WATCH TIME

How long does it take to watch Overlord?

Watching the Overlord main story takes 22 h 21 min (52 episodes and the films). At 2 hours a day that is 12 days. Adding every released special, OVA and side story brings it to at least 36 h 29 min.

Main story
22 h 21 min
Episodes
52
1 h a day
23 days
2 h a day
12 days
4 h a day
6 days
Non-stop
0.9 days
Binge calculator

You will finish Overlord in 12 days.

BREAKDOWN

Time per season and film

Watch order
  1. Overlord · TV series · 2015 · 13 ep.5 h 12 min
  2. Overlord II · TV series · 2018 · 13 ep.4 h 59 min
  3. Overlord III · TV series · 2018 · 13 ep.4 h 59 min
  4. Overlord IV · TV series · 2022 · 13 ep.4 h 59 min
  5. Overlord: The Sacred Kingdom · Movie · 20242 h 12 min
  6. Overlord 6: Drama CD-tsuki Tokusou-ban - Yokoku-hen · Web series · 2014 · 1 ep. · extraruntime unknown
  7. Overlord: Ple Ple Pleiades · Special · 2015 · 8 ep. · extraruntime unknown
  8. Overlord: Ple Ple Pleiades - Special Edition · Web series · 2015 · 1 ep. · extraruntime unknown
  9. Overlord: Ple Ple Pleiades (OVA) · OVA · 2016 · 1 ep. · extraruntime unknown
  10. Overlord Movie 1: Fushisha no Ou · Movie · 2017 · extra1 h 42 min
  11. Overlord: The Dark Warrior · Movie · 2017 · extraruntime unknown
  12. Overlord: Ple Ple Pleiades Theatrical Version · Special · 2017 · 2 ep. · extraruntime unknown
  13. Overlord Movie: Manner Movie · Special · 2017 · 1 ep. · extraruntime unknown
  14. Overlord: Ple Ple Pleiades 2 · Web series · 2018 · 13 ep. · extraruntime unknown
  15. Overlord: Ple Ple Pleiades 3 · Web series · 2018 · 13 ep. · extraruntime unknown
  16. Overlord: Ple Ple Pleiades - Clementine Toubou-hen · Web series · 2018 · 3 ep. · extraruntime unknown
  17. Overlord: Ple Ple Pleiades 4 · Web series · 2022 · 13 ep. · extraruntime unknown
  18. The Eminence in Shadow · TV series · 2022 · 20 ep. · extra7 h 40 min
  19. Kagejitsu! · Web series · 2022 · 17 ep. · extraruntime unknown
  20. The Eminence in Shadow Season 2 · TV series · 2023 · 12 ep. · extra4 h 36 min
  21. Kage-Jitsu! 2nd · Web series · 2023 · 12 ep. · extraruntime unknown
  22. Ple Ple Pleiades × Kage-Jitsu! · Web series · 2023 · 1 ep. · extra10 min

13 entries have no recorded runtime and are not counted, so the real total is a little longer.

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Not sure where to start?The watch order page lists every season, film and special in order, with which extras you can skip.

Totals multiply each entry's episode count by its average episode length from anime-offline-database (ODbL). Only released entries are counted; announced seasons are left out until they air. "Skip openings and endings" assumes about 3 minutes saved per 24-minute episode.