Angel Beats!

About

Angel Beats! (known in Japan as エンジェルビーツ! or Enjeru Bītsu!) is a japanese light novel series created by Jun Maeda on November, 2009, and later adapted into an anime series on April 3rd, 2010. Since its creation, the series has gathered a significant fanbase due to its tragic theme and notable ending.

Plot

The story follows Yuzuru Otonashi, a young boy who lost his memory after passing away. He is then enrolled into the afterlife High school which is a limbo like state where people who still have worldly attachments must let go before passing on to the afterlife. Otonashi is then recruited into the Afterlife Battlefront, an organization with a purpose to defeat the student council president for supposedly working for God, who they blame their negative experiences when they were still alive^[1].

History

WIP

Reception

Angel Beats! has gained many positive reviews ever since its release, especially the anime. People praise the series for its characters, creative plot, and emotional scenes.

Fandom

Angel Beats! has an above average fanbase so far, and it still grows today. On websites like Tumblr, DeviantArt, and Reddit, Angel Beats! quite is popular, with numerous threads having been posted about it. There is also plenty of fan art of it, similar to many popular series.

As of April 2015, Angel Beats! has accumulated an estimated 800 fanfictions on both fanfiction.net^[2] and Archive of Our Own^[3].

Many fans also show off merchandise of it such as posters, figures, or even cosplay uniforms. A figurine of Angel is shown below.

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