Talk:New World/@comment-25400375-20160319210305/@comment-29248623-20160823075802

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The basic concept of Overlord's setting is "a player stuck in a magical world." It's a pretty uncommon genre in anime but has been more explored in mangas and is called "isekai" or parallel universe. Sword Art Online and Log Horizon are 2 other well known titles that have this story setting.

As for the concept of the name, NW (New World) has been the default term used by the wiki community and is the unofficial name of this reality due to a lack of a proper name being given by the author. Most of the community don't want to give it a name because we're still half-expecting that the author blasts us in the face with it on either the WN or the LN.