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Terms: CV = Seiyuus/ Character Voice BL = Blacklight
Note: Some parts still in Japanese due to not yet translated by the date of the end of this PDF, or because the Japanese texts are too small, making it impossible to understand what's written (due to the compression that the images suffered and etc...). But that's 0.5%...
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Ruler of Death— The story begins on the final day of a popular game. The base of the protagonist’s Guild Ainz Ooal Gown was swept into another world. Stepping into an unknown world as a skeletal Great Magic Caster, with overwhelming power and prudence, he tries to collect information of the surroundings as carefully as possible—
A Profound World and its Fine Detail. A Heteromorphic Protagonist and The Guardians whom Pledge to him their Loyalty. The Merciless and Overwhelming Power of Ainz Ooal Gown! The OVERLORD series is worthy of being called the evilest dark fantasy. The compilation of the countless details found in the anime adaption of the original work. Come to peek behind the curtains of the anime that was said to be impossible to adapt, O V E R L O R D !
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CHARACTER Character Designs ..................................................................................................................................... 008 Ainz Ooal Gown .......................................................................................................................................... 009 Re-Estize Kingdom ................................................................................................................................... 057
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Others ............................................................................................................................................................. 074 MONSTER Monster Designs ........................................................................................................................................ 084 Ainz Ooal Gown .......................................................................................................................................... 085 The Monsters of the New World ......................................................................................................... 093
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DESIGN WORKS Design Works .............................................................................................................................................. 102 Objects Designs .......................................................................................................................................... 103 ART DESIGN Art Design ..................................................................................................................................................... 120 Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick............................................................................................. 121
Special Design [Illustrations of Izumo Juuki] ................................................................................ 173 ART BOARD Art Board ...................................................................................................................................................... 176 The Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick ................................................................................... 176 Re-Estize Kingdom ................................................................................................................................... 189 Others ............................................................................................................................................................. 203
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STAFF & CAST Staff & Cast List .......................................................................................................................................... 208 SPECIAL So-bin Anime Art Design Collection .................................................................................................. 209
Character Designs
CHARACTER Character Designs In OVERLORD, beginning from the skeletal protagonist Ainz, many interesting heteromorphs and beings of the New World appear, with a variety of insides, appearances and personalities. Here, we shall introduce to you the beautiful anime character designs for the ones who appear.
CHARACTER
Ainz Ooal Gown
Character Designs
| Ainz Ooal Gown |
Race: Overlord and others; Residence: A private room on the 9th Floor of the Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick; Position: One of the 41 Supreme Beings: Administrator of the Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick; Affiliation: Ainz Ooal Gown.
The Guildmaster of Ainz Ooal Gown. Bearing a strong love for his guild members, he continues to protect the Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick even after they have left. A Magic Caster of the highest level of 100 in YGGDRASIL, he has the physical abilities of a level 30 warrior. He has god-like power in the New World, but he normally acts cautious and tries to build friendly relationships with the countries and creatures of the New World. However, he shows no mercy to those who seek to harm the NPCs or base that his friends created.
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❖ Ainz Full Body Expression 1
❖ Ainz Full Body Expression 1 (With Silhouette)
CHARACTER Character Designs
| Ainz Ooal Gown |
❖ Ainz Full Body 2
❖ Ainz Mask of Envy
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❖ Ainz Expression 2
❖ Ainz Expression 2 (Clean Copy)
CHARACTER Character Designs
| Ainz Ooal Gown |
❖ Ainz Adventurer 1
❖ Ainz Adventurer 1 (With Silhouette)
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❖ Ainz Adventurer 2
❖ Ainz Robe
CHARACTER Character Designs
| Ainz Ooal Gown |
Front
Back
Black Light Shadows/ No. 2 Shadows ✽Can be left out
Close Up Details ❖ Ring of Ainz Ooal Gown
When the gems shine, the canals shine as well
The inside of the canals are gems
Low Angle High Angle
❖ Ainz’s Ring of Wish Upon a Star
Circular Ring
Octagonal (Emerald Cut) Ring
❖ The Staff of Ainz Ooal Gown
❖ Ainz’s Rings
Ainz’s Equipment (Right Index Finger)
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❖ Ainz Hand · Rings · Ribs Details (Clean Copy)
Cross-section
Comparison
❖ Ainz Greatsword
The centre of the sword, shallow and gently sloping canals
The canals have the reliefs of intertwining snakes (Can only be seen from above)
CHARACTER Character Designs
| Ainz Ooal Gown | Guardian Overseer
Race: Imp and others; Affiliation: The Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick; Residence: The Throne Room. Later one of the rooms on the 9th Floor; Position: The Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick: Overseer of the Guardians, The Legal Wife (Self Proclaimed). The gorgeous beauty that stands at the apex of the NPCs of the Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick. She boasts top class intelligence and defensive power even amongst the Guardians. Her creator, Tabula, originally wrote in her settings that “She is a slut” based on his preferences, but on the last day of YGGDRASIL, it was changed to “She loves Momonga”. Afterwards, she offers her loyalty and love to her master and begins to fight with Shalltear over the position of Legal Wife. On another note, her knitting skills are at a professional level and she uses it in preparation of the future heir to Nazarick.
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❖ Albedo Full Body 1
❖ Albedo Full Body 1 (With Silhouette)
CHARACTER Character Designs
| Ainz Ooal Gown | Guardian Overseer
❖ Albedo Full Body 2
❖ Albedo Full Body 2 (With Silhouette)
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❖ Albedo Expression 1
❖ Albedo Expression 1 (With Silhouette)
CHARACTER Character Designs
| Ainz Ooal Gown | Guardian Overseer
❖ Albedo Expression 2 (Rough)
An Excerpt of Albedo’s settings that were shown in episode one of the anime. Below is merely an except and her full settings is larger and diverges from this.
**Larger Omission** She always has a gentle smile on her, and her elegant way of speech has made many people think she is a goddess or an angel. That mistake is not particularly laughable, given that she is surrounded by that sort of atmosphere and acts in an appropriate way.
She is a demoness who holds the title of Guardian Overseer, which is the highest-ranking position in the Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick. With flowing raven hair and golden pupils, her beauty could bewitch a nation. She is proud of her position and confronts intruders as a confident, dignified superior being. Regardless of how brilliant or brave her foes are, or whether she considers them strong, she will never acknowledge them as being equal to herself. This is because she understands the meaning of the position bestowed upon her.
The fact is, it would not be wrong to view her in that way. She was originally planned to be an angel of the highest order, but she ended up with a greatly distorted appearance after being fused with a monster from the land of dreams. Because of that, her personality is similarly twisted, being merciless and cruel, cunning and savage. She gives her enemies despair and revels in their agonizing deaths.
Her abilities befit the title of Guardian Overseer, with outstanding intelligence and combat ability. That said, she is not omnicompetent. For instance, in pure wits, Demiurge is her superior, while Shalltear is superior in fighting ability. Yet, nobody in Nazarick can rival her administrative ability.
Her usual expression seems to be there to suppress the urges which flow from her heart — a mask which exists to conceals her desire to perform ruthless acts upon the weak. If the mask breaks, she would probably end up being like Empress Lu Zhi or Empress Wu Zetian. However, that only applies when dealing with those not of Nazarick.
**Omission**
Fortunately for those who do not serve Nazarick, one can take comfort in the fact that the mask is very sturdy and will not break easily. She feels very strongly about her duties as the Guardian Overseer of the Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick. Naturally, the fact that she has ears everywhere listening for information goes without saying.
In addition, her feminine skills — particularly those pertaining to being a housewife — are excellent, and during her free time, she can be seen sweeping, sewing, and so on. Though the reason is unknown, she enjoys cleanliness and her desire for such frequently drives her to clean things up. In particular, her ability to sort out bookshelves knows no peer. However, she recognizes the possessions of others as belonging to them, so she rarely insists on cleaning up. That said, the items accumulated through her collector’s habit are typically very messy. Therefore, it remains to be seen whether she actually likes being tidy. This might well be an act — in order to appear as the perfect woman — though the truth of that is unknown. It is too scary to confirm.
In addition, she smiles all the time — to the point where one might say she does not show any other emotion. Her smile is nothing more than a poker face to her. She can also show emotions like anger, grimaces and fake tears. Her sophisticated lady’s face will not break, even when she is torturing the fools who oppose her. By her appearance alone, she is a perfect beauty. Incidentally, she is a slut.
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❖ Albedo Full Plate
❖ Albedo Full Plate · Without Helm
CHARACTER Character Designs
| Ainz Ooal Gown | Floor Guardian
Race: True Vampire and others; Affiliation: The Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick; Residence: Grave Vault of Adipocere on the 2nd Floor; Position: The Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick: The Guardian of the 1st to 3rd Floors. Her human form is that of a beautiful young girl, but her full heteromorphic form is a terrifying vampire. Her abilities are specialised for battle and she boasts top class fighting power in Nazarick. However, in exchange, as she bathes in blood, she gains the penalty 「Blood Frenzy」 and becomes unable to control herself. She is prideful yet kind to her comrades. Her incorrect geishaspeech and necrophilia was a personal decision by her creator, Peroroncino, to suit his tastes.
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❖ Shalltear Full Body
❖ Shalltear Full Body (With Silhouette)
CHARACTER Character Designs
| Ainz Ooal Gown | Floor Guardian
❖ Shalltear Expression (With Silhouette)
❖ Shalltear Expression (With Silhouette)
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❖ Shalltear Parasol
❖ Shalltear Blood Frenzy
CHARACTER Character Designs
| Ainz Ooal Gown | Floor Guardian
❖ Shalltear Blood Frenzy (With Silhouette)
❖ Shalltear Blood Frenzy (In Battle)
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Absorption Mode Comparison with Shalltear
Green portions are made of a clear material and the inside is liquid
The ball made of a clear material is filled with liquid
Standby-Battle Mode
❖ Shalltear Spuit Lance
Connecting Cable
Absorption Mode
The ball made of a clear material is filled with liquid
Standby-Battle Mode
❖ Shalltear Spuit Lance (Detailed)
CHARACTER Character Designs Designs Character
| Ainz Ooal Gown | Floor Guardian
Race: Dark Elf; Affiliation: The Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick; Residence: The Gigantic Tree on the 6th Floor; Position: The Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick: Guardian of the 6th Floor.
The older sister of the pair of the Dark Elf twins that protect the 6th Floor. With a bright and cheerful personality, she likes to keep active. In accordance with her creator’s, Bukubuku Chagama’s taste, she looks like a boy. Her personal battle abilities are one of the lowest amongst the Guardians but with her Beast Tamer abilities, she can control several high-level creatures and so will not back down in a fight. She often fights with her fellow creation Shalltear, but this is due to the settings that her creator inputted, and their relationship is actually not that bad.
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❖ Aura Full Body
❖ Aura Full Body (With Silhouette)
CHARACTER Character Designs
| Ainz Ooal Gown | Floor Guardian
❖ Aura Expression
The upbeat Aura often smiles. However, when with her eternal enemy (?) Shalltear, she is often reluctant to interact and smirks at her.
❖ Aura Expression (With Silhouette)
In combat, Aura shows a more refreshed expression. In contrast to her brother, her eyes sparkle with excitement.
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The tip
Comparison
❖ Aura Whip
Comparison with Aura
The boundaries of the shadow are jagged (Like a cloth)
❖ Aura Depiction of Nature and Society
CHARACTER Character Designs
| Ainz Ooal Gown | Floor Guardian
Race: Dark Elf; Affiliation: The Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick; Residence: The Gigantic Tree on the 6th Floor; Position: The Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick: Guardian of the 6th Floor.
Aura’s younger brother. Mare is known as a “trap” due to the inputs of Bukubuku Chagama for him to wear girl’s clothing. His heterochromatic eyes are the exact opposite of his sister’s, and he is always mumbling quietly and does not seem reliable. However, in contrast to his appearance, he is an excellent Magic Caster and was responsible for hiding the Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick. As a reward, he was the first NPC to receive the Ring of Ainz Ooal Gown. He places it on the ring finger of his left hand.
