![]() Góngora comments in an article on Netflix Tudum: With Angel Beats being an anime, the series often shows characters with energetic hair colors, which is also a key element to how Ramona dyes her hair a different exotic color to express her moods, in various episodes. Thanks to the lead animator, Abel Góngora, the incredible visuals were pictured to resemble Gorillaz illustrations and older anime character designs. She gets thrown into sudden fights that take her through famous movie scenes, a Hollywood studio set, and eventually, an alternate universe where she meets her future self! The action is fast and eye-popping just like how the SSS battlefront doesn't hold back in furiously executing their missions to eliminate Angel from the afterlife. Similar to the beat-em animation style seen in Angel Beats, Scott Pilgrim Takes Off features amazingly vibrant action scenes when Ramona starts interrogating her past lovers. Now it's Ramona's turn to fight back against her evil exes and to find out whodunnit? All seems like cherries and rainbows until Scott falls through a mystery time portal when fighting against one of Ramona's exes, Matthew Patel ( Satya Bhabha). The two embark on a cute date, leading to some spark-triggering kissing. He meets Ramona, the girl of his dreams, at a party and is immediately infatuated with her mind and beauty. The anime version of Bryan Lee O'Malley's masterpiece twists the original storyline by allowing Ramona Flowers ( Mary Elizabeth Winstead) to face her past faults on a more personal level.īased on the original comics, the newest animated series still follows 23-year-old Canadian Scott Pilgrim ( Michael Cera) - snooping off his roommate Wallace ( Kieran Culkin) - who plays bass in his band called Sex Bob-omb. Maybe way more over-the-top than your average anime, but that's why the story is so great! It punches unexpectedly loud and doesn't hold back to bring audiences an out-of-this-world experience involving people who resemble ordinary people. ![]() Once viewers realize the meaning behind the title, they're in for a tissue-worthy experience like none other before.įans cannot deny that Scott Pilgrim Takes Off is just a little bit absurd. The anime tackles emotionally sensitive topics, never tip-toeing around reality. The characters are always in pursuit of happiness, and their rebellion against purgatory portrays just how precious life really is. The show shines its brightest when it steps forward with its more melancholy themes. Only 13 episodes long, Angel Beats! is a bite-sized anime with a reputation for having a few plot holes here and there however, fans of the series have celebrated the show for its brave choices in reminding us of the importance of acceptance, connectivity, and the ability to live our lives to our fullest. After this performance, Masami Iwasawa ( Miyuki Sawashiro) disappears, and the students first come to understand what "moving on" means, leading to Otonsashi forming a friendship with Angel. The song speaks about the unfairness of the world, and more so, how there are dreams you want to achieve and dreams you can't reach. It is not until the lead member of SSS's subdivision band, Girls Dead Monster, performs her first ballad in front of the school do the students find out the purpose of the fulfillment of dreams. They've all dealt with the short end of the stick in life. From a stroke, a fatal car accident, to suicide, the members of the Afterlife Battlefront are much deeper human beings than their eccentric personalities. What's "beating" at the heart of the anime is the soul-crushing backstories we undergo as the episodes unveil the truth behind each character's reason for ending up in limbo. ![]() While Angel Beats! takes a comical approach to the afterlife during its beginnings, often humorously exaggerating the high school experience (the students must fight the NPCs for lunch tickets), viewers steadily discover the show is far from your basic action-comedy. Without overcoming their hardships, these young teens must realize the only way to "pass on" is to come to terms with their past, and Otonsashi steps in to help his friends. ![]() In reality, the students are unaware that only specific people can enter this afterlife - those who have tragic, unfulfilling lives prior to their death. These NPCs resemble the behavior of real humans on Earth and act as "filler" population within the high school like students or teaching staff. The students also have a fear of turning into mindless NPCs, Non-Player Characters. The SSS's ultimate goal is to eliminate Angel, whom they believe is God's assassin sent to prevent them from reincarnating. ![]() Otonsashi learns that no one can die in the afterlife, and he is quickly scouted by the SSS, or the Afterlife Battlefront student organization, which is led by Yuri Nakamura ( Harumi Sakurai). ![]()
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