Angel Beats!

Angel Beats!	
Angel Beats!
Genre 	Action, Comedy-drama, Fantasy, Tragedy
Directed by 	Seiji Kishi
Produced by 	Kenji Horikawa
 	Anime television series
Original run	April 3, 2010 – June 26, 2010
Episodes 	13
Angel Beats! is a 13-episode Japanese anime television series produced by P.A. Works and Aniplex and directed by Seiji Kishi. The story was originally conceived by Jun Maeda, who also wrote the screenplay and composed the music with the group Anant-Garde Eyes, with original character design by Na-Ga; both Maeda and Na-Ga are from the visual novel brand Key, who produced such titles as Kanon, Air, and Clannad. The anime aired in Japan between April 3 and June 26, 2010. An original video animation episode was released on December 22, 2010. The story 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.
Key worked in collaboration with ASCII Media Works' Dengeki G's Magazine to produce the project into a media franchise. Three manga series are serialized in Dengeki G's Magazine: two illustrated by Haruka Komowata, and one drawn by Yuriko Asami. A series of illustrated short stories written by Maeda and illustrated by GotoP were also serialized in Dengeki G's Magazine between the November 2009 and May 2010 issues. Two Internet radio shows were produced to promote Angel Beats!. The first part of a video game adaptation produced by Key will be released in Q2 2014 for Windows.
Angel Beats! received generally positive reviews by critics. The integration of various individual elements together, such as musical performances, humor and action, was praised in one review, but panned in another, saying that the story is overloaded with too many elements. P.A Works was praised for the animation of the action sequences and attention to detail with the weapons used. A major flaw noted by critics, however, is that the anime is too short, which leaves many of the characters with untold back-stories. The anime was selected as a recommended work by the awards jury of the 14th Japan Media Arts Festival in 2010.
==Anime==
# 	Title 	Original air date
01	"Departure"   	April 3, 2010
02	"Guild"   	April 10, 2010
03	"My Song"   	April 17, 2010
04	"Day Game"   	April 24, 2010
05	"Favorite Flavor"   	May 1, 2010
06	"Family Affair"   	May 8, 2010
07	"Alive"   	May 15, 2010
08	"Dancer in the Dark"   	May 22, 2010
09	"In Your Memory"   	May 29, 2010
10	"Goodbye Days"   	June 5, 2010
11	"Change the World"   	June 12, 2010
12	"Knockin' on Heaven's Door"  	June 19, 2010
13	"Graduation"   	June 26, 2010
===OVAs===
*Stairway to Heaven
*Hell's Kitchen
===Shorts===
*Another Epilogue
Category:Anime