Overlord (novel series)

Overlord (オーバーロード, Ōbārōdo) is a Japanese light novel series. It was written by Kugane Maruyama and the picture in the series are drawn by so-bin. Sixteen volumes of this light novel have been published since July 30, 2012. The author has said that he has planned for 18 novels.^[5] There is a manga based on this light novel by Satoshi Ōshio. The art in the manga is by Hugin Miyama. It started from November 26, 2014 in Kadokawa Shoten's manga magazine Comp Ace.

Overlord
オーバーロード (Ōbārōdo)
Genre	Dark fantasy,[1] isekai[2]
Novel series
Written by	Kugane Maruyama
Published by	Arkadia Shōsetsuka ni Narō
Original run	2010 – present
Light novel
Written by	Kugane Maruyama
Illustrated by	so-bin
Published by	Enterbrain
English publisher	NA Yen Press
Demographic	Male
Original run	July 30, 2012 – present
Volumes	16
Manga
Written by	Satoshi Ōshio
Illustrated by	Hugin Miyama
Published by	Kadokawa Shoten
English publisher	NA Yen Press
Demographic	Seinen
Magazine	Comp Ace
Original run	November 26, 2014 – present
Volumes	21
Anime television series
Directed by	Naoyuki Itō Minoru Ashina (OVA)
Produced by	Shō Tanaka Kazufumi Kikushima Satoshi Fukao Noritomo Isogai Yuki Yoshida
Written by	Yukie Sugawara
Music by	Shūji Katayama (Team-MAX)
Studio	Madhouse Studio Puyukai (OVA)
Licensed by	AUS Madman Entertainment NA/UK Funimation
Original network	AT-X, Tokyo MX, Sun TV, KBS, TV Aichi, BS11, MBS
Original run	July 7, 2015 – September 27, 2022
Episodes	52 + OVA
Anime television series
Overlord: Ple Ple Pleiades
Directed by	Minoru Ashina
Produced by	Minoru Ashina
Studio	Studio Puyukai
Original run	September 25, 2015 – October 2, 2018
Episodes	34
Anime movie series
Overlord: The Undead King Overlord: The Dark Warrior
Directed by	Naoyuki Itō
Written by	Yukie Sugawara
Music by	Shūji Katayama (Team-MAX)
Studio	Madhouse
Released	February 25, 2017 (Part 1) March 11, 2017 (Part 2)
Runtime	117 minutes (Part 1)[3] 108 minutes (Part 2)[4]

There is an anime television series based on this light novel by Madhouse. It has 4 seasons with 13 episodes each. The first season aired from July 7 to September 29, 2015. The second season ran from January 9 to April 3, 2018 and the third season from July 10, 2018 to October 2, 2018. The fourth season aired from July 5 to September 27, 2022.^[6]