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The Beginning After the End Has Promise, But Is So Slow
It has been a bit since an isekai anime has captured my attention. You really have to stand out and do something unique in this genre to keep me around for long. The Beginning After the End, now streaming on Crunchyroll, attempts to offer a more palatable and rich take on series like Mushoku Tensei, but is far too slow at this point in time. The story starts with a (literal) bang as the king of a technologically advanced world destroys a ton in the pursuit of dominance and conquest. This king seems like a brutal, lonely, and tragic character. It also just so happens that, however he passes away, he reincarnates in an unfamiliar fantasy world as a baby with all of his memories intact. Image via Studio A-Cat The intro is an intriguing one to this story and I wish we got just a little bit more of the main character Arthur’s past life. Instead, the beginning of The Beginning After the End focuses more on his new life and the gradual aging process from infant to toddler. I do appreciate this more intimate style of seeing Arthur with his new parents and their relationships form. In fact, I would go so far as to say his mother, Alice, is already up there for contention in the best moms in anime. She is a wonderful lady that cares for her son, has no qualms about getting down and dirty to do whatever it takes, and has one of the most affectionate personalities I’ve seen in anime. Arthur’s father is a pretty solid character, too, but I do need to see more from him and his magical abilities. Beyond the crux of Arthur and his relationship with his parents, the first episode of The Beginning After the End also focuses on him trying to read books and learn more about the world and magic. Through this, we get a lot of narration from his previous self’s voice actor. These lead to some humorous moments as his past inclinations of fighting to survive contrast with this relatively peaceful fantasy world. On the animation side, this isekai series is right in the middle of the pack for the genre. Image via Studio A-Cat It is far from the best animation style in the category, but it is also not even close to the awfulness I’ve seen from some of the lesser series. The world design is pretty forgettable, but I appreciate the characters. They have just enough detail and quality to already have some memorable appearances and designs. Overall, though, I don’t know how to feel about The Beginning After the End. I will say you just can’t do so little in the first episode. Yeah, there is a bit of a cliffhanger at the end of the pilot, but it isn’t anything special. In fact, what happens at the end of the episode should’ve happened halfway through, instead. That said, I won’t let the excruciatingly slow pacing stop me from continuing this series. The characters and mystery surrounding Arthur’s past life together have a lot of promise, so I do recommend it to isekai and fantasy anime fans. Plus, the opening and ending songs are spectacular, so that helps. But it just might be worth binging this one rather than watching weekly. The Beginning After the End is streaming right now on Crunchyroll. The post The Beginning After the End Has Promise, But Is So Slow appeared first on Siliconera.
It has been a bit since an isekai anime has captured my attention. You really have to stand out and do something unique in this genre to keep me around for long. The Beginning After the End, now streaming on Crunchyroll, attempts to offer a more palatable and rich take on series like Mushoku Tensei, but is far too slow at this point in time.
The story starts with a (literal) bang as the king of a technologically advanced world destroys a ton in the pursuit of dominance and conquest. This king seems like a brutal, lonely, and tragic character. It also just so happens that, however he passes away, he reincarnates in an unfamiliar fantasy world as a baby with all of his memories intact.
The intro is an intriguing one to this story and I wish we got just a little bit more of the main character Arthur’s past life. Instead, the beginning of The Beginning After the End focuses more on his new life and the gradual aging process from infant to toddler. I do appreciate this more intimate style of seeing Arthur with his new parents and their relationships form.
In fact, I would go so far as to say his mother, Alice, is already up there for contention in the best moms in anime. She is a wonderful lady that cares for her son, has no qualms about getting down and dirty to do whatever it takes, and has one of the most affectionate personalities I’ve seen in anime.
Arthur’s father is a pretty solid character, too, but I do need to see more from him and his magical abilities. Beyond the crux of Arthur and his relationship with his parents, the first episode of The Beginning After the End also focuses on him trying to read books and learn more about the world and magic.
Through this, we get a lot of narration from his previous self’s voice actor. These lead to some humorous moments as his past inclinations of fighting to survive contrast with this relatively peaceful fantasy world. On the animation side, this isekai series is right in the middle of the pack for the genre.
It is far from the best animation style in the category, but it is also not even close to the awfulness I’ve seen from some of the lesser series. The world design is pretty forgettable, but I appreciate the characters. They have just enough detail and quality to already have some memorable appearances and designs.
Overall, though, I don’t know how to feel about The Beginning After the End. I will say you just can’t do so little in the first episode. Yeah, there is a bit of a cliffhanger at the end of the pilot, but it isn’t anything special. In fact, what happens at the end of the episode should’ve happened halfway through, instead.
That said, I won’t let the excruciatingly slow pacing stop me from continuing this series. The characters and mystery surrounding Arthur’s past life together have a lot of promise, so I do recommend it to isekai and fantasy anime fans. Plus, the opening and ending songs are spectacular, so that helps. But it just might be worth binging this one rather than watching weekly.
The Beginning After the End is streaming right now on Crunchyroll.
The post The Beginning After the End Has Promise, But Is So Slow appeared first on Siliconera.
