Jun 9, 2015
“Everyone will be alone someday, living on in memories only. Even so, it's fine. I call this peaceful feeling my friend.”
Such a beautiful anime. If there was an anime for you to not skip OP’s and ED’s (especially not ED’s) this would be it.
Story: 8
It was only 13 episodes T.T but the story still fit in perfectly. The first arc would probably be meeting all the characters and developing them whilst the second half has them working together to defeat the “antagonist”. The story had a very nice setting and there were some nice twists near the ending. At no point did I find the
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show boring at all, story wise this was written very well. If you’re looking for a comedy/feels anime this one balances it so well. You know how some animes/games have terrible balance of emotions? One example is Bioshock infinite where Elizebeth just screams and is running from you for slaughtering people. After 5 seconds of screaming you ask her to pick a lock and she’s like THIS WILL BE EAAASSYYY. Angel beats knows when to be sad and when to make you laugh.
Art: 8
The lighting is something that I kept noticing in this anime, (though a lot of current animes are now learning of the power of lighting) but everything is beautiful. In the afterlife and in flashbacks of real life everything looks so pretty. The colors of uniforms and everything were made to appeal to the eyes. Just watch the OP if you’re unsure, that’s basically the art for Angel Beats.
Sound: 9
Voice actors are all amazing. A bunch of A-list voice actors like Sawashiro, Kamiya, and Hanazawa. The voice actors fit the roles so well, like the character models vs. the voices fit perfectly. The other important part of the sound category is the music. My god the music. The opening, the Ending song? The songs sung by the band? (There’s a band in the anime and they actually have the VA’s sing a bunch of songs. Like A LOT of them you can find online.) They are so iconic and to be honest this anime probably has one of the best soundtracks out there. Super high point in Angel Beats.
Character: 9
The character development though (For the main ones at least). There are too many characters in the anime to give everyone’s backstory but the ones that do get developed you get the feels. I can’t get into much of this without spoiling this but one of my favorite scenes that hit close to me was when this kid who’s always over shadowed by his older brother is climbing a tree, mind you the strict father always compliments the older brother for being better and his obvious superior. He climbs the tree and beats his brother and grabs a persimmon they were fighting for and falls off the tree. As the father walks away after witnessing this he says, “IDIOT. It was just a persimmon.
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But good job” –with a smile-
T.T OH GAWDDDD
(I definitely just spoiled it some part of something)
Enjoyment: 9
Never felt bored during this anime. It was great. Short but sweet. Ending you might have heard was sad, it wasn’t the saddest anime out there at all. But the thing about Angel Beats for me when describing it compared to Anohana or Steins Gate (Steins gate?!? Yeah) is that instead of the buildup of a dam and having it break in the end, the writers seem to have substituted that out for having a smaller dam but instead…have pings. Pings? Every few episodes it feels as if something pokes at your heart a little and it’s enough to make you feel tired and maybe miss a breath. Nothing that would generate tears but different touching moments that just make you think about life.
Overall: 9
Would I recommend this to someone who hasn’t watched it? YES. Someone that has stuff to watch? I would prioritize this if you haven’t watched it. It’s not at the legendary stage yet but it’s pretty damn popular and people know of how good it is. There are a some things you can nit pick at but in the end I loved it. I’d like to thank this anime for, “Truly and deeply, thank you for giving, my life to me.”
-Wink to people that have already watched it-
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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