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❖ Mare Full Body
❖ Mare Full Body (With Silhouette)
CHARACTER Character Designs
| Ainz Ooal Gown | Floor Guardian
❖ Mare Expression
❖ Mare Expression (With Silhouette)
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The staff that Mare usually uses to cast magic. He also used it in Episode 11 to kill Igvarge.
❖ Mare Staff
T Light, shines like magma
❖ Mare Generosity and Avarice
CHARACTER Character Designs
| Ainz Ooal Gown | Floor Guardian
Race: Archdevil and others; Affiliation: The Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick; Residence: The Blazing Temple on the 7th Floor; Position: The Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick: Guardian of the 7th Floor.
The Guardian of the 7th Floor. He has a human form that looks very much like a businessman, and a half-demon form that has the face of a frog. With a reliable intellect, he is the Defensive Leader of Nazarick and is often tasked with various plans and operations. His cold and rational personality befits his demonic nature. He shows kindness to his comrades in Nazarick but often fights with Sebas. And maybe due to his strong loyalty to Ainz, he has a tendency to read deeply into his master’s every move.
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❖ Demiurge Full Body
❖ Demiurge Full Body (With Silhouette)
CHARACTER Character Designs
| Ainz Ooal Gown | Floor Guardian
❖ Demiurge Expression
❖ Demiurge Expression (With Silhouette)
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❖ Demiurge Half-Demon State
❖ Demiurge Half-Demon State (With Silhouette)
CHARACTER Character Designs
| Ainz Ooal Gown | Floor Guardian
Race: Vermin Lord; Affiliation: The Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick; Residence: Snowball Earth on the 5th Floor; Position: The Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick: Guardian of the 5th Floor
Guardian of the 5th Floor. His giant insectlike body is covered in a armour-like exoskeleton, and his four arms can wield various weapons. He is an NPC made by Warrior Takemikazuchi that is the personification of the concept “Warrior”, and with weapons, he boasts of the highest attack power. His personality and bearing are that of a warrior, his loyalty towards his master is absolute and as long as he recognises one as a warrior, he will treat them with respect. With an interest in weapons and armour, he is knowledgeable of all the items of the 41 Supreme Beings.
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❖ Cocytus Full Body
CHARACTER Character Designs
| Ainz Ooal Gown | Floor Guardian
❖ Cocytus Full Body (With Silhouette)
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❖ Cocytus Expression
❖ Cocytus Weapon
CHARACTER Character Designs
| Ainz Ooal Gown | Floor Guardian
Race: Unknown; Affiliation: The Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick; Residence: One of the private rooms on the 9th Floor; Position: The Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick: Butler.
The butler that works for the 41 Supreme Beings. Commander of the Battlemaids . With his white hair and beard, he gives off a calm and relaxing feeling, but his eyes are sharp and his body muscular. His combat prowess rivals that of a Guardian, and in an unarmed battle, he reigns supreme. He is one of the few NPCs friendly to humans and believes in helping the weak, like his creator Touch Me. It is due to this personality that he does not get along well with Demiurge, who is cold to those not of Nazarick.
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❖ Sebas Full Body · Expression
❖ Sebas Full Body · Expression (With Silhouette)
CHARACTER Character Designs
| Ainz Ooal Gown | Pleiades
Race: Doppelganger; Affiliation: The Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick; Position: The Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick: Battlemaid. The Magic Caster of the Pleiades. Since she is one of the few beings in Nazarick that can transform fully into a human, she was selected to become an adventurer under the name Nabe in E-Rantel. She is called the “Beautiful Princess” for her beauty, but she personally views humans as lower beings and cannot hide her disdain for them.
❖ Narberal Full Body · Expression (With Silhouette)
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❖ Narberal Maid
❖ Narberal Adventurer
CHARACTER Character Designs
| Ainz Ooal Gown | Pleiades
Race: Shoggoth; Affiliation: The Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick; Position: The Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick: Battlemaid. One of the Pleiades. Her race allows her to freely manipulate her body and she can even encompass a human whole. She has theif-type skills as her main focus. Because, like Nabe, she can completely emulate a human exterior, she acts as the daughter of a noble and collects information in the human world with Sebas.
❖ Solution Dress
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Race: Dullahan Affiliation: The Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick Position: The Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick: Battlemaid The Vice Leader of the Pleiades. She is a calm and mature woman just like her appearance suggests, and he is like an elder sister to the other Pleiades.
Race: Automaton; Affiliation: The Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick; Position: The Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick: Battlemaid. One of the Pleiades. Her nickname is Shizu. She rarely speaks and does not show expressions. She is familiar with all the gimmicks in the Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick.
CHARACTER Character Designs
| Ainz Ooal Gown | Pleiades | Area Guardian
Race: Werewolf; Affiliation: The Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick; Position: The Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick: Battlemaid. One of the Pleiades. She has good manners and interacts with humans in a friendly manner. She is responsible for the observation of Nfirea and so was dispatched to Carne Village.
Race: Arachnoid; Affiliation: The Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick; Position: The Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick: Battlemaid. One of the Pleiades. She has the ability to control insects. Apart from using them in battle, she uses an insect that can mimic others as her face and voice.
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The Area Guardian of the Treasury. His military uniform and boisterous gestures are a result of Ainz’s interests at the time of his creation, but he was asked to restrain himself after the transfer to the New World. He has a top class intellect amongst the NPCs, and he can transform into others and use up to 80% of their abilities. Race: Doppelganger and others; Affiliation: The Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick; Position: The Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick: Area Guardian of the Treasury; Residence: The Chief Manager’s Room in the Treasury.
❖ Pandora’s Actor Full Body · Expression (With Silhouette)
CHARACTER Character Designs
| Ainz Ooal Gown |
Race: As there is none of its species in YGGDRASIL, it is unknown; Affiliation: The Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick; Position: Ainz’s Pet; Residence: Ainz’s private room? The Wise King of the Forest that has lived for centuries. It seems to be a cute creature like a Djungarian Hamster, but it is strong enough to outclass low-ranked adventurers. It can use magic, and when casting, patterns appear on its body. Ever since it has become Ainz’s pet, he rides on its back in place of a horse.
❖ Hamsuke Full Body · Expression (With Silhouette)
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❖ Hamsuke Comparison
❖ Hamsuke In Battle (Rough)
CHARACTER Character Designs
| Ainz Ooal Gown |
Race: Elder Black Ooze and others; Affiliation: Ainz Ooal Gown; Position: One of the 41 Supreme Beings; Residence: One of the private rooms on the 9th Floor of the Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick. A Guild Member of Ainz Ooal Gown. A player that chose the Slime-type Elder Black Ooze. He has the ability to weaken weapons and armour by dissolving them. In real life, he is a salaryman who is being chased by his work in a black company. He has not retired, but he has not logged in to YGGDRASIL for about two years.
A Guild Member of Ainz Ooal Gown. One of the strongest players in YGGDRASIL, his sense of justice is strong. He gained the special class of World Champion that one is only able to obtain by winning one of YGGDRASIL’s official martial tournaments. The white armour he won from that championship rivals a Guild Weapon. Race: Unknown; Affiliation: Ainz Ooal Gown; Position: One of the 41 Supreme Beings Residence: One of the private rooms on the 9th Floor of the Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick.
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Race: Birdman; Affiliation: Ainz Ooal Gown; Position: One of the 41 Supreme Beings; Residence: One of the private rooms on the 9th Floor of the Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick. A Guild Member of Ainz Ooal Gown. He is a Birdman with the head and wings of a raptor. Bukubuku Chagama is his actual older sister and they often argue, even in the game. He is a huge fan of Eroge and will often complain to Momonga when he finds his sister’s voice in a game he bought and says that he cannot “use it”.
Race: Braineater; Affiliation: Ainz Ooal Gown; Position: One of the 41 Supreme Beings; Residence: One of the private rooms on the 9th Floor of the Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick. A Guild Member of Ainz Ooal Gown. His pure firepower as a Magic Caster is above Ainz’s. He is a passionate backstory creator, and loves horror movies with gap moe. He was the one to come up with all of the gimmicks for Nazarick’s Treasury, and gave Albedo a mountain of settings.
CHARACTER
Re-Estize Kingdom
Character Designs
| Re-Estize Kingdom | Royal Army
Race: Human Affiliation: Re-Estize Kingdom: Royal Army The Warrior Captain under the direct command of the King whose name thunders across the surrounding countries. Of common birth. Kind to the weak and adored by his subordinates, he his frowned upon by the nobles who seek to tear the Kingdom apart.
❖ Gazef Full Body · Blood
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His sword belt is hung from his shoulders, and is hidden by his armour
Comparison
❖ Gazef Sword
Quiver and Arrows
The fletching has three fletches
Side View
❖ Gazef Bow
CHARACTER Character Designs
| Re-Estize Kingdom | Royal Army | Carne Village
Race: Human Affiliation: Re-Estize Kingdom: Royal Army The Vice Leader of Gazef’s troop. He can calmly make decisions and is an excellent subordinate who will willingly earn the displeasure of his boss Gazef if it is to let Gazef retreat. Of common birth.
Race: Human Affiliation: Re-Estize Kingdom: Royal Army The Warriors under Gazef’s command. They have been sharpened under Gazef’s training, but they do not have outstanding skill or any Talents.
Sheathe Back
Front
❖ Gazef’s Subordinates Sword
When equipped
❖ Gazef’s Subordinates Shield
When equipped
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Race: Human A normal yet stout-hearted village girl. After the attack on Carne Village, she used the magic item that Ainz gave her. She works hard with the summoned goblins to restore the village.
❖ Enri Full Body (With Silhouette)
CHARACTER Character Designs
| Re-Estize Kingdom | Carne Village
Race: Human Enri’s younger sister. When Carne Village was attacked, she had since the skeletal face of Ainz who had saved her, and thus she and her sister had their memories manipulated by magic.
❖ Nemu Full Body (With Silhouette)
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Race: Human The Village Chief of Carne Village and his wife. They are grateful to Ainz for saving their village, and provide him with information about the currency and the surrounding countries to the best of their knowledge.
Race: Human The residents of Carne Village. After the village was attacked, in order to protect their village, they are learning to use the bow from the goblins summoned by Enri.
CHARACTER Character Designs
| Re-Estize Kingdom | E-Rantel
Race: Human Affiliation: The Adventurer’s Guild in E-Rantel An energetic Iron Plate adventurer. She had received a YGGDRASIL potion as recompense from Momon for destroyer her potion from the Tiger’s Cub
❖ Britta Full Body (With Silhouette)
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Race: Human Affiliation: Swords of Darkness A young man who leads the Silver Plate adventurer team the Swords of Darkness. His aim is to find one of the swords the Black Knight used, who was one of the legendary 13 Heroes.
❖ Peter Full Body (With Silhouette)
CHARACTER Character Designs
| Re-Estize Kingdom | E-Rantel
Race: Human Affiliation: Swords of Darkness A member of the Swords of Darkness. He is quite proud of being a ranger skilled at the bow. He fell for Nabe instantly, and despite her cold refusals he continues to attack.
❖ Lukrut Full Body (With Silhouette)
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Race: Human Affiliation: Swords of Darkness A member of the Swords of Darkness. Se has the Talent Magic Aptitude to learn magic in half the normal time. She is searching for his sister who was kidnapped by a noble.
❖ Ninya Full Body (With Silhouette)
CHARACTER Character Designs
| Re-Estize Kingdom | E-Rantel
Race: Human Affiliation: Swords of Darkness A druid of the Swords of Darkness. Apart from melee battles, he can use healing magic. He has a calming presence, and can stop the overboard Lukrut.
