'I Felt It Necessary for Me to Speak Up': The Beginning After the End Creator Updates Fans on Controversial Anime Series

So basically just people adapting this have no respect for source material whatsoever.
Boy, where did I saw that before...

People citing that interview to claim he chose the studio aren’t reading between the lines. It’s pretty clear that Crunchyroll and Tapas were the ones pulling all the strings, and they just handed it over to him to rubber-stamp. He was either going to let them make an anime adaptation for him or not get one at all—and of course, he wanted one.

@Geracchio I’ve watched the interview. He makes it clear that Crunchyroll came up with the list of studios, and the way he names the people involved in the selection “Crunchyroll, Tapas — and myself,” with intonation that the first two were the primary movers. And he said “what appealed to [us]” not “I picked them because.” You can tell he was trying to find PR positives to justify what is already a done deal.

Yes, he could’ve said no to an anime adaptation, but: 1) Tapas wanted it (you know, the guys who are making his webcomic?), and he has to satisfy them too; and 2) if he said no, he probably wouldn’t get an anime adaptation at all. Crunchyroll is the only one who could make it happen. If he turns them down, who else is going to get one made for him?

I wouldn’t pay much mind to that guy, his hate boner for this series is throbbing and he’ll do anything to drag it and its author under the bus

@Mando727 You want to ignore me? You are free to do so, but if you also ignore the reality and the childish statements that TurtleMe has made then there is a problem with your concept of "being a fan".
And my god, how the fuck do you think I would want someone dead just because I don't like what they do? What kind of reasoning do you follow? TurtleMe deserves fair consequences for her decisions? It seems obvious to me.
TurtleMe deserves to die? WTF?! No! That's not how the adult world works.

The writer is a coward, she can't say she made a mistake and she made her own choice.

@Geracchio Think you responded to the wrong guy

Unless you’re talking about my drag under the bus comment, in which case HOLY SHIT you’re an amazing troll, excuse any negative things I said about you, I bow down before your greatness

The writer is a coward, she can't say she made a mistake and she made her own choice.

This is actually hilarious. Just when you thought things couldn't get worse...

I had a quick look through that reddit post, and read through some comments saying things like they understand the author didn't have a choice, some fans asking for an apology, others saying that the author most likely isn't allowed to say much without crossing Tapas, but one thing really caught my eye.

The author basically said that yeah while this adaptation isn't living up to people's expectations, they hope that people continue to support the series, like in general, not necessarily the anime. And yeah you know I get where they're coming from. This show isn't the best, and fans are disappointed, but what about people who know nothing about this series and are coming in blind like me?

You could argue that this show at leasts lets people know that this series exists... But is that really a good thing? Do you really want people to learn about this series in this way?

Didn't the author say something along the lines of "it doesn't matter if the anime is bad, it will bring in more readers"?

As someone who went into the anime 100% blind, I could not care less about the comic or web novel, or anything related to this series rn. It just looks like another king reincarnation story, and I have zero desire to start reading the web novel.

Now the anime itself I thought was okay. Nothing like groundbreaking or even good, just okay, and tbh I'd rather watch just about anything else. I've got plenty more shows to watch on my list, and just other books to read. Why would I stick around past episode 3, or even bother picking up the web novel. Episode 3 has to be mind-blowing in order to keep me from dropping it. It has to raise my opinion from okay to good, but I just don't see that happening. I have no reason to keep watching or to look more into this series, and it would take a lot to convince me to keep watching, and even more to check out the web novel.

Yes, this series is talked about a lot now, but not in a positive light, and a lot more people know it exists now, but I think there's a good chunk of people like me who have been steered away from anything related to this now...

he's crazy for going to Sakura con I hope his unhinged fans don't take their anger out on the author and harass him

So basically just people adapting this have no respect for source material whatsoever.
Boy, where did I saw that before...

@Piromysl even the author himself didn't care lol. I'm sure he's really happy when the fans told everyone who doesn't like the anime to read the novel or comic. I mean, if you just gonna read the adaptation source instead of watching it then what's the point of releasing an anime '-')

@Fuyudesuwa And consider that he himself said, months before, that "even if a horrible anime is made, it will still attract new readers"...convenient, considering that his main earnings come from a patreon.
To be honest, anime are made mainly as advertising for the original manga/novel, or for marketing...But there is a difference between making an anime just for advertising, and making an anime also to make a worthy adaptation for the fans or because you want to see your series transposed well...I guess you can understand by yourself what type this anime belongs to

@Geracchio yeah, but i've even seen many good anime that's just supposed to be an advertisment for the original novel. Like Black Bullet, it's a good example for this term because it's well animated and have a well written story. Too bad the author gave up and let the novel hanging...
I know Black Bullet got an amazing studio adapting it, but still it's better in term of story. But as for tbate, even if ufotable animates this, i don't think i'm willing to watch because the story progress just wasn't my cup of tea. I've read the comic and well, i just can't bring myself continue reading it after i reach the Elf village arc...
Too boring, and if someone told me to keep reading it because it'll be good eventually. I can't wait that long, i don't even feel attached to the characters in the story🫠🫠
I just want to say sorry, but it's in fact too overrated...

It still beat a bunch of other anime in popularity, at least on MAL. So it's a big success, at least for those who made it with a low budget. And let's be honest, it's not easy to choose between "no anime at all", and "anime with low tier quality". This is just an English-original webnovel to begin with, the fact that it received an anime is already a miracle. Even top stories like OPM, Promised Neverland, or masterpiece-tier visual novels like Muv Luv Alternative fail to get quality adaptations or get one for just one season (which in some sense is even worse). Many amazing stories don't have an adaptation and never will (at least not until AI animation gets to another whole level). The chances of some decent studio animating this story were pretty non-existent.