Where can I watch Overlord?

It streams on Crunchyroll, Netflix, Hulu, and Tubi, so grab whichever service you already use.

How many episodes is the first season?

The first season runs 13 episodes, an easy binge before you move on to the sequels.

Do I need to watch anything before Overlord?

No, this is the start of the series. Begin here and the later seasons and movies follow.

Is Overlord worth watching?

If you like isekai played seriously with an anti-hero at the center, it's one of the most distinctive in the genre, mixing grand power fantasy with dry comedy.

Overlord

7.7TV · 13 eps · 2015

Overlord streams on Crunchyroll, Netflix, Hulu, and free-with-ads Tubi, and it's the isekai to reach for when you want the fantasy-world premise played with a straight, gloriously villainous face. When a beloved online game finally shuts its servers down, one die-hard player refuses to log out and wakes inside his skeletal overlord avatar, his guild's NPCs now breathing, loyal, and unnervingly devoted. What follows isn't a hero's journey but the methodical rise of a would-be dark ruler who's never quite sure whether he's the smartest being in the room or just improvising brilliantly. The power-fantasy spectacle and the deadpan comedy of a former salaryman playing god make it wildly moreish.

Rating

★ 7.7 /10

15K favorites

Popularity

#79

About

Momonga is one of the last holdouts still logged into Yggdrasil, a sprawling virtual world, on the night its servers are meant to go dark for good. Except the shutdown never kicks him out. Instead he is left inhabiting the body of his all-powerful undead sorcerer, ruling a tomb full of servants who have suddenly developed minds, feelings, and an unsettling reverence for their master. With no life worth returning to, he takes the name Ainz Ooal Gown and sets out to test the limits of his power in a world that now feels frighteningly real, one cautious and calculated move at a time.

Information

Japanese: オーバーロード
Premiered: July 7, 2015
Episodes: 13
Duration: 24 min per ep.
Status: Finished Airing
Studio: madhouse inc.
Source: Light Novel
Themes: japanese production, fantasy, speculative fiction, science fiction, comedy, based on a light novel

Seasons & Watch Order

This is where the story begins, the very first season and the foundation of everything Ainz builds afterward, so start right here before the later seasons and the recap movies.

Overlord: Ple Ple Pleiadesside story
Overlord: Ple Ple Pleiades - Nazarick Saidai no Kikiside story
Overlord IIsequel
Ple Ple Pleiades Special Editionside story