Oh My Goddess!, Ah! My Goddess... whatever name you want it to go by, this series is quite entertaining in my opinion, having spawned 2 seasons, a few OVAs, a spinoff series, and a movie. Hence the title, it deals with goddesses, and they have a physical form, so they can interact with humans. Let's get into what it's about.
Life doesn't seem to be fair for the good-hearted Keiichi Morisato. An ordinary college student, he's constantly under stress by his elder college roommates, on top of not having a girlfriend. Being forced to do any and everything his roommates force him to do, some would say that he's at the end of his rope. One day isolated in his dorm, he calls a number unintentionally, which happens to be the Goddess Technical Help Line. Sometime later, a woman happens to materialize in the very room. This woman is the goddess Belldandy. Of course, since the dorm is male only, he is forced to find another location, especially after wishing that Belldandy stayed with him forever. They find one, which is a temple they must maintain, and Keiichi from then on must live while dealing with Belldandy, and the other goddesses Urd and Skuld. Of course, like any story, this doesn't come without its difficulty, and should he truly wish for her to remain with him, Keiichi must be ready to deal with whatever comes his way, that of course referring to not only other mythical entities, but also day-to-day living as a student.
Oh My Goddess! had some title controversy upon translation. Some felt the title to be a play on "Oh my God!", a common phrase used to represent shock or surprise. Seeing as how some found this saying offensive, it doesn't come too much as a surprise that this raised some eyebrows. Like it or not however, this title was more towards the creator's (Kousuke Fujishima's) intent. The title Ah! My Goddess was used by the manga published by Kodansha, the movie released by Pioneer, and the TV anime. All other media used Oh My Goddess! instead.
At any rate the TV anime went for two seasons, one licensed by Media Blasters and the second season under Funimation. In total, Ah! My Goddess TV ran for 50 episodes, followed by a 2-episode special titled Ah! My Goddess Fighting Wings, made in celebration of 20 years since its publication. There was another TV series called The Adventures of Mini-Goddess, which has the main 3 as small goddesses and a rat, Gan-chan, as their companion. This series lasted for 48 episodes. Those, the film, and the OVA all loosely base around Norse mythology, using/recycling names from it in a sense of humor. And in the universe of Ah! My Goddess, there are 3 worlds, Eath, Heaven, and Hell. The OVAs, film and TV anime uses different voices.
I found it worth my while, so this is obviously a high marking one from me: a 9.4 of 10 as a whole. Ah! My Goddess stands as a title to look over in my book, because I became quite the fan of it. Whoever thought that this title would be so entertaining? It definitely gets props in my book!
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