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The first season of the television series ''Angel'', the spin-off of ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'', premiered on October 5, 1999 on The WB and concluded its 22-episode season on May 23, 2000. The season aired on Tuesdays at 9:00 pm ET, following ''Buffy''. == Origins == Series co-creator David Greenwalt points out "there's no denying that ''Angel'' grew out of ''Buffy''". Several years before ''Angel'' debuted, Joss Whedon developed the concept behind ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' to invert the Hollywood formula of "the little blonde girl who goes into a dark alley and gets killed in every horror movie." The character Angel was first seen in the first episode of ''Buffy'' and became a regular, appearing in the opening credits during seasons two and three. After being turned into a soulless, immortal vampire, he became legendary for his evil acts, until a band of wronged Gypsies punished him by restoring his soul, overwhelming him with guilt. Angel eventually set out on a path of redemption, hoping that he could make up for his past through good deeds. In ''Buffy'' While the central concept behind ''Buffy'' was "High school as a horror movie" in small-town America,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Interview with Joss Whedon by SF Said )〕 co-creators David Greenwalt and Whedon were looking to make ''Angel'' into a different "gritty, urban show." Whedon explains "we wanted a much darker show, darker in tone. It is set in Los Angeles because there are a lot of demons in L.A. and a wealth of stories to be told. We also wanted to take the show a little older and have the characters deal with demons in a much different way. Buffy is always the underdog trying to save the world, but Angel is looking for redemption. It's those two things that creatively make the shows different." Whedon and Greenwalt prepared a six-minute promotional video pitch, often called the "Unaired ''Angel'' pilot" for the WB Network. Some shots from this short were later used in the opening credits.〔 Early during the life of the series, some effort was made to slightly soften the original concept. For example, scenes were cut from the pilot episode, "City of," in which Angel tasted the blood of a murder victim. The episode that was originally written to be the second episode, "Corrupt" was abandoned altogether. Writer David Fury explains, "The network was shocked. They said 'We can't shoot this. This is way too dark.' We were able to break a new idea, we had to turn it over in three days." Instead the tone was lightened, and the opening episodes established Angel Investigations as an idealistic shoestring operation. A first draft script reveals that ''Angel'' was originally intended to include the character Whistler, played by Max Perlich, who had already featured in the two-part ''Buffy'' season two finale.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Angel - 1X01 - Pilot: Original First Draft by David Greenwalt & Joss Whedon )〕 In an interview, Perlich said, "I never got called again. If they had called, I would have probably accepted because it was a great experience and I think Joss is very original and talented." Instead, the producers created a Whistler-like character, Doyle. Cordelia Chase, also from the original Sunnydale crew, joined Angel and Doyle. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Angel (season 1)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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