Megami Paradise Review

It's a New Year so let's start with Megami Paradise. (Yes it still says 31st December 2022 but it's already New Year here in the UK and I refuse to wait for the Americas to finish)

The title of Mamamega is passed down to each high priestess charged with protecting the Astro Star, an artifact used for purifying the Earth of it's evils; while shrine maiden Lilith recruits more Maidens to aid the newly crowned Mamamega, the former high priestess is assassinated by Yamimama and her own Maidens. With Lilith kidnapped and set up for sacrifice to rid the world of the Astro Star, the other Shrine Maidens and Mamamega step in to stop Yamimama.
This is yet another experimental anime from a PC Engine Game no one cared about, it's crowning achievement is having really amateur protagonists, seriously they really struggle to do anything to the villains only succeeding by winging it or by virtue of Mamamega saving them.
The very 90s design do make the all female cast stand out but at the same time I see this being remade as a harem or hyper sexualized like Queen's Blade, this is the same people behind Agent Aika after all but there was at least some restraint in this early work.
No dub, but considering how early this ADVfilms license was picked up, you can already guess who will play which character.
Final Verdict: A very average anime with weak protagonists that's nice looking but really shows how utterly weak the short-lived PC Engine era was.

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