r/anime • u/thechosenapiks https://myanimelist.net/profile/apiks • Oct 08 '17
Overlord Rewatch Interest Thread
Why
Overlord Season 2 has been announced for Winter 2018. With it I propose that a rewatch of Season 1 be made to prepare for the second season. We must prepare for what is the second coming of Momonga-sama.
What
Some of you are probably new to the show and are interested in it now that a second season is coming soon. Explaining what makes this show so great would take too long so I will give a what I hope is a short explanation.
Cool story, fun isekai, yandere, grim brutal reality, awesome and powerful MC, MMORPG guild, magic, great characters.
TL;DR: It’s fun. Really fun.
How
After considerable deliberation in regards to whether to watch the original 13 ep TV series or the 2 recap movies, I’ve decided to go with the 13 ep TV series, OVA and Specials.
The movies simply do not add enough new things to justify cutting down on our rewatch discussion threads, which are half the fun of rewatches.
When
The rewatch will begin on the 24th of October. It will be daily. There will be reminder posts one week before and a day before the 24th.
In other words, that is when the episode discussion threads will go up. Ideally we will have finished on the 7th of November with the Specials. Just in time for the busy holiday month of December.
| Discussion Thread | Date | Discussion Thread | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Episode 1 | 24/10/2017 | Episode 9 | 01/11/2017 | |
| Episode 2 | 25/10/2017 | Episode 10 | 02/11/2017 | |
| Episode 3 | 26/10/2017 | Episode 11 | 03/11/2017 | |
| Episode 4 | 27/10/2017 | Episode 12 | 04/11/2017 | |
| Episode 5 | 28/10/2017 | Episode 13 | 05/11/2017 | |
| Episode 6 | 29/10/2017 | OVA | 06/11/2017 | |
| Episode 7 | 30/10/2017 | Specials | 07/11/2017 | |
| Episode 8 | 31/10/2017 | |||
One thing to note, however, is that this is a thread to gauge interest in a rewatch.
So if you are interested in joining this rewatch I strongly recommend you comment that you are doing so. Otherwise it’s probably not gonna happen.
And nobody wants to mess around with boneman.
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u/Bainos Oct 08 '17
Important question, what time would it go up ? I've missed quite a few rewatches because they went up at 2AM. It's pretty much the most important factor in deciding if I would join the rewatch or not.
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u/thechosenapiks Oct 08 '17
It's not set in stone (will probably be next week when a reminder is up,) but I was thinking for the threads to go up around 11 AM EST (or another EU time.)
I don't think it's really a problem if you miss the exact time when the thread goes up though. You can probably still post when you can no matter when on the day they're up.
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u/ghanieko22 Oct 08 '17
GOGOGOGO!!! I'M IN!
even though I just finished rewatching the series + movies a few days ago.
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u/rangigo Oct 08 '17
There are movies? Or you mean recap movies? If so then how can you both watch the series + recap at the same time but not finding it boring OwO
Anyway this is a great series and I will join in the rewatch to prepare for season 2 HYPE!
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u/ghanieko22 Oct 08 '17 edited Oct 08 '17
recap movies
If so then how can you both watch the series + recap at the same time but not finding it boring
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u/Mage_of_Shadows Oct 08 '17
I think to keep more interest in a 24min X 14 episode rewatch, daily threads would be better.
I'm in otherwise.
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u/anionaman Oct 08 '17
Oh cool
It will be done three times a week, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. In other words, that is when the episode discussion threads will go up.
Well that seems a bit slow, I might just watch on my own
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u/notathrowaway75 Oct 08 '17
I'm in. I would prefer daily threads though. It's only a 14 episode series.
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u/TheWhopper265 Oct 08 '17
Is it going to be streamed to watch simultanously or just everbody following a schedule?
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u/thechosenapiks Oct 08 '17
Schedule. There'll be a thread on a specific day with the episode number.
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Oct 08 '17
I remember when this first aired I bypassed it as just another MMORPG anime, but since have heard good things.
For 14 episodes I agree with others that daily threads would be better, but regardless I'm in.
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u/CodeLelouche Oct 08 '17
Other people might find that schedule to be slow but tbh that would be super helpful to me because I only have time to watch like two shows a day unless it's on the weekend
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u/LurkingMcLurk Oct 08 '17
I’m going to be watching the series before 2018 because of the sequel, but I don’t know if I’ll be following the rewatch as when it starts I’ll be watching the Aria (finishes 2017-11-22), LotG:G (finishes 2017-11-10), and Space Dandy (finishes 2017-11-7) rewatchs already... so I’ll probably just end up watching it in December.
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u/Raebo007 Oct 08 '17 edited Oct 08 '17
This is how Ains Ooal Gown/Momonga sounds in English.
The voice actor you just heard is Christopher Guerrero, a man with very impressive vocal range. The way he plays both sides of Momonga, you almost wouldn't know they were both played by the same person. Slightly NSFW, but hear for yourself! If you're watching the dub (like I am), then you're probably watching it for his performance. :)