OVERLORD: The Sacred Kingdom is a huge hit in Japan! North America has a little longer to wait until we can see our lovely skeleton pal Ainz Ooal Gown again—but we can enjoy the celebrations in the meantime!
For a limited time (until September 29), this very cool video will be playing on the big screen at Shibuya Station near the Den-en-toshi line. The vid showcases action-packed moments from the film, as well as OxT’s theme song “WHEELER-DEALER”:
As previously announced, the film will make its big-screen debut in North America and Canada on November 8. The film, which marks a new theatrical outing from the fan-favorite series, will be released in theaters in both Japanese with English subtitles and dubbed in English. OVERLORD: The Sacred Kingdom picks up from the end of OVERLORD Season 4, continuing the journey of Momonga, the salaryman now trapped in his favorite video game.
Directed by Naoyuki Ito at studio MADHOUSE, OVERLORD: The Sacred Kingdom features character design and chief animation direction by Satoshi Tasaki, illustration by so-bin and music by Shuji Katayama (Team-MAX). The film debuted in Japan on September 20.
Crunchyroll streams all four seasons of the OVERLORD anime, based on the light novels by Kugane Maruyama. It describes OVERLORD: The Sacred Kingdom as:
After twelve years of playing his favorite MMORPG game, Momonga logs in for the last time only to find himself transported into its world playing it indefinitely. Throughout his adventures, his avatar ascends to the title of Sorcerer King Ains Ooal Gown.
Once prosperous but now on the brink of ruin, The Sacred Kingdom enjoyed years of peace after construction of an enormous wall protecting them from neighboring invasions. But, one day this comes to an end when the Demon Emperor Jaldabaoth arrives with an army of villainous demi-humans.
Fearing invasion of their own lands, the neighboring territory of the Slane Theocracy is forced to beg their enemies at the Sorcerer Kingdom for help. Heeding the call, Momonga, now known as the Sorcerer King Ains Ooal Gown, rallies the Sorcerer Kingdom and its undead army to join the fight alongside the Sacred Kingdom and the Slane Theocracy in hopes to defeat the Demon Emperor.
Source: KADOKAWAanime YouTube Channel