❖ Dyne Full Body (With Silhouette)
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Race: Human A young pharmacist. He has the rare Talent that allows him to use any magic item, and is famous in E-Rantel. He has a crush on Enri.
❖ Nfirea Full Body (With Silhouette)
❖ Nfirea Negligee
CHARACTER Character Designs
| Re-Estize Kingdom | E-Rantel
Race: Human Nfirea’s grandmother. She works together with her grandson in their workshop. Her vast knowledge and the quality of her work has made her renowned across E-Rantel as the best pharmacist there.
❖ Lizzie Full Body (With Silhouette)
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Race: Human Affiliation: The Adventurer’s Guild in E-Rantel The Guildmaster of E-Rantel’s Adventurer’s Guild Ainzach and the leaders of the mithril-ranked adventuring teams he summoned. All of them are quite strong.
The Guildmaster of E-Rantel’s Adventurer’s Guild Ainzach (CV: Yamamoto Kanehira)
Leader of the team Kralgra Igvarge (CV: Hamazoe Shinya)
Leader of the team Rainbow Moknach (CV: Sakurai Tooru)
Leader of the team Sky Wolf Bellote (CV: Nishiyama Koutarou)
Race: Human Affiliation: The Adventurer’s Guild in E-Rantel The adventuring party that Shalltear defeated. Beginning from Britta, all of them have Iron Plates.
CHARACTER Character Designs
| Re-Estize Kingdom | E-Rantel
Race: Human The master of the inn that the adventurer Momon first used. It is the cheapest inn that adventurers normally use, and thus it is filled with Copper and Iron-ranked adventurers.
Race: Human Affiliation: The Adventurer’s Guild in ERantel The receptionist of the Adventurer’s Guild. She is a normal person but is used to the noisy adventurers, she quickly and calmly refused Momon’s request.
Race: Human An informant in E-Rantel. He lurks in the shadows to collect information. He sold information about Nfirea to Clementine.
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Race: Human The residents of E-Rantel. Known as the fortress city, E-Rantel is full of adventurers and soldiers, but most of its residents are normal people.
Race: Human Affiliation: The Adventurer’s Guild in ERantel They are adventurers, but they often drink and do not have a lot of money. They tried to pick a fight with Momon but were repelled.
Race: Human The soldiers of E-Rantel. In the anime, they were observing the graveyard. They are equipped with long poles that allow them to attack the undead that spawn there.
Race: Human Affiliation: The Adventurer’s Guild in E-Rantel The adventurers that appear in the anime. They have various types of equipment. Not only are warriors and Magic Casters present, but rangers and thieves are there too.
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Race: Human Affiliation: Sunlight Scripture The head of the Special Operations unit The Sunlight Scripture. His faith is strong, and while he does not mind making sacrifices for his mission, his life is another matter.
This line is white
Zoom in on neck
❖ Nigun Full Body (With Silhouette)
CHARACTER Character Designs
| Others | Slane Theocracy
Race: Human Affiliation: The Sunlight Scripture The warriors of the Slane Theocracy who attacked Carne Village. Their equipment is that of the Baharuth Empire, and they are disguised as their knights.
Belius (CV: Saitou Hironori)
Race: Human Affiliation: The Sunlight Scripture Priests of the Sunlight Scripture. All of them are quite skilled Magic Casters amongst the humans, and they can all summon angels.
Londes Di Clamp (CV: Sasaki Yoshihito)
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Race: Human Affiliation: The Black Scripture Members of the strongest Special Operations unit The Black Scripture. Together as a group, they were strong enough to put Shalltear on guard.
Captain of the Black Scripture
Kaire
Cedran
CHARACTER Character Designs
| Others | Zurrernorn
Race: Human Affiliation: Zurrernorn The upper brass of the secret organisation Zurrernorn, she was originally a member of the Black Scripture. She has a destructive personality and likes to torment others more than anything, and she has absolute confidence in her skills.
❖ Clementine Full Body (With Silhouette)
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❖ Clementine Robe
❖ Clementine Weapons Equipped
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| Others | Zurrernorn | Brigade
Race: Human Affiliation: Zurrernorn The upper brass of the secret organisation Zurrernorn. He is an excellent Magic Caster, and aimed to turn E-Rantel into a city of the dead in order for him to gain eternal life.
❖ Khajiit Full Body (With Silhouette)
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Race: Human Affiliation: Death Spreading Brigade The guard of the Death Spreading Brigade. A katana user that was rare in these parts. He trained hard with the aim to defeat Gazef, but his confidence was torn to pieces by Shalltear.
❖ Brain Full Body (With Silhouette)
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| Others | Zurrernorn | Brigade
Race: Human Affiliation: Death Spreading Brigade A dubious looking envoy. The lowest rung of the Death Spreading Brigade, he provides information of his employers to the Death Spreading Brigade, and he only received the leftovers.
Race: Human Affiliation: Death Spreading Brigade Members of the Death Spreading Brigade. They call themselves mercenaries but they often steal from travellers and attacked Sebas and Solution’s carriage.
Race: Human Affiliation: Death Spreading Brigade Members of the Death Spreading Brigade. They were in the hideout at the time of Shalltear’s attack, and they were killed. The 2nd person from the right is the Brigade Chief.
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The Players that came to attack the Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick in the first episode. They easily defeated the NPCs, but were eventually defeated by the members of Ainz Ooal Gown.
❖ Warrior Male Broadsword
Broadsword
❖ Warrior Female
Lights
Large Shield
Lights ❖ Brawler
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The armour on his chest is metal
Shortsword A metallic armband
❖ Thief
Shine
❖ Knight
Shine
❖ Magic Warrior Male
The front and back of the spear
❖ Magic Warrior Female
Monster Designs
MONSTER Monster Designs In OVERLORD, monsters are not beings that merely exist to be killed by adventurers. There are also those of the Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick who pledge their loyalty to Ainz Ooal Gown, and goblins that protect human villages. Please take a look at their visuals which reflect their roles and settings.
Ainz Ooal Gown
MONSTER Monster Designs
| Ainz Ooal Gown |
The undead that appear in the first episode and the PV. Different from Ainz, they are skeletons that used to be humans.
Equipped with Sword
Equipped with Spear
❖ Undead Equipped State (With Silhouette)
❖ Undead Hand Details (With Silhouette)
❖ Undead Foot Details (With Silhouette)
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Side View
❖ Undead Front (With Silhouette)
❖ Undead Side · Back (With Silhouette)
Thick tanned leather portions
Cloth portions Metallic portions *These colours do not reflect actual colours
❖ Undead colouring references
❖ Undead Face Details
Battleaxe
Shortspear
Bastard Sword
❖ Undead Axe · Sword Comparison
❖ Undead Shortspear Comparison
Death Scythe Magic Staff
❖ Undead Death Scythe Comparison
❖ Undead Magic Staff Comparison
Back View
MONSTER Monster Designs
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The Primordial Fire Spirit that Ainz summoned in the first episode. It one of the highest ranked elemental spirits, and is a monster with a level in the late-80s.
The groves in its horns and the inside of its mouth shine and glow
The outline of its silhouette shines and glows
The lower half of its body is fire, colour trace, it shines and glows
The groves in its horns and the inside of its mouth shine and glow
Fire colour trace, it shines and glows
❖ Primal Fire Elemental Full Body · Face Close Up
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A monster with the blood of dragons. It works for Nazarick, and works for Aura.
A large black wolf. Aura loves it, and it is a high-ranked magic beast that can almost be called a Godly Beast. Its name comes from the Norse legend of Fenrir.
MONSTER Monster Designs
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A gecko-like monster with six legs. It is a high-ranked beast as strong as Fenn, and is often spoilt by Aura.
A servant of Nazarick. It has a muscular body and a diligent face. Its level is in the high-80s amongst the subordinates, and it works under Demiurge.
Only the patterns have highlights (they have a high albedo)
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With bondage wear wrapped around its lascivious frame, it is a monster with the head of a crow. Just like Evil Lord Greed, it also works for Demiurge.
The highlight is only up till its elbow
A monster with wings of flame. It works for Demiurge along with the other Evil Lords, and it normally resides on the 8th Floor of the Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick. ↑ 8th Floor? WTF?
The flames on the upper rim of its wings shine and glow
The flames on the upper rim of its wings shine and glow
The flames on the tip of its tail shine and glow
The flames on the tip of its tail shine and glow
MONSTER Monster Designs
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A Mid-Ranked undead that Ainz summoned. Different from Yggdrasil, in the New World, it understands its master’s commands and can move autonomously.
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| Ainz Ooal Gown | Others
Subordinates of Nazarick and Shalltear’s beloved concubines. They are extremely beautiful women, but they have the strength to instantly kill a normal human mercenary.
The creation that Shalltear summoned. Its appearance matches that of its summoner. It has the same strength as its summoner, but it cannot use any spells or skills, and it wields no items.
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A high-ranked angel of fire that can be summoned with a 3rd Tier spell. If one does not have a magical weapon, it cannot be damaged. It is often used by the Sunlight Scripture.
In Battle
Front
Shines
Shine
Shines
A forcefield that expands to form wings
In flight
Back
MONSTER Monster Designs
| Ainz Ooal Gown | Others
An angel of higher rank that Archangel Flame. It boasts of the highest defensive power amongst the creatures that humans can summon, but it was helpless in front of Ainz.
Shines
There is a ball of light inside the mace
Shines
Its wings are not touching its main body
Shield
Its main body is comprised of a shiny cloth-like white material.
Mace
Front
The head (except for the decorations along its forehead and cheeks) and the chest and hands, are the same as the Archangel Flame They feel like white porcelain
Pose reference with mace
Side
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The highest rank of angel according to the Slane Theocracy. It can use the 7th Tier of Magic 「Holy Smite」 that is beyond the realm of humanity.
Halo
The orb on its chest also glows (Same as Archangel Flame and Principality Observation)
Front
Halo
❈The front of its hands and its main wings are ommited
The feathers on its wings are made of energy
The feathers on its wings are made of energy Back Side
The tail feathers are longer and more pliable
The tail feathers are longer and more pliable
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| Ainz Ooal Gown | Others
A dragon whose body is comprised of bone. The attack from its immense body is powerful, and it has the ability to nullify all magic below the 6th Tier.
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❖ Skeletal Dragon (Clean Copy)
❖ Skeletal Dragon (Clean Copy)
❖ Skeletal Dragon (Rough)
MONSTER Monster Designs
| Ainz Ooal Gown | Others
❖ Skeletal Dragon Full Body Details (Clean Copy) The goblins that Ainz and the others encountered on the way to Carne Village. Their intelligence is low and they used any weapons and armour they could scrounge.
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While the only thing covering its giant body is nothing but a pitiful cloth, its thick muscles function as armour, and its giant club gives it an overwhelming menace. It is stupid.
While the only thing covering its giant body is nothing but a pitiful cloth, its thick muscles function as armour, and its giant club gives it an overwhelming menace. It is stupid.
MONSTER Monster Designs
| Ainz Ooal Gown | Others
The zombies created in the cemetery in E-Rantel. Alone, a mere human soldier can handle them, but they are overwhelming in large numbers.
❖ Zombie (Clean Copy)
Design Works
DESIGN WORKS Design Works In OVERLORD, items from both the game YGGDRASIL and the New World appear. The anime is based upon the light novel, and the items have designs that reflect their descriptions. Coins and potions exist in both worlds, but they ave obvious differences.
