Anime Review: Overlord
Number of episodes: 13
Plot:
Confronted with this abnormal situation, Momonga commands his loyal servants to help him investigate and take control of this new world, with the hopes of figuring out what has caused this development and if there may be others in the same predicament.
Review:
This is an anime I'm really conflicted on. I think it's good, there's no doubt about that, but how good, is something I don't know, and something I can't figure out. As far as the characters go, Momonga is awesome. He can be cruel, or kind, commanding or funny, and incredibly badass. His servants are funny too. Since all the NPC's start acting like real human beings, and the servants obsess with him, it gets sometime for Momonga to get used to it, and he's like a fish out of water. Now, the art is very good, something to be expected of Madhouse. Pretty and detailed, and gorgeous. However, the animation, or to be more specific, the 3-D animation, can range from average, to... not-so-good. The 2-D animation is competent. The best part of the anime is the writing. It's very funny. And the exposition is bearable too. The mechanics of the world are explained only when its required, and otherwise it focuses on the characters. Overall, to me, this is like a lesser version of Log Horizon, but it's still something I liked a lot. There's also two compilation movies, and some OVA's but I haven't watched any of them.
Score: 7.5/10
I'll probably bump up the score if I like the second season.
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Number of episodes: 13
Plot:
Confronted with this abnormal situation, Momonga commands his loyal servants to help him investigate and take control of this new world, with the hopes of figuring out what has caused this development and if there may be others in the same predicament.
Review:
This is an anime I'm really conflicted on. I think it's good, there's no doubt about that, but how good, is something I don't know, and something I can't figure out. As far as the characters go, Momonga is awesome. He can be cruel, or kind, commanding or funny, and incredibly badass. His servants are funny too. Since all the NPC's start acting like real human beings, and the servants obsess with him, it gets sometime for Momonga to get used to it, and he's like a fish out of water. Now, the art is very good, something to be expected of Madhouse. Pretty and detailed, and gorgeous. However, the animation, or to be more specific, the 3-D animation, can range from average, to... not-so-good. The 2-D animation is competent. The best part of the anime is the writing. It's very funny. And the exposition is bearable too. The mechanics of the world are explained only when its required, and otherwise it focuses on the characters. Overall, to me, this is like a lesser version of Log Horizon, but it's still something I liked a lot. There's also two compilation movies, and some OVA's but I haven't watched any of them.
Score: 7.5/10
I'll probably bump up the score if I like the second season.
MAL info
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