Of the huge number of anime, those paintings that remain in the memory and hearts of the audience stand out. The series "Angelic Rhythms" catches, after watching it there is a motivation not just to live, but to do what you love and make your dreams come true. Anime Angel Beats consists of 13 episodes and several additional episodes, but this time is enough to completely immerse yourself in the unusual afterlife and the stories of schoolchildren, whose destinies cannot be empathized with.
Plot
The anime tells the story of Yuzuru Otonashi, who fell into the afterlife. This is the real Purgatory, where there are dead people deprived of a happy childhood. Here you can live a normal human life - go to clubs and chat with friends. But as soon as you merge into the daily rhythm of life, you disappear from this world, and your further destiny becomes unknown.
In this world, there are strict rules and obligations, and the main character is not able to figure out what is happening right away. Yuri, the leader of the underground organization “The Underworld Front,” invites Yuzur to become one of the team members. They are trying to resist the general regime, as well as understand the reason why they were in this place. In the anime "Angel Beats", the characters in the series do not want to say goodbye to the world of the living and hope to find a way to return there. The “Underworld Front” also has to fight with the head of the Canadian Student Council, nicknamed Angel, who is trying to make everyone live normally, which, in turn, will lead to the disappearance of people.
Otonashi not only becomes a new member of the team, but also gets a unique chance to fulfill his dreams, which he did not manage to fulfill in the real world.
Anime story
Jun Maeda became interested in creating a series whose main idea would be to describe the afterlife. Although initially they wanted to see a touching anime from the screenwriter with a lot of tears and funny moments, Maeda did not focus only on the fun of the story, but put the value of human life at the heart of the series. The scriptwriter also noted for himself that in the anime "Angelic Rhythms", the characters are already dead, so they can fight without fear of death and injury. Maeda actively participated in the creation of musical accompaniment, writing music for the series.
The characters of the anime "Angel Beats" were created by the artist Na-Ga, who was good at working with computer graphics. It was he who was contacted by Maeda when he finished writing the script. The anime was released in 2010, and is well received by critics.
Yuzuru Otonashi
17-year-old Otonashi is the main character of the anime. He ends up in Purgatory, not remembering his past and not understanding where he is. Having regained his memory thanks to a hypnosis session, Otonashi realizes that earlier the younger sister was the meaning of his life, because of his illness he had to drop out of school and go to work. After the death of his sister, Yuzuru decides to go to medical college to help people. But at that moment, when he was driving for exams, the train crashed in the tunnel. Otonashi helps people survive, and within seven days examines the wounds of the victims and distributes food between them. The protagonist makes a will, leaving his organs to needy people, and dies without waiting for the rescue group.
Once in Purgatory, Yuzuru finds a new meaning in life - to help friends find peace. He becomes an excellent shooter and comrade, and also falls in love with Angel Canada, which no one had ever tried to understand. At the end of the Angel Beats anime, the characters of Otonashi and Canada find themselves in the real world and find each other. In an alternative ending, Yuzuru remains in Purgatory and even becomes the new student president. Despite the fact that all his friends have already left this world, he helps new souls to accept their past and move on.
Canada Tachibana
She is the current president of the student council and oversees the entire course of the afterlife, helping new arrivals to undergo rebirth and find peace. Since her real name was unknown, she was given the nickname "Angel". The participants of the “Underworld Front” do not understand its actions, therefore they consider it their enemy and periodically attack. Due to the actions of the "Front" Canada had to resign as president. Yuzuru wants to make friends with the girl, but she considers such a relationship impossible in the afterlife, because in the end, the souls leave this place.
Canada can defend itself in a variety of ways: it creates wings to slow down the fall, changes the trajectory of bullets and weapons, and has superhuman strength. Canada is actively creating its clones, but due to failures can not manage them. “The Underworld Front” has to fight against hundreds of aggressively-minded counterparts in Canada. In the series “Angel Beats”, the biography of the characters contains many secrets - so at the end of the anime it becomes clear that in her usual life Kanama needed a heart transplant and she received it from Otonashi, who bequeathed his body to those in need. During her life, the girl was very sorry that she could not thank him and got such an opportunity after death. When Otonashi confessed her love, Canada disappeared from Purgatory and got the opportunity to be with him in the real world.
Yuri Nakamura
Yuri was in Purgatory, dying at 17 years old. It is possible that this happened during a house robbery when her younger brother and two sisters were killed. As the eldest of them, Yuri tried to protect the family, but could not and since then she hated God. In Purgatory, the girl creates the organization “The Underworld Front”, where Angel Beats characters, unwilling to disappear, enter and becomes her leader. Yuri has excellent firearm skills as well as hand-to-hand fighting skills.
Hideki Hinata
Hideki is one of the founders of the Underworld Front, along with Yuri. He helps younger students in Purgatory, as well as all new arrivals. In real life, he was a talented baseball player, and died when he fell under the wheels of a truck. In Purgatory, Hideki becomes Otonashi's best friend, communicates well with Yuri, coining her the nickname Yurippe, and is also in love with Yui, one of the soloists of the music group.
Criticism
The anime "Angelic Rhythms", whose characters are so active, received positive reviews thanks to the original combination of various elements, humorous moments, as well as songs of the musical group. In the mystical anime, the theme of the dissatisfaction of the dead from their earthly life is often used - this topic is not something new. But all the dead people are gathered in one place, and then they even create their own society - this is the main difference between the series "Angel Beats" (Angel Beats). Critics' reviews were positive - they noted a large number of unexpected plot twists, so that by the end of the series it becomes completely different than it was at the beginning. The disadvantage of the series is that it is very short, and during this time it is difficult to fully reveal all the characters.
A beautiful anime in which humor and drama are harmoniously combined will not leave the audience indifferent. And after watching the entire series, you only have to regret that it has ended. But in this case, you can always see again.