So, I heard the Tapas original novel and webtoon (Drawn by Asian artists) which is a double fantasy isekai made by an American TurtleMe called The Beginning after the end is adapted into a Japanese anime in 2025.
It feels kinda rare and unique as there is not a single anime adaptation of a webcomic based on a western novel especially becoming original by some of the major webcomic sites like Webtoons and Tapas until now and its unique.
However, there could be a reason why The Beginning after the end is adapted into anime because Tapas is owned by Kakao Entertainment a Korean media company branded The Beginning after the end novel as an original that it is adapted into a webcomic drawn by Asian webcomic artists employed by both Tapas and Kakao.
Most Korean media companies collaborated with Japanese anime studios to make an anime adaptation of their manhwa properties like with Solo Leveling, The God of High School, the reason why Raelina ended up in the dukes mansion and Doctor Elise but have creative liberties to change the “Korean parts” into localized “Japanese parts” to aim for the local Japanese demographic and that upcoming the Beginning after the end anime will be aimed for both Japan and south Korean demographic because it is the reincarnation isekai genre trend that is popular to those countries but not to the western community as reincarnation isekai is not popular except the transport to the world genre part and that another reason why the Beginning after the end is adapted into anime is the webtoon one not the novel one as the former is popular to the South Korea and Japan community much like most of the isekai novel adapted manga and webtoons.
And although the anime adaptation of webcomic adaptation of a western novel (drawn by Asian artists from Asian countries) is considered rare and unique, this hype might be considered short lived as most anime adaptations of Isekai even ones from Korea didn’t get renewed for more seasons like the reason why Raelina ended up in the dukes mansion , Doctor Elise and I am in love with the villainess along with the Gods of high school.
Even the major webcomics from Korea like Webtoons Tapas owned by Kakao want their original properties to be adapted into various media like Lore Olympus which is adapted under the collaboration of the Jim Henson company and Webtoons for a Tv series but is under production hell and will likely not be made and Let’s play also from webtoons which was going to be adapted into an anime by OLM similar to what the beginning after the end was doing right now but due to the creative conflict between its author Mongie (Leeanne M. Krecic) and Webtoons , the series remain on eternal hiatus and the anime adaptation is now in production hell as well and will likely never be made although it is stated that Let’s play will be back in 2025 but on a different website likely Manta .
The web novels which were from Wattpad which is owned by webtoons (owned by Naver) have been adapted into various films and tv shows like FLOAT, the After series and the kissing booth series to mediocre results.
There is a webcomic which is published in both webtoons and tapas and is considered independent and its chapters have been compiled in Graphic novel format by a major publishing company , it’s called Heartstoppers by British novel writer Alice Oseman, and it was adapted into Netflix series that it became a hit.
Even Nimona was a webcomic compiled into a graphic novel and was adapted as an animated film by BlueSky before Disney who now owned the company closed it and cancelled the project until Annapurna Pictures and Netflix revived the project and finished it that leads to critical acclaim.
So, in conclusion , it is nice that the Beginning after the end gains anime adaptation by a Japanese anime studio (even though the series is considered original by a Korean company) , I think it will likely end up mediocre and forgotten and will not be renewed for another season when it airs in 2025. So, what are your thoughts that the Beginning after the end has been adapted into anime series.