The official Twitter/X account for the currently airing The Beginning After The End TV anime series has announced the addition of two new cast members this week. The first season began airing in Japan on April 2, 2025 and is expected to run for 12 episodes.
The two new cast includes Gen Sato as Elijah Knight (left) and Shoya Chiba as Lucas Wykes (right). Both characters will appear in the first season’s 12th episode and are briefly shown in a short preview video below.
They join a main voice cast that stars:
- • Natsumi Fujiwara as Arthur Leywin
- • Makoto Furukawa as Grey
- • Kana Ichinose as Tessia Eralith
- • Chiaki Omigawa as Jasmine Flamesworth
The 12th and final episode of the series will broadcast in Japan on June 18, 2025. A second season was announced earlier this month and is expected to debut sometime next Spring 2026.
Keitaro Motonaga (Date A Live Seasons 1-3, Katanagatari) is directing the anime series, with Takamitsu Kono (Utawarerumono: The False Faces, A Returner’s Magic Should Be Special) as series screenwriter, Masami Sueoka (The Strongest Magician in the Demon Lord’s Army was a Human) as character designer, and Keiji Inai (Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?) as music composer. Studio A-CAT is in charge of the animation production, with Slow Curve credited with the general production.
TurtleMe (the pseudonym of American writer Brandon Lee) is involved in the adaptation as story supervisor and executive producer. Tapas Entertainment’s Mike Zhu, Kevin Nicklaus, and Gabrielle Luu are credited as executive producers.
The series began as a web novel published by Tapas on January 18, 2017. Fuyuki23 provided the illustrations for the webtoon comic adaptation, which began serialization on Tapas’ website on July 7, 2018. Seven print volumes have been released as of March 2025, with an eighth volume set for release on July 22, 2025 and a ninth volume on November 25, 2025. Yen Press releases the webtoon comic in English print, while Tapas releases the series digitally.
Crunchyroll describes the first season of The Beginning After the End as:
After a mysterious death, King Grey is reborn as Arthur Leywin on the magical continent of Dicathen. Although he enters his second life as a baby, his previous wisdom remains. He begins to master magic and forge his own path as the years go by, seeking to correct the mistakes of his past life.
Sources: The Beginning After the End Official Twitter, Anime News Network
