On April 15, 2012, an announcement by Key Visual Arts in a press conference releases updates on the Angel Beats! visual novel. As a result of these tweets by Baba, many fans speculated about the possibilities of the Angel Beats! visual novel being canceled. According to Baba, decisions have not been finalized and the game 'hasn't progressed that far'. In addition to this, Visual Arts' president Takahiro Baba tweeted at a later date that the progress of the visual novel's development would be evaluated in 6 month's time.ĭuring August of 2011, ten months after the announcement by Maeda, Baba implies a clear lack of progress within the development team on this replies on his official Twitter account. News of a visual novel based on Angel Beats! started on November 2010, when Jun Maeda, who previously worked on bestselling visual novels like Air, Clannad, and Kanon, stated in a public audience in Kyoto University that there is a possibility of an Angel Beats! visual novel in development in the future. It also stated that Otonashi will be very different than his original personality in the Anime, and will change according to the choices made by the player. The story will undergo changes from the original anime and will include story routes with each of the characters. The player takes on the role of Otonashi, a newcomer to the Afterlife who finds himself in the middle of a struggle between a group of students who call themselves the Shinda Sekai Sensen ('Afterlife War Front'), or SSS for short, and a mysterious girl who is known under the alias of ' Angel'. The story of the visual novel is to be based on the Angel Beats! anime series and retains the role of Yuzuru Otonashi as the main protagonist. The visual novel is composed of six volumes, the first of which was released on June 26, 2015. 21:40, (UTC)Īngel Beats! (エンジェルビーツ！, Enjeru Bītsu!) is an upcoming visual novel project by Key's Visual Arts based on the anime series of the same name. A guide on how to purchase 1st Beatwill be coming to the wiki shortly. Alka Translations has completed their fan translation of 1st Beat.

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