Customer Ratings & Reviews

Death and living and life... I really enjoyed this series. It is part action, part comedy, part love story. A world between life and Heaven. Trying to figure out what to do, who to trust and is God really playing a part in all of this? Buy it! Watch it! Enjoy it!

Love animation and this story was funny and interesting i will continue to watch as many animation as i can love the store but it was just to short i wish it was a little longer.

This has got everything and when you're done, you won't know what to do with your life anymore

Genre: Action, Drama, Comedy, Slice of Life Length: 13 episodes + OVA "It sucks being dead. Sucks even more to be trapped in a surreal afterlife where you're caught between the living and the dead -- where a mysterious, violent Angel is trying to pull you over to...somewhere. What do you do? Well, if you're this group of rough-and-tumble teens, you grab every weapon you can get your hands on and give Heaven hell! High-caliber action and locked-and-loaded comedy meet on a rock and roll battleground in Angel Beats!" The description hits home for the first half of the series. After that, it goes dirt-biking into the unknown. Essentially, our cast here has ended up in Limbo due to as-of-yet unknown circumstances. Limbo seems to be an ordinary school-life under the watch of "Angel". The Battlefront group fights back against this world and Angel in an attempt to remain there forever. Apparently, once a person has accepted this world as where they want to be, they'll disappear and presumably move onto Heaven. Virtually everyone is angry at God for cursing them with an unfair life and they think that Angel is in direct communication with him. The story and characters could get a huge desctiption, but that's more than enough. I held off on this series for a long time even though I had heard tons about it. Probably because I knew it was another Key series that are always tear-jerkers. First half is pretty much all action and comedy. They continue to the second half, but the drama really kicks in there. Several scenes/episodes that got me a little teary-eyed. Not quite as much as the death scenes from Clannad but still emotional. The ending is extremely fitting and you're even given a hint of it earlier in the series which I was intrigued by but didn't dwell on. Graphics in Angel Beats are beautiful. A lot of the scenes are used multiple times as it rarely ever leaves the school. High-key animation is apparent as every character has a distinct look including the extras. Action scenes are fast and violent but always clear as day. Didn't pay attention to who did the higher profile scenes, but they all looked great. I definitely recommend watching with the original voices and sub-titles on. I tried to listen to the English dub, but the voices just didn't match well. Lasted half an episode and didn't come back on. Extras are a simple 4 trailers. The usual for Sentai. An awesome series that I should have watched earlier. My only complaint is that some of the humor was a bit forced and really felt out of place. Had a few dramatic moments built up only for it to crash down. Could have been the intent, though. But it, watch it, enjoy it!

The show in my opinion is the best anime show out there. The whole plot from begining to end was outstanding. It's not your typical anime were everything is all happy and nothing bad happens, but this show is different. All the characters have intense and emotional backgrounds. The graphics were amazing. They weren't blurry or unfocused. Also, the sound and or subtitles ( if you watch it in Japanese, which I would recommend so that you get the whole effect because they put the time to find the right people to speak for they character) were great and no lag time at all. The only thing bad about it is how some of the words and sentences or changed sometimes. Overall I highly recommend it if your into Anime.

This is one of those anime that you remember, one of those that when you finish you don't know what to do with your life anymore. Tons of tears, Tons of smiles and laughs. There is a good amount of character development as well. I guarantee that if and when you buy this set, you wont regret it, I'm willing to bet that you'd even sit and watch through the entire thing in one sitting