Angel Beats! Review (Spoiler-free)

written by Alec
Episodes seen: 13/13

Story: 5/10
Selling point (people in purgatory trying to move on) is very interesting. This is a KEY anime; very strong character arcs & I really enjoyed all of them, especially Otonashi's. However, anime felt really rushed to me because of the little amount of episodes, and character development was really stale because of it. The leader, Yuri, makes everyone believe that Tenshi is an evil monster, then, builds factories, stockpiles weapons underground, and hold rock concerts to mess with people's dinner? Ridiculous.

Art: 7/10
The art & animation were really well done in this anime. However, character design seemed very lacking to me.

Sound: 10/10
The songs from this anime were one of the best I've ever heard. (Honey & Clover still reigns supreme). It was really well composed & beautiful. One of the redeeming qualities of this anime.

Character: 4/10
Character development was really stale due to the small amount of episodes, however the individual arcs were really enjoyable.

Enjoyment: 3/10
Again, really really rushed... and a band called Girls Dead Monster, playing no significant role towards the storyline, and songs being released while the show airs? Just seems like a way to get fast money off the success of K-ON! 

Overall: 5/10


EDIT: My first time watching this was when I was still an anime novice, so of course I enjoyed it, but after rewatching and re-evaluating, it wasn't as good of an anime as I had previously thought.