DESIGN WORKS Design Works
❖ YGGDRASIL Gold Coins
❖ New World Coins
Objects Designs
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❖ Minor Healing Potion
Looks like this
The bottle and the cap are all glass
❖ Britta’s potion
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Front
Back
❖ Mirror of Remote Viewing
❖ Flight Necklace
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The mouthpiece is metal
Leather
The Rune of the Goblin General (Metal) (Also present on the other side)
Leather
❖ Horn of the Goblin General
Bottom Front
Back
Comparison with Ainz’s hand
❖ The Small and Strange Sculpture
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Top view
Main lines colour trace
The enchanted core has twelve sides
Front
Back
Comparison with human The crystal itself is about 15cm in height
❖ Crystal
When held When worn
The main line are colour traced
The stone on the forehead is a relatively larger black crystal
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Anything below the boundary has no shine
It is not a perfect sphere, but a deformed orb that has slight bumps and indents and there are many intricate engravings on it
Comparison: Ainz
Comparison: Human ❖ Orb of Death
When the arm is raised, the time is automatically displayed When placed on the arm, the top half wraps around the wrist
A circle that has some function (Looks like a home button) After it has been taken out from the space
When the right hand leaves the watch, the bottom half wraps around the wrist
❖ Wristwatch
Product image
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Comparison with Ainz’s hand
Comparison with the gloves on Touch Me’s armour
(Glove design is on a different sheet, please refer to the armour design references)
❖ Wristwatch
Depending on the angle, the refraction of the light changes
Comparison with Ainz’s hand The light seems to cut here
A pair of connected eight faced crystals, the inside seems to be hollow causing it to become an hourglass
❖ Tiny Hourglass
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Gazef’s side *Gazef···1, Vice Captain···3
Slane Theocracy side
❖ Warhorse
The outer rim of the wheels are covered in iron
Beverages for the roads Burlap bags that should be filled with grass
This can be sat on
Horse feed
❖ The Bareare’s Carriage
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Guest Carriage - Front
Large luggages that are secured with rope
Lamp
A step for ascending and descending ❖ Sebas’ Carriage
Guest Carriage - Front
Guest Carriage - Back
Large luggages that are secured with rope
Lamp
❖ With Door Open
A step for ascending and descending
❖ Back
Warhorses and Harness
❖ Interior
❖ Horses and Harness
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Gazef’s Subordinate’s Equipment
Front
Front
Back Back
When equipped ❖ Shield 1
❖ Broadsword
When equipped ❖ Shield 2
❖ Shortsword 1
❖ Shortsword 2
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The Equipment of the Fake Knights from the Slane Theocracy Front
Front
Back
Back When equipped
❖ Shield 1
❖ Longsword
Front
Back When equipped
❖ Shield 2
❖ Broadsword
When equipped
❖ Shield 3
❖ Bastard Sword
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Shortsword
The gems embedded in the hilt (four) Case (Tanned leather)
Comparison
❖ [Swords of Darkness] Shortsword
Front
❖ Yi’sYi-Bow Bow
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The blade is double-sided
This side shines with a dull light
When equipped
Seal on the guard (Top down) ❖ Takemikazuchi MK 8
Comparison with armour
The decorative blade is attacked with silk
❖ Tsukiyomi & Amaterasu
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Comparison with armour
This A part can bend
The small circle mold can only be seen when up close ❖ Iron Iron Fist Fistof ofSchoolmarm Schoolmarm
Raw golem, a bronze statue covered in a grayish-green coat
Peroronchino’s statue (With Yi’s Bow)
The body is like a clay figure
❖ Avatara (Rough)
Raw figure
Equipment
Weapon (Yi’s Bow)
There are thigh-like protrusions here, when intruders come, the legs with appear
The raw figure itself is like a bronze statue covered in a grayishgreen coat
❖ Avatara Peroronchino (With Silhouette)
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Equipment
The raw figure itself is like a bronze statue covered in a grayish-green coat
❖ Avatara Tabula Smaradina (With Silhouette)
Raw figure
Equipment
There are thigh-like protrusions here, when intruders come, the legs with appear
The raw figure itself is like a bronze statue covered in a grayish-green coat
❖ Avatara Ulbert (With Silhouette)
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❖ YGGDRASIL Logo
❖ Re-Estize Kingdom Flag
❖ Slane Theocracy Flag
❖ Baharuth Empire Flag
Art Design
ART DESIGN Art Design On top of the animations for the drawings and music, an irreplaceable component is the art. Turning the descriptions of the words into images, the art design is full of such line drawings. As you admire the detailed line art, you will definitely be able to feel the world of OVERLORD.
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Art Design
Poison Swamp
Large Humanoid ❖ The Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick Surface Outside (Before Transfer)
Outer Wall
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❖ The Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick Surface Outside (After Transfer)
Gravestones
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The hidden entrance to the Large Tomb
Please refer to the “Underground Tomb” for the surroundings of the hidden entrance to the Large Tomb.
Outer Wall (Close up is on another page)
Large Humanoid
❖ The Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick Surface Outside (Hidden) Grasslands and forests
To the underground
Large Humanoid
❖ The Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick Surface Central Mausoleum
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❖ The Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick The 6th Floor The Colosseum
Humanoid
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❖ The Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick The 6th Floor Inside 1
Large Humanoid
The outer thickness is about this much
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Golems Golems
The Podium
Large Humanoid
❖ The Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick The 6th Floor Inside 2 Path
Large Humanoid
A golem relief
Entryway to the pits
❖ The Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick The 6th Floor Inside 3
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Position of the staff (It is floating)
Large Humanoid
Large Humanoid
Door
There are 41 chairs The Guild Seal is not fixed. The manga version has been pasted here. The staff will probably face up. Large Humanoid
❖ The Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick The 9th Floor The Round Table
Private Rooms
Large Humanoid
To the entrance Large Humanoid
❖ The Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick The 9th Floor In front of Ainz’s Private Room
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To the next room
The windows are decorations
Momonga’s private room
Large Humanoid To the corridor that leads to the private rooms
Work desk
Momonga’s seat at the table
❖ The Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick The 9th Floor Ainz’s Private Room To the next room
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❖ The Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick The 9th Floor Ainz’s Private Room · Close-up near the desk
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To the private room
Large Humanoid
❖ The Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick The 9th Floor Ainz’s Private Room · Dressing Room
Mirror
Weapons Box Carpet Large Humanoid
Large Humanoid
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❖ The Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick The 9th Floor Ainz’s Private Room · Bedroom
To the private room
Large Humanoid
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❖ The Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick The 10th Floor The Throne Room 1
There are seals on the flags
Large Humanoid
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Throne
❖ The Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick The 10th Floor The Throne Room 2
The ceiling is so high that it cannot be seen.
Entrance
Entrance
Throne close-up
The close-up of the throne is on another sheet
Large Humanoid
❖ The Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick The 10th Floor Throne Close-up
Large Humanoid
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Crosscut
From the Treasury
Large Humanoid
To the Mausoleum
Large Humanoid
❖ The Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick The 10th Floor The Treasury · The Open Space
❈ The designs for the golems and seals are on another paper
Golems Not empty, the golems and seals have a backlight on them
Seals
Light
Large Humanoid
❖ The Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick The 10th Floor The Treasury · The Mausoleum
Re-Estize Kingdom
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Watchtower
The Mass Grave The Village Chief’s House Large Humanoid
Large Humanoid
❖ Carne Village Full Scene
The Mass Grave
The Village Chief’s House
The plains where the battle was held
Forest
Large Humanoid
❖ Carne Village Open Plaza
Forest
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Large Humanoid
❖ Carne Village The Village Chief’s House Outside
To outside
Large Humanoid
To the next room
❖ Carne Village The Village Chief’s House Inside
Large Humanoid
To the next room
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There are more graves here
Village
Large Humanoid
Gravestone
❖ Carne Village Mass Grave 1 Large Humanoid
Village
❖ Carne Village Mass Grave 2
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❖ E-Rantel Full Scene
Road
Grassland
Forests
On top of a cliff
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❖ E-Rantel Central Plaza
The Adventurer’s Guild
Stone Pavement
Large Humanoid
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❖ E-Rantel Roads Kitchen
Large Humanoid
Placements of circular tables
To 2F Entrance
Large Humanoid
❖ E-Rantel Inn 1st Floor Counter
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Shuttered window
To the corridor
To the corridor
Large Humanoid
Position of chest
❖ E-Rantel Inn 2st Floor
Large Humanoid
Position of beds [Adventurer’s Guild] in an imaginary language
Large Humanoid
These have the same mark as the one above the fireplace Pavement
Large Humanoid
Dirt
❖ E-Rantel Adventurer’s Guild Outside
Dirt Pavement
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Position of tables
Large Humanoid
Position of sofa
A tall chair for the counter
Large Humanoid Position of sofa
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❖ E-Rantel Adventurer’s Guild Reception
To the Reception
Large Humanoid
Position of the table
Please match the number of chairs and their position with what is necessary in the scene.
Position of a plant
❖ E-Rantel Adventurer’s Guild a room on the 2nd Floor
Backdoor to the holding room There is a house here
Humanoid
❖ E-Rantel Lizzie’s Workshop Back
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Wall
Forest of dead trees
Gate
Graveyard
[Gate] (from outside)
Humanoid
❖ E-Rantel Graveyard Humanoid
The heart of the forest of dead trees
❖ E-Rantel Graveyard Mausoleum
Large Humanoid
Torch
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Gargoyles
Large Humanoid
Lights
Lights
Large Humanoid
Underground water veins
❖ E-Rantel Khajiit’s Hideout
Large Humanoid
Position of the tables
The space where Zach is
Large Humanoid
To the guest room
The floor is a carpet
Entrance
Kitchen To outside The lights are omitted here
Kitchen
❖ E-Rantel hining Golden Pavilion
Entrance
Stairs to the guest rooms Humanoid
Others
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Entrance
Humanoid
❖ Mercenary Hideout Surroundings of the Entrance
Various wooden planks are nailed to the cave walls
Light
Light
To the room
Humanoid
❖ Mercenary Hideout Main Path
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Light
Path
Entrance
Room
❖ Mercenary Hideout Brain’s Room
Entrance
Humanoid
Light
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To the store
Light
Position of the barricade
Rope Humanoid Position of the barricade
Humanoid
❖ Mercenary Hideout Open Space
To the hidden exit
Humanoid
To the open space (Canteen)
There are more wooden boxes in front
❖ Mercenary Hideout Store
To the open space (Canteen)
Staff Interview
STAFF INTERVIEW Staff Interview We have interviewed the animation staff soon after the completion of the 13th Episode. With Maruyama Kugane-sensei and so-bin-shi, we talked about what they found interesting during the production of the various episodes of OVERLORD. We also get to see some of the illustrations and colour sheets used during the production.
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Scenario Meeting On the 29th of September when the last episode was aired, a meeting was held at Madhouse. At the meeting, we had Maruyama-sensei, Director Itou and Sugawara-shi to talk about their experience in the production. From their words, we can certainly feel a passion and a sense of fun emanating from the staff and the cast. Attention, read from Left to Right. Warning this obvious thing, cuz the addiction to reading manga hit where least expected.
The beginning was full of misunderstandings? The OVERLORD anime planning
Author
Maruyama Kugane
X Director
Itou Naoyuki
X Composer and Script Writer
Sugawara Yukie
—When was it that Maruyama-sensei first heard about the plans for an anime version? Maruyama: About two years before. About right after the Drama CD that was bundled with Book 4 was released, I heard something like “There are plans for an OVERLORD anime adaptation”. I clearly remember thinking “No way” at that time. Itou: *Laughs* Maruyama: However, when I asked them, I understood that they were serious about it. But still I thought something like “Anyone who believes this is definitely someone who is easy to deceive”*Laughs* Sugawara: You seem to be as cautious as Ainz-sama *Laughs*. Maruyama: Well the thought that “Even if you tell me about such a tantalising offer, it will just be dropped one day” came from my heart at the time *Laughs*. Itou: However, if word had reached even the original creator, doesn’t it mean that the plans have progressed quite a bit though. Maruyama: Ah, is that so? Well in reality it only started about a year ago. Sugawara: About when the scenario meetings began yes. —When did Director Itou and Sugawara-san join the project? Itou: The offer came to me in May or June last year. However, I was swamped with work until August. And so when I heard that “We will start in about October” I remember thinking, “Ah then I will be jobless in September” *Laughs*. Maruyama: This became savage all of a sudden. This is Real Life! Sugawara: It might be a characteristic of our profession, but one does become worried when there is a break. Itou: Well I am a freelancer. In the end, in order to fill that gap, I extended my then-current job and I only entered OVERLORD when the year began. Maruyama: Were you fine with that? Itou: Then, everyone like the anime producer was already present. Of course, by that time the scenario, character designs, art and others had progressed quite a bit.
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Sugawara: Thanks to a connection I made on a previous work, I was spoken to by the producer at Madhouse. At first, I had not seen the title, and I thought that it was a work aimed towards women, and so I was surprised when I received the original novel.
Itou: It has quite a large difference. I personally very focused on the description of the receptionist and fussed over it quite a bit, it was quite memorable. Maruyama: So you did notice it *Laughs*?
Maruyama: It was a shocking development *Laughs*. Sugawara: But I really liked so-bin-san’s illustrations and so I thought “Please allow me to work on this!”. Soon after I began reading, even though it is about a video game, and one set in the near future, for some reason I strongly felt that it was strangely like a TRPG (✥1). Maruyama: Well, I think that it is extremely obvious though. Sugawara: I liked both, and I felt that the book was very interesting and I finished it in one sitting. And in the Afterward of Book 1, when Maruyama-sensei wrote that his interest was in TRPGs, I understood. Maybe because I am a TRPG player as well, I a lot of the book resonated with me. And so when we first met, I immediately asked which game he played. Maruyama: Yes yes. Sugawara: I remember talking a lot about [D&D (✥2)] *Laughs*. Itou: I started to read from the illustration-less web novel, and when I read that the protagonist’s name was Momonga I remember thinking that, a protagonist with the name of “Momonga” might be difficult to relate to. However, as I read, I understood the reason for such a name, although he immediately changed it *Laughs*. Because of that, the fact that the protagonist’s name was Momonga had an impact. However, some time in, Ainz rarely appeared, and Albedo did not appear in the beginning, and so I had no clue what direction this was going in, and I thought “We are adapting this?”. Maruyama: Because Albedo and Mare only appear in the novelisation *Laughs*. Itou: Afterwards I was told that “Because the content of the novels are different”, and so I read the novels. Then I was like “The story is completely different!” *Laughs*. I was surprised. Sugawara: Is it that different? I actually heard that there was a large difference between the novel and the web novel, and so I chose not to read it. If my work allows it then I plan to read it.
Itou: Yes. And so even in the anime the character of the receptionist stands out quite a bit. A piece whose plot was harder to cut down on than its content
—Was the fact that the anime adaptation would cover the 1st to 3rd volumes decided from the start? Sugawara: Yes. However, I personally thought that if it was just for one cour then everything up to Book 2 would keep us busy enough. Itou: Ah *Laughs*. But it was uptil Book 3. Maruyama: We had to work on the script right until the deadline *Laughs*. One script’s episode was about 60 pages worth of the original work. Sugawara: The first episode’s scene of Carne Village was cut to about that much. However there were often times where the sheer volume was more than 80, about 100 pages. Itou: When the 1st episode used 40 pages of the original, we could make it without cutting anything. But when it got to around 60, we had to omit quite a bit. And on this note, sensei, I have to apologise to you. We cut a lot of your work. Maruyama: You did cut quite a bit *Laughs*. Well it can’t be helped, for this. Sugawara: I am truly sorry. However, if it were just the number of pages, it would not have been a problem. I have said that it felt like a TRPG, but a TRPG is made with the intent to interest multiple players, and so if you cannot understand everyone’s thoughts and actions, the fun level drops drastically. In OVERLORD, the protagonist is just Ainz, but there are the thoughts of various countries, organisations and people to include, and cutting down on how they interact with each other is a difficult task. When I said that “We would have our hands full”, that would be the case if we faithfully followed the written work. However, whether or not that would have made the anime interesting is another matter altogether.
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Scenario Meeting
Maruyama Kugane X Itou Naoyuki X Sugawara Yukie
—Was there a reason for why you chose to adapt up til Book 3? Itou: Because it feels very nice to end on Book 3. Sugawara: Exactly. I…. Complained about whether or not we fit everything into the 12 episodes, but the producer told me that “There’s 13 episodes”. I was elated for an instant, but looking at the thickness of original novel…. It might be pouring a glass of water on a raging fire *Laughs*. Itou: Sensei’s books are quite thick afterall *Laughs*. Maruyama: For some reason they all ended up quite thick *Laughs*. By the way, the reason why it feels good to stop on Book 3 is because I wrote in preparation of OVERLORD ending in only 3 volumes. Itou: Is that so? Maruyama: I had never thought that it would be getting an anime adaptation. I always thought that it would be cut at some point *Laughs*. From now on I will write with keeping the story parting in mind such that they can be put in one cour. —Then was the script writing a difficult journey? Sugawara: In the beginning, we chose which parts we wanted to leave for last, and which to remove, and so by the time we entered production, we had no hesitation. This was possible only because the adaptation was only until Book 3, but we knew that we had to have Ainz’s state of mind. If we could not have that, then even if we had done 1 volume per cour, it would have no meaning. Maruyama: I see. Sugawara: Please don’t tell me if I had succeeded or not *Laughs*. However, the feelings that Ainz has for his friends…. His strong attachment towards them is the base of his actions, and his charisma, and is a necessary part of the work. And so during the composition we first added Ain’s actions and the reason for them, and if we had space, we added other events. That and we paid attention to the amount of work needed for the Sakuga during the scenario writing phase, and so we cleaned the battles and the other stuff that needed work, and added them in in such a way that was understandable to viewers. The actual difficult part was during the script writing phase. There were a lot of dialogue scenes which had foreshadowing or the voicing of the character’s thoughts and so it was difficult to cut down on…., Maruyama-sensei was a great help during the scenario meeting where he explained to us and gave us advice.
Various topics about the scenario Did you all actually want a 15th episode!? —There were various convoluted settings in the original work, but how have you thought of explaining them to the audience? Sugawara: We decided on the direction while the script was being written for Episode 1. Firstly we showed nothing of Momonga’s player, Suzuki Satoru, not even when he talks or what he looked like. We also tried to omit as many other explanations as possible, and we paid attention to make sure that the flow of actions of Ainz and the Guardians was as smooth as possible. We also got advice from the director and cast, and had only keywords appear repeatedly in the story. Itou: Like World Items, and when Shalltear called Aura “Chibisuke”. Sugawara: And cash items. Itou: Everything apart from the term cash items was difficult to express. In the last episode, Ainz used a [Cash Item], but we honestly had no idea what it was. And Shalltear is about the same level as the players like the 41 Supreme Beings, and she probably faced other players when they attacked Nazarick. And so saying that Ainz used a cash item connotes that it was a special item that only the highest of beings could have. Sugawara: It is not faithful to the original work, but we tried to convey it to the best of our abilities. —By the way, why did you choose to use 4 episodes for the 1st Book, 5 for the 2nd and 4 for the 3rd? The only the 2nd seems to have more. Maruyama: I believe this was to properly kill the “Swords of Darkness” right? Sugawara: Yes, that is the case. I apologise for the boorish answer, but the simple reason why 4 episodes were used for Book 1 was simply because it could not fit into 3. If we had to cut something out, I can only imagine it being everyone’s favourite Death Knight-san.
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“Even though it is about a video game, and one set in the near future, for some reason I strongly felt that it was strangely like a TRPG” – Sugawara Itou: I am definitely against that *Laughs*. Maruyama: Well it was impossible to fit it in 3 episodes.
At first there was the suggestion to have Sebas voice everything, but if we have Chiba Shigeru-san to do the narration for the previews, it would be like a certain famous work. (TL Note: Fist of the North Star).
Itou: Yes. It’s impossible. Definitely *Laughs*. Maruyama: So you were aiming for that even then *Laughs*. Sugawara: Thank goodness you both agree with me *Laughs*. And the Guardians did not appear much in Book 2, and so we had to draw Albedo and the rest as much as possible during the first half of the battle. Maruyama: Well that is because the Guardians did not appear at all in Book 2 *Laughs*. Itou: So Albedo and the rest were left out eh. Sugawara: Next is why Book 2 needed 5 episodes, but as Maruyama-sensei said earlier, this was to allow the viewers to empathise more with the Swords of Darkness.
Sugawara: If he did all of them he would get angry *Laughs*, but after Sebas’ image was confirmed, we did go a bit crazy. Itou: Speaking of previews, most previews use cuts from future episodes, but this time, we used cuts that could not fit into the main work. Maruyama: There were quite a lot of spoilers though. Was that fine? Itou: I was honestly very surprised. On top of there being two versions, there was a lot of narration and so quite a lot was broadcast.
Maruyama: If that part was not done nicely, when they turn into zombies the viewers would just think “Oh, ok” and it will end there *Laughs*.
Sugawara: And with more and more episodes, the special version got longer and longer, I apologise for that.
Sugawara: At the same time, Ainz’s feelings for his friends was also developed more, and I believe it was necessary.
Itou: Thinking about it calmly, the Episode 13 was full of spoilers *Laughs*.
Itou: Also the existences of Clementine and Hamsuke were quite large. Simply put, the two of them stood out too much, and so it was impossible to put their introductions into 1 episode.
Sugawara: Ah, so that was why there was a bit of gap between the episode broadcast and the preview release.
Sugawara: It would indeed become too saturated. For the last 4 episodes, as I said earlier, in order to show Ainz’s emotions, the first half of the battle which would have focused on Shalltear was cut down a lot. —So all the characters appeared in the last episode. Sugawara: If at the end of each episode we add in how Nfirea and Brain were doing, it would be too much, and so we put everything in the last episode. The B Part in the last episode was mostly not from Book 3, and so Book 3 actually took up 3.5 episodes. This was also the case for other volumes, but it was a shame to cut out scenes like Nigredo. Maruyama: I wonder if there were 15 episodes then we could have done it without cutting anything out. All 15 episodes. Split into 5, 5 and 5. Itou: I believe that strange production method would be possible. However due to some things this was not possible *Laughs*. To the point that even the previews had to be cut. —So on the official site, there were two types of previews. Sugawara: In order to showcase the Guardians and their relationships with each other, we made a special version with various characters and a version with just Ainz himself.
Itou: …. Maruyama: So director, it was tough wasn’t it. Scheduling everything. Itou: Someone please stop the rampage of these two *Laughs*. Maruyama: Well well *Laughs*. Yoshimura (Takahiro: Character Designer)-san talked about the completion of the last episode on Twitter. Sugawara: It’s already known that production was very tight so it’s fine. Itou: The editing for the last episode was done at sunset on Sunday after all. Maruyama: Always working right up till the deadline, such is anime. Itou: No no, in my head there was more slack in the schedule. But, it seemed that we could not keep to it and the slack got smaller and smaller…. Maruyama: Losing the buffer more and more. I can somewhat understand that *Laughs*.
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| Scenario Meeting
Scenario Meeting
Maruyama Kugane X Itou Naoyuki X Sugawara Yukie
The thing which the animators spent the most time on Itou: However, if he does not say it the way that he says it in his heart, it loses dramatic effect. in Episode 10 — Please tell us about the animation process. Which parts of each episode did you all spend the most effort on? Itou: We lost quite a bit of calories from the 8th episode to the 10th. The scenes with CG was completed really close to the deadlines. The Skeletal Dragon was also very tiring *Laughs*. Maruyama: The Skeletal Dragon was really amazing though. That battle was also cool. Itou: Thank you very much. The worst episode for me was Episode 10. Sugawara: On top of there being a lot of battles, Shalltear also fought Brain in that. Maruyama: Well you had to include the Brain battle right. Sugawara: Right now that might be the case, but for the first composition, Brain was mostly treated as a mob character. We split it into part A with Shalltear and part B with Nigredo and Albedo. After Episode 9, we wanted the story to return to Ainz as soon as possible, and we believed that it would take a lot of time to draw Brain properly. However, from the beginning the number of people who wanted to show Brain was large. So after hearing the director’s opinion, the second half of the scenario was redone to become its current form. Maruyama: In addition, the scene where Solution dressed up as a noble was able to come out. Sugawara: That was a good scene. For the 10th Episode we were unable to cut down on the script well and we were over by a few pages, and so we had to leave it to the directors. Itou: I personally thought that we could end it cleanly, but Ono Manabu-san who was in charge of the episode did it nicely for us and so we were determined to go through with it. Maruyama: That did happen. Itou: Despite listening to the requests to insert all of that content, it never went over the limit. This was truly a masterful performance by him. Sugawara: There were plenty of other discussions for Episode 10. For example, how would Brain say the name of his skill [Whistling Wintry Wind (虎落笛)].
