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Madhouse Producing Overlord III Anime

Written By Samantha Ferreira

Overlord Light Novel Volume 13 - Cover ArtIt looks like this overlord’s returning to the mad house for another go-round.

Earlier today, the 13th volume of Kugane Maruyama’s Overlord light novels shipped to retailers. The book notes that studio Madhouse will return to produce the upcoming Overlord III anime TV series.

The book also notes that Volume 14 will hit stores in 2019.

Overlord III will hit Japanese TV this July. New voice cast members include:

  • Fulder: Takaya Hashi
  • Gilkunif: Takahiro Sakurai

The previous show, Overlord II, ended on April 3.

Naoyuki Itou returned to direct Overlord‘s second season at Madhouse, with Yukie Sugawara back in charge of series composition. Character designer Takahiro Yoshimatsu (Desert Punk, Trigun) was joined by Satoshi Tasaki (No Game, No Life Zero, Rideback) this time around.

Crunchyroll streamed Overlord II as a simulcast, while Funimation is producing a simuldub. Crunchyroll describes the show as:

When a popular MMORPG is scheduled to be shut down permanently, veteran player Momonga refuses to log out. As NPCs begin to develop personalities and minds of their own he decides to put his skills to use as the game’s new overlord.

Source: Otakomu

Source: Anime News Network

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Samantha Ferreira

Samantha Ferreira is Anime Herald’s founder and editor-in-chief. A Rhode Island native, Samantha has been an anime fan since 1992, and an active member of the anime press since 2002, when she began working as a reviewer for Anime Dream. She launched Anime Herald in 2010, and continues to oversee its operations to this day. Outside of journalism, Samantha actively studies the history of the North American anime fandom and industry, with a particular focus on the 2000s anime boom and bust. She’s a huge fan of all things Sakura Wars, and maintains series fansite Combat Revue Review when she has free time available. When not in the Anime Herald Discord, Samantha can typically be found on Bluesky.

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