The respective Twitter accounts of both The Eminence in Shadow and Overlord have released a new collaborative chibi spin-off anime to celebrate the Halloween season. The anime was uploaded to Kadokawa’s YouTube channel and visuals were also previously released.
The collaboration is a special crossover episode between Ple Pleiades (Overlord) and KAGE-JITSU! (The Eminence in Shadow) is a short anime series. The crossover between the two films was initially considered an April Fool’s joke earlier this year.
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The second season of The Eminence in Shadow will have a total of 12 episodes. Its first season premiered on October 5, 2022 and aired for 20 episodes. HIDIVE is currently streaming the anime outside of Japan.
The anime is based on the isekai light novel series by Daisuke Aizawa with illustrations from Azunishi, first published by Kadokawa on November 5, 2018. Six volumes have been released as of October 30, 2023. The light novel also inspired a manga adaptation in 2019 and another spin-off manga series in 2020.
Yen Press released both the light novel series and manga adaptation in English, describing the main story as:
Even in his previous life, Cid’s dream was not to become the main character or the final boss. He would rather stay hidden as a supporting character until it is revealed that he is the mastermind…or at least, do the next best thing–pretend to be a mastermind! And now that he has been reincarnated in another world, he is ready to set the perfect conditions to realize his dream to the fullest. Armed with his overactive imagination, Cid jokingly recruits members into his organization and invents an entire backstory about an evil cult they need to destroy. Well, as luck would have it, these imaginary opponents turn out to be the real deal—and everyone knows the truth except him!
The Overlord anime series began in 2015, with the fourth season most recently premiering on July 5, 2022.
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The series began as a web novel on Arcadia in 2010 and was published on Shousetsuka ni Narou until 2012. It was written by Kugane Maruyama with illustrations by so-bin and was first published by Kadokawa on July 30, 2012. Sixteen volumes have been released as of July 2022. The light novel was also adapted into a manga in 2014.
Crunchyroll has streamed the Overlord anime outside of Japan and described the anime as
When a popular MMORPG is scheduled to close permanently, veteran player Momonga refuses to log out. As the NPCs began to develop their own personalities and intelligence, he decided to use his skills as the game’s new lord.
Source: The Eminence in Shadow’s official Anime TwitterKadokawa Anime YouTube Channel