On 5 January 2024, the official X account of the TV anime “Overlord” which is based on the original light novel by Maruyama Kugane and so-bin revealed the brand new key visual about the upcoming 3rd Overlord film “Overlord: The Holy Kingdom Arc” (Japanese Name: Overlord Movie 3: Sei Oukoku-hen, Synonym: Overlord Movie 3: The Sacred Kingdom).
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The official X Account of this film released a brand new key visual for this upcoming film:
This key visual features Ainz falling and the text in the key visual translated as “Ainz Dies“
OVERLORD: The Sacred Kingdom (Overlord the Movie Holy Kingdom Arc, Overlord Movie 3: Sei Oukoku-hen) will be released in Japan in 2024. Bookmark our website for more awesome updates.
All voice actors and Staff members (some staff changes can occur in the future maybe) are returning for this movie. Studio Madhouse who animated previous movies and seasons will also animate this 3rd movie of the Overlord Series. Director Itou Naoyuki will return to direct this movie at Animation Studio Madhouse.
It is also revealed that the new information about this movie will be revealed at “AnimeJapan 2024” at the KADOKAWA booth which will be held on March 23rd and 24th. The booth will have a 4-meter-tall theater, where you can experience the progress from the TV series to the movie version with powerful images and music while feeling the presence of Ainz crashing from above just like the key visual.
They also released the visual for their Anime Japan 2024 booth:
Overlord is a Japanese light novel series written by Maruyama Kugane and illustrated by so-bin. It began serialized online in 2010 and after that, this light novel was acquired by Kadokawa’s Enterbrain. Since July 2012, they published 16 Volumes of this Light Novel series.
This Light Novel later got a manga adaptation by Satoshi Oshio with art by Hugin Miyama. This manga was serialized on November 26, 2014, in Kadokawa’s Shoten Magazine Comp Ace. This Novel later got an anime adaptation by Studio Madhouse which consists of 4 Anime Seasons and 2 Movies. Overlord Movie 3 has been announced for 2024.
Both manga and Light Novels were licensed in English by Yen Press and they describe this series as:
“For twelve years, the virtual world of Yggdrasil has served as the playground and battlefield for the skeletal lord Momonga and his guild of fellow monsters, Ainz Ooal Gown. But the guild’s glory days are over, and the game is shutting down permanently.
When Momonga logs in one last time just to be there when the servers go dark, something happens-and suddenly, fantasy is reality. A rogues’ gallery of fanatically devoted NPCs is ready to obey his every order, but the world Momonga now inhabits is not the one he remembers. The game may be over, but the epic tale of Ainz Ooal Gown is only beginning…“
Source: Official Website
