Angel Beats

Enjeru Bītsu!

Teens who have unfinished business or who didn't get to live their life to the fullest end up in a high school somewhere in the Underworld. Otonashi woke up with no memory at all and a girl named Yuri recruits him to the Battle Front - a group of people like him who fights against the student body president named Angel. They're not the only students of the high school, there are other students called NPCs that don't have souls and go to school everyday but the Battle Front are not required to attend classes. In this world no one dies, if you don't fight you'll get obliterated, if you take your classes too seriously you'll get obliterated. The Battle Front believes that Angel has a direct contact to God and since they have unfinished business, they are seeking for answers from Him.

Directed by: Seiji Kishi

Written by: Jun Maeda

Original Run: April 3, 2010 - June 26, 2010

Number of Episodes: 13 + 2 OVA

Review:

If you enjoy sad stories that make you cry ugly, at the same time make you laugh uncontrollably, and you also like gun action, then this show is for you. No news has been brought up about a season 2 but considering it's been 6 years already then I don't think there ever will be. But it's a good watch, the back stories portrayed in the series make you wonder about how other people are living their life right now. It's sad, but it makes you appreciate your life even more.

Spoiler Alert

I wasn't hooked by this series, a friend recommended it to me but it wasn't that interesting or maybe that's just because I watched the English dub and we all know that's very different from the English sub because subs don't leave out information during conversations. When the show ended I was left with a lot of questions and I thought it was my lack of attention but I asked others who have seen this show and they have the same problems too. Back stories of a lot of people wasn't even told, the ending was very confusing. I thought Angel was an NPC since she has special powers and she's like a robot but I don't understand how she was able to move on.

Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress

Kōtetsujō no Kabaneri

A deadly virus has spread over Japan and once you get bitten you turn into a zombie called "Kabane". They can't be killed by ordinary guns because their hearts are protected by iron. People built stations and put up huge walls to protect themselves against the Kabane and they wait for trains to deliver food and water.

Ikoma and his friend have been experimenting to create guns that could kill a Kabane by using a huge amount of preassure and also a study to prevent the virus from turning into one of them. When Kabanes attack their station Ikoma lures a Kabane and ran to his house to finish his gun and successfully kills the Kabane. But unfortunately the Kabane bit him before he was able to kill it. Using their research Ikoma was able to prevent the virus from reaching his brain and thus he was turned into a Kabaneri. Half human and half Kabane but people don't know about their kind nor does Ikoma until he meets Mumei who is also a Kabaneri. They get on their train and set forth to stations where they can seek refuge and on their way they fight Kabanes and strive to survive.

Directed by: Tetsurō Araki 

Written by: Ichirō Ōkouchi

Network: Fuji TV

Original run: April 8, 2016 - June 30, 2016

Review:

Spoiler alert

I wasn't satisfied by how the series ended. At first it was so cool and when it got to the second half of the season I was losing a bit of interest. There was so much conversations and things became a bit predictable. When they both turned back to humans that was just it, the title of the show would be meaningless now since they're no longer Kabaneris unless a plot twist happens where there are other experiments. I have yet to watch the two compilation films when it becomes available. A second season is being made and will be released on 2018.