Angel Beats!

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Angel Beats! is an anime series. It was made by Jun Maeda. It ran from April 3, 2010 until June 26, 2010.[1] P.A. Works and Aniplex both produced it.

There were two original video animations after the show ended. Angel Beats! Stairway to Heaven was released on December 22, 2010 and Angel Beats! Hell's Kitchen was released on June 24, 2015.[2][3] There was a visual novel of the anime released on June 26, 2015 called Angel Beats! 1st Beat.[4]

The show was popular and well liked. The awards jury for the 14th Japan America Arts Festival in 2010 chose the show as a recommended work. Episode six of the show was able to break the record for a 4.9% rating in MBS station's "Anime Shower" block.[5][6] The Blu-ray discs sold very well. All seven volumes sold within the top 3 on the Oricon chart.[7][8][9][10][11][12]

Plot[change | change source]

The series is about Yuzuru Otonashi, a boy who is sent to a high school in the afterlife and has lost his memory. He joins a group called the Afterlife Battlefront after he meets a girl named Yuri Nakamura. Nakamura tells Otonashi that the group and her fight against an unseen God and a student council president named Kanade Tachibana. After he gets hypnotized by Ayato Naik, the deputy president of the school, Otonashi begins to regain his memories. After Kanade gets demoted, Otonashi becomes friends with her. She tells him that her job is to help students move on from limbo in the afterlife and find peace. Otonashi tells her that he wants to help the rest of the Afterlife Battlefront move on. After he helps them, he tells Kanade that he loves her. Kanade says that Otonashi is the donor of her heart and helped her live longer. She then moves on.

References[change | change source]

  1. "2010年 6月25日(金) の番組表". Tokyo Broadcasting System (in Japanese). Archived from the original on June 23, 2010. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
  2. "Angel Beats' 7th BD/DVD to Include Unaired Special". Anime News Network. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
  3. "Angel Beats! Gets New Episode With Anime Blu-ray Box". Anime News Network. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
  4. "Products: Angel Beats! -1st beat-". Key. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
  5. "2010 [14th] Japan Media Arts Festival - Animation Division Jury Recommended Works". Japan Media Arts Festival (in Japanese). Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
  6. "Angel Beats' 6th Episode Earns Record 4.9% in Osaka". Anime News Network. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
  7. "Angel Beats! #1 Sells 23,000 to Top Weekly BD Chart". Anime News Network. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
  8. "Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, September 20–26". Anime News Network. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
  9. "Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, July 19–25". Anime News Network. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
  10. "Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, October 25–31". Anime News Network. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
  11. "Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, August 23–29". Anime News Network. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
  12. "Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, November 22–28". Anime News Network. Retrieved September 30, 2023.