Oh! My Goddess

How can there not be a review for this yet? Must be because this is the forgotten child of the franchise. With the manga and tv series all being far more popular and fleshed out, its easy to overlook the OVA here. But to ignore it completely is a mistake. The OVA episodes here are without a doubt a re-telling of the same AMG story we've come to know and enjoy over the years....but there are a few mildly interesting discrepancies. So lets get down to it. You got Keiichi, Belldandy, and the rest of the gang. In fact, all the main characters show up withthe exception of Marller. You got the 'sittin-at-home-waitin-for-a-phone-call-and-oh-shi-its-a-babe-in-the-window' inciting incident. After a little fast forwarding they get their temple house set up and then everyone begins to make their entrances. This is where the aforementioned discrepancies begin. Sayoko and Belldandy meet on a beach five months later instead of at the university. In the same episode they pull the love potion Keiichi, Sayoko, and Belldandy story while switching out Marller for Urd as the antagonist of that situation. If that weren't strange enough, the third episode has them drag racing against Toshimas club for a bet that apparently be one-sided here. But its in the fourth episode where the story really breaks down. There is some kinda crazy that keeps Belldandy and Keeichi from being near one another. Whats worse is that Belldandy has to go back to the Heavens in three days time and probably won't be coming back any time soon. The source of all their problems? Some goofing looking tree that has a connection to both Keiichi and Belldandys childhoods. Hmmmm, I'm sure I don't remember any of this in the rest of the franchise. But thats not all. They even took a couple chances on changing characters. Take Keiichi for example. He is usually very shy, gentle, and understanding. Here he is more courageous and confrontational. Belldandy is pretty much the same, though I would say her "strong" moments fell short, and Tamiya and Ootaki seemed to be dialed way down. As you can see, the OVA starts out as a missable re-tell, goes into a chopped up fast forward presentation, and finally evolves into a brand new story all its own. The names and setting remained the same, but the events and even the characters changed at least a bit. So if you've skipped this in the past, re-think it. If you're looking for a different twist to the AMG series, check it out. The only thing you have to lose is about 2 and a half hours.

A good early 90s anime, nothing special to me, it being 5 episodes helps it stay short and sweet; not wanting more. If you do, you can surely find a show just like this, or at least fairly close. Story isn't all that unique, no surprises, all the characters easily fit a common trope/description, none are that interesting It's possibly that this could have more "grandiose" or interesting but, i dont think it would be necessary Its fun for what it is, people who like these shows will enjoy it, and will enjoy having another show like this to watch, others will find it "tropey" or "run-of-the-mill",and that's pretty fair I can only recommend if this kind of show is appealing to you

I watched this cos it was short. Can't say I was expecting much from it, and was pleasantly surprised as a result. This was in more ways than one the feel of this is similar to "Onegai Teacher" (the female leads are even voiced by the same actress). However, I thought "Onegai teacher" was a horrible anime... so how did this succeed where Onegai Teacher didn't, especially given the title of this was enough to make me cringe? Is it the animation? The animation for AMG ("Ah! My Goddess") is only so-so, not as good as Onegai Teacher. The colours are a bit stale and thoughI wouldn't go as far as to say it looks dated, it's obvious that it isn't a recent anime. Also, Belldandy didn't look as stunning all the characters makes her out to be. :P The sound? I REALLY liked the music in this one... the end theme is just so catchy and charming. In hindsight, it probably did a lot to tame my attitude towards AMG. The only bit that was slightly off was the music being played during the climax in the last episode. It was a tad over dramatic, and would have been more suitable in a mecha battle or something. Other than that, I loved the music. Did I mention that I especially liked the end theme? Oh well, it's so good it deserves another mention :P Even though I thought the voice acting was a little on the weak side, the sound department certainly went a long way towards making this a decent anime. The story... as you might expect from someone who thought the Onegai Teacher's story was ludicrous, I thought the story for AMG was ludicrous too, and it was definitely the weakest part of this anime. But for some reason AMG seemed a lot less so than Onegai teacher. It felt like it was flowed much better. Maybe it is because of the characters - I felt the characters in AMG were much better portrayed. Initially, I thought it was a little weird how Belldandy just took to the guy so easily, but as it went on, I actually found the relationship between the two main characters to be a lot more natural than in "Onegai Teacher". And what's more, I actually cared a bit about what happened to the main character in this. So this is another one of the major factors that lifts this far above "Onegai Teacher". AMG is far from being great, but I would describe it as a NICE anime, one of those that make you go "awww". It turned out to be pretty decent, and considering how I tend to hate anime from this genre, this is pretty high praise.

All the events lead to a comedic and romantic storyline. The premise is a typical wish-fulfillment setup... I remember this anime being very popular particularly by fans of romance, comedy, and fantasy genres, but i dont find it so amusing personally, even though it was catchy because of that old type of humour... I used to watch it to keep up with what was happening on the series but i didnt need to follow each part of the anime because it was added unnecesary stuff and i could just jump in parts of the story without feeling like i was loosing much of what themain story was supposed to be. This can make it more accessible for casual viewing but might not be as engaging for other viewers that look for a interconnected narrative, specially on the final episodes, it becomes a mess :/