Yasashii Uta

Angel Beats! Final Impressions

Wow…it ended. >: I had mixed feelings about this series, but I really did enjoy watching it.

Compared to previous Key animes, I felt that Angel Beats! was a disappointment. The biggest flaw was the pacing. Comedy and drama had to be forced and rushed in some of the episodes, so it didn’t quite feel right sometimes. Also a lot of things had to be cut out, which led to plot holes and things left unexplained. 13 episodes wasn’t enough to show AB! to it’s fullest potential, and I agree with many others that it should had been 22-24 episodes. Gah, I feel like punching whoever limited Angel Beats! to be only 13. =~=

The thing I love the most about Angel Beats! is its music. Maeda does a great job composing music, and Key’s music is one of the minor reasons why their works are amazing. The opening My Soul, Your Beats! is beautiful (along with its animation sequence) and the ending Brave Song is nice to listen to as well. The Girls Dead Monster insert songs are okay, but some of them were quite catchy. The BGMs are awesome, especially the BGM for the 6th PV and Ichiban no Takaramono. I can’t wait for the OST~! >~<

I really liked all of Angel Beats!’s characters. Sometimes I liked Yurippe and sometimes I didn’t (like in episode 5) but she is a great leader and character. I hope people have stopped thinking she is another Haruhi when she is definitely not, since I’m quite tired of hearing that. Kanade was cute, but she isn’t my favorite character in AB! like many others. Otonashi was a great male protagonist, but I think it was Hiroshi Kamiya’s voice that made me like him. Hinata was my favorite character because…I don’t know really. Maybe it’s because he’s funny, a brother-like support for the team, or I just like blue-haired anime guys XP. Yui was annoying most of the time, but after awhile I started to like her (especially during episode 10). And Naoi is a hilarious character and it was hard for me to dislike him.

Overall Angel Beats! was fun to watch, but it is far from being a Key masterpiece. The comedy made me laugh hard (coughrocketchairscough) and the character’s past made me feel bad for them (but most of them didn’t make me sad to the point of crying). I really wished it had been 20ish episodes, but there is nothing we can do about it. >: