Sony Sets U.S. Theatrical Release for Anime Feature ‘Overlord: The Sacred Kingdom’

Sony Photos has unveiled that the anime function Overlord: The Sacred Kingdom, produced by the corporate’s specialty streamer Crunchyroll, will get a theatrical launch in North America on Nov. 8. The movie is a continuation of the favored anime sequence Overlord, which adapts the novels of Japanese creator Kugane Maruyama. 

The Sacred Kingdom picks up the place season 4 of the Overlord sequence left off. The saga famously tells the story of Momonga, a daily wage man who finds himself transported into his favourite online game. The movie was animated by Japanese studio Madhouse and covers the arc often known as “Holy Kingdom.” 

Sony will launch the movie in Imax and premium massive codecs in Japanese with English subtitles and an English dub. The movie will face off on the Nov. 8 weekend towards Lionsgate’s vacation comedy The Greatest Christmas Pageant Ever, Focus Characteristic’s awards contender Conclave, and Vertical’s sci-fi thriller Elevation, starring Anthony Mackie. 

Overlord: The Sacred Kingdom was directed by Naoyuki Ito with script coordination by Yukie Sugawara. Satoshi Tasaki headed up the character design and chief animation path, with illustrations by so-bin and music from Shuji Katayama.

Japanese anime has been hitting U.S. multiplexes with rising frequency because the business’s world clout continues to rise. Sony and Crunchyroll launched Blue Lock: Episode Nagi stateside on June 28 (it earned $1.8 million). And Japanese studio big Toho is about to place out My Hero Academia: You’re Subsequent in North America on Oct. 11. 

Crunchyroll, which Sony acquired in 2021, has loved sizable home theatrical success in recent times, with 2022’s Dragon Ball Tremendous: Tremendous Hero grossing $38.1 million in North America and $86.5 million globally. A yr earlier, the corporate put out Jujutsu Kaisen, which introduced in $34.5 million domestically and $166.7 million worldwide.