This page shows the chronological timeline for the history and progress of Overlord, a series written by Maruyama Kugane, and other related events.
| Year | Date | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | May 9 | Author posting a web novel titled "Overlord" in Arcadia, a Japanese fanfiction website under the pen name "Muchimuchi Puririn" (むちむちぷりりん). |
| March 30 | Relocated web novel Overlord from Arcadia to Let's Become a Writer, a Japanese user-generated novel publishing website for aspiring light novel authors, prior to being acquired and published by Enterbrain under Kadokawa Corporation. | |
| 2011 | August 16 | Muchimuchi Puririn started blogging and posted his first entry on Let's Become a Writer. |
| 2012 | June 14 | Muchimuchi Puririn changes pen name to Maruyama Kugane (丸山 くがね). |
| July 30 | Overlord Volume 1: The Undead King released. | |
| November 30 | Overlord Volume 2: The Dark Warrior released. | |
| 2013 | March 30 | Overlord Volume 3: The Bloody Valkyrie released. |
| July 31 | Overlord Volume 4: The Lizard Man Heroes released, bundled with the special edition Drama CD "The Sealed Evil Tree". | |
| December 28 | Overlord Volume 5: The Men in the Kingdom (Part 1) released. | |
| 2014 | January 31 | Overlord Volume 6: The Men in the Kingdom (Part 2) released, bundled with the Drama CD "The Dark Hero's Story". |
| August 30 | Overlord Volume 7: The Invaders of the Large Tomb released. | |
| November 26 | A manga adaptation by Satoshi Ōshio began serialization in Kadokawa's monthly magazine Comp Ace. | |
| December 28 | Overlord Volume 8: The Two Leaders released. | |
| 2015 | March 21 | TV animation adaptation of Overlord's website released. |
| April 17 | Official light novel website released. | |
| June 26 | Overlord manga adaptation's first volume released. | |
| June 29 | Overlord Volume 9: The Magic Caster of Destroy released. | |
| July 5 | Brochures titled "Overlord OFFICIAL BOOK" distributed at AKIHABARA GAMERS Main Shop. | |
| July 6 | Web radio "Overlord ~ Oath of Loyalty to the Supreme Being Radio" broadcast started. (7 deliveries) | |
| July 7 | TV animation "Overlord" broadcast started. | |
| July 25 | Overlord manga adaptation's second volume released. | |
| August 4 | Pure Pure Pleiades started airing. | |
| August 22 | "Overlord ~ Oath of Loyalty to the Supreme Being Radio" public recording at Chara Hobby 2015. | |
| August 26 | Official CDs for Overlord anime's OP and ED "Clattanoia" and "LLL" released. | |
| September 26 | BD/DVD "Overlord" released. | |
| September 28 | Web radio "Overlord ~ Oath of Loyalty to the Supreme Being Radio" broadcast ended. (7 deliveries) | |
| September 30 | TV animation "Overlord" broadcast ended.
Pure Pure Pleiades airing ended. | |
| October 10 | Monthly magazine competition "Overlord Feature" released. | |
| October 25 | Radio CD "Overlord ~ Oath of Loyalty to the Supreme Being Radio" released (all 7 deliveries + Chara Hobby 2015 public recording). | |
| October 28 | BD/DVD "Overlord" Volume 2 released. | |
| October 31 | Anime Overlord "Complete Setting Material Collection" released.
Anime Overlord "Complete Setting Material Collection ebtenDX pack" released. | |
| November 18 | Collaboration event with the Japanese MMO TalesWeaver | |
| November 25 | BD/DVD "Overlord" Volume 3 released. | |
| December 25 | BD/DVD "Overlord" Volume 4 released. | |
| December 26 | Overlord manga adaptation's third volume released. | |
| 2016 | January 27 | BD/DVD "Overlord" Volume 5 released. |
| February 24 | BD/DVD "Overlord" Volume 6 released (final volume). | |
| March 1 | BD/DVD sales exceeded 10,000 copies per volume (68,000 overall copies sold). | |
| March 14 | Overlord Alarm Clock application preregistration started. | |
| March 22 | Overlord won the 4th place in Light Novel Series category of the Sugoi Japan Award by the newspaper publisher Yomiuri Shimbun. | |
| March 24 | Mixi Overlord Game launched, with collaboration between Japanese online social network Mixi and Overlord. | |
| March 29 | Overlord Alarm Clock application preregistration ended. | |
| April 24 | Mixi Overlord Game service ended. | |
| May 9 | Overlord Alarm Clock application on Android version distribution starts on Rakuten app store. | |
| May 30 | Overlord Volume 10: The Ruler of Conspiracy released. | |
| June 9 | Oricon ranked Overlord as the top seller in its weekly book rankings, with 110,000 copies sold for the 10 volumes. | |
| June 20 | Overlord Character Popularity Poll held on the Japanese media site Nico Nico Douga. | |
| June 25 | Overlord manga adaptation's fourth volume released. | |
| June 25 | Collaboration event with the Japanese RPG game Maboroshi Tou Senki Griffon by Sega started. | |
| July 22 | Intermediate results for Overlord Character Popularity Poll on Nico Nico Douga website announced. | |
| July 25 | Collaboration event with the Japanese RPG game Maboroshi Tou Senki Griffon by Sega ended. | |
| July 28 | Overlord Volume 11 OVA "Pure Pure Pleiades" Special PV Ainz uploaded on YouTube. | |
| August 4 | Overlord Volume 11 OVA "Pure Pure Pleiades" Special PV Lupusregina/Yuri uploaded on YouTube. | |
| August 12 | Overlord Volume 11 OVA "Pure Pure Pleiades" Special PV Narberal uploaded on YouTube. | |
| August 18 | Overlord Volume 11 OVA "Pure Pure Pleiades" Special PV Solution/Entoma uploaded on YouTube. | |
| August 23 | Overlord manga adaptation's fifth volume released. | |
| August 26 | Overlord Volume 11 OVA "Pure Pure Pleiades" Special PV Pandora's Actor uploaded on YouTube. | |
| September 13 | Collaboration event with Japanese mobile game Lost Regalia started. | |
| September 15 | Final results for Overlord Character Popularity Poll on Nico Nico Douga website announced. | |
| September 17 | Collaboration event with Japanese mobile game Lost Regalia ended. | |
| September 29 | Compilation film for Overlord announced. | |
| September 30 | Overlord Volume 11: The Craftsman of Dwarf released, bundled with a 30-minute BD featuring a side story about the Pleiades Six Stars' interaction with some Floor Guardians. | |
| November 24 | Youjo Senki x Overlord collaboration and joint press conference. | |
| December 3 | First advanced ticket release for Overlord's first part of its compilation film. | |
| December 24 | Second advanced ticket release for Overlord's first part of its compilation film. | |
| December 26 | Overlord manga adaptation's sixth volume released.
