Angel Beats! is streaming in full on DMM TV, U-NEXT, dAnime Store, Hulu, and ABEMA, and its three Heaven Burns Red collaboration events were rerun in October 2026. New Kanade Tachibana merchandise is dated for January and March 2027.
Angel Beats! remains a catalog title that key partners keep returning to. The 2010 series, created by Jun Maeda of Key and produced by P.A. Works, is available for unlimited streaming with all 13 episodes on DMM TV, U-NEXT, dAnime Store, Hulu, and ABEMA. That streaming footprint expanded earlier in the year through event programming: Abema ran all episodes free during a Tear-jerking Anime Free Release Week from June 2 to June 7, 2026 alongside Clannad Season 1 and Charlotte, then included the series again in a five-title free lineup for Tears Day on July 3, 2026.
The most substantial recent activity is in games and merchandise. Wright Flyer Studios and Key started a limited-time rerun of all three Heaven Burns Red and Angel Beats! collaboration story events on Friday, October 2, 2026. The collaboration gacha returned, all seven previously released collaboration SS Styles became SS with balance adjustments, and campaigns offered a ticket for a chosen SS Style, up to 100 free gacha pulls, and up to 4,500 Quartz. On the figure side, Good Smile Arts Shanghai opened pre-orders on Amazon.co.jp for a re-release of the Kanade Tachibana Nendoroid, priced at 6,520 yen and scheduled for January 31, 2027, with normal, clone, and happy face parts plus the Hand Sonic and wings. Bushiroad Prize also named Kanade Tachibana one of five characters in Puchisshu! Key, a prize plush line shipping from March 2027 with each plush about 120mm tall.
The throughline is a series kept visible through licensing partners rather than new animation. The only note that touches its creator's output concerns Jun Maeda's health: Visual Arts and Key announced on October 19, 2026 that Maeda has pharyngeal cancer and has chosen palliative care, and that he has completed his share of the Heaven Burns Red main story through Chapter 6. The stories do not connect that announcement to any change in Angel Beats! releases.
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Visual Arts and its brand Key announced on October 19, 2026 that Jun Maeda has been diagnosed with pharyngeal cancer. Maeda felt discomfort in his throat in early spring 2026 and swelling and pain in summer, then received a diagnosis after detailed examinations at a medical institution. The announcement states that, after weighing his condition and treatment prospects, Maeda chose not to undergo aggressive treatment and instead receive care centered on palliative care so he could conserve his strength and continue creative work. He is hospitalized. Key says Maeda has completed his share of the Heaven Burns Red main story through the conclusion of Chapter 6, including lyrics and music for the first half of Chapter 6, and that further scenario and song work may not be possible as the illness progresses. A planned long-term YouTube music project has been changed to finishing existing songs for release in sequence.
Oct 6
Wright Flyer Studios and Key started a limited-time rerun of all three Heaven Burns Red and Angel Beats! collaboration story events on Friday, October 2, 2026. The collaboration gacha returns, all seven previously released collaboration SS Styles become SS <Resonance> with balance adjustments, and campaigns offer a ticket for a chosen SS Style, up to 100 free gacha pulls, and up to 4,500 Quartz.
Oct 5
Bushiroad Prize will release Puchisshu! Key, a new line of prize figures from the Key brand under Visual Arts, at game centers sequentially starting in March 2027. The lineup has five plushies: Nagisa Furukawa from CLANNAD, Kanade Tachibana from Angel Beats!, Kudryavka Noumi from Little Busters!, Nao Tomori from Charlotte, and Shiroha Naruse from Summer Pockets. Each measures about 120mm tall.
Aug 29
Anime Anime reports that Angel Beats! is available for unlimited streaming across DMM TV, U-NEXT, dAnime Store, Hulu, and ABEMA, with all 13 episodes included. DMM TV is highlighted for its 550 yen monthly fee and 14-day free trial. The series, created by Jun Maeda of Key and produced by P.A. Works, aired in 2010.
Aug 8
Good Smile Arts Shanghai is re-releasing the Angel Beats! Nendoroid of Kanade Tachibana, with pre-orders open on Amazon.co.jp. The figure includes normal, clone, and happy face parts, plus the Hand Sonic and wings. It is priced at 6,520 yen and is scheduled for release on January 31, 2027. The prototype is by Mi Li Jun, with production cooperation from Nendoron.
Jul 3
ABEMA has announced five moving anime for free streaming in conjunction with Tears Day on July 3, 2026. The lineup includes Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day, CLANNAD, Angel Beats!, Re:Zero - Starting Life in Another World, and Crayon Shin-chan. Each work is selected for its emotional impact.
Jun 2
Abema is running a Tear-jerking Anime Free Release Week from June 2 to June 7, 2026, featuring free simultaneous broadcasts of all episodes of Clannad Season 1, Angel Beats!, and Charlotte. Each title will air multiple times on the Anime SPECIAL 2 Channel, and episodes are available for free for one week after broadcast.