Angel Beats!

Angel Beats! – Hitting you with your funny bone (FAP-351)

Producers
Aniplex ASCII Media Works Visual Arts Movic Dentsu Mainichi Broadcasting System CBC TV Aniplex of America
Studio
P.A.WORKS
Source
Original
Aired
April 2010 to June 2010
Genres
Action Comedy Drama Supernatural
Number of Episodes
13
Jack's Score
7 / 10
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Angel Beats! is set in a high-school-like afterlife where teens who suffered in life are given a chance to work through their regrets before moving on. Otonashi, our MC, wakes up without memories and is pulled into the rebel group called the Afterlife Battlefront ( or SSS), which is a student militia led by Yuri that “rebels” against an unseen God, often clashing with the quiet and formidable student council president Kanade “Angel.” This is a brisk blend of slapstick raids, coupled with a couple of concert set-pieces by the in-story band Girls Dead Monster, followed up with gut-punch drama about purpose, grief, and letting go. In a nut shell this is aiming to tickle the funny bone while hitting them feels.

Angel Beats! is set in a high-school-like afterlife where teens who suffered in life are given a chance to work through their regrets before moving on. Otonashi, our MC, wakes up without memories and is pulled into the rebel group called the Afterlife Battlefront ( or SSS), which is a student militia led by Yuri that “rebels” against an unseen God, often clashing with the quiet and formidable student council president Kanade “Angel.” This is a brisk blend of slapstick raids, coupled with a couple of concert set-pieces by the in-story band Girls Dead Monster, followed up with gut-punch drama about purpose, grief, and letting go. In a nut shell this is aiming to tickle the funny bone while hitting them feels.

Yuzuru Otonashi
Yuzuru Otonashi Main VA: Hiroshi Kamiya (JP) VA: Blake Shepard (EN)
Yuri Nakamura
Yuri Nakamura Main VA: Harumi Sakurai (JP) VA: Brittney Karbowski (EN)
Kanade Tachibana
Kanade Tachibana Main VA: Kana Hanazawa (JP) VA: Emily Neves (EN)
Hideki Hinata
Hideki Hinata Main VA: Ryouhei Kimura (JP) VA: David Matranga (EN)
Yui Yoshioka
Yui Yoshioka Main VA: Eri Kitamura (JP) VA: Hilary Haag (EN)
Ayato Naoi
Ayato Naoi Main VA: Megumi Ogata (JP) VA: Greg Ayres (EN)
Takamatsu
Takamatsu Supporting VA: Daichuu Mizushima (JP) VA: Kalob Martinez (EN)
Noda
Noda Supporting VA: Shun Takagi (JP) VA: Leraldo Anzaldua (EN)
Shiina
Shiina Supporting VA: Fuuko Saitou (JP) VA: Melissa Davis (EN)
Yusa
Yusa Supporting VA: Yui Makino (JP) VA: Elizabeth Bunch (EN)
Fujimaki
Fujimaki Supporting VA: Yuuki Masuda (JP) VA: Andrew Love (EN)
TK
TK Supporting VA: Michael Rivas (JP) VA: Adam Van Wagoner (EN)
Godan Matsushita
Godan Matsushita Supporting VA: Eiichirou Tokumoto (JP) VA: Rob Mungle (EN)
Ooyama
Ooyama Supporting VA: Yumiko Kobayashi (JP) VA: Corey Hartzog (EN)
Masami Iwasawa
Masami Iwasawa Supporting VA: Miyuki Sawashiro (JP) VA: Luci Christian (EN)
Hisako Fuchita
Hisako Fuchita Supporting VA: Chie Matsuura (JP) VA: Jessica Boone (EN)
Miyuki Irie
Miyuki Irie Supporting VA: Kana Asumi (JP) VA: Luci Christian (EN)
Shiori Sekine
Shiori Sekine Supporting VA: Emiri Katou (JP) VA: Serena Varghese (EN)
Chaa
Chaa Supporting VA: Hiroki Touchi (JP) VA: Illich Guardiola (EN)
Takeyama
Takeyama Supporting VA: Mitsuhiro Ichiki (JP) VA: Dylan Godwin (EN)
Hatsune Otonashi
Hatsune Otonashi Supporting VA: Mai Nakahara (JP) VA: Jessica Boone (EN)
Saitou
Saitou Supporting VA: Hikaru Midorikawa (JP) VA: Chris Hutchison (EN)
Igarashi
Igarashi Supporting VA: Tomokazu Seki (JP) VA: Mark Laskowski (EN)
Nazo no Seinen
Nazo no Seinen Supporting VA: Akira Ishida (JP) VA: Mark Laskowski (EN)
Hitomi
Hitomi Supporting VA: Saki Fujita (JP) VA: Emily Neves (EN)
Jun Maeda
Jun Maeda Original Creator
Na-Ga
Na-Ga Original Character Design
Seiji Kishi
Seiji Kishi Director
Katsuzou Hirata
Katsuzou Hirata Character Design
Hideyasu Shimamura
Hideyasu Shimamura Prop Design
Gouichi Iwahata
Gouichi Iwahata Prop Design
Yasuhiro Moriki
Yasuhiro Moriki Prop Design
Mitsuko Ogawa
Mitsuko Ogawa Prop Design
Kazuki Higashiji
Kazuki Higashiji Art Director
Gouichi Iwahata
Gouichi Iwahata Art Design
Yasuhiro Moriki
Yasuhiro Moriki Art Design
Mitsuko Ogawa
Mitsuko Ogawa Art Design
Hideyasu Shimamura
Hideyasu Shimamura Art Design
Katsue Inoue
Katsue Inoue Color Design
Katsufumi Satou
Katsufumi Satou Director of Photography
Ayumu Takahashi
Ayumu Takahashi Editing
Yoshimasa Yamazaki
Yoshimasa Yamazaki CG Director
Satoki Iida
Satoki Iida Sound Director
Ijou Okuda
Ijou Okuda Sound Effects
ANANT-GARDE EYES
ANANT-GARDE EYES Music
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