“I really wonder what Netflix doing till now”: The Beginning After The End Manhwa Anime Should Avoid How Crunchyroll Butchered Tower of God

The world of Manhwa or Korean comic books isn’t just limited to Solo Leveling, Tower of God or Omniscient Reader. Fans know how easy it is to read Manhwa so one can easily scroll through a series or two in quick successions. So they won’t just stop with the most popular one and go to the next. That’s how addictive it is.

Fans are eagerly awaiting for Solo Leveling Season 2 to hit the streaming platforms but there are tons of other Manhwa that need adaptation. One of them is “The Beginning After The End“, commonly known as TBATE. Originally a light novel created by independent author Tae Ha “TurtleMe” Lee, the series seamlessly blends fantasy, action, and adventure.

Crunchyroll teases a big announcement for The Beginning After The End

The Beginning After The End follows the life of the late King Grey after his untimely and mysterious death. Reborn as Arthur Leywin, he seeks to correct his past mistakes in the vibrant new continent of Dicathen, a world of magic and fantastical creatures. Underneath the peace and prosperity of the new world is an undercurrent threatening to destroy everything he has worked for, questioning his role and reason for being born again.

To much excitement of fans, The Beginning After The End webtoon is teasing a ‘special surprise’ for its Crunchyroll panel at the New York Comic Con on October 19. The panel will be hosted by the anime streaming giant and feature the original author of the webtoon and light novel, TurtleMe.

Since the original creator is coming all the way from Japan to New York just for this panel, it’s natural for fans to speculate whether they’re finally going to announce the anime adaptation they’ve been waiting for. Critics of the theory say the announcement is probably just going to be the continuation of the Manhwa.

For those who don’t know, the author announced on Aug 5, 2024, that TBATE Season 6 will be going on a 3-month hiatus as they moved to a new art studio because, according to the creator, they had differences in the comic creation ecosystems that have affected their schedules with the earlier studio.

Because of this, some fans think the author is there with Crunchyroll to announce the Manhwa’s return along with a new art studio, probably owned by the streaming platform.

However, this might not be the cause since it’s a panel hosted by Crunchyroll. And for the most part, announcements at New York Comic Con are huge. For instance, fans got to see Dragon Ball Daima being announced at the convention with the first look at the trailer. Additionally, Crunchyroll is a streaming platform, and announcements at their convention panels mostly revolve around anime adaptations.

A lot of fans are pretty excited for the panel and what it has in store for them but some fans aren’t too happy with Crunchyroll being associated with the Manhwa.

Fans blame Crunchyroll for Tower of God Season 2’s mishap

If an anime adaptation of TBATE is announced and Crunchyroll is in charge of its distribution, then fans aren’t so thrilled about it, considering how much of a disaster Tower of God Season 2 became.

According to them, the animation quality has dropped to a significant degree. For some reason, every action scene feels much stiffer and clunkier. The fluidity and choreography from Season 1 are no longer present.

Take Episode 2 “The Strongest Regular,” where the contestants all punch the Shinsu ball to see who can score the most points. Rather than animating them actually punching the sphere, Horyang and Robdevil’s punches are just shown as still images with the camera panning up on them. There’s hardly any “oomf” to either of them.

What’s more, Season 2 omitted more stuff from the original Manhwa than Season 1, despite fans understanding the hardships of adapting Manhwa into anime. As a result, fans want Netflix to be in charge of the distribution rather than Crunchyroll.

But the thing is, it’s not only Crunchyroll’s fault. Telecom Animation Film animated Season 1 of Tower of God, but The Answer Studio is now in charge of Season 2. Though there’s no official answer why the change was made, fans think it’s because of money and production issues. Nevertheless, The Answer Studio had done a fantastic job in the case of Makoto Shinkai‘s “The Garden of Words” but failed to do a decent job for Tower of God Season 2.

Similarly, fans should hope that The Beginning After The End should have a good studio and a comfortable production schedule for the anime to turn out great.

The Beginning After the End is currently available to read on Tapas.