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Angel Beats!

Angel Beats!
★ 7.9/10•2010•24m•TV-14•Animation•Comedy•Drama
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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.

Jun Maeda · Screenplay

StatusEnded
Runtime24m
LanguageJA
First Air DateApr 3, 2010

Episodes

Episode 1 - DepartureE126m

Departure

After a mysterious accident, a young high school student wakes up to discover he is caught in some kind of violent afterlife where a strange and avenging Angel is pursuing him. Confused and afraid, he joins a band of gun-toting teens intent on destroying the Angel and taking their destinies into their own hands

Apr 3, 2010

Episode 2 - GuildE224m

Guild

Realizing they need more weapons in their battle against Angel, the group descends into the Guild. But once there, they realize that all of the hallways, staircases, and passageways have been rigged with deadly traps. It’s a race against time to see if they can get through the violent maze before Angel catches up with them.

Apr 10, 2010

Episode 3 - My SongE324m

My Song

With the aid of a new member, the genius hacker, “Christ”, Yuri and the Battlefront decide to break into Angel’s lair and steal secrets from her hard drive. To distract the NPCs, they use the girl group Gldemo. But when the teachers interfere, the lead singer suffers a shocking fate.

Apr 17, 2010

Episode 4 - Day GameE424m

Day Game

With the lead singer of Gldemo now obliterated, a replacement must be found. The manic, high-strung Yui tries desperately to assume the role. Hinata, meanwhile, seeks to avenge a mistake made long ago on the baseball field by assembling the strongest team possible to defeat the other teams in the school. Otonashi worries the game could strike Hinata out in more ways than one.

Apr 24, 2010

Episode 5 - Favorite FlavorE525m

Favorite Flavor

To strip Angel of her scholastic power, Yui devises a plan for the Battlefront to replace Angel’s test results with bogus ones. She will be shamed, stripped of her title of Student Body President, and be out of their way for good. But they never realize the one who replaces her may be even more sinister than Angel could ever be.

May 1, 2010

Episode 6 - Family AffairE624m

Family Affair

When Angel is believed to be breaking scholastic code, Naoi uses this infringement to exert his growing power and places both Angel and Otonashi in a prison within the school. They discover that Naoi is using his power in violently, and Angel and Otonashi must escape or risk heavy casualties.

May 7, 2010

Episode 7 - AliveE726m

Alive

Now that Naoi has seemingly joined Battlefront, Yui persuades Otonashi to let his powers of hypnosis help him recover his memories. But Otonashi may not be ready to remember such a tragic, painful past. But there are other issues at hand for the group—such as banding together to capture the mysterious creature from a nearby river known only as the Monster Stream.

May 14, 2010

Episode 8 - Dancer in the DarkE824m

Dancer in the Dark

With Otonashi's and Angel’s newly formed alliance, dark and powerful clones of Angel have begun attacking the Battlefront with greater aggression. They must return to the trap-rigged Guild once more and risk heartbreaking, violent losses.

May 21, 2010

Episode 9 - In Your MemoryE926m

In Your Memory

With the Angel clone situation becoming uncontrollable, Naoi proposes that they once again call upon the genius hacker, Christ. Meanwhile, Otonashi begins to remember his past.

May 28, 2010

Episode 10 - Goodbye DaysE1027m

Goodbye Days

Otonashi decides that the high-strung singer, Yui, needs to be pushed into finding peace and “moving on." To do so, he enlists Angel who shows him her new weapon: the dark and evil-looking Hand Sonic 5. But Yui has other plans—namely to beat the boys of Battlefront in a violent game on the soccer field.

Jun 4, 2010

Episode 11 - Change the WorldE1126m

Change the World

As Hinata and Otonashi talk with Naoi, something strange happens: his shadow takes an enormous, evil form and engulf him. Weapons are powerless to stop the creature. Making matters worse, the Shadow monsters are multiplying and taking control of the members of Battlefront and the NPCs.

Jun 11, 2010

Episode 12 - Knockin' on Heaven's DoorE1227m

Knockin' on Heaven's Door

The Shadow monsters show no signs of stopping as more Battlefront members and NPCs fall victim to their strange, marauding power. Yuri takes a dangerous trip into the darkened Guild. In her search to find out just who—or what—is behind these new events, she discovers even darker secrets about herself.

Jun 18, 2010

Episode 13 - GraduationE1326m

Graduation

When she awakens from her dangerous solo mission, Yuri finds her surviving friends in Battlefront seem to have found peace. In an impromptu “graduation” ceremony, they all take steps to move on to the next level of existence. But this transition seems most difficult for Otonashi, as it means losing his newly formed bond with Angel.

Jun 25, 2010

Actors

Hiroshi Kamiya

Hiroshi Kamiya

Otonashi (voice)

Harumi Sakurai

Harumi Sakurai

Yuri (voice)

Kana Hanazawa

Kana Hanazawa

Kanade (Angel) (voice)

Ryohei Kimura

Ryohei Kimura

Hinata (voice)

Yuuki Masuda

Yuuki Masuda

Fujimaki (voice)

Yumiko Kobayashi

Yumiko Kobayashi

Ōyama (voice)

Shun Takagi

Shun Takagi

Noda (voice)

Megumi Ogata

Megumi Ogata

Naoi (voice)

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