1st volume of prequel series slated for February

Seven Seas Entertainment announced on Friday that it has licensed the manga Angel Beats!: Heaven's Door . The first volume is slated to ship on February 9, 2016.

The manga is a prequel to the anime series, and follows the formation of the Afterlife Battlefront. The story adapts the Angel Beats!: Track Zero light novel.

Yuriko Asami began the ongoing series in Dengeki G's Magazine in 2010, and the eighth volume shipped in February. Kadokawa added the manga to its English ComicWalker website and app last year.

Sentai Filmworks licensed the 2010 anime series and released it on DVD and Blu-ray. The Angel Beats! 1st Beat PC game shipped in Japan in June.