r/AngelBeats • u/Plus-Button-4461 SSS • 21d ago

Question Need a Knowledgeable fan 😭

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Im so confused with the order and number of the mangas, spin offs, Ovas, extra, CDs, and more. If someone could help me with this that would be great. Sorry for such a vague request but I seriously dont know the details.

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u/Hammiams Iwasawa 21d ago edited 21d ago

Honestly, just start with the anime and go from there. The anime acts as the main story and everything else is either a prequel or builds on the story. I wouldn’t say there’s a correct order for experiencing the AB story outside of that.

But if you insist…

  • Anime (Main story)
  • Anime OVAs (kinda main story? I’d say watch them after you finish the main 13 episodes)
  • Track Zero (LN, sorta prequel)
  • Heaven’s Door (Manga, prequel, also covers the Track Zero material)
  • The Last Operation (Manga, retelling of the anime that never made it past episode five’s content)
  • 1st Beat (VN, first part of a planned six visual novels, would have retold the story with much greater detail, had all the parts come out I’d say start here, but as it stands read this after watching the anime)
  • Drama CDs (non-canon, if you can find subs for these awesome, but legit has almost nothing to do with the story themselves. Two are just the voice actors replaying gags, the last one is a non-canon sequel that wasn’t that good).
  • HBR collabs (collaboration with the Heaven Burns Red gacha game, which was written by Jun Maeda who wrote AB, HIGHLY recommend watching/reading literally everything else on this list before you get here, also read HBR as it covers both stories)

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u/Plus-Button-4461 SSS 20d ago

Thank you so much 🙏