Sugawara: While it is a martial art, it feels Chuunibyou-ish to say the name of a skill that you have come up with yourself. I do think that it is a cool name though. Maruyama: Well, that’s true *Laughs*. Even I am not clear whether it is cool or not *Laughs*! While that is still a mystery, how did you get past the broadcasting code *Laughs*? Itou: That was…. How did we do it *Laughs*. Well the Death Knight scene in Episode 3 was OK, and so that set the bar. But Episode 10 was indeed a bit too much. —Looking back on the anime as a whole, are there any scenes or things you did that left a deep impact on you? Sugawara: Maybe you cannot call it an impact, but the authority of the director for this work was very large. For example, putting the scene where the Guardians say [I bow before the Supreme Overlord] last in Episode 1 was thanks to the director. We did cut down on the time it took for that scene at the very start of Episode 2 where they all said it together, and this was also suggested by the director. Maruyama: Even in the Scenario meeting we were talking about whether or not we wanted to put that scene in Episode 1. Sugawara: However, normally we would not be able to make a decision then. I am very grateful for the director’s idea. Itou: Well personally, due to that discussion, I still wonder if it was proper for me to make all the decisions like what goes into the end of each episode and its direction in my head. Sugawara: By the way, bunny-eared Nabe was the director’s achievement. Itou: No no no, I simply thought that it was cute and wanted her to appear *Laughs*. Sugawara: We did cut out other scenes that fans of the original work wanted to see, and so I got curious. I believe that everyone enjoyed it in the end. Itou: Speaking of things that I still remember, Episode 11 was quite hilarious. Maruyama: He gave a Kabe-Don *Laughs*. Sugawara: I felt that we could not cut Pandora’s Actor’s scene at all costs, so I barely managed to squeeze it in.
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“Well I personally think that as an over the top woman, Albedo is a bit cute” – Itou
Itou: The first half of Part B was Pandora’s Actor, and the second half was Albedo’s dogeza, which made for something amazing.
Maruyama: No no *Laughs*. It’s simply that a ray of light fell from the sky and I thought “This is it!” *Laughs*.
Maruyama: There were a lot of jokes. It was interesting. Speaking of which, Yuuki Aoi-san’s Clementine was amazing. The way she called out those martial art skills felt great.
Sugawara: So it came from heaven *Laughs*.
Sugawara: Maruyama-sensei and the editing team taught us many things. If this had made it to the anime itself, we would not be able to take it back, but during the SFX recording for Episode 3, I was informed that Enri was accidentally handed only one set of the [Horn of the Goblin General], and I thought, shoot. Itou: Indeed. If there were not two of them, the developments afterwards would be greatly affected and so I had it redrawn. It was dangerous. Maruyama: By the way, why was there no bath scene? Sugawara: Because it was not there in the original work. Maruyama: If we are talking about that, there is one in Book 8! I wanted you to use it!!
Maruyama: On a more serious note, what started this was the web novel. I was not thinking about a novelisation or an anime version, and so I was just going with my gut to make a story with characters that I like. And when I had to come up with a protagonist, I just had the spark of “An undead is good”. Sugawara: So it really did pop down from heaven. This is a common question, but do you see yourself as the protagonist? Maruyama: I am not such a strange person *Laughs*. Sugawara: Isn’t Ainz-sama great. I like him a lot. Maruyama: He is terrifying. He definitely has a problem!! Sugawara: He seems like the sincere type that will not cheat on his spouse though. Itou: I don’t know about him cheating, but just….
Sugawara: I personally wanted to see Demiurge’s body. Anyway, sensei, please forgive me for Albedo’s dakimakura scene.
Maruyama: He is very depressing *Laughs*.
Maruyama: I laughed quite a bit at that. Ainz-sama’s dakimakura…. This will be commercialised for sure *Laughs*.
Itou: Yes that *Laughs*. However it is true that Ainz-sama is someone who tries to do things properly.
Sugawara: I hope it does. But, even if one full episode was impossible, I wanted to add in more light-hearted scenes. We can show off the relationships Ainz has with the Guardians, and we can have such things accepted by the audience…. But by the time I thought that, it was already halfway through the series.
Maruyama: Well yes.
Itou: The first half did have more room for such things. However as the number of episodes piled up, the more we had to play catch-up and we definitely could not have added anything more into the latter half. Maruyama: That feeling of playing catch-up, I can somewhat empathise with that *Laughs*. Sugawara: I’m getting a sense of deja vu. But speaking of which, sensei is currently writing Book 10 I believe *Laughs*.
A secret story behind the birth of Ainz-sama!? Who is the character that everyone likes? —Please tell me about Ainz’s character. Sugawara: I want to know how sensei came up with the character of Ainz (Momonga). Did you make him like in a TRPG by rolling dice (✥3)?
Itou That part of Ainz-sama somewhat overlaps with sensei, I feel *Laughs*. Maruyama: Not at all, I am someone who charges in headfirst and thinks from there! Itou: Really? I am similar to Maruyama-sensei, but as a member of society I have a lot of work to do and would be crushed by it otherwise. Sugawara: Even an anime director has a lot of work. —Then does everyone have a character they like?? Sugawara: First is Ainz. Then Demiurge, Sebas, Cocytus and Gazeaf. Brain is nice as well.
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Scenario Meeting
Maruyama Kugane X Itou Naoyuki X Sugawara Yukie
Maruyama: All men *Laughs*. Sugawara: For female characters, I like Albedo and Shalltear. I believe that they would make for great wives, if they do not betray you. I basically like characters like Ainz and Albedo who are developed and are biased towards something, and so I like the majority of characters in this series. Most importantly I like how Ainz and the Guardians think, especially Ainz’s strong loyalty to his guild. Itou: Oi oi oi *Laughs*. I guess it’s Albedo for me. In the original work she gave off this terrifying air that sent shivers down my spine so she was a bit scary. As long as she is not straight scary, I like Albedo *Laughs*. Maruyama: No, you can’t. You have to love all of her! Itou: But still…. Depending on the direction of the story in the future, I feel that the world’s view of the work will be destroyed by Albedo alone…. That is what I fear. So what will happen in the future? Maruyama: Well. I cannot say anything yet *Laughs*. Sugawara: But Albedo has been a clingy heroine from the start, right?
Itou: And others. My image of him is the drawing of him that sobin-san did. And so if anything does not match, I feel that “It’s not Mare”. In fact, in the last episode when Mare wore the World Item, I just could not get used to it. Maruyama: I see I see *Laughs*. Itou: Until the end, I was troubled thinking “Should I have Mare hold his staff here?” *Laughs*. Sugawara: It’s true that having the knees together and scrunched shoulders is very like Mare. Maruyama: And he really is cute. But Albedo and Shalltear’s expressions were quite free. Itou: Even if we don’t restrict them, they will be cute so there was no problem. And because we knew that, there was no need to force it. Sugawara: I see. We did request their voice actresses to be as expressive as they wanted to, which is rare for heroines. For Shalltear, Uesaka Sumire-san gave quite the passionate performance for Shalltear’s true form in Episode 10, and Albedo’s Hara Yumi-san was requested to shout in a more rough voice, which I have never seen in a heroine.
Itou: Well I personally think that as an over the top woman, Albedo is a bit cute *Laughs*. Yes, as we empathise with the protagonist and the heroine, I like Ainz-sama and Albedo.
Itou: Hara-san in fact ask us “Is it ok to stop?”.
Maruyama: ….Heroine?
Maruyama: Well. I am a human that likes everyone.
—Whose character does Maruyama-sensei like?
Sugawara: Why is the author asking us this *Laughs*!?
Sugawara: Please don’t say that in such a flat tone *Laughs*. Speaking of which, so-bin-san gave the same answer, but if Kyouhukou included inside *Laughs*.
Maruyama: Please no, I can’t *Laughs*
Maruyama: ….Of course he is.
Itou: And well, I like Ainz-sama and Albedo, the cutest is Mare.
Sugawara: Please don’t look away to answer *Laughs*. But seeing Kyouhukou in the anime might be interesting.
Maruyama: From the way that Mare ran in the anime, I could feel the director’s love for him.
Itou: Then I want to see the lizards (Lizardmen) of Book 4.
Itou: She is the heroine, right *Laughs*.
Itou: Yes yes yes. I had said “He must run like this”. Apart from that, I specified that he had to hold down his skirt, and stand with his knees pressed together, and that he was holding his staff…. I got really enamoured by Mare’s actions. Maruyama: I, is that so?
Sugawara: I want to do it too. The first scene would be the lizardmen’s fish farms I suppose *Laughs*. The people would wonder what this series is. Itou: If someone closed their eyes and offered us money, I would be willing to do all of the work myself *Laughs*. If there is a second season, please do tell me. I am waiting!
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“I want everyone working on OVERLORD to be happy” – Maruyama
With Hino Satoshi-san’s passionate performance We hope that Ainz will be a beloved character —Looking back on the production, please send a message to the fans. Sugawara: Looking back on it, Ainz’s voice actor Hino Satoshisan played a large part. Ainz is not a fully realistic character. He is not a hero, and I worried that his actions and failed plans would lead to a negative impression on viewers. However, Hino-san’s performance of Suzuki Satoru beneath Ainz’s mask allowed the fans to empathise with him, and Ainz’s completely different performance became hilarious and cool. The director and staff of course played their parts, but I believe that as a result of Hinosan’s ability to bring out the splendor in Ainz, the anime OVERLORD became something that everyone enjoyed even more.
Itou: Sensei is quite overworked. There is a short story attached to the 4th and 6th Blu-ray and DVD right? Maruyama: There is that, but Book 10 is running behind schedule, and on top of that I have other things, but I am still very happy to do it…. But that is a bit risky isn’t it? Itou: It is *Laughs*. The editors will shake their heads you know. —Please do your best Maruyama-sensei *Laughs*. Thank you very much.
Itou: Ainz has become a favourite of everyone. Sugawara: Yes. And hearing that everyone is enjoying the original books, the manga and anime, I feel extremely happy that I had the honour to play a part in the creation of the work. Thank you very much. Itou: OVERLORD has been an extremely interesting work, and I often think that I was having a lot of fun during it. I also heard plenty of good reviews and comments by the viewers who often told me that it was great. The production had a lot of kinks and I was able to do my job as a director properly. The books are still continuing, and the Blu-ray and DVDs will be released, and please await further developments of OVERLORD. —Has the vigour of the fans reached even the ears of Maruyamasensei? Maruyama: It’s full of “It was very interesting”. I am very happy that everyone, starting from Director Itou, played a huge part in my work. I want to give my gratitude especially to the director and the voice actors. I often think that I want everyone working on OVERLORD to be happy with it. I am also happy that does who worked on the anime and those that bought it all enjoyed it. In order for this happiness and enjoyment to spread to more people, I will work hard, and so please continue to support me. — We are interested in future developments. Sugawara: Ah yes. I personally want to read the continuation of the books…. But I notice that Maruyama-sensei, whom I have not met in a long time, is a bit tired.
