| Megami Paradise | |
1995 Laserdisc cover |
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| 女神天国 (Megami Tengoku) |
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| Genre | Fantasy, Adventure, Comedy, Magical girl |
| Original video animation | |
| Directed by | Katsuhiko Nishijima |
| Studio | King Records |
| Licensed by | ADV Films |
| Released | 1995-06-07 – 1995-08-04 |
| Episodes | 2 |
Megami Paradise (女神天国 Megami Tengoku) is a role-playing game by NEC Home Electronics and released in 1994 on the PC Engine Super CD-Rom. A two part OAV series was produced in 1995 by King Records under their subdivision Starchild Records and Studio Fantasia. It was directed by Katsuhiko Nishijima and follows in the tradition of his later works Agent Aika and Najica by having character designs by Noriyasu Yamauchi and having copious amount of upskirt shots. The anime is based on a manga by Akihiro Yoshizane which was serialised in the Dengeki G's Engine magazine.
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Megami Paradise was released in the US by ADV Films on VHS. Currently, the show has not gotten a DVD release and ADV has not given any indication that a DVD or new release is planned or even if the license is still held by ADV Films.
The story is set in a utopia-like world made up of only women, under the benevolent rule of a woman called the Mamamega. The Mamamega possesses a magic item called the Astro Star, which absorbs evil from the world outside the paradise they live in. Eventually, when the Astro Star becomes saturated with evil thoughts and desires, the Mamamega has to perform a ceremony to purify the Astro Star, and then she hands over the position of Mamamega to her successor.
As the story begins, the soon-to-be Mamamega chooses Lilith as her first miko (shrine maiden) and tasks Lilith with finding two other mikos, who will serve as guards/attendants to the new Mamamega. But as Lilith goes to try and recruit two others to help her, they cross paths with a group that has other plans for the Astro Star and wants to take over the Paradise they live in...