History Trivia / AngelBeats

* CreatorBacklash: While Seiji Kishi is proud of what he and his crew were able to accomplish with the show in its final form, he admits he had a stressful time in production thanks to the ExecutiveMeddling cutting the episode number down by half.

* MissingEpisode: "Hell's Kitchen" was released as the second special OVA in 2015, but it was conceived, scripted and recorded to be the third episode of the series, with Yuri directly mentioning the Guild mission from Episode 2 at the start and the episode going on to build up Iwasawa's character, who got her [[ADayInTheLimelight focus]] [[WeHardlyKnewYe and sendoff]] in what ended up being the actually aired Episode 3.

* MissingEpisode: "Hell's Kitchen" was released as the second special OVA in 2015, but it was conceived, scripted and recorded to be the third episode of the series, with Yuri directly mentioning the Guild mission from Episode 2 at the start and the episode going on to build up Iwasawa's character, who ended up having her [[ADayInTheLimelight focus]] [[WeHardlyKnewYe and sendoff]] in what ended up being the actually aired Episode 3.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The anime was originally planned to have 26 episodes to have more CharacterDevelopment among the other side characters. Since it was cut in half some of the disappearances invoke WeHardlyKnewYe, [[spoiler: with exceptions to Yui and Naoi]].

* ExecutiveMeddling: Originally written for 26 episodes, executives abruptly cut it down to thirteen while the second and third episodes were already in production (the latter of which would end up becoming [[MissingEpisode "Hell's Kitchen]]), forcing several loose ends to be tied up hurriedly late into the series and some characters' backstories being unexplored and their issues left unresolved on-screen by the time it ended. Director Seiji Kishi [[CreatorBacklash was not happy about this]] ''at all,'' plus this decision has helped contribute to a lot of the flak this show has gotten.

* ExecutiveMeddling: Originally written for 26 episodes, executives abruptly cut it down to thirteen, forcing several loose ends to be tied up hurriedly late into the series and some characters' backstories being unexplored and their issues left unresolved on-screen by the time it ended. Director Seiji Kishi [[CreatorBacklash was not happy about this]] ''at all,'' plus this decision has helped contribute to a lot of the flak this show has gotten.

* NamesTheSame:
** Shiori Sekine is the Base Ball Bear's bassist/back-vocalist.
** Don't confuse Shiori Sekine with [[VisualNovel/{{Kanon}} Shiori Misaka]]. (Different kanji.)
** Yui, she's the singer and guitarist in a band and plays a Gibson (Les Paul) SG guitar. [[Manga/KOn Remind you of anyone?]]
** [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Char]]? Seriously?
** While admittedly, Tachibana is a common surname, and there are several characters named Kanade in reference of music, how about both in the same series? [[Anime/{{Symphogear}} Hibiki Tachibana and Kanade Amou]].
** There is actually another significant Tachibana hailing in the world of ''Creator/KeyVisualArts''. It's [[spoiler:Misuzu Kamio]] whose real family name is Tachibana (albeit with different kanjis). Remember the whole thing with [[spoiler:the wings]]? Probably not a coincidence.

* QuoteSource: For ClarkKentOutfit.

* FanNickname:
** The SSS Battlefront's initials are referred to as the "[[Manga/{{Bleach}} Soul Society]] of [[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya Suzumiya Haruhi]]".
** There's also [[spoiler: Red Angel and Gold Angel]], [[ColorCodedForYourconvenience based on their]] eye colors, to differentiate between the two.
** The SSS Brigade!
* ImageSource:
** FinaleCredits
** ReiAyanamiExpy (middle-right)
** RustproofBlood