Overlord, Vol. 1

The Undead King

De: Kugane Maruyama, so-bin

Narrado por: Chris Guerrero

For twelve years, the virtual world of Yggdrasil has served as the playground and battlefield for the skeletal lord Momonga and his guild of fellow monsters, Ainz Ooal Gown. But the guild's glory days are over, and the game is shutting down permanently. When Momonga logs in one last time just to be there when the servers go dark, something happens-and suddenly, fantasy is reality. A rogues' gallery of fanatically devoted NPCs is ready to obey his every order, but the world Momonga now inhabits is not the one he remembers. The game may be over, but the epic tale of Ainz Ooal Gown is only beginning...

I need more right now.

I loved reading Overlord novels, and was really excited to see this in my recommendations.
Criticism
When I started to listen, I was skeptical when Chris did Albedo's voice. it was not bad, but it wasn't as feminine as I would prefer for her especially. I have the same complaint for the other female characters, but they weren't as jaring as hers. I can't say I got used to it by the end, but it didn't feel as weird as it did in the beginning.

Now, Chris does deep voices well, I love Ainz's voice, but he doesn't have a lot of range at that depth, so when we got to a knight in the later part of the book, it was hard to follow because of how similar to Ainz he sounded.
Pros
This is a very high quality production, with voice echos and such that make it a joy to listen to. Chris has problems with his extreme voices, but his mid range voices all sounded unique and fit the background characters. You could feel emotion and truth in his words for a lot of the characters. Paring him with such a great story is fantastic, and well worth keeping this in the library.

Hail to the Overlord

The fact that the English VA (Chris Guerrero) read this, is simply incredible. He does an amazing job voicing the other characters as well. If you enjoyed the anime, you WILL love this audio book. Hail, to Lord Ainz Ooal Gown!

Good start.

I enjoyed the anime so I started the audiobook/Litnovel series to see where it all started. So far, I'm enjoying my time with it.

It's like listening to Lord Ainz himself

Amazing reading of the Overlord story by the English Dub actor who does the main character! The story becomes so immersive with the way he does the voices.

Great story, subpar narration.

Im so glad I am able to listen to the audiobook for the Overlord series since I don't have a lot of time to read, but the narration seriously leaves something to be desired. The narration itself isn't bad, but the dialogue between characters, especially between female characters, is atrocious. I would rather he just stick with the voice he uses regularly, but he goes up and down the spectrum of pitch for each character, which is almost like nails on a chalkboard.