![]() ![]() The five remaining students hold a graduation ceremony before Naoi, Yuri and Hinata pass on leaving only Otonashi and Kanade. Her affection for the members of the SSS allow her to finally overcome her regret, and by this time, the only other ones who have not passed on are Otonashi, Kanade, Hinata and Naoi. Yuri destroys the source of the shadows, which were created by computers programmed to activate when love was detected in the afterlife to prevent it from becoming a paradise. Otonashi reasons with the other SSS members and many of them agree to pass on in lieu of becoming an NPC. Mysterious shadow-like entities begin appearing, attacking the residents of the afterlife by turning them into NPCs. ![]() They are joined by Hinata and Naoi, with the former helping Yui move on by fulfilling her desire for marriage. He subsequently offers to aid Kanade in helping other SSS members to pass on, and Kanade is reinstated as student council president in accordance with their plan. Otonashi helps her make peace with the SSS and learns of the afterlife's true purpose. He later befriends Angel, whose real name is Kanade Tachibana, and remembers the rest of his past while in her presence. After the SSS manages to demote Angel from her position, Otonashi partially regains his memories with the aid of deputy president Ayato Naoi's hypnosis. During one of GDM's diversion concerts, Iwasawa passes on from the afterlife after achieving satisfaction through her music. Otonashi participates in several SSS operations and missions, despite still questioning the morality of their actions. Other than the SSS members, the afterlife is populated by fabricated students and teachers, whom Yuri refers to as " non-player characters" (NPCs). After joining the SSS, Otonashi meets other members, including Hideki Hinata, the co-founder Masami Iwasawa, the lead vocalist of a four-girl rock band, Girls Dead Monster (GDM) and Yui, an underclassman and fan of GDM. Their enemy is Angel, the student council president, who has supernatural powers and is believed to be God's associate. He meets Yuri Nakamura, a girl who invites him to join the Afterlife Battlefront ( 死んだ世界戦線, Shinda Sekai Sensen), or SSS, an organization she founded and leads which rebels against an unseen God for their unfair circumstances in life. The story follows Yuzuru Otonashi, a boy with amnesia who ends up in the afterlife. The anime was selected as a recommended work by the awards jury of the 14th Japan Media Arts Festival in 2010.Īngel Beats! is set in the environment of a high school in the afterlife, a type of limbo for people who have experienced trauma or hardships in life and must overcome them before passing on and being reincarnated. A major flaw noted by critics, however, was the length of the anime, with its short run leaving many of the characters' back-stories unexplored. Works was praised for the animation of the action sequences and attention to detail with the weapons used. The integration of various individual elements together, such as musical performances, humor and action, was commended in one review but panned in another, saying that the story was overloaded with too many elements. A visual novel adaptation titled Angel Beats! 1st Beat was produced by Key and released for Windows on June 26, 2015.Īngel Beats! received generally positive reviews from critics. ![]() Two Internet radio shows were produced to promote Angel Beats!. A series of illustrated short stories written by Maeda and illustrated by GotoP were also serialized in Dengeki G's Magazine between the November 2009 and May 2010 issues. Four manga series are serialized in Dengeki G's Magazine and Dengeki G's Comic: two illustrated by Haruka Komowata and two drawn by Yuriko Asami. Key worked in collaboration with Dengeki G's Magazine published by ASCII Media Works to produce the project into a media franchise. ![]() He is enrolled into the afterlife school and meets a girl named Yuri who invites him to join the Afterlife Battlefront, an organization she leads which fights against the student council president Kanade Tachibana, a girl also known as Angel with supernatural powers. The story takes place in the afterlife and focuses on Otonashi, a boy who lost his memories of his life after dying. An original video animation (OVA) episode was released in December 2010, and a second OVA was released in June 2015. The anime aired in Japan between April 3 and June 26, 2010, on CBC. The story was originally conceived by Jun Maeda, who also wrote the screenplay and composed the music with the group Anant-Garde Eyes, with original character design by Na-Ga both Maeda and Na-Ga are from the visual novel brand Key, who produced such titles as Kanon, Air, and Clannad. Works and Aniplex and directed by Seiji Kishi. Angel Beats! is a 13-episode Japanese anime television series produced by P.A. ![]()
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