Angel Beats! Specials

These two OVA's are part of the story and includes Yuri's attempts to have Kanade summon God. It goes back to the beginning of the series where they are still fighting Kanade. Yuri devises two plans for the SSS to act in such ridiculous manners that Kanade won't be able to handle it and therefore would need to summon God for assistance. They are both entertaining in their own right. They are both on the more comical side of the series rather than the dramatic side. The comedy itself is pretty entertaining but I personally found it a bit too chaotic and too much tohandle. The beginning of the series was the hardest to get through for me so watching two extra episodes from the beginning wasn't that enjoyable to me. The series does well at making it a comedy-drama but I prefer the drama over the comedy of this series. If you enjoy watching these characters act ridiculous then by all means, these OVA's should be entertaining to you.

Exactly what I wanted. First a short spoiler free summary: Angel Beats was a great anime in my opinion and was both funny and emotional at times. What we do understand is that the "front line" has been doing these missions against Angel for a long time. Although since the series is so short we don't see many of these missions that they would pursue. These specials show us more missions that the front line attempts to do to get Angel to call for God. Story: 10/10 I'm glad that these specials were exactly what they are. They are good for some laughs, and I am glad they didnot try to make these episodes emotional. If they tried that I'm sure that it may have ruined the series. These fun episodes give us insight on how they have been living their life for so long in this afterlife world. Art: 10/10 The art is beautiful, just like it was in the original. The art style of Angel Beats is what I'd consider the HD Anime style, the characters looked great, the scenes looked great the intensity gauge in the first episode looked great, theres nothing bad about it! Perfect. Sound: 10/10 To start off the characters all fit their roles perfectly. The sounds effects sound perfect. Additionally the first episode of this special deserves bonus points for the intensity that the voice actors must have projected their voice. Next we have the intro and outro music. Its the same as it was in the original. Personally, I thought this music described the series perfectly and, the intro specifically is one of my favorite songs to date. Character: As I said in sound the characters voice actor's play their parts perfectly, making these specials funny and fun to watch. If I was in their position, I could see me becoming one of them and having fun/ doing anything to try and 'beat' Angel. Enjoyment: I had a lot of fun watching these episodes. I would include these specials in a rewatch with friends for sure. It may not be what you want to watch directly after finishing the season if you are still crying from the last episodes, but if you liked Angel Beats and you thought it was a funny series like I did, you will enjoy these specials for sure.

I think that this was an extraordinarily well done OVA series. I even enjoyed it more than the actual show. Here's why: Story: These OVAs perfectly fit into the story of Angel Beats, not doing anything story-breaking, out of character or overly fanservice based in the series to take away from it's natural charm. 10/10. Art: The art stayed at the great quality held by Angel Beats. 9/10. Sound: The soundtrack was also great, and it fit all of the fun shenanigans that we got to watch happen with all of our favourite characters. 9/10. Character: The characters even managed to have some development in these OVAs, it wasenjoyable to see more school-life based events, with their own Angel Beats styled twists, whilst getting away from some of the more serious themes after finishing the show. 10/10. Enjoyment: I absolutely loved these, and think that Stairway to Heaven, may very well be one of my favourite standalone episodes of an anime, ever. 10/10. Overall: I think that these OVAs were outstanding and should definitely have been part of the actual series, which should have been made longer. 10/10, no question.

Its been around six months since I finished Angel Beats, and since I was bored out of my mind these past few days I thought I'd watch the OVAs'. Stairway to heaven was amazing to watch. Its like essence of Robert Frank and the Ultimate Warrior have been injected into an episode of Angel Beats. The premise of this episode is that the battlefront has to remain hyped at all time so that Angel can contact God. That premise was relatable in a way because when I was it high-school the teachers would ask us to be enthusiastic during mind numbingly tedious classes during inspections. Theepisode was pretty fun to watch. The standouts in my opinion were Hinata and Yui, everything theses two did in this episode was fantastic. Everything from baseball, classes, eating, and music was taken to the nth degree. while the wist at the end was a bit of a letdown I sorta expected it to be but I was ok with that. The ending of this episode was just cruel. Yuri truly has no mercy in her DNA. Hells' kitchen was just as crazy. Before getting into the episode I want to state that the raw liver seen at the start of the episode looked more appealing that half the food from my high-school canteen. The premise of this episode is that the members of the battlefront have to take part in survival of the fittest in the hopes that one of them becomes a demon. Much like stairway to heaven tis episode was pretty over the top. the ways these guys took each other out was phenomenal everything from exploding holly ball to missile strikes and everything in between. One death in particular looked like it came straight out of Mortal Kombat. The stuff that wen on with Girls dead monster seemed to be the highlight of the episode which I thought was odd but was explained in the end. There was also a forth wall break in the middle of the episode which was interesting to see but the best part of the episode was when the ddemon cam on screen and much like the airport battle in Captain America Civil War each second was brilliant. The visuals and theme were pitch perfect. I could honestly rewatch that scene 50 times a day and not get bored. Both episodes were brilliant and it was nice to see more of the battlefront, and I'm hoping for more OVAs of Angel Beats.

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