Overlord
Anime Like Sword Art Online If You’re Looking for Something Similar
Overlord is another anime that follows a protagonist who is now stuck inside a fantasy gaming world, but Overlord has a different spin on exactly how this happens. In Overlord, Momonga is a top tier player and the leader of the most powerful guild in Yggdrasil. One day it’s discovered that the game’s servers are being shut down and that players will have to log off to return to their real lives. Momonga, on the other hand, remains logged in even after the servers are shut down. That’s when Momonga realizes that the game is still running and the once emotionless NPCs are now fully functioning characters with their own personalities.
Much like Kirito, Momonga emerges as an unusually strong protagonist who sets off to learn more about this new virtual world. Sword Art Online features some pretty intense battle scenes and Overlord keeps the same intensity, if not adds a little more. All the battles are beautifully animated and the narrative gives meaningful nods to the MMORPG genre as a whole. With plenty of similar themes and a similar setting, Overlord is a great anime to turn to if you enjoyed Sword Art Online. It’s also a pretty good time to marathon this anime, since Overlord II has started airing as well.
