Adventures of Mini Goddess

This whimsical series is a spin-off of the enormously popular Oh! My Goddess series, and has the three goddesses Skuld, Urd and Bell Dandy in miniature format. Together with her friend Gan-Chan (is a rat, of course), they have crazy adventures, which are so small in length as the characters are in size.

Adventures of Mini-Goddess requires no prior knowledge of the OMG series, and each of the tiny seven minute episodes are pretty much stand-alone, although some do refer to earlier episodes.

The first episode on this DVD contains Gan married to a boiler, the stories are very often extremely mad. If you see this as a negative, do not even think to buy it. It is predictable fun for those days when you feel a little brainless, not a huge lot more. Even so, I found it really started to grow in me after a few episodes.

The animation is above average, the slapstick comedy and character development completely absent. The nice thing about this series is that it is not too serious. It is full of parodies and even laughs at himself occasionally. You'll have fun watching if you have a silly sense of humour, but if you are heavily involved in this act a miss.

A short note on the sign. Although Gan was not present in the original series, it is quite important main character here. Most of the action revolves around him, while Urd and Skuld as a sign of support and Bell Dandy appears only rarely.

Bell Dandy and her sisters first appeared in the U.S. in 1994. AnimEigo the OVA series released on video, and Dark Horse serialised novel of manga as an experiment to see how popular these really crazy Japanese comics. Since Oh! My Goddess remained a firm fan favorite, has produced and the goddess mini spin-off series and a movie. A brand new series is currently broadcast in Japan.