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Dec 30, 2017
Aa! Megami-sama! or Oh! My Goddess is a 5 episode OVA series that released from Feb 21 1993 to May 17 1994. It's an adaptation of Kousuke Fujishima's manga of the same name. It was produced by studio AIC and directed by Hiroaki Gohda.

The story follows Keiichi Morisato. He's a college student who's been left alone in the dorms as his friends have gone out. He ends up dialing the wrong number as he's trying to order some takeout and ends up summoning a beautiful goddess named Belldandy. She promises to grant Keiichi any wish he has, and he wishes for her to stay by his side forever. Because of this, Keiichi gets kicked out of the mens only dormitory and ends up moving out to an old shrine, where more goddesses and other people show up to get involved in his love life.

Keiichi Morisato is a normal college student and our main character. He has no luck with women because he is short, but somehow ends up getting a beautiful goddess as a girlfriend. He's also a part of his college's racing club.

Belldandy is the goddess who first visits Keiichi and makes the contract with him to stay with him forever. She is kind, warm, beautiful and makes a lot of heads turn. She's also really good at cooking.

Urd is the second goddess that shows up. She's the cupid of love and she is also Belldandy's older sister. She comes down to earth in order to help close the distance betwee Keiichi and Belldandy and get them further in their relationship, although it mostly ends in failure.

Skuld is the third goddess to appears in this OVA. She is Belldandy's younger sister and has come to bring her back to heaven. She does not like Keiichi and wants to try to seperate him and Belldandy.

The animation and visuals in this OVA is nothing to write home about. For the most part I would even say that it's kinda poor. There is a lack of concistency in the designs and characters proportions, even when it's not moving, and the animation itself is very basic. Not that there is anything wrong with basic animation, but it is also not impressing anyone.

The music in this OVA is also not that great. It feels like it always overpowers whatever is going on. Like in a lot of the dramatic scenes. It's usually very light drama, but the music seems to want you to think that the world is ending tomorrow. It's very off-putting to say the least.

Despite these flaws, I have to say that I enjoyed this OVA. It was very short and sweet, but it didn't stick around on pointless moments, and got on with it and let you experience a lot of what happened between the characters, making the bonds between them feel more real. Sure, it could have been a few episodes longer so as to avoid some of those pretty huge timeskips, but it didn't really bother me that much. I really enjoyed the characters, and none of them got on my nerves. That in itself is a pretty good feat, cause I always tend to find at least one character that annoys me. Overall it was a short and sweet OVA that I enjoyed watching. I would recommend people check this out. It's only 5 episodes at 35 - 30 mins each, so it's not a huge investment either.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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