Overlord: The Undead King

2017 1h 43m movie Film

Overlord: The Undead King

劇場版総集編オーバーロード不死者の王【前編】

Synopsis

劇場版総集編オーバーロード不死者の王【前編】

The first recap film of season 1 of the anime TV series Overlord, covering episodes 1 to 7. In the year 2138, the popular online VR game Yggdrasil is quietly shut down one day. However, the player Momonga decides to not log out and is transformed into a powerful skeletal wizard upon shutdown. The game world continues to change, with non-player characters beginning to feel emotions. Confronted with this abnormal situation, Momonga and his loyal followers strive to investigate and take over the new world the game has become.

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Films and series that share thematic tags with Overlord: The Undead King. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

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Animation + Action in Japan

1178 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Animation and Action genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Overlord: The Undead King itself).

The 2016–2018 Japan Window

Overlord: The Undead King holds position #347 of 602 Japan films in the 2016–2018 window, below highlighted by audience rating.

The 2010s Japan Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Japan, 1769 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Overlord: The Undead King premiered alongside 193 others.

Position in Catalog

Released alongside 193 other Japan films in 2017.

The 3510th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).

Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).

Audience Engagement

18

Reviews

32nd

Review-volume percentile

70th

Popularity percentile

18 audience reviews — more than 32% of Japan films in our index.

Popularity (70th percentile) outruns review volume (32th) — a trending, discussed title among Japan films.

Thematic Fingerprint

Tags on Overlord: The Undead King, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.

Recurring themes · common across catalog

video game · 23
isekai · 10
game · 7

Mainstream tags · widely used across catalog

anime · 711
supernatural · 89
magic · 84

Reception Benchmarks

7.0

TMDB Rating

18

Audience Reviews

Highly Rated

Critical Tier

Ranked #2,245 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (51st percentile by TMDB audience score).

Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #1,530 of 2,532 (top 60%).

Production Details

Primary Country	Japan
Original Language	Japanese
Production Companies	Madhouse, KADOKAWA
Runtime	1h 43m
Release Date	February 25, 2017
IMDb	tt6634906
Official Site	overlord-anime.com

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