OverlordABRIDGED was created by Alifluro and justkyledavid in June 2013. Both creators were looking to start a new abridged series and so they put their heads together and decided to start one for a relatively new anime series (at the time) that they both loved: The Devil is a Part-Timer (or Hataraku Maou-Sama) in which Alifluro would voice Emi Yusa, and justkyledavid would voice Lucifer. On June 13, 2013, the two posted an open audition video for all the remaining characters on their channel OverlordABRIDGED, as well as posting the audition call on the Voice Acting Alliance website. The interest they received was overwhelming, and the cast video was released on July 7, 2013.