Angel Beats!

Angel Beats takes place in the afterlife and focuses on Otonashi, a boy who lost his memories of his life after dying. 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 God. The Battlefront fight against the student council president Angel, a girl with supernatural powers.

Angel Beats! (2010) is a Japanese animated comedy-drama series produced by P.A.WORKS and aired on CBC in Japan, a single-season anime of thirteen episodes. The protagonist is Otonashi (voiced by Hiroshi Kamiya), a boy who wakes in an afterlife high school with no memory of how he died. He is recruited by Yuri (voiced by Harumi Sakurai), who leads the Afterlife Battlefront, a band of students waging guerrilla war against God. Their main opponent is the student council president Angel, voiced by Kana Hanazawa, a girl with supernatural powers. The engine of the series is Otonashi's search for his past, woven through episodes of playful school antics, mock battles and gunfights, and the gradually revealed backstories of each student. The show moves from light, goofy comedy into heavy emotional drama, with a tone that is wistful, bittersweet and cathartic. Its afterlife school is a melancholy, sun-washed campus where friendship becomes the only certainty. Viewers who enjoy Clannad: After Story and Toradora! will find resonance in its blend of teenage warmth and grief, and its mix of comedy and tragedy.

Audiences rate the single season positively, praising its emotionally affecting afterlife story and memorable characters.

• Mirai Nikkiafterlife setting, surreal school-based fantasy, melancholic tone with emotional payoffs
• Clannad: After Storyshared anime tradition, afterlife school setting, friendship and loss themes
• Toradora!supernatural teen drama, melancholic school setting, emotional character arcs

Release Date

2010-04-03

Episode runtime

24 min

Rating

7.6 / 10 (495)

What is Angel Beats! about?

A memory-less boy joins a rebel band of afterlife students who wage war against a supernatural student council president.

What is Angel Beats! like to watch?

Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Angel Beats! as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as layered.

Is Angel Beats! violent?

Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Angel Beats! as mild.

What did critics think of Angel Beats!?

Audiences rate the single season positively, praising its emotionally affecting afterlife story and memorable characters.

Which shows are like Angel Beats!?

Shows with a similar feel include Mirai Nikki, Clannad: After Story, and Toradora!.

How long is Angel Beats!?

Angel Beats!: 1 season, 13 episodes.

Is Angel Beats! still running?

No, Angel Beats! has ended.

Where can I watch Angel Beats!?

In United States, Angel Beats! streams on Crunchyroll, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel.