Studio A-CAT did an adequate job here, apart from the animation there's not really any glaring errors in their efforts.

Thankfully those ghastly tweets, shorts and memes you saw are the end of "The Beginning After the End's" sorrows in animation. It doesn't get any where near as miserable than that and if you're not actively looking to get disappointed then it only gets better from there. The still pictures and drawings are quite good, and in the second half there's a conscious effort made to enhance the transition and flow of the animation. What's quite fitting or ironic is that there is truly "a beginning after the end" in respect to their animation efforts during the course of the show.

The soundtrack and sound direction played a good supporting role to the overall experience they really kept the show immersive whilst being quite tame and breeding good atmosphere packed with emotion. Unfortunately none of the tracks stood out particularly to me which is quite on brand for the Composer "Keiji Inai" who's done a bunch of these fantasy shows, to name a few "Dan Machi","Btoom!" and "The Misfit of Demon King Academy". This composer has also produced a swell score on a the particular "A Nobody's Way Up to an Exploration Hero" another criminally underrated show with a splendid story with down-to-earth characters. Sound Design was acceptable however it did feel too aggressive at times with explosions. Banger OP "KINGSBLOOD" by "KALA" does justice in brightening up the beginning after the end of the previous episode, on the other hand the ED by "seiza" wasn't quite so effective.

Voice acting pretty fair for the most part. The beginning of my binge was in English after the end of the available dubbed episodes(10 as of 6/19) I continued in Japanese. Both felt right at home and frankly I rarely cringed at anything the voices, particularly they gave the Main character was pivotal in preserving the soul of the manhwa.

There's always the same conflict with this type of show, The story/characters vs the animation/production. Which is the correct choice?

It must be the story and the characters. Here we go again, the fan favourite combo, Isekai-reincarnation. It's right up our alley with tropes and subplots we've burned into our brains. This time we're blessed with an author who actually understands life and incorporates a very healthy level of maturity to the various interactions and events playing out. We've got characters that you feel you could know. Character convictions that show through testing. Traditions, obligations and cultures that refuse to crumble under the pressure of modern sensibilities. These characters have their own vocations that transcend the MC's aura. Barely any of these characters succumbed to casualties of the plot, they felt like a useful cog in the wheel which work together in tandem to actually maintain the world. It's a rare thing in isekai fantasy that you get it done well, I’m always here, by God's grace to praise these works. The only thing that detracted from the experience was the pacing which for the most part was up to par but sometimes it felt that it needed more substance or character interactions to make a smooth changeover before the next time-skip or plot point. Obviously they felt they had to end it on a exciting note to entice us to come next season, but if they had lingered on and finished each event properly it would have brought it to greater heights. World-building is no exposition dump either it slowly unfolds as you learn alongside the MC, i think it was an excellent decision to write it like this as the elements stay consistent.i think it was an excellent decision to write it like this as the elements stay consistent. It was rather pleasant that they kept the magical system fairly simple and easy for the audience to understand. Not only did it bolster the believability of the world in general it helped piece together the power system in a way that becomes more intuitive as each episode goes by.

If you're looking for fanservice I guess this is probably the end before the beginning of your enjoyment of this show unless you like faces of smiling cute little girls and to be honest, there's not a single man on the planet who doesn’t. But the usual barrage of foreplay-esque, gigantic breasts, out of place, desperate, fanservice is just no where to be found here which does wonders for immersion in the narrative of the story.

Final Rankings

Animation

• 6/10

Sound

• 7/10

Plot

• 8/10

Characters

• 9/10

Enjoyment

• 10/10 - Had exams coming up and told myself I could only watch a few, ended up 1-12ing the whole thing and now writing a review on top.

40/50 - 8/10 Solid Show.

Yeah, the manhwa guys were spot on the story is so unbelievably enjoyable for anyone with a brain that it doesn't matter that Mappa, Ufo, David, A-1 didn't animate it.

Can't wait for the Second Season and hopefully Studio A-CAT does it again for us, of course improvements are welcome.

What are you babbling about? the Author "TurtleMe" is pleased with their work, and they've tried diligently to mend their efforts, with the show becoming better and better each episode.

Hurry and binge, power through the beginning, ignore the loud majority, they are wrong as is commonly the case now, After the end of this show, It might be the beginning of my journey into the manhwa. A second season confirmed for 2026 might be too far out for me.

Hope this helps.