-X, Groove, Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures, Kadokawa, Enterbrain, Media Factory |
| Studio: | Madhouse |
| Source: | Light Novel |
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| Genres: | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Game, Magic, Supernatural, Dark Fantasy |
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Formerly Feudal Anime Podcast
This is the first episode of the podcast and we dive into Overlord seasons 1 - 3, focusing on why it works for us. We like the “hero” leaning into the villain role (mainly because he is forced to), and how him being an undead has a status affect that keeps his feelings in check, and how he has to look unshakable for guardians who idolize him. Demiurge keeps reading everything that he does as grand plan, which then boxes Ainz into acting like a mastermind. We also talk about the power ceiling without visible stats, early showcases like the Sheltier fight, the goblin horn twist, and that battlefield spell. We end things by hitting the pacing and production, and how season 2’s focus on the lizardmen and the Sebas thread, with us touching on the messy ethics around human skin scrolls and seeing humans as NPCs.
Next Up: Ergo Proxy
If you've watched Overloard Seasons 1 - 3 or any of the past picks, even if you just barely survived one of them, we wanna hear about it. Rants, hot takes, cursed recommendations, bring it on! If there's something you've been meaning to throw at us, something wild or weird or just your personal favorite, toss it our way.
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Season 1 Synopsis
When the MMORPG YGGDRASIL starts to shut down, a veteran player called Momonga finds himself trapped in the game world as his skeletal lich character, surrounded by his guild's NPCs who all have suddenly gained sentience and personalities. Momonga then decides to rename himself as Ainz Ooal Gown after his former guild, he then begins exploring the strange new world with his overwhelming power and loyal servants. The season covers his initial discovery and how he adapts to the new world, with him adventuring as a masked hero Momon to gain fame and gather information, and concludes with him fighting one of his floor guardians.
Season 2 Synopsis
Ainz continues expanding Nazarick's influence while also maintaining his Momon alter-ego to gather funds and intelligence of the world he is in. This season opens with the Lizard Man Heroes arc, where the lizardman warrior Zaryusu attempts to unite the lizardmen tribes against Nazarick's invasion forces led by Cocytus. The second half shifts focus to the Men in the Kingdom arc, following the interactions between warrior Climb, swordsman Brain Unglaus, and Nazarick's butler Sebas in the Re-Estize Kingdom, before the demon Jaldabaoth attacks the capital with his demon army, throwing the city into chaos.
Season 3 Synopsis
Ainz orchestrates the discovery of Nazarick by manipulating an advisor from the Baharuth Empire to stage an attack against his guild, giving him an excuse to retaliate and demonstrate his overwhelming military might. This season follows more of the politics between the Baharuth Empire and the Re-Estize Kingdom, with Emperor Jircniv initially trying to ally with Nazarick before realizing his court wizard Fluder has been betraying him. The season ends on a massive war where Ainz defeats the warrior captain Gazef Stronoff in a duel and is proclaimed the new ruler of E-Rantel, and then ultimately declaring the founding of the Sorcerer Kingdom with himself as its ruler.
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