Angel Beats!-1st beat- in May 2015

[Mr Poltroon]

Also, will this VN be in English?

This VN will be in English...

Only if someone decides to translate it and make a patch. All other Key games have been translated, so there's no reason to assume this one won't. 

[Segai]

Ah, so after the hype train we'll need another hype train for the English patch. Well can't be too bad.

[Decay]

Honestly, I feel like it's pretty likely that Sekai Project will make Angel Beats its next big Kickstarter. I wouldn't be too hasty with starting up fan projects for it, it would likely be a wasted effort. Key is SP's territory now and it's kind of pointless to start any new projects for their games unless SP begins to show no interest in translating them, which does not seem to be the case.

[douggle]

Honestly, I feel like it's pretty likely that Sekai Project will make Angel Beats its next big Kickstarter. I wouldn't be too hasty with starting up fan projects for it, it would likely be a wasted effort. Key is SP's territory now and it's kind of pointless to start any new projects for their games unless SP begins to show no interest in translating them, which does not seem to be the case.

This would be good but we'll see what happens. Except for the entire crowdfunding thing

[Nosebleed]

Wait, has an April start date really been confirmed? I haven't heard anything besides "coming 2015," but if it really is coming the smae month as the Angel Beats VN, then April is going to be an even better month than I thought.

Oh sorry, the promotional video comes out April 2nd, the anime hasn't had a defined date yet.

Though usually the promotional  video shows the date it'll be airing so.. hype then.

 

Regardless, Key is definitely trying to be on the map this year so I would assume they'll try to tie both the anime hype and the VN hype.

[periah250]

See you in 2023.

dont think itll take that long unless insem takes care of translation

[Abyssal Monkey]

Oh sorry, the promotional video comes out April 2nd, the anime hasn't had a defined date yet.

Though usually the promotional  video shows the date it'll be airing so.. hype then.

 

Regardless, Key is definitely trying to be on the map this year so I would assume they'll try to tie both the anime hype and the VN hype.

Wait wait wait.  Theres an ANIME coming along with this!?

Shit, I pissed myself thinking about the soundtrack of just the VN, and now you toss me an anime as well?

[suikashoujo]

Wait wait wait. Theres an ANIME coming along with this!?

Shit, I pissed myself thinking about the soundtrack of just the VN, and now you toss me an anime as well?

The anime is called Charlotte, and it's unrelated to Angel Beats. There is going to be a new AB OVA, though.

[douggle]

Whenever we do get the localization I seriously hope they don't go the crowdfunding route. Too much hassle it almost NEVER goes smoothly just take a look at the Grisaia Kickstarter and that whole mess

[XReaper]

seriously cant wait for it

[Nosebleed]

Whenever we do get the localization I seriously hope they don't go the crowdfunding route. Too much hassle it almost NEVER goes smoothly just take a look at the Grisaia Kickstarter and that whole mess

You're comparing apples and oranges. Angel Bets is all ages. Assuming someone wants to crowdfund its localization, they wouldn't run into any problems with kickstarter since they're not breaking any rules, unlike Grisaia which is an actual eroge. Did you see how successful the Clannad kickstarter was? This would probably be the same if it happened, thousands of people love Angel Beats, and unlike any other Key VN, Angel Beats the vn provides a LOT of new content the anime never could. So yeah if they were to crowdfund it, i have no doubt it'd be a huge success.

But it's still too early for that imo.

This is only a partial game, there's going to be 19 routes in total (or at least that's what they originally announced) which is still going to take a looong time to come out, there's not much appeal in localizing an incomplete game just yet, even if Yui's route (best grill) is in it.

A translation project could start but it'll likely take some years, and with SP so interested in Key games, translation teams will likely think twice before pouring in work. In the meantime you could learn Japanese faster instead of worrying about these trivial matters

[douggle]

You're comparing apples and oranges. Angel Bets is all ages. Assuming someone wants to crowdfund its localization, they wouldn't run into any problems with kickstarter since they're not breaking any rules, unlike Grisaia which is an actual eroge. Did you see how successful the Clannad kickstarter was? This would probably be the same if it happened, thousands of people love Angel Beats, and unlike any other Key VN, Angel Beats the vn provides a LOT of new content the anime never could. So yeah if they were to crowdfund it, i have no doubt it'd be a huge success.

But it's still too early for that imo.

This is only a partial game, there's going to be 19 routes in total (or at least that's what they originally announced) which is still going to take a looong time to come out, there's not much appeal in localizing an incomplete game just yet, even if Yui's route (best grill) is in it.

A translation project could start but it'll likely take some years, and with SP so interested in Key games, translation teams will likely think twice before pouring in work. In the meantime you could learn Japanese faster instead of worrying about these trivial matters

No, you are assuming its all ages, from the CG's released it looked like it might be 18+ or they might do a Little Busters, Little Busters EX kinda situation.  regardless Crowdfunding a VN is just a bad move in general imo. 

