Angel Beats is a pretty short anime about death and acceptance.
Pretty dark theme but it does it in the least edgy way possible.
Story: Bunch of youngin's get.. I guess half-reincarnated to a medium world to accept their death. The story starts out pretty weird and awfully convoluted but it slowly picks up and finds itself. Considering that I cried watching this, I am now obligated to place this 9 and up. If not for those first 4 episodes, I would've given this a 10 but unfortunately no. 9/10
Art: Art is damn beautiful. Did'ja know I like guns cause I like em like it's Christmas mornin' and goddamn there are a lot of guns ere'. Animation's really smooth with guns also being well animated. I kinda don't like the art style, it's a bit too moe for my tastes really. But it adds toward the hidden sadness and darkness in the anime. 9/10
Sound: Every VA knocked it out of the park. Who was that bastard? Hiroshi? Yeah him. He did a great job along with TK. Some gun sounds though used the most generic stock sounds ever. Like sounds you'll hear from a 2012 lego stop motion animation. 9/10
Character: It's pretty simple really. Like you almost have every single by the book trope in this anime for characters. But it made them feel likeable and memorable which I really liked. Some characters even put up a fake front to cover their true selves which is a nice addition. 9/10
Enjoyment: I cried and I wished there was a 2nd season so I say that it was really good. Nothing else really. Just a great watch for a few hours of fun and sadness. 10/10
Overall: I enjoyed this. As every man should.
The maths:
(9+9+8+9+10)/5= 45/5
= 9
