bobbyaxe-30152 Although the series is based on RPG style there is nothing that needs an explanation while watching as the moves and skills are named dictionary appropriate (that is you can understand exactly whats happening even if you've never played an RPG game before) The original language of the series is Japaneses i will recommend watching the English dub as it is well interpreted. it has excellent character development even what seemed like fillers have come to play huge rows in the newer seasons begging to differ its intent. all round i cant wait to see what happens next.

basedeggs Don't even waste your time on this, the characters are all very unoriginal and exhibit no original and new personalities and there isn't even a story to be told let alone a plot.Everything is a sad attempt to make the main character Overlord look like top stuff and the most powerful guy in the world with NO personality and no real point to his life, he's a worthless character who honestly contributes less then the own side characters like Sebas the butler we see a lot more in season 2.Also in season 2 you see these furry lizard things(That you literally see have sex) for 5 episodes and we even get a backstory and then in episode 5 they kill most of them off and then resurrect 1 and then they are insignificant to the story for the rest of the season, what was the point??? And in Season 1 you meet this girl who is supposed to be super strong and kills a lot of people and overlord comes in and chokes her to death after she kills a group of people whom you get to meet and learn a lot about...Of course they are killed off. The show also features with a 99% talking and inner monologue that is unimportant and boring to the whole story, along with information they repeat a million times for the low IQ people who enjoy the show and need to be reminded of things they have already heard and known since episode 1&2.This happens throughout literally the whole show, it's a huge waste of time and close to being the worst anime I have EVER seen.

znuzhu The anime for overlord while having being worked on by one of the best animation studios. isn't perfect. The anime skips alot of the source material in the first season while in the second they stay more true to the source material but they don't include everything from it, as a perfect adaption would. Animation wise, it's ok. Most of the scenes are either single a frame with barely any animation on it, especially the scenes with creatures without mouth movements. Or they are heavily animated scenes where even the fabric of clothing is being animated. This would be a good animation quality from any other studio but from madhouse, one of the best. You'd always expect to see living scenery and not still frames with barely any life in them. If you read the light novel, aka the source material. You'd know the story already and you wouldn't be missing out any details other than seeing the animated form of the scenes from the book. If you haven't read the light novel though you'd be lost about certain thing here and there, like why did ainz decide to use ____ kinda punishment? or does ___ have any brothers/ sisters? or how did ___ find ____ ? and etc. You'd honestly be lost in those finer details as the anime does skip alot of the explanations for things and doesn't go into what each character is thinking, unlike the Light Novel.As long as you read the light novels alongside the anime, you should be fine. But if you don't you'll get confused here and there. It's still enjoyable regardless though. So, I highly recommend it a watch.

shamushkhufu This is one kick ass anime with all the right ingredients to make this a tour-da-force to beat. I started watching this anime at the same time as my hero academy and hunter x hunter which are also both magnificent anime. of all the 3 I enjoyed this the most probably because it's so short and I guess it's personal opinion really but this satisfied my craving for action and magic. hunter x hunter is a class act and a very intelligent anime which the other two cannot touch in that department. but the characters in overlord are all mysterious and I can't wait to see the full potential of Ainz Ooal Gown. A fellow reviewer hit the spot when him/her said that the series was far too short. and it ended on such a high that it almost made me angry that they only made 13 episodes. I WANT MORE AND CAN'T WAIT FOR SEASON TWO, THREE, FOUR AND FIVE :)