[Abyssal Monkey]

No, you are assuming its all ages, from the CG's released it looked like it might be 18+ 

If they make Angel Beats 18+, I will be shocked.  Seeing as it was an anime first, and most Key stuff is "Oh hey, here's some random sex, now forget about it and start crying again." I don't think that it would be conducive to 18+.  They might push it into the 18+ territory by other means, but I doubt it would be sexual, as it would ruin what is already in place with the anime.

 

Honestly, I think it would be an awful idea to make this 18+, it just doesn't fit the pre-existing at all.

[Nosebleed]

No, you are assuming its all ages, from the CG's released it looked like it might be 18+ regardless Crowdfunding a VN is just a bad move in general imo.

I'm not assuming, it's literally listed as all ages on the official website

[douggle]

If they make Angel Beats 18+, I will be shocked.  Seeing as it was an anime first, and most Key stuff is "Oh hey, here's some random sex, now forget about it and start crying again." I don't think that it would be conducive to 18+.  They might push it into the 18+ territory by other means, but I doubt it would be sexual, as it would ruin what is already in place with the anime.

 

Honestly, I think it would be an awful idea to make this 18+, it just doesn't fit the pre-existing at all.

Have you seen the CG's? let me see if I cannot find them and ink em

 

this is just one of a few that have been floating around

[Nosebleed]

They're selling preorders of the game already, it's listed as all ages, they can't legally sell you a product with a fake rating.

Suggestive CGs do not equal porn, it's just average fanservice that even Little Busters had.

[douggle]

They're selling preorders of the game already, it's listed as all ages, they can't legally sell you a product with a fake rating.

Suggestive CGs do not equal porn, it's just average fanservice that even Little Busters had.

Fair enough but thats not to say they wont pull a LB:Ex down the line Which was released AFTER the initial release.

[Nosebleed]

Maybe so, but the current Angel Beats 1st Beat is most certainly all ages. If there will be an EX version or something we'll have to wait and see.

They mentioned at one point that the rating was undecided but they went with all ages for now.

But we should be glad because Key can't write decent h-scenes.

If they release an 18+ version that'd make things more iffy for localization. I'm hoping they won't, though.

[douggle]

Maybe so, but the current Angel Beats 1st Beat is most certainly all ages. If there will be an EX version or something we'll have to wait and see.

They mentioned at one point that the rating was undecided but they went with all ages for now.

But we should be glad because Key can't write decent h-scenes.

If they release an 18+ version that'd make things more iffy for localization. I'm hoping they won't, though.

I dunno their hscenes are certainly better than type-moons I mean they aren't anything special but I certainly wouldn't object to an 18+ release.

[Abyssal Monkey]

I dunno their hscenes are certainly better than type-moons I mean they aren't anything special but I certainly wouldn't object to an 18+ release.

Type-Moon's H-Scenes were written by the artist because Nasu said he couldn't write one into the story for the life of him, so he asked the artist (hell if I can't remember his name) and he basically told him how to do it.  Unfortunately, back then, you couldn't sell a VN on story alone, and it had to have sexual content.

 

Early VN studios still haven't learned to write 18+ into a story properly, and it's pretty sad.  I can respect Key for basically abandoning it in the current market where the story can stand on its own.

[Chuee]

I dunno their hscenes are certainly better than type-moons I mean they aren't anything special but I certainly wouldn't object to an 18+ release.

 

Type moon h-scenes are actually good aside from the actual writing. 

[Sakimichi]

So great that this games gonna be released for PC. I was worried they'd shove it to VITA like all the recent anime-to-game adaptation.

All hail Key!

[Abyssal Monkey]

Now that I'm thinking about it, I would actually enjoy this more if they completely down-scaled the romance portion of this.  The anime had a great setting, and it only had romance near the end (I don't know, I'm usually bad at these things).  I was interested in it enough without the romance that got added in the end, and at that point I didn't care.  I'm waiting to see how they go with this, either way I'm probably going to pick up the soundtrack to pick it apart like I did with the anime's.

[douggle]

Now that I'm thinking about it, I would actually enjoy this more if they completely down-scaled the romance portion of this.  The anime had a great setting, and it only had romance near the end (I don't know, I'm usually bad at these things).  I was interested in it enough without the romance that got added in the end, and at that point I didn't care.  I'm waiting to see how they go with this, either way I'm probably going to pick up the soundtrack to pick it apart like I did with the anime's.

If it really is a 19 part series I am sure they will have romance in some way or another

[Chuee]

Now that I'm thinking about it, I would actually enjoy this more if they completely down-scaled the romance portion of this.  The anime had a great setting, and it only had romance near the end (I don't know, I'm usually bad at these things).  I was interested in it enough without the romance that got added in the end, and at that point I didn't care.  I'm waiting to see how they go with this, either way I'm probably going to pick up the soundtrack to pick it apart like I did with the anime's.

 

Romance was a big part of Yui's story and it seems like they're expanding it in her route in the VN. Other than her, Iwasawa's route has her get with Otonashi from the CG they've showed. I'd imagine a few other female characters will have romance, but maybe not all if they actually do 19 whole routes.