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The Beginning After The End Anime Reveals Main Cast, April 2025 Debut on +Ultra

posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
Makoto Furukawa co-stars as Grey

The +Ultra programming block. The event also revealed two main cast and a longer first teaser trailer.

The anime will star Makoto Furukawa as Grey.

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Image via The Beginning After the end anime's X/Twitter

Crunchyroll will stream the anime worldwide excluding Asia (but including India). The anime, which is billed as "Season 1," will have 24 episodes.

Tapas stated the anime will be the first anime adaptation of an American web novel and webcomic.

Slow Curve is producing the anime.

TurtleMe is the story supervisor and executive producer. Tapas Entertainment's Mike Zhu, Kevin Nicklaus, and TurtleMe LLC's Gabrielle Luu are also executive producers on the series.

The anime's Japanese title is Saikyō no Ō-sama, Nidome no Jinsei wa Nani wo Suru?, which is the title of the webcomic in Japan.

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Image courtesy of Tapas Entertainment
TurtleMe's webnovel series launched in English on Tapas in January 2017. Tapas describes the story:
The Beginning After The End follows the thrilling journey of King Grey, a once-powerful ruler reborn into a vibrant world of magic, mythical creatures, and epic battles. Now living as Arthur Leywin, a boy with untapped potential, he discovers that his new life is filled with danger and adventure at every turn. From mastering powerful spells to facing fierce enemies, Arthur must use his skills and wits to protect those he cares about and uncover the secrets of his mysterious reincarnation. Along the way, he finds friendship, challenges, and a destiny that could reshape the very world around him.

The webcomic launched on Tapas in July 2018. TurtleMe is in charge of the story and adaptation for the webcomic. The webcomic started with artist Fuyuki23, but the artist changed in June 2023 for Season 6 to Rise Entertainment. The webcomic went on hiatus in August, and returned on October 19. For the return, MGK-story is producing the webcomic.

releasing the webcomic in print, and released the sixth volume on August 20. The seventh volume is scheduled for March 2025.

The franchise is available in seven languages worldwide, and has more than 61.8 million reads, with more than 36.1 million for the webcomic and more than 25.7 million for the web novel. The franchise globally grosses nearly US$500,000 monthly.

Source: Fuji TV Ani 2025 livestream


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