✥1 – TRPG — Tabletop Role Playing Game. A game played with a set of fixed rules and with a group of players talking amongst themselves. With no computer, the results of attacks and negotiations are decided with the rolling of dice. Even in Japan there are many rulebooks and system books for sale. By the way Maruyama-sensei has played the [Log Horizon TRPG] from Kadokawa/Enterbrain and it has received many positive reviews. ✥2 - D&D — Dungeons & Dragons. The forefather of RPGs created in America. Even in Japan, it has a wide fanbase. ✥3 - Rolling Dic — In TRPGs a method of deciding the stats of a player character is by rolling dice to produce random numbers.
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Illustration Meeting
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Illustration Meeting The Illustration Meeting occurred on the same day as the Scenario Meeting. Welcoming so-bin-shi who had created the visuals for Ainz, Albedo and others, Along with the head of the animations for the anime Yoshimatsu-shi and the producer who collected and arranged all the work Hashimoto-shi. We talked about the beauty and the production of the work.
The illustrations of so-bin-shi which destroyed the impressions of past light novels
Original Character Designer
So-bin
X Character Designer and General Animation Director
Yoshimatsu Takahiro
X Anime Producer
Hashimoto Kentaro
— When the the talk about the OVERLORD animation reach the ears of Hashimoto-san? Hashimoto: That was quite a while ago…. May of two years ago. When I saw the illustrations, I understood the reason why talk for production of the anime in Madhouse came up *Laughs*. Our company has done animations of various works like Shoujo manga, but the images of past works like Wicked City and Ninja Scroll and a recent one like BLACK LAGOON are strong. And was how word eventually reached me. —What was your first impressions of that illustration? Hashimoto: My first thought was “This drawing is amazing”. And I was told that this was a light novel, but I could not tell from the cover. Yoshimatsu: I as well. When Hashimoto introduced it to me saying “Although this is a light novel”, I thought of works filled with images of cute girls. But seeing the cover, it felt nothing like a light novel and I was taken aback. Of course, my image of light novels is something half-hearted, but the book was thick, and the art was great, that was what I thought. Hashimoto: The illustrations were indeed plentiful and cool…. But I thought “Turning this into an anime will be a pain” *Laughs*. so-bin: No, sorry about that *Laughs*. Yoshimatsu: Ah, I thought the exact same thing. so-bin: No, I am really sorry *Laughs*! —And how was the direction of the novel illustrations decided? So-bin: It was a request from one of the designers from the code design studios who was handling the OVERLORD book jacket. WHen we met, it sort of became like [Let’s have the cover look like a religious art piece]. And in the beginning I did make a rough that was reminiscent of a light novel, but it was rejected. I had to work much more diligently on it than I thought I did.
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“Drawing the interaction of these characters chock full with personality was very fun” – Yoshimatsu
Yoshimatsu: But then you were able to create something radically different from most light novels.
Yoshimatsu: Is it not difficult to draw skeletons? I could not draw Ainz well and so it was a lot of work.
So-bin: Yes. I thought that the final products were amazing. And looking back on it, I went through a lot of designers.
Hashimoto: It is quite difficult to draw the angles of Ainz’s face.
The first few drawings were so bad That they could not be shown!? —So how did so-bin-san draw the characters of OVERLORD? So-bin: When I was drawing the cover of the first book, the text itself was of course not yet complete, and so I read the web novel. And while I enjoyed reading it with its ups and downs, the image of Ainz being a last boss character filled my mind. And Maruyama-san gave me plenty of details about Ainz’s appearance, and I designed my version of him with those as references. However, in the beginning, it had plenty of problems. The other characters of Nazarick were also a problem. Everyone has such a strong presence, and so I had to pay close attention to prevent anyone from fading into the background. But I do not look at Book 1. My art is too bad after all…. —Most people would be unable to see that though… Yoshimatsu: From my work, I had checked so-bin-san’s drawings from the start, and until Book 3, I felt that his designs and drawings were not particularly fixed. I remember feeling lost as to how to create the base for the anime. However at around Book 4, so-bin-san’s art became very energetic. So-bin: Is that so *Laughs*? It’s true that at the Book 1 period I had rarely designed characters. And besides that, it was my first time working on a light novel, and I drew without knowing what to do. I only grasped it by the 4th or 5th book. And that’s why my art steadied itself as well. Yoshimatsu: Even for me it was an unpredictable trap. I had to edit and correct multiple things *Laughs*. —By the way, what were the points that so-bin-san considered when designing Ainz? So-bin: For Ainz, the book had written that he was a skeleton, he is a creature and so I felt that it was fine to leave him as such, and so I sharpened his features and added in several characteristics.
Yoshimatsu: It was a great help when Hashimoto-san bought a model skeleton. Hashimoto: It cost around 1000 yen and was a cheap buy though *Laughs*. So-bin: You can buy that for such a cheap price? I don’t have one you know. And so I made something like a “Collection of Skeletons”, and used that as material. Hashimoto: There are you know. I saw pricey ones, but for designs, you only need simple ones and so the cheaper ones were better. I passed the same on to Director Itou, and he had quite the praise for it.
The anime’s design was based on. The rough drawings of so-bin-shi —How was Yoshimatsu-san put in charge of the character designs? Yoshimatsu: This is a personal though, but 30 years ago I did the character designs only for Dancouga – Super Beast Machine God, but that allowed me to absorb lots of experience and allowed me to continue to work until now. And having new talent such as sobin-san appear before me makes me extremely happy. I feel like if I absorb all this nutrients, I can live for several more years.
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Illustration Meeting
So-bin X Yoshimatsu X Hashimoto
So-bin: Really *Laughs*? Yoshimatsu: The nutrients that so-bin-san provided were extremely delicious *Laughs*. —How did the work for the character designs occur? Yoshimatsu: I would draw the roughs, so-bin-san would then check it, and then we would start work with that rough as the guideline. So-bin: For the novel, the inserts and covers had more freedom to change parts of the characters, but that could not be done for the anime, and so I drew new roughs for the anime production. Hashimoto: We received quite the number. It is very rare for there to be this much support from the original creators. We are very thankful for that. So-bin: I had to draw new ones because the novel does not have that many illustrations and so the number of roughs I had were few *Laughs*. But more importantly it was the awaited anime adaptation, and so I thought I had to do my part. Yoshimatsu: Thanks to the roughs provided by so-bin-san, the number of characters we just inserted was high. We just traced all the positions of Cocytus’ face just from the rough. Hashimoto: For the character designs, Director Itou was engrossed in the books and so he picked up on things occasionally missed. One of those was the fact that Demiurge’s eyes were diamonds.
The official name of the mask that Ainz wore in the 3rd and 4th episode is the Mask of Envy. It is an item that was forced onto players that spent a certain amount of time in YGGDRASIL on Christmas Eve.
Yoshimatsu: In fact that are many scenes where Demiurge’s eyes can be seen behind his glasses. But when the director said that “They should be diamonds”, we had to redo them such that his eyes cannot be seen. So-bin: Was that so! Yoshimatsu: The secret that his eyes were made of diamonds was finally revealed in the last episode. Hashimoto: Well, the whole office felt great about it *Laughs*.
An obsession with the characters, items and art, all with extreme fine details —Please tell us about the design of the various characters. Looking at Ainz’s sheets, he does not seem to have much of an expression.
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“The nutrients that so-bin-san provided were extremely delicious” – Yoshimatsu
Yoshimatsu: With the director’s vision, we made it so that Ainz rarely has expressions in the anime. There are methods to have a skeleton show expressions, but this time, it felt better to not do so. So-bin: However, looking at the anime, Ainz does seem to have plenty of expressions. Yoshimatsu: That is true. Although I believe that is thanks to the performance of Hino Satoshi-san. —Was it very difficult to create Ainz’s anime design sheet? So-bin: It was quite the piece of work right? When I heard about turning this into an anime, even I thought that “This seems wicked”....
So-bin: *Laughs* Yoshimatsu: Adding in the lore about Ainz’s rings and small items was also tiring. We had these things be designed by Izumosan. — The Prop Designer was Izumo Juuki-san right. Hashimoto: Izumo Juuki-san is firstly a person whose mecha designs are amazing, and we left various design aspects like subcharacters, monsters and props to him. Firstly we had Yoshimatsu-san choose the items that the character would use, and left the details and designs of the weapons that character would use to Izumo Juuki-san. Shalltear’s Spuit Lance, and the World Items of [?] and Greed and Avarice was all left to Izumo Juuki-san.
Yoshimatsu: Well, there are plenty of line work and it’s also complex, and there are many parts to it, and the colouring…. *Laughs*.
So-bin: The weapons that appeared in the last few episodes then.
So-bin: They are characters of a fantasy world, and so they do have plenty of accessories.
Hashimoto: The World Items are YGGDRASIL weapons, and so we asked of him to make them seem like game weapons. Anyway, Izumo Juuki-san is good at both, and he said he wanted to challenge himself with weapon designs, and so the timing was perfect.
Yoshimatsu: I understand *Laughs*. That was why it was extremely important to shore up on those things when turning it into an anime. If we added all the items that Ainz wore in the book into the anime, it would become something terrifying. Hashimoto: During the scenario meeting, Ainz’s “Ring Problem” came up. Ainz’s ten fingers all had differing rings, but if we drew them all, a problem would definitely occur and so we had to think of countermeasures.
While simplifying the characters’ accessories, there were some that were kept. An example of this was Albedo’s necklace, which due to its complicated design was deigned to be scrapped, but it was retained due to the director’s opinion that “Her chest seems lonely so put something there”.
Yoshimatsu: They were really cool.
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—While the various designs were amazing, the art was splendid as well. Yoshimatsu: Well, the art was certainly amazing. Especially Episode 4. Hashimoto: I knew that the studio of Atelier Musa-san who we left the art to was certainly very skilled, but they kept up the quality until the end. The hardened ground that appeared in the end of Episode 12 was spot on. And the severity of the scene was great. I believe that the severity of any scene in anime depends on the art. I believe that all of this was thanks to the artists that added all that weight to this OVERLORD anime. —Returning to the characters, who are the ones that you like? So-bin: I like everyone. I have no favourites. I have a deep love for all the characters.
So-bin: How detailed *Laughs*. Yoshimatsu: And because it is an item forced onto players on Christmas Eve, it was made in Christmas colours. Hashimoto: Yes yes. I recalled it was something like “Let’s make it Red and Green”. Yoshimatsu: It’s great that something nice came out of it.
The interesting parts of the Anime OVERLORD Came from Director Itou —By the way, who was the character whose design was the most tiring? Yoshimatsu: Albedo took the most time.
Hashimoto: Even Kyouhukou?
Hashimoto: That’s right. Albedo appeared the most in the original work and this had quite the effect. The insert art in Book 1 of her made her seem like a “Glamourous” and “Scary” Onee-chan character.
So-bin: Well that is *Laughs*. However he is quite the gentleman. But it was quite difficult to draw him.
Yoshimatsu: However, as the light novel continued, Albedo seemed to become younger *Laughs*.
Yoshimatsu: Is that so?
Hashimoto: My image of her changed quite a bit.
so-bin: had to repeatedly look up images of [Cockroaches].... *Laughs*.
Yoshimatsu: This is not limited to Albedo, Hashimoto-san was like “I really love so-bin-san’s art that’s born from his fervour, and so let’s definitely put it into the anime” constantly at the start. I wanted the anime’s art to reflect the amazingness of so-binsan’s, normally, when anime characters make a scary face, they will have sanpaku eyes, but in this case I based it off the novel’s artwork and made their eyes larger instead.
