Danica Davidson
October 18, 2024 
The OVERLORD: The Sacred Kingdom anime movie is hitting American and Canadian theaters on November 8, and tickets are now officially on sale. The movie will be offered in both dubbed and subbed versions on the big screen, and it takes place after what happens in season 4. Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures Entertainment are handling distribution.
The movie was produced by MADHOUSE with Naoyuki Ito helming the project as director. It’s 132 minutes long.
OVERLORD: The Sacred Kingdom Trailer
The OVERLORD franchise began as a web novel by Kugane Maruyama, and it was later turned into light novels and received both manga and anime adaptations. The anime launched in 2017, and all of its seasons are currently streaming on Crunchyroll. Crunchyroll is also offering the omnibus films OVERLORD: The Undead King and OVERLORD: The Dark Hero on their streaming platform. These two films are season one recaps.
Crunchyroll gave this description for OVERLORD: The Sacred Kingdom:
OVERLORD: The Sacred Kingdom Plot
After twelve years of playing his favorite MMORPG game, Momonga logs in for the last time only to find himself transported into its world playing it indefinitely. Throughout his adventures, his avatar ascends to the title of Sorcerer King Ains Ooal Gown.
Once prosperous but now on the brink of ruin, The Sacred Kingdom enjoyed years of peace after construction of an enormous wall protecting them from neighboring invasions. But, one day this comes to an end when the Demon Emperor Jaldabaoth arrives with an army of villainous demi-humans.
Fearing invasion of their own lands, the neighboring territory of the Slane Theocracy is forced to beg their enemies at the Sorcerer Kingdom for help. Heeding the call, Sorcerer King Ains Ooal Gown, rallies the Sorcerer Kingdom and its undead army to join the fight alongside the Sacred Kingdom and the Slane Theocracy in hopes to defeat the Demon Emperor.
Source: Press release
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Danica Davidson is the author of the bestselling Manga Art for Beginners with artist Melanie Westin, plus its sequel, Manga Art for Everyone, and the first-of-its-kind manga chalk book Chalk Art Manga, both illustrated by professional Japanese mangaka Rena Saiya. Check out her other comics and books at www.danicadavidson.com.
