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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...

When comparing Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint (Orv) and Solo Leveling, the contrast is clear. Although both works are predominantly Korean, there is a world of difference in how they approach the narrative.

Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint. [Credit: Munpia]

Solo Leveling is extremely popular and has managed to become the hegemon on major streaming sites like Crunchyroll, challenging all-time bests like Attack on Titan and One Piece. But no one can deny that the series thrives on over-the-top action, an overpowered protagonist, and a compelling power-leveling narrative.

Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint is different from Solo Leveling in this regard. It not only fleshes out the side characters (probably more than the main character), but it has a protagonist that is not just interesting but also relatable. Because at some point in our lives, we have all been Kim Dokja.

A protagonist you relate to, not admire from afar

Sung Jinwoo from Solo Leveling is cool.

Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint is a unique series that stands out not just because of its unique setting or its layered storytelling, the series revolutionizes the concept of supporting characters.

Dokkaebi announces the rules on the subway in Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint | Credits: Ize Press

Usually, it is the protagonist who is at the forefront, always pulling the side characters to his level, supporting, saving, and helping them. It feels like the side characters only exist to make the protagonist shine further. But this familiar trope has been subverted by Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint.

There is a sense of collective growth in the series, and it turns out that the entire Kim Dokja company has been working hard and making almost impossible efforts to save him from his fate.

Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint changed the set tropes in the isekai genre

The isekai genre has exploded in popularity over the years,...

The next level growth of Chugong’s Solo Leveling has been revolutionary, especially for the manhwa industry, and it is all thanks to its anime adaptation by A-1 Pictures. The series has not only proven its worth by bringing out the essence of the Solo Leveling’s story but has also opened the path for other prominent manhwa and Korean novel series.

Solo Leveling Anime Adaptation | Credit: A-1 Pictures

The success of Solo Leveling is reflected by the fact that the series has taken over Demon Slayer as the second most popular anime series on Crunchyroll. With its ongoing second season, the series has managed to dethrone some of the biggest names in the industry and it still has a long way to go before it finally reaches its conclusion.

It might feel like Solo Leveling is the best of the manhwa world, but there are a few projects that...

After the success of Solo Leveling’s anime, adaptations of manhwa or novels have become all the rage. However, one cannot expect the same kind of treatment that Solo Leveling gets or the effect it has.

The Beginning After the End, or Tbate by TurtleMe, has generated a decent buzz regarding its anime adaptation. Those who loved it were ecstatic about the upcoming show but were left disappointed with the animation from the trailer.

King Grey from The Beginning After the End [Credits: Studio A-Cat]

Many also think the fate of The Beginning After the End anime was doomed from the start because of all the other issues it has. The poor animation will just add fuel to the already burning fire.

The Beginning After the End is a slow burn that remains slow Arthur from The Beginning After the End [Credits: Studio A-Cat]

One of the best aspects of manhwa, like Solo Leveling or Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint,...

Fans have already claimed Solo Leveling’s second season as one of the best anime of 2025 and we’re only 3 months in. A-1 Pictures, the studio behind Solo Leveling, has done a fantastic job.

Other manhwa-to-anime adaptations, however, haven’t been receiving the same amount of love and effort from their studios. Recently, Studio A-Cat released their preview of The Beginning After The End’s anime adaptation, and fans are not impressed.

Arthur Leywin from The Beginning After The End. [Credit: Studio A-Cat]

Considering the mediocre nature of its animation, fans begrudgingly joke that all the energy towards a great manhwa-to-anime adaptation will go towards Solo Leveling. Tower of God, too, was a disappointment after the quality dipped in Season 2.

One manhwa, in particular, has a special place in any anime fans’ hearts: Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint. It’s coming soon to Crunchyroll, although the studio and potential release date are unknown. However,...

Popular manhwa series have taken center stage with the live-action and anime adaptations of Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint coming up. Not just Orv, we already have the ongoing Solo Leveling anime and the upcoming ‘The Beginning After the End’ anime. Every time a new series gets popular or catches the public eye, a flurry of competitive analysis begins to spring up.

A panel from Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint manhwa | Credits: Ize Press

And, that’s exactly what’s happening in the manhwa sphere, as everything gets compared to Solo Leveling. Even though Solo Leveling sits at the top of the manhwa world with its massive popularity, the others are catching up soon enough. Interestingly, Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint is even a step ahead, although it’s a risky step.

Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint is one step ahead of Solo Leveling Sung Jinwoo during a fight in Solo Leveling anime | Credits:...

The Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint live-action adaptation has already sparked controversy with the many changes it made using creative liberties. One of the biggest concerns is its treatment of Lee Jihye.

Dokja fighting in Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint | Credit: Webtoon

Lee Jihye is an important character who grows along with Dokja in the series. Her sense of justice, courage, and pride are all embodied in her combat style. Using a sword to defend herself, even when she seemed like a weak and naive child, Jihye grew to be one of the strongest survivors and a proud member of Kim Dokja’s Company.

The live adaptation decided to just replace her sword with a gun without any proper basis. This isn’t just an aesthetic change as it fundamentally alters her character, fighting style, and relationships.

Lee Jihye’s sword isn’t a weapon, it’s her identity

Omniscient Reader’s...

Manhwas are taking the internet by storm and Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint is no exception to that. The popular webtoon stands top-tier in many ways, especially through its well-paced plot, characters, and impressive world-building.

Other than that, it offers novelty in terms of its perspectives. While most manhwas are centered around cliche tropes of power, Sing Shong makes the most of these tropes by twisting it completely. There is, however, a standalone aspect that makes it superior to most new-age series.

Megumi, Nobara, and Yuji in a still from the anime | Credit: Mappa

Where most series abandon their key elements, the series makes the most of it. Apart from using common tropes, Sing Shong renders it unique by interplaying this key element within the plot. The author’s approach is what makes the series superior to other series.

In retrospect, Sakamoto Days failed miserably to do justice to its core elements.

After the global success of Chugong’s Solo Leveling anime adaptation, another South Korean web novel is ready to take center stage. This novel is none other than Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint, written by Sing Shong. The novel was adapted into a manhwa and is now being portrayed through an anime series that is soon going to be released.

Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint | Credit: Munipa

While the release date of Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint’s anime series is yet to be announced, fans are already excited for it considering the fact that it ranks along with series like Solo Leveling. However, there is one small issue that feels concerning for many fans. This concern is regarding the source that Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint anime will use for adaptation.

According to reports, the Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint anime will use the manhwa for adaptation, and while the narrative is the same, the art...

Netflix’s 2025 lineup is shaping up to be a standout year, with hits like Squid Game Season 2 and highly anticipated anime titles such as Sakamoto Days and The Summer Hikaru Died. Among Netflix’s vast catalog of movies and shows, Squid Game is one of the unique entries.

A snippet from Squid Game Season 2 | Credits: Netflix

Squid Game Season 1 was a massive, massive sensation, not only in South Korea but around the world. The shocking ending of Squid Game Season 2 left viewers on a cliffhanger, fueling excitement and eager anticipation for updates on Season 3.

Amid Squid Game‘s global fame, fans have drawn intriguing parallels between Gi-hun and Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint, sparking excitement and praise across both fandoms.

The Humorous Parallel between Squid Game‘s Gi-hun and Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint

Orv empowers its protagonist, Dokja Kim, through knowledge he gains reading a little-known webnovel, an interesting approach that...

Solo Leveling has achieved a lofty status and a massive following within anime and isekai fandoms. With Season 2 return, the series is on track to break into the Top 3 Highest Rated Anime, potentially surpassing even Jujutsu Kaisen.

Solo Leveling started 2025 off on the right foot, breaking records and solidifying the manhwa’s status as an icon. Not to forget, Season 2 Episode 2 is now the highest-rated episode in the anime’s history, with a whopping 9.5 IMDb rating, even surpassing the entire Season 1.

A still of Igris and Sung Jinwoo from Season 2 Episode 2 | Credits: A-1 Pictures

This achievement demonstrates the growing popularity of Sung Jinwoo’s story as viewers become immersed in the second season, sending the Korean Webtoon market to even greater heights.

While there are a number of manhwa scheduled for 2025’s anime release, one manhwa stands tall above the rest. While it has not yet seen any adaptation news,...

Several brilliant and underrated manhwa are getting more recognition in the anime community after Solo Leveling became an undeniable success. Now that Season 2 is out, it’s garnered even more attention than before. Anime fans are rooting for Sung Jinwoo and are following his story.

There is, unfortunately, a downside to the rising popularity of Solo Leveling. Any other manhwa that dares to have a similar “leveling-up” plot or that applies the isekai trope gets compared to Chugong’s web novel.

