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Overlord is definitely an interesting anime. At times, it feels as though there's signs of what could be a great anime, however these signs quickly disappear and the anime goes back to the same boring, repetitive, stereotypical anime. The worst part of Overlord is hands down the characters. Ainz is by all means a good main character, he's fairly interesting and fun to watch. Outside of Ainz, I could'nt care to learn a single characters name. The side cast are all bland and forgettable. All of the girl side characters are just in love with Ainz, not a single one of them show any interesting ... characteristics. The male characters are even worse, they have barely any personality except for the fact that they love and want to protect Ainz. This is the main reason why I gave this anime a 5 and find it hard to recommend this to other users. Characters are the most important part of a show, and its where Overlord fails unfortunately.

Other than the characters, Overlord is fairly good in some other areas. The animation is nice, although the character for some of the characters are downright bad, and dont get me started on the CGI. Throughout the show, the pacing is good and the story is easy to get invested in despite it being pretty bare bones. The fights are fun, but the constant shouting of names for their moves gets really annoying, really quickly. Overlord also does the stereotypical anime thing where they'll fight for 10 seconds, and then stop to talk, repeat this 5 or more times until the fight finally ends. Overlord really loves doing this, and at times it felt like the characters would fight for 2 seconds before stopping and having a little chat about how they're finally going to play their 'trump card' or they say something dumb like 'is that all you've got?'

Ultimately, Overlord is a good anime if you want to turn off your mind and be entertained for a few hours. The story is easy to get into, the characters are basic and the action is just barely okay. If you're expecting some amazing isekai show that changes the genre I would not recommend this show. Overlord was just barely okay in my opinion, however it didn't do enough to make me want to watch a second season.