The Beginning After The End Episode 5: Release Date & Where to Watch

Many fans expected that The Beginning After The End would turn into something like Solo Leveling. While these are very different series when it comes to plot, they already had a strong niche fanbase before the anime adaptations debuted.

A good anime can make a series even more popular. And even though there are many complaints about TBATE, people keep coming back for more episodes, which shows that this is indeed a strong series. A new episode is out now, but when is the next one coming out?

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The Beginning After The End Episode 5 Release Date

Unless sudden changes are announced, The Beginning After The End Episode 5 will be released in Japan on May 1 at 12:45 AM JST (April 30 at 8:45 AM PT).

It will then hit international streaming services (including the US) on April 30, 2025, at 10:25 AM PT / 1:25 PM ET. Of course, since not everyone lives in the US, here are the release dates and times in some other countries around the world:

Episodes are first released in subbed versions, and then they may get a dub in some languages about 3 weeks later.

Where Can You Watch TBATE?

The Beginning After The End is streaming on Crunchyroll in most territories around the world. According to the official website, they are streaming it in countries and territories in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, the CIS, South Asia/Indian subcontinent and Oceania.

However, Netflix Asia is also streaming the series in select Asian territories, like Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Singapore and Hong Kong. These are probably places where Crunchyroll doesn’t stream the series — in fact, the company doesn’t even operate in some of them.

Netflix Asia’s schedule may differ from Crunchyroll’s schedule. However, Crunchyroll is so far the only service to add dubbing in many languages, so those watching on Netflix will only have subbed options.

TBATE Creator Speaks Up About The Anime

Since the show debuted, both longtime fans and newcomers alike have been complaining about the quality of the animation. It got to the point that the creator of the series, TurtleMe, posted about it on Reddit.

He said that he believes that everyone is doing their best, and he also hinted that he doesn’t have too many says in the production. He had previously stated that he could be more involved it the production with Studio A-Cat, but it seems that things turned out differently than he expected:

The Anime Could Make It Despite Everything

Interestingly, despite the many complaints, it seems that TBATE was the sixth most-watched show on Netflix Japan from April 7 to April 13. It didn’t make it into the top ten last week, but it is impressive that the series got so many views.

And while there are many complaints, fans are apparently still watching it and the series is still getting a lot of buzz, even if a good portion of it is negative buzz (including people already asking for a remake). Many people said that Episode 3 had better animation than the previous ones.

At the very least, it shows that there is a lot of room for this show to succeed if the production is more in line with what fans expect in the future.

The Beginning After the End

Release Date

April 2, 2025

Network

AT-X

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  Natsumi Fujiwara

  Arthur Leywin (voice)

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  Makoto Furukawa

  Grey (voice)