Sung Jinwoo from Solo Leveling. [Credit: A-1 Pictures]

The most prominent victim of this is Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint. Now that Sing Shong’s web novel is also getting an anime adaptation licensed by Crunchyroll, the comparisons will be even harsher.

Most Solo Leveling fans who claim Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint is a dupe are mainly focusing on the superficial details of the two narratives. The two couldn’t be more distinct otherwise.

Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint is one of the jewels of the manhwa world, which was first released as a webtoon series. Written by Sing-Shong and illustrated by Sleepy-c, this masterpiece reached millions of followers worldwide across many cultures.

The story follows Dok-Ja, a bookworm who gets transported into his favorite novel, “Omniscient Reader”, and starts a new life in the world of that story. With his prior knowledge, he navigates through the intricate plots of the novel, influencing the course of events and characters. However, one major complaint fans have about this series, is its extremely slow pacing!

Yuseung from Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint | Credits: Sleepy-c (Redice Studio)

So, the upcoming anime might be the key to simplifying the storyline for more viewers. The anime may fix the webtoon’s biggest problem: its tortuous pacing. Condensing the content and rearranging the plot will introduce this captivating series to an even larger following.

Sing Shong’s Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint is one of the darkest pieces of narrative in history. Although it follows the themes of action and fantasy, the story also involves dark and depressing elements that revolve around the tragedies of death and despair. However, these elements are what make Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint interesting for some people.

Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint | Credit: Blackbox

The story follows the journey of Kim Dokja, whose world changes after the events that he had been reading in a book called Three Ways to Survive An Apocalypse started happening in reality. Kim is tasked with surviving the apocalypses deemed as scenarios by following the story from the novel and making it to the end.

Death and destruction start from the first scenario itself, as it tasks the people in the series to kill something or someone. As the world descends into chaos, Kim’s job...

In the ever-evolving world of anime and manga, countless titles keep getting added to the monumental library that is well-adored by the Otaku community. As a result, when it was announced that Solo Leveling, the infectiously popular manhwa, would receive an anime adaptation, it was believed to be the next great thing.

Sung Jin-woo. Credits: A-1 Pictures

Hence, everyone started talking about the title, which resulted in unreal hype, and everyone set the bar way too high. The result was nothing but sheer disappointment as it failed to meet the audience’s expectations, where it featured a simple, game-like plot. The majority of the show showcased Sung Jin-woo farming Xp as if it were a video game character.

However, it looks like another worthy title has come forth, which has showcased the potential to become a piece of art that should become the rightful heir of the Manhwa adaptations.

The manhwa industry has experienced a boom in popularity in recent years, primarily because of series like Solo Leveling, which established a new genre of gripping, action-packed, overpowered main character-based stories. Due to this, more and more series started to take a similar route to replicate its popularity. However, it’s not the same for Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint, this manhwa has subverted its expectation completely after following in the footsteps of Solo Leveling initially.

Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint | Credit: Munpia

This shift from a familiar framework to something entirely new and introspective was a huge risk, but Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint managed to make it work somehow, offering readers a thought-provoking and emotional experience that goes beyond surface-level tropes. While it’s not for everyone, it delivers a new type of experience for the readers, which is a refreshing take on the genre overall.

Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint: A...

Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint is one of the most popular South Korean web novels. The series written by Sing Shong, follows the story of Kim Dokja. It intermingles fiction and fantasy with the ever-looming theme of apocalypse. What’s even more exciting is its upcoming anime adaptation. Though, there is a caveat to that.

Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint | Credit: Blackbox

Despite its popularity, the manhwa is heavily detailed. The adaptation would require a careful approach. Although Aniplex is set to animate the novel, it would be laborious. Especially with the amount of content the series has. Conversely, the studio would be on par with the One Piece franchise if they ace the animation.

Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint announces its anime adaptation.

Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint is one of the popular manhwas written by South Korean artist Sing Shong. It follows the journey of Kim Dokja who is an ordinary office employee. Apart from his banal job,...

When it comes to some of the best manhwa available for people to read, two names automatically pop up, Solo Leveling and Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint. Both of them are set in fantastical worlds with the main character being hyperaware of their surroundings. The former stands as a fantasy fiction while the latter poses to be a reverse Isekai.

Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint | Credit: Blackbox

A story that may be too close to the heart of many readers, Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint is the tale of every reader who buried themselves in their books during their childhood. It is an homage to all those children who found a home in the world of fantasy and fiction, burying themselves in the worlds they can never reach just to escape the horrors of their own.

Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint Gets an Anime Adaptation

Kim Dokja is the representation of every reader throughout the world.

Following Crunchyroll’s industry panel at Anime Expo 2024, a whole new slate of anime will be coming your way in the fall 2024 season and even into 2025, including Link Click: Bridon Arc , Natsume’s Book of Friends Season 7 (also known as Natsume Yujin-cho ) and more! Read on to see all the new anime you can watch soon. Blue Lock Season 2 announcement Dr. Stone Science Future announcement Fire Force Season 3 announcement Omniscient Reader announcement The Apothecary Diaries Season 2 announcement Yakuza Fiancé announcement announcement Anyway, I’m Falling in Love with You Release Date: January 2025 Territories: North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East and Cis Synopsis: It's July 1, 2020. Mizuha, a high school second-year, is having the worst seventeenth birthday ever. She's missing her chance to get close to the older student she admires, and her parents didn't even remember that it's her birthday. Worst of all, there's a new...

In the final moments of the announcement-packed Crunchyroll industry panel at Anime Expo 2024, a new anime adaptation of the celebrated Omniscient Reader web novel was officially revealed as production from Aniplex and Crunchyroll! As part of the announcement, the series’ key visual and a first-look teaser debuted to the audience in attendance, giving fans a glimpse at what to expect when the series makes its anime debut. Omniscient Reader Release Date: Tbd Territories: North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, Cis and Indian subcontinent Synopsis: Dokja was an average office worker whose sole interest was reading his favorite web novel 'Three Ways to Survive the Apocalypse.' But when the novel suddenly becomes reality, he is the only person who knows how the world will end. Armed with this realization, Dokja uses his understanding to change the course of the story, and the world, as he knows it.

Brazil’s Boutique Filmes, producer of “3%,” the first Netflix non English-language series to break out abroad, is linking to Portugal’s SPi (“Glória”) to produce “Seven Women,” a reimagining of Brazilian Letícia Wierzchowski’s novel which yielded one of the biggest hits in Brazilian TV history: Globo’s “A Casa das Sete Mulheres,” sold to over 80 countries.

Globo’s telenovela had 51 episodes; Boutique and SPi’s rolls off this huge IP but weighs in as an eight-part historical drama.

Boutique Filmes produced Netflix’s first Brazilian series, “3%,” which ran to four seasons, and notably 2020’s “Omniscient” and Netflix’s first Brazilian true crime “Elize Matsunaga: Once Upon a Crime.”

Launched in 2017 by Sptv to create international co-productions and titles for streaming services, SPi produced Portugal’s first Netflix original series “Glória,” plus “Codex 632,” with Globoplay and Rtp, and “Vanda,” with La Panda and Legendary.

Boutique Filmes is...

The protagonist, Takatou, may have already possessed powers before being transported to the new fantasy world, which breaks the conventional isekai format. Takatou's lack of glowing when transported could be explained by him being asleep, suggesting that he received his powers along with everyone else. The series also tackles the unconventional idea of heroes becoming villains in their second isekai experience, a rarity in isekai anime.

Warning: Spoilers for My Instant Death Ability Is So Overpowered Episode 1!!

This is an adaptation of the light novel series by Tsuyoshi Fujitaka called My Instant Death Ability Is So Overpowered, No One in This Other World Stands a Chance Against Me!

A thrilling new Isekai series from Hidive's winter lineup called My Instant Death Ability Is So Overpowered isn't the first of its kind to incorporate a death game into the main premise, like the manhwa Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint, nor is it...

New York, NY (9/22/23)—Anime NYC, New York City’s largest anime convention, announced the attendance of Sleepy-c, the main artist of the hit manhwa series Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint, as an official guest for its Fall 2023 event. Leading up to the print release of the English comic from Ize Press, Sleepy-c will attend a North American convention for the first time, allowing some of the massive Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint fan base to meet the main artist behind the iconic property.

Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint is a compelling survival game manhwa that combines psychological drama and supernatural action—a brilliant series bolstered by Sleepy-c’s amazing artwork. Readers have frequently requested and eagerly anticipated English print editions of the widely renowned Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint since Ize Press, the Korean comic imprint of Yen Press, was announced in April 2022. Written by singNsong, the author of The World After the Fall,...

