Overlord Movie 3: Sei Oukoku-hen

Overlord: The Sacred Kingdom brings the dark fantasy epic to the big screen with striking animation and an enthralling soundtrack. The visual presentation is undoubtedly one of the film's strongest elements. Each scene is carefully crafted, from intense magical battles to the haunting atmosphere that defines the Overlord universe. Fans of the franchise will appreciate the sheer scale and power on display, as well as the attention to detail in character designs and settings.

As a long-time fan of Overlord, I found myself deeply engaged with how the movie captured the essence of the series, particularly through its dramatic confrontations and strategic nuances. However, the pacing ... in the first half did feel somewhat rushed, with transitions that, at times, resembled a powerpoint slideshow, moving rapidly from one scene to the next without allowing enough room for certain moments to fully breathe.

While the movie is enjoyable in its own right, readers of the light novels such as myself may notice several omitted or condensed details, which leave parts of the story feeling a bit flat. Given the challenge of adapting two volumes into a two-hour film, this was somewhat expected.

Score: 10/10 – A visually impressive and immersive experience, despite some pacing issues.

Glory to the 41

Watched this movie last night and I must say this is not Movie quality, but I enjoyed it anyways.

Story: 7
If like me you have read light novels 12 and 13, this is adapted straight from them with no new content. The story might actually be a downgrade from the books but that is just inevitable as its shorter than what we've come to expect. Rune Craft? Ainz's antics are on full display here, and will probably get a laugh or two out of you.

Art: 6
For a movie I expected sharper visuals and more animated combat scenes however I was disappointed to see that this is ... basically standard TV quality of Season 4, with some horrible angles and budget constants that are very obvious. The big final fight isn't even shown.

Characters: 6
It is Overlord with more Overlord characters, unfortunately Albedo and most of the crew only have guest appearances or do not show up at all(just like the books). With the time given the characters of which there are three mains besides Ainz and only one is well enough develop because she doesn't need to develop at all. They do not have the time to flesh out the other two characters at all both of whom have massive are very well developed and have large contributions in book 12 and 13.

Music: 5
There is no music tracks I can remember and I watched the movie not even 20 hours ago, thus I will rate the music as standard and I think there was a remix of one of the anime season openings in the credits.

Overall Thoughts: 6
This is what id classify as a TV movie forced into theatres. There's not enough here to warrant going to see movie in theatres unless your a big fan of the show. It also doesn't help that they repeated one scene three times. It's good, but its not movie theatre prices good. It lacked memorable fights, music and how this is R rated is beyond me. I think if they added a few more graphic scenes (like 10 more minutes worth)they skipped in the books this would have been a better less rushed feeling movie.

I’m a huge overlord fan but this movie is by far the worst representation of the story that I’ve seen. Luckily I read the novels but the plot moves so fast a non novel reader will probably have a hard time understanding what’s going on and they definitely won’t have a solid grasp of the characters that they introduce. So maybe the story isn’t great this movie but the action has to be entertaining at least right? Wrong! The movie also skips pretty much every major action sequence that should take place or if they do show it it’s a very short rushed version that’s ... not very satisfying to watch at all. Every season of overlord does a pretty good job of telling the story how the novels did with maybe a few details missing here and there but nothing major. If you’re watching this movie without reading the novels you’re doing yourself a disservice because this movie is just objectively bad both compared to the novels and even just as a stand alone movie.