Hells Angels (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by . It was serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine Ultra Jump from August 2002 to April 2004 and compiled into three volumes. It follows a teenage girl named Rinne Amagane who dies on her way to school and ends up in another school, in the underworld. While down there, she learns to get along with her new classmates, who are all demons.
Hells Angels was adapted into an anime film produced by Madhouse, which premiered at the 2008 Tokyo International Film Festival. The film was initially released under its original title, but was later retitled to Hells on the 2012 Blu-ray release. The film was licensed by Discotek Media in 2017.
Plot Amagane Rinne is a playful and cheerful teenager. One day, she gets hit by a truck on her way to school, and lands in Hell. Far from being discouraged, she wants to finish her schooling and will try despite the circumstances to make friends, which she had promised herself when she was alive. But what she doesn't know is the fact that she is dead.
Cast +Hells castRolesJapaneseEnglishRinne AmaganeMisato FukuenAmanda LeeRyu KutōDaisuke KishioHoward WangHeadmaster HellvisFumihiko TachikiJason MarnochaSteelaMiyuki SawashiroMegan ShipmanRokkuChōBea BillanyMarioHidenobu KiuchiJoshua GotayRei KagurazakaYūna InamuraAmber Lee ConnorsLucaAkeno WatanabeCorinne SudbergPhantomaYui KanoMarin MillerKikiAmi KoshimizuSarah Anne WilliamsWolfieYuki MatsuokaMarissa LentiCronolaYū AsakawaCaitlyn ElizabethGilleallaRina SatōAmanda GishCuriaNana InoueElizabeth MaxwellMummylaAkeno WatanabeEmily FajardoFranken (grunts)Nobuyuki HiyamaBenjamin TehraniWhoKeiji FujiwaraChris GuererroRinne's MotherRomi ParkJessica CalvelloPandazNobuyuki HiyamaScott FrerichsCaptain of the East WitchesTakako HondaMelissa SternenbergDorm motherMasako NozawaLawrence SimpsonHomeroom teacherZennosuke FukkinNick LandisHeboKeiji FujiwaraAnthony Sardinha
Media Manga Hells Angels is written and illustrated by . It was serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine Ultra Jump from August 19, 2002, to April 19, 2004. Shueisha collected its chapters in three volumes published from April 18, 2003, to July 16, 2004.
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Film An anime film adaptation by Madhouse, which premiered at the 2008 Tokyo International Film Festival. The theme song is "Breathe Again feat. Sphere" by Jamosa.
The Japanese distributor TC Entertainment released the film, simply titled as Hells, on Blu-ray with English subtitles on August 3, 2012. On June 12, 2017, Discotek Media had announced at its panel at AnimeNEXT that it would release the film on Blu-ray and DVD. On August 13, 2017, Discotek Media announced that the home media release would include an English dub. The English dub of the film marked the first time voice acting/video production company TeamFourStar (known for the comedic parody webseries Dragon Ball Z Abridged) worked on an official dub. Discotek Media released the Blu-ray on November 27, 2018.
Reception The Hells anime film was one of the Jury Recommended Works at the 12th Japan Media Arts Festival in 2008.
See also Stone, another manga series by the same author
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