Yoshimatsu: That seems harsh *Laughs*. For me, it would be Shalltear. Part of it is that I simply like girls with sharp eyes *Laughs*. I also like Mare and Aura. Hashimoto: I like Momon. His overwhelming figure in armour looked amazing in the sakuga *Laughs*. So-bin: Not Ainz but Momon? Yoshimatsu: Momon’s animation was quite exhausting. Everyone surprisingly was unable to get a good balance and so we had to redraw parts quite often. On that note, it was great that the Mask of Envy was difficult to get wrong. When we started, I thought “It would be nice if Ainz kept the Mask of Envy on for the whole thing”. Hashimoto: That might be a bit too much *Laughs*. Yoshimatsu: For the Mask of Envy, the design of it was that it looked like tears were flowing out of it to make it seem like the wearer was jealous.
So-bin: I see. Hashimoto: At the same time, the richer the anime expressions became, the closer it got to a comedy show, and so I pondered over the acceptable range for this anime. I do not intend to strip it of its comedy. While there are serious scenes, there are also comedic ones scattered around, and I think the gap between so-bin’san’s sombre art and the comical scenes is one of the novels’ many charms. However while my imagination could suplement the words on the page, the anime has to provide the whole experience. And it was difficult to define the boundary between those two types of scenes. Trying to maintain such a strange balancing act was truely exhausting. Well in the end I threw it all to the director *Laughs*.
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“It was the awaited anime adaptation, and so I thought I had to do my part” – So-bin
Yoshimatsu: Well well *Laughs*. However the reason why the [Overlord] anime became as good as it did was thanks to Director Itou’s working as hard as he did. Hashimoto: Indeed he did. Yoshimatsu: All the content was drawn cleanly, and roughs for most of the cuts. And the number of drawings was extremely high and all the sets needed were completed by highly skilled animators. And also being able to have an idea for the direction for all the cuts is truly amazing. Hashimoto: There are other examples of the director’s amazingness. For me, I believed that OVERLORD created by so-bin-san and Maruyama-sensei should focus on the sharp and edgy aspects. However the director wanted to focus more on the entertainment side, and it resulted in a nice balance. As a result, while maintaining that balance, it became a work that many people could enjoy. —How did so-bin-san find the anime? What was it like to seeing a moving Ainz-sama? So-bin: I laughed *Laughs*. All of Ainz’s reactions were hilarious. Yoshimatsu: The mood was great the moment the OP started. Honestly I think the reason why it went smoothly was entirely because of the OP.
For Yuuki-san’s excellent performance, during the sound recording, the synchronization between Clementine’s mouth and her voice was purposely off, and it was then redrawn and edited afterwards.
—Was there an episode you really liked? So-bin: I watched Episode 9 multiple times. The performance of Yuuki Aoi in the role of Clementine was great. —Yoshimatsu-san took part in this project as the animation director, but was there an episode where you really had to bunker down and work? Yoshimatsu: Ah yes. While it was not as much as the overall director who watched each episode closely, I had to edit things while keeping an eye on the overall balance. Something fun was turning the protagonists into 3D. Normally turning any of the protagonist’s allies into 3D is unthinkable *Laughs*. Thanks to that, we were able to reduce the amount of effort spent on Ainz for the first half of the battle and could instead focus on Gazef. And we could also send our firepower for the battle between Clementine and Ainz in the midst of Episode 9. And so the most tiring would be Episode 10 then.
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Hashimoto: Yes, yes indeed. So-bin: Why? Yoshimatsu: Episode 10 had the “Shalltear Problem” *Laughs*. Hashimoto: This was when we did not decide to turn Shalltear into a CG for the sakuga until the very end. In the end, it was a rushed job. When we decided to do the sakuga we felt relieved though *Laughs*.
What was the meaning in ending, each episode with a beautiful Albedo?? —so-bin-san participated in the ED right. What was the experience like? Hashimoto: I invited him to do so. So-bin: I heard the ED song halfway through the production, and it was a song sung by Albedo about madness and love, and so I drew a rough that matched those themes. Hashimoto: What I am most grateful for are the various ideas that so-bin-san provided. We tested the completed rough with a small video, and after checking it, we listened to the comments from the director and so-bin-san, and then we completed it with the one in charge of the video Konishi (Natsuki)-san. So-bin: And that was how it went. It was fun. —Was it decided from the start to draw in only Albedo in the ED? Hashimoto: At first there was also the opinion to add in Narberal and Shalltear. However the song was Albedo’s and so we thought that it wouldn’t match. So-bin: s a song sung fiercely by a lady, and rather than halfheartedly adding in characters, it would be better to just have Albedo alone. Yoshimatsu: However when we looked at Twitter, right after the broadcast we saw many tweets along the line of “Has the beautiful woman in the ED not yet appeared in the main story?”. We laughed a bit at this *Laughs* So-bin: Beautiful woman *Laughs*.
Hashimoto: Well, but I think that it is necessary to end with a drawing of a beautiful Albedo smiling kindly. Doesn’t it calm you down seeing that image at the end of the episode every week. While the work became something for entertainment, there are also many sharp and edgy aspects to it. And so I think that the drawing so-bin-san did for the ED is definitely something necessary for the OVERLORD anime. I personally love it. So-bin: And as expected the ending has to have Albedo as a heroine *Laughs*. —And lastly, please send a message to the fans. So-bin: Being able to work on this anime, has been an extremely enriching experience for me. That applies to my art as well, how to draw…. For example, the anime staff draw the roughs on graph paper and I want to emulate it, and various other things, they have all taught me many things. And most importantly, having so many people who say that the anime is “Great!” or “I will watch it again.”, makes me extremely happy. While the anime broadcast has ended, the original novels are still continuing, and I will do my best to not lose to the anime, so please go and pick it up. Yoshimatsu: Looking back on it, it is a work whose character designs immediately stand out. Drawing the interaction of these characters chock full with personality was very fun Although there are so many lines that it’s a pain *Laughs*. So-bin: I am truly sorry…. *Laughs*. Yoshimatsu: *Laughs*. And I feel that is has been a long time since I have seen a work that has a good last episode. After watching the last episode, I feel like the staff who have been there from the first episode have received a great reward. While the last episode made me feel that I have no regrets, I will say that I am very interested in a sequel *Laughs*.
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“...The ED is definitely something necessary for the OVERLORD anime” – Hashimoto
Hashimoto: Lastly is me I guess *Laughs*? Looking back on everything, I think that I was extremely blessed to be able to work on this project. And the staff are great people, and everyone worked their hardest. And their hard work has been reflected in the film, and I believe this is the main reason why the listeners have given us their support. Everyone, thank you very much for supporting the OVERLORD anime. —Thank you very much!
The scene where Albedo’s expression changes with the song. The six images shown here were all drawn by so-bin-san.
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Itou Naoyuki [Director]
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Habu Ryousuke [Keyframes]
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❖ STAFF COMMENT from Izumo Juuki These three illustrations were done after the design submissions were already sent, but for the design process I have already imagined images for the “YGGDRASIL designs” already in my mind, and then I edit them such that they are ready to be added into the anime. The Archangel Flame was going to be CG and so I had relatively more freedom, but two types of high ranking angels were going to be added and so I paid close attention to the detail balance. I had the experience of working in game production where the design costs of objects would increase with their power and I kept this in mind. The Death Knight took more time in the latter half of the design that the first. In the beginning, multiple staff members worked on it and cobbled it together. While it was tiring to work on it, I am attached to it. I believe it became the main example of what the monsters should look like in the anime.
Top:...........................Primal Fire Elemental Top Right:...............Archangel Flame Bottom Right:........Death Knight
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❖ STAFF COMMENT from Izumo Juuki For the prerequisites of a CG animation, I design and model the object at the same time. I also provide reference models in the form of polygon models for the design process. In OVERLORD I have done models for undead, the soldiers of the Re-Estize Kingdom and the fake soldiers from the Slane Theocracy.
Up:…………Polygon Model of Archangel Flame Bottom:….Polygon Model of Death Knight
❖ About from Izumo Juuki “Izumo Juuki” is the pen name of Okubo Junji, a freelance creator in Tokyo,Japan. Working in a wide range of fields, under the name of “IZMOJUKI”, from illustration to design, he provides character and product designs for motion picture productions, games and toys.
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Art Board Art Board With the detailed designs as a base, the art board shows these beautiful scenes with colour and becomes the true expression of the rich world of OVERLORD. Including the grim and sombre atmosphere of the Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick, there are also other every changing scenes of the majestic forests and earth that makes one imagine the smell of nature.
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❖ YGGDRASIL Forest 1
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❖ YGGDRASIL Forest 2
❖ The Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick Surface Outside (Before Transfer)
❖ The Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick Surface Outside (Noon)
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❖ The Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick Surface Outside (Night · Moon)
❖ The Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick Surface Outside (Night · Stars)
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❖ The Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick Outside
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❖ The Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick Surface Mausoleum
❖ The Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick Surface Mausoleum (Night)
❖ The Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick The 6th Floor The Colosseum Outside
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❖ The Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick The 6th Floor The Colosseum Inside
❖ The Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick The 9th Floor The Colosseum The Round Table
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❖ The Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick The 9th Floor In front of Ainz’s Private Room
❖ The Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick The 9th Floor Ainz’s Private Room
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❖ The Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick The 9th Floor Ainz’s Bedroom
❖ The Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick The 9th Floor Ainz’s Dressing Room
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❖ The Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick The 10th Floor The Throne Room
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❖ The Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick The 10th Floor The Treasury · The Open Space
❖ The Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick The 10th Floor The Treasury · The Mausoleum
[The Bloody Valkyrie] Storyboarding: Itou Naoyuki Staging: Matsumura Masaki Animation Director: Miyamae Shinichi, Park Jae Seok, Kim Yi Sung, Yamazaki Teruhiko Assistant Animation Director:
Nfirea: Murase Ayumu
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Nigun: Koyasu Takehito Enri: Ichimichi Mao
Lizzie: Tani Ikuko Britta: Satsuki Yukino
[PVN: Player VS Non Player Character] Storyboarding: Itou Naoyuki Staging: Wakabayashi Kunio Animation Director: Yoshimatsu Takahiro, Hirano Yuuichi, Han Jeong Ri Assistant Animation Director: Miyamae Shinichi, Souzaki Nobuyoshi
Everyone who read OVERLORD on Arcadia Everyone who read OVERLORD on Shosetsu Everyone who read OVERLORD in print Everyone who watched OVERLORD as an anime
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so-bin-shi has drawn a large amount of roughs for the anime. We are now making the rich expressions of the characters and their detailed clothes open to the public. And allow us to introduce to you the roughs of the Black Scripture, and the very popular anime ending art.
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Her wings are large enough to hide her bottom half. The fold in front of her. (They might act like a dog’s tail in expressing her emotions?) For the shading, it should make it feel like there is a lot of volume present.
To outsiders: The faces of those of Nazarick are cold, cruel and heretical, and so her expression should have tints of cold and dark. Albedo is a succubus, and so her smile should be erotic. (The gap between her normal state and when she argues with Shalltear and goes crazy for Ainz is fun.)
I think that her legs should not be shown, but I imagine she wears something like gladiator sandals.
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❖ Vampire Bride
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Like the fire demon from the Lord of the Rings
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I apologise for having him be such a tiring shape to draw…. For him, I wanted him to feel more like an armoured insect than a monster and so I had his hard feel and sharp silhouette to accentuate the feeling like he was cut from crystal or from solid ice (although he is naked), and so his waist is narrow, his arms are long with multiple joints and his legs bend backwards to give him this unbalanced feel. I believe that as long as his silhouette is maintained it will be fine, so I arranged it such that the detailed parts are easier to draw!
The way that birds or dinosaurs (bipedal) walk (indirect movement) may be of use
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He has six eyes. His giant chin is his charm point
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The Three Demon Generals
❖ Greed
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❖ Envy
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❖ Dominion Authority
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❖ Kaire
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❖ Fourth Seat of the Black Scripture
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❖ Sixth Seat of the Black Scripture
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❖ Eighth Seat of the Black Scripture
❖ Ninth Seat of the Black Scripture
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❖ Eleventh Seat of the Black Scripture
❖ Twelfth Seat of the Black Scripture
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