Megami Paradise (1995– ) User Reviews (2)

The great Goddess Paradise

[chribren · 10/10 · 2 September 2013]

"Megami Paradise" (aka "Megami Tengoku") is an Action/Comedy/Anime directed by Katsuhiko Nishijima year 1995. This OVA-series consists of two episodes, with exactly 29 minutes each episode.

NO ending spoilers here, just the plot of the both of the episodes crammed together.

In a female-only utopia-like place called Megami Paradise, Lilith has been chosen by the new Mamamega to be a shrine maiden. She doesn't feel sure about it, so she tries to convince the harp-playing Stashia to be one, without luck. The childish Rurubell appears, insisting to be a shrine maiden herself. And both of them meets Juliana, the best swords-master in Megami Paradise.

But some of the other Goddesses of the place are already attacked, resulting with Lilith and Rurubell to be the culprits. Until it is revealed that is was all done by the evil Maharaja, Rouge, Angela and Pastel, originally sent by the former Mamamega (also called Yamimama) destined to rule the world, by first disappearing with the Astrostar (an extremely important gem) with her. With Lilith kidnapped, it is first up to Stashia and Juliana to save her...and the Paradise...

Having re-watched this OVA series just a couple of minutes ago, now I even like it even more than what I did when watching this for the first time a few years ago. The place where the OVA begins looks like it's inspired by how Greece was build for thousands of years ago, even though I haven't been in this country. Loved the animation too, as well as the action and the humor itself. Even the girls in this OVA are all beautiful. Overall this is one of the better fan-service animes I have seen.

It is also interesting to know that this is the first fan-service anime to be directed by Katsuhiko Nishijima, who would also use the same fan-service routine in later animes like "Agent Aika", "Labyrinth of Flames" and "Najica: Blitz Tactics", the last title which I haven't watched yet. He is also known for some earlier stuff like "Project A-Ko" and "Villgust".

In the US this OVA was only released on VHS by ADV Video, and has never been released on DVD or Blu-Ray, so far. A Japanese DVD containing the two episodes exists.

As this OVA simply doesn't exist in Norway, my suggested rating based on the Norwegian rating system is 15, because of the brief nudity and most of the fighting scenes throughout.

Underrated gem

[petekrug17 · 10/10 · 10 June 2008]

The story is set in a world populated entirely by beautiful goddesses. It is watched over by a head Mother Goddess, and is kept pure by a special gem known as the Astrostar. When the current mother goddess prepares to retire and chooses a successor, the new mother goddess picks a girl to be a shrine maiden to act as a guard for the mother goddess and the Astrostar. The girl, Lilith, must now find other goddesses to be fellow shrine maidens. Lilith asks one girl, Stasia, who plays the harp, if she wants to be a maiden, but Stasia's not interested. Then Lilith meets Rurubell, a young goddess who wants to be a maiden, but Lilith doesn't think she has what it takes and is reluctant to take her, but Rurubell insists on tagging along. Then Lilith tries to recruit Juliana, a fierce swords woman. However, there exists an alternate plane ruled by an evil dark goddess and her followers, who want to take over the realm of the good goddesses. They send Maharaja, another harp player who has the power to take control of people, Angela, a dark goddess with a staff and elf ears who can summon monsters, Rouge, another swords woman who can also throw energy balls, and Pastel, direct messenger to the dark mother goddess. They attack and knock out several of the good goddesses, and soon it looks as if Lilith and Rurubell are the culprits. Now they must clear their names and defeat the dark goddesses.

In episode 2, as the new mother goddess is having her coronation, the bad guys return and kidnap Lilith and steal the Astrostar. Stasia and Juliana go out to rescue her and get the Astrostar back, insisting the Rurubell stay behind. All of Megami Paradise hangs in the balance.

I'd really love to see this one to get a DVD release. And though it may be hoping for too much, it'd be even better if they made a dub for it, like they did for the original ALL PURPOSE CULTURAL CAT GIRL NUKU NUKU video series.