Special edition Drama CD "Show Must Go On!" released. | |
| 2017 | January 26 | Spin-off manga Overlord: The Undead Oh! published at Kadokawa's Monthly Comp Ace magazine. |
| January 28 | First advanced ticket release for Overlord's second part of its compilation film, comes with a limited replacement box cover for the novel's 1st volume of the novel featuring the movie's key visual as original illustration from so-bin. | |
| February 8 | "Overlord ~ Oath of Loyalty to the Supreme Being Radio" limited delivery re-airing. | |
| February 25 | Overlord Movie 1: The Undead King released on theaters. Pleiades Day novel given to first screening attendees, featuring side-story about the Pleiades and a so-bin's illustration at page 8.
Second advanced ticket release for Overlord's second part of its compilation film, comes with a limited edition poster signed by Satoshi Hino (AInz's VA) and illustrated by so-bin. | |
| March 4 | Limited edition poster signed by Yumi Hara (Albedo's VA) and illustrated by so-bin giveaways for early bird moviegoers to commemorate the 2nd week in theaters of the first movie. | |
| March 11 | Overlord Movie 2: The Dark Warrior released on theaters, comes with a limited edition poster signed by Sumire Uesaka (Shalltear's VA) and illustrated by so-bin giveaways for early bird moviegoers. 2nd season for the TV animation Overlord announced at the end of the film
Overlord x Youjo Senki Joint Exhibition Event - Limited time SHOP opened in Ikebukuro Marui 7F Event Space featuring exhibition materials of both works. Commemorative Collaboration Cafe for the second movie opened in partnership with Machi ★ Asobi CAFE in two locations (Tokyo and Kitakyushu) featuring Overlord-themed foods, drinks and other goods. | |
| March 18 | Ple Ple Pleiades Special 4-koma manga business trip edition available for purchase to the second movie movie goers on limited numbers. | |
| March 20 | Commemorative Collaboration Cafe in partnership with Machi ★ Asobi CAFE ended. | |
| March 21 | Overlord x Youjo Senki Joint Exhibition Event - Limited time SHOP last day. | |
| May 5 | Overlord original painting exhibition started in Tokushima Perfecture's semi-annual event Machi ★ Asobi (now its 18th). | |
| May 7 | Overlord original painting exhibition in Machi ★ Asobi vol. 18 ended. | |
| May 24 | Overlord manga adaptation's seventh volume released. | |
| September 5 | Collaboration event with the Japanese MMORPG Master of Epic. | |
| September 13 | BD/DVD for both Overlord Movie 1: The Undead King and Overlord Movie 2: The Dark Warrior released. | |
| September 30 | Overlord Volume 12: The Paladin of the Holy Kingdom I released. | |
| December 1 | E-book version of the light novel's volumes 1 to 6 released. | |
| December 15 | E-book version of the light novel's volumes 7 to 12 released. | |
| December 17 | A new 30 second PV of TV anime "Overload Ⅱ" released on Youtube. | |
| December 26 | Overlord manga adaptation's eighth volume released. | |
| 2018 | January 9 | Overlord II & Pure Pure Pleiades 2 started airing. |
| January 10 | Overlord: The Undead Oh! Volume 01 & Overlord Official Comic A La Carte 01 are released.
Commemorative Collaboration Menu for the second movie opened in partnership with Karaoke Pasera in three locations (AKIBA, Yokohama, and Namba) featuring Overlord-themed foods, drinks, and other goods. Lasting from January 10 - February 12. | |
| January 26 | Overlord Collaboration with Sega's popular smartphone RPG "Chain Chronicle 3" announced. | |
| January 31 | Live Official Chain Chronicle broadcasted. | |
| February 10 | Overlord: The Undead Oh! Volume 02 is released. | |
| April 26 | Overlord manga adaptation's ninth volume & Overlord Official Comic A La Carte 02 are released. | |
| April 27 | Overlord Volume 13: The Paladin of the Holy Kingdom II released. | |
| June 25 | Pre-registration for the new smartphone game Mass for the Dead is released. | |
| July 26 | Overlord: The Undead Oh! Volume 03 & Overlord Official Comic A La Carte 03 are released. |
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