When you think of anime shows that involve characters in a digital world, you can get some excellent ones for watching such as Sword Art Online and Overlord. Overlord was adored by fans in anime in addition to print form. The anime ran for three seasons, but should not there be more episodes to come?
About Overlord series
Overlord is a light novel series by Kugame Maruyama and illustrated by so-bin. Its chapters have been released since 2010, with fourteen volumes outside since 2012. Along with this, a manga series by Satoshi Oshio is also being printed since 2014. The anime series covered light novels. Two animated movies also have been outside that serves as a compilation of the first season of the anime.
The story is about Momonga, the guild leader of Ainz Ooal Gown guild, who’s a virtual character in a virtual reality RPG match YGGDRASIL. After 12 years, the game is going to be shut down. With 37 of the 41 members leaving, he invites them all for once. However, with an almost dead response, he accepts the fact and remains till the shutdown.
However, Momonga finds that the sport has not gone. He and his headquarters, Nazarick seems to move to an alternate reality. All the NPC now have awareness of the own, and he is stuck in his avatar. So begins his journey to find out what has occurred and if there is anyone else that faced the same thing.
What Do The Makers Say?
The first season aired in 2015, together with just two compilation films in 2017, summarising the first season. In Early 2018, the next season aired, using a third season in Mid-2018. All 3 seasons have 13 episodes each, with each season covering three light novels.
Along with this, a light-hearted crossover anime Isekai Quartet began airing in 2019. The series shows chibi versions of characters from Overlord, KonoSuba, Re: Zero — Beginning Life In Another World, and Saga of Tanya that the Evil. Two seasons have been outside, using the third season formally announced.
In 2019, at AnimagiC, Kugane Maruyama, so-bin, and anime scriptwriter Yukie Sugawara talked about the fourth season. Sugawara advised that it was very likely for a fourth year to happen. Some unverified reports say the evolution has already started but postponed because of the pandemic.
Release Date and Story Updates for Overlord
Since the next season covered volumes 7 to 9, the fourth year will begin off from volume 10. Since Maruyama intends to finish the series with volume 17 and 14 are out, there is sufficient content for even a fifth season.
The upcoming season would reveal frost dragons that seemed last season. We could finally see them getting defeated. Secondly, we could see Albedo expressing her feelings towards her grasp. There will certainly be more of Ainz and Demiurge, with Ainz becoming more powerful as he proceeds to deal with his internal conflict.
There is not any official statement of a fourth year. But contemplating Sugawara’s comment, reference material, and also the simple fact that Isekai Quartet remains ongoing, season 4 is quite likely to happen this season. We can anticipate the fourth season to be outside or announced in 2021. If the latter happens, it’ll be out in 2022.
