Angel Beats!
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Angel Beats! is a Japanese mixed media project originally conceived by Jun Maeda with original character design by Na-Ga; both Maeda and Na-Ga are from the visual novel brand Key known for producing such titles as Kanon, Air, and Clannad. Key is working in collaboration with ASCII Media Works' Dengeki G's Magazine to produce the project. An Angel Beats! anime series will be produced by P.A. Works and Aniplex into 13 episodes directed by Seiji Kishi and will begin airing in Japan in April 2010.
Plot
Angel Beats! takes place in the afterlife, and follows the main protagonist Otonashi, a boy who lost his memories of his life after dying. He is enrolled into the afterlife school, which exists as a middle ground between heaven and earth, where students learn to give up any lingering attachments they still have from life before finally going to heaven. While the injuries or cause of death is gone, those in the afterlife school still can feel pain or other things as they did when they were alive. Otonashi meets a girl named Yuri who invites him to join the SSS.Shinda Sekai Sensen (lit. Afterlife War Front).an organization she leads which fights against God. The student council at the school, led by the student council president and angel Tenshi, is in charge of keeping the status quo and serve to fight against the SSS.
A 13-episode anime TV series of Angel Beats! directed by Seiji Kishi and produced by P.A. Works and Aniplex[4][5] will begin airing in Japan in April 2010. The screenplay is written by Jun Maeda, who originally conceived the series. Katsuz. Hirata bases the character design used in the anime on Na-Ga's original designs. Music direction is headed by Satoki Iida.[6][7] The opening theme will be sung by Lia and the ending theme will be sung by Aoi Tada.