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Oh My Goddess (Vol. 2)

Oh My Goddess (Vol. 2)

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Bell-chan Sugoi, ne?
Review: I love this OAV series. Depending on my mood, it's either the best or the second-best anime OAV series I've seen.

Part of this is because the two main characters are just plain nice people. There's SO many anime where the main characters are annoying, stupid, stubbornly clueless, rude, or any of the above. It's not always necessary to have the main characters be clearly flawed in some way, and in this case, they aren't. If Keiichi has any flaw, it's that he's a bit too tentative around Belldandy, but can you BLAME him? She IS a goddess, after all.

And they still have conflicts and problems -- an important thing to remember when watching the show is that even for good people, prior mistakes can catch up with you.

The climactic scenes never fail to bring tears to my eyes. If you're a romantic, get this anime. You won't regret it.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: *Anime Taken To A New Level*
Review: I never even heard of 'Oh My Goddess' until I saw a .jpg file of Urd on the Internet. There was something about the way she was drawn that was so alluring. The artistry in this series can convey feelings and emotions through its characters without even having them use dialogue. While I am more of a Robotech or StarBlazers type Anime fan, Oh My Goddess' appeal is simply irresistable.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Not Quite Up To Snuff
Review: If you've ever read Koosuke Fujishima's OH MY GODDESS
manga series, you know that it's charming, clever,
elegantly drawn, funny, very romantic, and a bit erotic.

However, if you buy this anime version, you probably won't
see much of these things, since somehow it seems to have
lost its sparkle in the translation. It's hard to say
exactly what's missing, since this anime is not badly
produced, but one thing is that it seems to focus more on
the bumbling sex farce elements of Fujishima's stories,
rather than their central "love conquers all" relationship
between decent, honest nebbish student Keiichi Morisato and
his angelic soulmate, the minor goddess Belldandy.

Indeed, in the anime Keiichi seems to come across more
as a lecherous nerd, while in the manga he comes across
more as carrying a bright torch for Belldandy, and as
a sharp and determined young guy -- if necessarily
often befuddled by living in a household of female
goddesses, and of course too easily pushed around by
the leadership of the Nekomi Tech University Car Club.

Incidentally, if the manga sounds mushy, Fujishima-san
has a sharp ability to poke fun at his own romantic scenes.
Anyone who believes the stereotype that the Japanese
don't have a good sense of humor should read some of the
OH MY GODDESS manga, which can be a riot at their best.

If you're a fan of the manga, you might find this video
disappointing. If you aren't, you might enjoy it, but

I'd suggest you buy the manga volumes instead, which
are also available from AMAZON. Some of the earlier
volumes are a little rough, but all of them are very
charming and entertaining.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Only five episodes?...Why?...Why not?
Review: Okay...the final two episodes of the OVA...
There's a problem...for some reason things go haywire when Keiichi and Belldandy are close to each other..."bugs" are messing up everything...it's up to Skuld and Urd to find a solution...and Keiichi must remember...the tension builds through both episodes, as Belldandy seems to reserve herself to the fact that she cannot be with her love...it really pulls at your heart and you can feel the sorrow and pain...but all is revealed before the end...and the ending is...
The story is just too wonderful for just 5 episodes...and that's my only problem with it...it's too short!
Of course, it's easy to own the entire series that way! Just go on and buy them...it's worth the expense...

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Ah! My Goddess
Review: Second DVD concluding the five part OVA series. Contains the last two episodes, 4 and 5, which are the longest episodes of the series. This is done by AnimEigo so you will known this DVD will be done right.

Episode 4: Evergreen Holy Night Keiichi's life finally seems to be getting back to normal (or at least as normal as life gets when you live in a temple with 3 goddesses!). Yes, he does get strange dreams, and yes, Urd and Skuld are a pain, but what the heck - his girlfriend is truly divine! Alas, System Bugs are escaping from the Heavens, upsetting the balance of the Earthly Plane.

Skuld gets on the case, and soon discovers that whenever Belldandy and Keiichi get close, a Bug Exhaust Port is formed. Until the problem is solved, Belldandy and Keiichi can't be together. Then Belldandy gets a Notice of Recall from the Lord. She has to go back to the Heavens, or else!

Episode 5: For the Love of Goddess You'd think with a goddess as a girlfriend, Keiichi's life would be Heaven, but the fact is, it's coming to resemble the other after-life address. If he even gets close to Belldandy, Bugs escape onto the Earthly Plane and foul up the works. Worse, the Lord has slapped her with a Recall Notice.

In two days, she has to relocate home to Heaven. As the clock ticks down, Belldandy must begin to erase herself from Keiichi's life and memory. And Keiichi? He's working his fingers to the bone so he can buy a ring for Belldandy. A ring that will fulfill a promise... a promise he doesn't remember making!

