Angel Beats! & K-on!!Follow

The first five episodes have aired, and while I was unsure about Angel Beats! at first, I'm growing to like the show.

Angel Beats! is being produced from the same group who made Air, Kanon and Clannad; It's pretty easy to tell with the character design, the Opening theme, and the mix of comedy and touchy-feely plot.

The episodes seem to follow a basic design: comedy in the first half, plot in the second half. I love this mixture. I'm betting on the series ending with a bittersweet ending, if the Ending song is any indication.


K-on!! (K-on! season 2) is somehow getting cuter with every episode. So.. if you're not into slice of life, plotless series, you probably won't like K-on.

There seems to be less focus on the band aspect of the series, at least in the first five episodes. Instead, we see how much fun the girls have during school, and on field trips. The girls are also working on getting new members for the Light Music Club, so that Azusa isn't alone when they graduate.

The Opening song, while annoying at first, has sort of grown on me. The Ending song, on the other hand, seems to be a pretty solid song. Not as great as Don't Say Lazy (from the first season), but still enjoyable to listen to.


So yeah, I'm enjoying these two series. They might not be masterpieces, but they've made me laugh.

Edited, May 7th 2010 2:12pm by Kirby

Cool, favourited :D

I'll have to take a look at their other songs, just been trying to catch up with anime (I've been away from my PC for about a week).

The wait between episodes for Bakemonogatari blows.
I'll have to rewatch the series so I remember what happened, lol.

I forgot episode 6 of Angel Beats! was airing today. This one was packed with plot, and more Tachibana.

I'll have to check out that Ichiban Ushiro no Daimaou, it's worth at least watching the first episode, since it has Mio's (from K-on!) voice actor in it.

I'm the same way.

It drives my friends crazy, because I'm apparently missing out on some awesome series. I know Cowboy Bebop is supposed to be one of the best series, but I just can't get past the first episode.

Edited, May 8th 2010 12:27am by Kirby

Just watched the first episode now. It's not half-bad, but it seems to suffer from the same thing Needless suffers from, constant jokes with terribad timing.

Edited, May 8th 2010 7:38am by BlackyLakshmi

I'd suggest you wait 'till the last episode comes out, but if the conspiracy nuts are right we'll all be dead by then.

Yeah, I really liked episode 10.

If you're enjoying Angel Beats!, and haven't seen Kanon or Clannad, you're missing out on similar story-telling and comedic elements.

Edited, Jun 5th 2010 3:23pm by Kirby

Hai.

Wow. Awesome Angel Beats. Chill went down my spine when she mentioned that humans won't even wait for 10 minutes. Shame it's ending next week, but maybe that's what'll keep the show great.

That was a pretty good finale for Angel Beats!. I love when series find away to wrap up the story with very little loose ends.

I was genuinely surprised Spoilerat the fact that Kanade had gotten Otonashi's heart transplant, but it made for a very touching moment.

Overall, Angel Beats! is one of my favourite series, among shows like Haibane Renmei, Clannad, and Toradora

Edited, Jun 25th 2010 7:55pm by Kirby

Wow, I sometimes got a little teary eyed watching Angel Beats, but I just couldn't keep my desk dry this time. Very touching.

Bumping this because I started Angel Beats! last night and am enjoying it a lot. Got through the 1st 8 episodes last night, and of course it was the first episode to end on a cliffhanger. >:(

Sweets! Reminds me, I should finish that. Quit at episode 4 for unknown reasons...

Watched the first episode of Angel Beats the other day. Going to try to make time this weekend to watch more.