For AnimeJapan 2015, the official website of the upcoming anime adaptation of Kugane Maruyama and So-bin’s Overlord light novel has revealed that the TV anime will be produced by animation studio Madhouse (No Game No Life, Wolf Children). The site has also revealed the first key visual and additional members of the staff.
The first members of the anime’s staff were revealed. They include:
- Director: Naoyuki Itou (Digimon: Data Squad, One Piece 3D2Y)
- Series Composer and Screenplay Writer: Yukie Sugawara (Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei, Sword Art Online)
- Anime Character Designer and Chief Animation Director: Yoshimatsu Takahiro (Hunter × Hunter, Trigun)
- Animation Studio: Madhouse (No Game No Life, Wolf Children)
The main cast of the anime was earlier revealed and will feature:
- Satoshi Hino (Yuuji Sakai in Shakugan no Shana) will voice Momonga
- Emiri Katou (Kyuubey from Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica) is voicing as Aura Bella Fiore
- Kenta Miyake (Tsume in Wolf’s Rain) will play the role of Cocytus
- Manami Numakura (Aoi Sakurai in Rail Wars!) will voice Narberal Gamma
- Masayuki Katou (Kiyomasa Senji from Deadman Wonderland) voices Demiurge
- Sumire Uesaka (Sanae Dekomori in Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!) as Shalltear Bloodfallen
- Yumi Hara (Takane Shijou in The iDOLM@STER) will be voicing Albedo
- Yumi Uchiyama (Yoko Inokuma in Kiniro Mosaic) voices Mare Bello Fiore
- Shigeru Chiba (Kazuma Kuwabara in Yu Yu Hakusho) as Sebas Tian
There has been a total of two drama CDs based on the light novel, which were bundled with the 4th and 6th volume of the light novel, as well as an audio CD bundled with the 3rd volume. The cast is the same as the announced anime cast and the light novel’s publisher Enterbrain have released the specials online.
Here is the first audio CD:
And here is the second drama CD:
Overlord is a fantasy light novel series written by Kugane Maruyama and illustrated by so-bin. The series began online in 2010 before Kadokawa’s Enterbrain light novel imprint began publishing the series in 2012. To date a total of 8 compiled volumes have been released. The first two volumes of the manga have sold over 100,000 copies combined. An audio CD of the series was released bundled with the light novel’s 3rd volume, and Two drama CDs of the series were released with volumes 4 and 6.
Here is a synopsis of the series from ANN:
The story begins with Yggdrasil, a popular online game which is quietly shut down one day. However, the protagonist Momonga decides to not log out. Momonga is then transformed into the image of a skeleton as “the most powerful wizard.” The world continues to change, with non-player characters (NPCs) beginning to feel emotion. Having no parents, friends, or place in society, this ordinary young man Momonga then strives to take over the new world the game has become.
The Overlord anime will be airing in the near future. More information, including the first Promotional Video, will be revealed on the second day of AnimeJapan.
You can visit the anime’s website here: http://overlord-anime.com/
And follow their Twitter: @over_lord_anime
Source Article – Haruhichan
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