Once again, musicians Myth & Roid and OxT provide the opening theme and ending theme respectively. Instead, the tension comes more from seeing characters you know are going to die and wondering just how and when it will happen. The CGI throughout, for exam ple, once again looks poor – especially when any large armies are involved, and once again the issue of Ainz and his followers being way overpowered means that there is rarely any sense of tension when their plans are threatened. I won’t spoil the details here but it makes for one of the franchise’s best moments, further showcasing how ruthless and cold Ainz is as a character – manipulative and calculating. This leads to Overlord III’s climax, which is rather gruesome. It’s a brutal end, but lends itself well to the series’ overall nature and appeal.įrom hereon the season focuses on a conflict between Ainz’s newly dubbed Sorcerous Kingdom of Nazarick and the Baharuth Empire who feigned an alliance with Ainz, only to attempt a betrayal, as predicted by the ever on-the-ball Demiurge. One of the explorer groups survives, only to be teleported before the great Ainz Ooal Gown himself and despite their best efforts also do not prove any sort of match to the mighty Overlord and his followers. Predictably, their greed leads them further into the tombs and it doesn’t end especially well for any of them. Unlike the episodes spent with the Lizard people in II, this subplot feels a bit more connected to the overarching plot and new characters like Enri Emmot and Nfirea Bareare, alongside the goblins who have made a home in the village, are fairly likeable.Įlsewhere, a group of workers being paid by a rich noble are tasked with exploring the Tomb of Nazarick, seeking out any potential treasures and goods that lie within. They are concocting a new kind of healing potion that could prove useful to the kingdom and especially Ainz’s plans of conquest. The story this season again follows more than one narrative as we spend time in Carne Village where Battle Maid Lupusregina is tasked by Ainz to spy on the villagers and protect three of them, including Lizzie who appeared previously in the first season. Whereas Overlord II kicked off with some recap, III assumes that you watched the previous season and instead gives viewers a laid-back opener that allocates some screen time to the supporting characters and helps define those that live within the Tomb of Nazarick. Overlord III, however, felt like a stronger season overall and it was fun to revisit it for this review. The content wasn’t bad per se – it simply didn’t do much for me each week overall. Overlord II was, in my opinion, a bit of a mixed bag, dedicating multiple episodes to world-building as we followed lizard men, maids and more. We even got to see the cast of Overlord interact with other franchises in 2019’s comedy-orientated Isekai Quartet. A few years on, fans were pleasantly surprised to see two seasons follow each other in quick succession as Overlord II and III both came out in 2018. The first Overlord series took anime fans on an enjoyable ride back in 2015 as we followed Ainz Ooal Gown on his quest to conquer the world.
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