The Rebirth of the King

The TBATE anime Episode 1 completely butchered the heart of the story. The family interactions-which should be warm and layered-feel hollow and rushed. Where's the emotional weight? The subtle bonding moments? The characters move and speak like lifeless puppets, with zero depth compared to the light novel's rich inner monologues and nuanced relationships.

And the character designs... my god. Bland, uninspired, and utterly failing to convey the expressiveness that made the novel's drama so compelling. Not a single glance or gesture carries the emotion it should. Even the voice acting can't salvage this mess when the direction is this flat.

This isn't just a bad adaptation-it's an insult to the source material. If you're going to strip away everything that made TBATE special (the family dynamics, the slow-burn tension, the emotional payoff), why even bother? I'd rather reread the novels than suffer through another episode of this soulless slideshow.

I love the TBATE manhwa, it was the first manhwa that got me into reading anything outside of watching anime. I started appreciating the writing creators made, which is why I know, the story is fantastic, but the other half of an anime is the animation. The art style is there, I can definitely see that it is a TBATE adaptation, but the animations really dull the feeling of watching the anime. Because the animations are so poor, it even translates to the story less alive than it should be. I was on the belief that any animation can be more alive than still photos of a manhwa panel, but boy was i wrong. I cannot with an honest heart give it more than a 5, if the animations improve over the next episodes or seasons, this adaptation can easily bring itself back up to a 10.

It is very unfortunate that the best manhwa is adapted by a studio with minimal experience. In fact, there are many good anime studios, for example WIT Studio, which has a lot of experience and I think it is suitable to adapt TBATE as a reference for the Moonrise Anime, which has epic graphics and extraordinary character movements. Behind it is WIT Studio. Although the director of A-Cat Studio has read the TBATE manhwa, it is very unfortunate why the action scenes are like using power point? Even though now there is a lot of sophisticated technology, it is really sad. I hope the next episode will be better!

I think this episode is definitely not the best animated for a show that is so beloved but it is also covering the most slow part of the series where Arthur our main character monologues over basically every sequence. But i will also say it is not the worst. It is decent and i believe thats a good sign since this is the weakest part of the story and the most non crucial to have a crazy adaptation animation wise. I genuinely think the music choice was stellar and the way it looks overall in terms of adaptation it seems to have the heart that is necessary. Im only rating this episode a 10 because i think the review bombs are actually a little much. I would say its more around a 7.5/10. Give this anime and animation some time because i do believe it will get better.

The WEBTOON and Novel are some of the best I've ever read. The story that develops later down the line is gripping and the action scenes don't disappoint. The studio behind the anime adaptation isn't a huge studio so yes the anime isn't going to be as well made as some of the other big name adaptations but I beg people just give it chance and you won't regret it. The worst thing that could happen is this show gets cancelled and we don't get to see the amazing story come to life.

Leaving the negative behind a believe this is a good first episode and will only get better. As a reader I already love the characters on the screen and believe they will be developed as well as they have in the novel and WEBTOON the next few episodes will be very telling.