Angel Beats centers around a boy named Otonashi who wakes up on the ground on a school campus. He immediately encounters a girl with a sniper rifle train on a girl in the distance, who asks him if he wants to join herself and the other members of Not Yet Dead Battlefront (apparently the name has been in controversy for some time) in fighting to survive in the afterlife. Overwhelmed, he promptly dismisses her as crazy, and decides to ask the person she was targeting. That person turns out to the the student body president. Happy he is speaking to someone who should have some sense, he makes a comment about wanting to go to a hospital. The girl then relies that there are no hospitals because everyone is dead. Now very irritated about everything not making sense Otonashi asks the girl to prove it. At this request she stabs him in the chest with a sword. He then wakes up some time later unscathed (although his clothes have a rather sizable amount of blood on them), and is recruited into Underworld Battlefront (apparently the name has already changed since the last time). He hesitantly mades this decision after he is exposed to the idea of Obliteration, the equivalent of death in this world (although since everyone is already dead, it is thought of to likely be reincarnation).
Overall the animation was actually pretty good, particularly the details. The animation was extremely polished overall, including the intentional blemishes (this makes for great eye-candy, but lacks the organic feel of just making a chaotic design). I have to say the lighting was very well done. The shadows in the environment particularly were good, but the shadows on the characters were a bit geometric.
The action wasn't to bad, but it could have had a little more (just to make it a little more consistent). The comedy was generally about the characters themselves, but there is a good amount of afterlife jokes as well. The comedy and action were good, but one of the best parts in my opinion is the afterlife they created. The fact that you can seemingly temporarily die in this world is an interesting twist (because the usual theme is that you are more or less immortal once you die). The world itself is rather limbo-like in that it isn't hellish or heavenly. Interestingly enough some parts of it resemble a computer. Not only are there terms used that apply to computers, but at one point the world itself appears to be malfunctioning and generating errors. I think this series is perfect for anyone who enjoy comedy, drama, and different views on the afterlife.
Right: Otonashi, Left: Angel (girl who stabbed him)
i really love this anime but you could add a little more information like the girl they were trying to kill is the one who ended up with his heart when he died
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