There’s a reason The Beginning After the End fans are upset and it’s not just about the bad animation that Studio A-Cat delivered (though that is the root of the cause). It’s the long-term damage the horrible anime adaptation can do to the series itself.

The experienced veterans in the community know that it is hard for a series to get picked up in the first place, we have had to wait years for a series as stunning as The Beginning After the End. It took a long time to get an adaptation, but what is rarer is a bad anime adaptation getting picked up again.

Arthur Leywin | Credits: Studio A Cat

It usually doesn’t happen at all. This is because the anime that existed became the first impression for most fans, and for a series like Tbate, which has no mainstream Japanese presence, this one...