Megami Paradise (1995) (V)

User Rating:

9.3/10   

Director:

Katsuhiko Nishijima

Writer:

Katsuhiko Chiba (writer)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Fantasy

Plot Keywords:

Voyeuristic | Sorcery | Clumsiness | Surrealism | Anime

Cast

Kyôko Hikami	...	Pastel
Kikuko Inoue	...	Stasia
Masako Katsuki	...	Old Mamamega
Yûko Kobayashi	...	Maharaja
Yûko Nagashima	...	Angela
Megumi Ogata	...	Juliana
Hekiru Shiina	...	Rurubell
Yuri Shiratori	...	Riris
Atsuko Tanaka	...	New Mamamega
Kumiko Watanabe	...	Rouge

Runtime:

60 min (2 parts)

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Certification:

Spain:13 | Chile:14 | USA:Unrated | Peru:14 | Argentina:16

Company:

Animate Film

Underrated gem

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

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.