Tag Archives: Overlord

The Accidental Demon Lord

Posted on April 13, 2023 by Merlin

Demon lords. These are figures of such widespread use in the fantasy genre, and within fiction in general, that one hardly needs to elaborate on them. Their fame stands alongside heroes, wizards, warriors, gods, devils, dragons, fairies, and all the … Continue reading →

Posted in Anime and Cartoons, Anime-ted Living, Discussion | Tagged Death Note, Demon King Daimao, Farming Life in Another World, I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level, I’m Really Not the Demon God’s Lackey, Kamichu!, Kamisama Kiss, Notorious Herbivore Dragon, Overlord, Saga of Tanya the Evil, Saving 80000 Gold in Another World for My Retirement, Suppose a Kid from the Last Dungeon Boonies Moved to a Starter Town, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, The Eminence in Shadow, Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy | 1 Comment

My Anime Dungeons and Dragons Party

Posted on September 22, 2022 by Merlin

So, there’s this trend going round a couple Facebook groups I belong to. The idea is to assemble a dream crew as a Dungeons & Dragons party. Some people have used characters from books, some from movies, some even from … Continue reading →

Posted in Anime and Cartoons, Anime-ted Living, Challenge Accepted, Discussion | Tagged A Certain Scientific Railgun, Akame ga Kill, By the Grace of the Gods, Chronicles of the Heroic Knight, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, InuYasha, Log NHorizon, Naruto Shippuden, One Piece, Overlord, Record of Lodoss War, Seven Deadly Sins, Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy, Ushio and Tora | Leave a comment

Slimes, Slaves, and Sexy Maids: The New Wave of Tropes?

Posted on July 28, 2022 by Merlin

It’s no secret whatsoever: when something new and unusual gets any sort of success, it gets copycatted out the freaking wazoo. Hollywood’s scramble to imitate the Marvel Cinematic Universe is but one outstanding example of that. There’s also all the … Continue reading →

Posted in Anime and Cartoons, Anime-ted Living, Discussion | Tagged Black Summoner, By the Grace of the Gods, My Isekai Life, One Piece, Overlord, Redo of Healer, Rising of the Shield Hero, Skeleton Knight in Another World, Slave Harem in the Labyrinth of the Other World, So I’m a Spider So What, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, The Devil is a Part-Timer, The Duke of Death and His Maid, The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated, The Maid I Hired Recently is Mysterious | 4 Comments

The Most Important Question for an Isekai

Posted on January 7, 2021 by Merlin

“There is nothing more elusive than an obvious fact,” said Sherlock Holmes. And how true is it? So many times there are so many things, so many connections and ideas and truths, which are so obvious, and yet we miss … Continue reading →

Posted in Anime and Cartoons, Anime-ted Living, Discussion | Tagged Arifureta, By the Grace of the Gods, Death March to a Parallel World Rhapsody, Didn't I Say Make My Abilities Average in the Next Life, Digimon, Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks, Dog Days, Familiar of Zero, Gate, How Not to Summon a Demon Lord, InuYasha, Isekai Cheat Magician, Kamitachi, Magic Knight Rayearth, Master of Ragnarok Blesser of the Einherjar, Monster Rancher, No Game No Life, Overlord, Restaurant to Another World, Rising of the Shield Hero, Saga of Tanya the Evil, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, The Vision of EscaFlowne | 2 Comments

5 Anime Weapons/Props/Objects

Posted on August 1, 2019 by Merlin

Characters are not represented only by themselves. By that, I mean, it’s not just their personality, their choices, etc. that come to define them in our mind. It’s also what they wear, as was discussed last week. And it’s what … Continue reading →

Posted in 30-Day Anime Pick 5 Challenge, Anime and Cartoons, Challenge Accepted | Tagged Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit, Overlord, Rurouni Kenshin, The Vision of EscaFlowne, Trigun, Ushio and Tora | 2 Comments

The Power(ing) of Isekai Protagonists

Posted on May 2, 2019 by Merlin

A humble, average person gets whisked away from our normal world and into a more fantastic one. Here, in this other world filled with strange and wondrous and dangerous things, the humble native of our world is no average person, … Continue reading →

Posted in Anime and Cartoons, Discussion, Miscellaneous | Tagged Digimon, Dragonball Z, Gate, InuYasha, Monster Rancher, Overlord, Rising of the Shield Hero, Saga of Tanya the Evil, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, The Vision of EscaFlowne | 6 Comments

5 Anime “Ships”

Posted on April 18, 2019 by Merlin

How, exactly, did the word “ship” come to involve romantic couplings that the fans like or dislike? I have no idea. It’s quite appropriate, as I think about it, that we talk about the relationships between characters right after we … Continue reading →

Posted in 30-Day Anime Pick 5 Challenge, Anime and Cartoons, Challenge Accepted | Tagged Fruits Basket, Hellsing Ultimate, Level E, Overlord, Servant x Service | 9 Comments

5 Non-Human Anime Characters

Posted on April 11, 2019 by Merlin

First it was scarcity, then it was overabundance, and now it’s… nuance. I mean, there is certainly no shortage of characters in anime who are “not human.” But if we want some diversity, then how rigid are the lines of … Continue reading →

Posted in 30-Day Anime Pick 5 Challenge, Anime and Cartoons, Challenge Accepted | Tagged Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet, Gate, Monster Rancher, My Roommate is a Cat, Overlord | 6 Comments

Anime Review: Overlord

Posted on August 15, 2017 by Merlin

Overlord is mostly a fantasy action/adventure anime, but tilted on its head to tell the story from the villains’ perspective. It borrows just a little from the trope of a gamer getting stuck in a game that becomes real, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Anime and Cartoons, Tuesday Review | Tagged Overlord | 4 Comments

Anime of Summer 2015: Final Thoughts

Posted on October 1, 2015 by Merlin

So, a couple months ago, I aired my first impressions of the latest crop of anime. Or, at least, those that got past my policy of watching the first episode. Now that the Summer Season is ending, and we’re entering … Continue reading →

Posted in Anime and Cartoons, What's New | Tagged Actualle I Am, Castle Town Dandelion, Charlotte, Classroom Crisis, Gangsta, Gatchaman Crowds, Gate, Overlord, Rokka: Braves of the Six Flowers, Snow White with the Red Hair, Ushio and Tora, Working | Leave a comment