New York, NY (7/1/23) – Ize Press made a splash at Anime Expo 2023 with the announcement of the print publication of the popular Korean webcomic and webnovel, Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint. Ize Press will also be publishing the English print editions of Itaewon Class, The Uncanny Counter, and The Perks of Being an S-Class Heroine.

Itaewon Class

By Kwang jin

The original series the hit drama is based on!

Itaewon is a hotspot of freedom and cutting-edge trends like no other place in Korea. But even within this melting pot of colorful lives, few have a story like Saeroyi Park's! He runs a bar with an unlikely crew of misfits as diverse as the neighborhood it's in. His goal—grow it into a franchise big enough to take on Jangga Group, a titan in the dining industry owned by the ruthless Jang family who killed his father. They come at Saeroyi with every dirty trick in the book,...

Half a dozen reasons to shoot in São Paulo.

1. Diversity

One of São Paolo’s biggest attractions “is our diversity,” says SPcine president Viviane Ferreira. “By diversity, I mean the variety of locations — urbanistic and architectonic — but also the diversity of cultures, of histories that cross our city every day,” she adds. The city’s rich ethnic diversity includes an astonishing mix of Lebanese, Japanese, Italian and African people. São Paulo is considered the next largest Lebanese and Japanese city out of their respective countries. A heady variety in architectural styles, world-class cuisine, music and art allows it stand in for almost any big city in the world. The state of São Paolo also offers a wealth of green spaces and forests, a stunning array of landscapes and the world’s largest street Carnaval and LGBT Pride parade, both of which have appeared in films and series.

2. Costs

Fifteen years ago,...

Claudia Huaiquimilla’s “My Brothers Dream Awake,” Thais Fujinaga’s “The Joy of Things” and Flavia Neves’ “Fogareu” will screen in Primer Corte or Copia Final, the two art film pix-in-post showcases at this year’s Ventana Sur, the biggest movie market in Latin America.

The Cannes Festival and Film Market’s biggest initiative outside France, Ventana Sur will run from Nov.30 to Dec. 4.

“My Brothers Dream Awake” weighs in as another call to resistance from Mapuche writer-director Huaiquimilla whose debut, “Bad Influence” (“Mala Junta”) won the audience award at the Toulouse Latin American Cinema Festival.

“The Joy of Things” marks the feature debut of Brazil’s Fujinaga, a co-writer on Netflix’s “Omniscient,” from Boutique Filmes, as well as on a new season of HBO Latin America’s “Joint Venture,” co-directed by “City of God’s” Fernando Meirelles.

Neves’ debut, “Fogaréu” forms part of a burgeoning line in new...

Netflix is unleashing Brazilian zombies in “Reality Z,” its first collaboration with multi-Emmy winning Brazilian production house, Conspiracao. The series will be made available from June 10.

An adaptation of British horror miniseries “Dead Set” by “Black Mirror” creator Charlie Brooker, “Reality Z” is set against the stunning backdrop of Brazilian city Rio de Janeiro, where a zombie apocalypse forces the participants and producers of the “Olimpo” reality show to take shelter in the self-sustaining bespoke set.

Award-winning Brazilian director, screenwriter and executive producer Cláudio Torres (“The Invisible Woman”) took on the challenge to adapt the series by tapping into Brazil’s pop culture and its obsession with reality shows. “Olimpo” is not unlike “Big Brother Brazil,” which snagged an official Guinness World Records certificate when its March 31 episode collected more than 1.5 billion votes.

At first wary of “messing with a classic,” Torres sought inspiration in the Brazilian artistic movement of Anthropophagy.

Rio De Janeiro — Netflix announced Tuesday April 14, the creation of a 5 million reals ($1 million) fund to support local below-the-line production employees and free-lancers not able to work due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The aid will be distributed by the Brazilian Institute of Audiovisual Content (Icab), an arm of leading industry organization Brazil Audiovisual Independent (Bravi). It will help up to 5,000 workers with one part of the local monthly minimum wage of Us$200. It targets personnel involved in production tasks, such as cinematography, sound, art design, makeup, scenography, and logistics.

The effort in Brazil is part of a Us$100 million worldwide fund Netflix announced March 20.

Brazilian workers can apply on Icab’s website (icabrasil.org) beginning April 28. A committee comprised of Icab, Bravi and Netflix members is due to respond to each application within 10 days.

“We would like to invite other industry players to contribute to the fund, which is designed...