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Overlord

オーバーロード

manga
Still releasing
2012
Action
Adventure
Comedy

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✓ Official English release

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Is there an anime?

Yes. Watch the adaptation Overlord 13 episodes · on 6 platforms

Yes. Watch the adaptation Overlord II 13 episodes · on 3 platforms

Yes. Watch the adaptation Overlord III 13 episodes · on 2 platforms

Yes. Watch the adaptation Overlord IV 13 episodes · on 4 platforms

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The facts

Status: Still releasing
Chapters: Not counted
Volumes: 18
First released: 2012
Country: Japan
Format: manga
Author: Kugane Maruyama
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What it is about

For twelve years, the virtual world of Yggdrasil has served as the playground and battlefield for the skeletal lord Momonga and his guild of fellow monsters, Ainz Ooal Gown. But the guild's glory days are over, and the game is shutting down permanently. When Momonga logs in one last time just to be there when the servers go dark, something happens--and suddenly, fantasy is reality. A rogues' gallery of fanatically devoted NPCs is ready to obey his every order, but the world Momonga now inhabits is not the one he remembers. The game may be over, but the epic tale of Ainz Ooal Gown is only beginning... (Source: Yen Press)