Spoken Languages: English, Japanese, English subtitles.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: summary of the episodes
Review: The 4th episode...
With the strange appearance of system bugs on Earth, mysterious events suddenly pop up. Skuld discovers that a Bug Exhaust Port forms whenever Belldandy and Keiichi are together, forcing them apart. To add to their problems, Belldandy receives a Notice of Recall from the Lord telling her to return to the heavens immediately.

The 5th episode...
With only a few days until Belldandy's recall, Keiichi struggles to give her the ring before she leaves. Meanwhile, Urd and Skuld attempt to generate the calcucations to complete the Ultimate Magic Circle. With it, they hope to eliminate the seal around the cherry tree and correct the system imbalance, thus nullifying the Recall Notice.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: summary of the episodes
Review: The 4th episode...
With the strange appearance of system bugs on Earth, mysterious events suddenly pop up. Skuld discovers that a Bug Exhaust Port forms whenever Belldandy and Keiichi are together, forcing them apart. To add to their problems, Belldandy receives a Notice of Recall from the Lord telling her to return to the heavens immediately.

The 5th episode...
With only a few days until Belldandy's recall, Keiichi struggles to give her the ring before she leaves. Meanwhile, Urd and Skuld attempt to generate the calcucations to complete the Ultimate Magic Circle. With it, they hope to eliminate the seal around the cherry tree and correct the system imbalance, thus nullifying the Recall Notice.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great Two Episodes
Review: The bad thing about the "Oh My Goddess" OAV series was that there were only five episodes created. Having been introduced to all of the major players, these final two episodes have much less humor and take a much more serious nature. Belldandy and Keiichi can no long come into close proximatey of each other as disasterous results happen due to system malfunctions. To make matters worse, Belldandy is being recalled to heaven to handle the situation. Keiichi now only has three days to buy Belldandy a ring and keep a promise he doesn't even remember.

Storywise, get the tissues ready! Call me a sap, but I litterally could feel the pain of separation from a loved one as the story progressed. Belldandy can't see Keiichi except from an extreme distance and so knits him a sweater -- a gift of her love since she will be forced to erase herself from his mind as well as remove the evidence she was even there. Keiichi works every possible job he can find just to get enough money to buy Belldandy an expensive ring -- a sacrafice of self to show his love. It is very sweet, touching, and romantic.

The DVD has the same extras as the first one. There is the audio commentary by the English voice actors which serves as humor but little else. I would have liked some more thoughts on when they were in the studio and coming up with script changes, but instead we get a lot of jokes to cover the serious, sad situation of the story going on. For filler, we have the main theme played without the credits and all five closing scense with song minus credits.

While liberties are taken with the English script, the English dub is very good. The English subtitles are even better if you are a purist in wanting to know what the Japanese are saying. It's not perfect, but of all the official subtitling I've seen, AnimeIgo really tries hard to do it right!

Bottom line: Fans of "Love Hina" or even "Hand Maid May" or other romantic-comedy shows will really enjoy this DVD!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great Two Episodes
Review: The bad thing about the "Oh My Goddess" OAV series was that there were only five episodes created. Having been introduced to all of the major players, these final two episodes have much less humor and take a much more serious nature. Belldandy and Keiichi can no long come into close proximatey of each other as disasterous results happen due to system malfunctions. To make matters worse, Belldandy is being recalled to heaven to handle the situation. Keiichi now only has three days to buy Belldandy a ring and keep a promise he doesn't even remember.

Storywise, get the tissues ready! Call me a sap, but I litterally could feel the pain of separation from a loved one as the story progressed. Belldandy can't see Keiichi except from an extreme distance and so knits him a sweater -- a gift of her love since she will be forced to erase herself from his mind as well as remove the evidence she was even there. Keiichi works every possible job he can find just to get enough money to buy Belldandy an expensive ring -- a sacrafice of self to show his love. It is very sweet, touching, and romantic.

The DVD has the same extras as the first one. There is the audio commentary by the English voice actors which serves as humor but little else. I would have liked some more thoughts on when they were in the studio and coming up with script changes, but instead we get a lot of jokes to cover the serious, sad situation of the story going on. For filler, we have the main theme played without the credits and all five closing scense with song minus credits.

While liberties are taken with the English script, the English dub is very good. The English subtitles are even better if you are a purist in wanting to know what the Japanese are saying. It's not perfect, but of all the official subtitling I've seen, AnimeIgo really tries hard to do it right!

Bottom line: Fans of "Love Hina" or even "Hand Maid May" or other romantic-comedy shows will really enjoy this DVD!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Can't get enough of the sexy and seductive Miss Urd
Review: The only thing I can say is after I watched this tape I wanted MORE! if you like romance and comedy and a sweet storyline - BUY IT!!!! Urd rocks the casbah! I give it NINE stars instead of five for funniness and cuteness. ^_^


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