In the past month have viewed Ah my Goddess Volume 1 and the just released (in US) volume 2.   If you were a fan of Chobits, you will like this series.   Belldandy (the goddess) and Chi-chan share many properties. Naive about the world, odd for a goddess, but posessed of a spirit and personality very endearing.  Both series are very clean and wholesome.   In a sense AMG picks up where Chobits ends, the male lead has just gotten into college and is in the middle of his first year when Belldandy appears (literally out of thin air!)  Where volume 2 picks up is about 4 months later when (SPOILER) his younger sister shows up and Belldandy's older sister Urd also comes to visit.   For a Goddess, Urd is surprisingly devilish, she adds spice to the basic love story.   Mr. Motsura, the blessed guy, is a typicial nerd with no luck with the women.  It's a bit of a strech that after living for months with the extreamly cute Belldandy, he still can't bring himself to kiss her.  Urd tries to help him with his hang ups.   Ah My Goddess is based on Norse mythology, (vikings), so though they have angel wings, they are not the chaste angles of King James.  It is surprising the Japanese did such a good job with such foreign ideas.   The antimation is of the same quality as Chobits, that is excelent artwork but needing more frames per sec to smooth out the action.   The theme songs sounds like they DID come from a angle!  I could listen to those songs all day.  I am greatly looking forward to Vol 3 January 31 2006.  The Japanese TV series has been renewed for 2006, it's second year.  Perhaps this means there will be a vol 4 and 5.  One thing I am confused about, I've read that 'OH' my Goddess appeard as a TV series in the mid 1990s; so is 'AH' my Goddess a re-mix or a re-make?

Thanks for the input.  I'm rather new to Anime.  For instance, what does OVA stand for?   How is Belldandy different than Chii-chan you think?   In particular the Male caracter is exactly the same as in Chobits, though perhaps less of a failure.   Both plots are about developing relationships at their core.  I guess I hope for Pixar and Dreamworks quality antimation all the time.  I agree the quality of AMG is better than old cartoons like bugs bunny.  Speaking of antimation quality, xbox360 will blow you away.

Have now seen volume 4.   Producers have been generous again in that there are 5 eipsodes on the DVD.   Plots in the first two episodes on this disk seem to have been dumbed down.   Both Mara (the devil agent) and Belldandy were very incompetent, childish and naive.   The rest of the production quality was good.   It's as if the script writers were ordered to write for 5 to 9 years olds rather than the usual 10 to 16 age bracket.   Does the manga reflect this??   In terms of plot the rest of the DVD was only fair.   I hope volume 5, due out June 6th has better written stories.

The reason I say incompetent is that Mara and Belldandy have tangled before.   They should just KNOW better.   Belldandy should not be decieved so easily;  listening on the phone for 5 minutes of dead air ?!
And Mara, could not get around that stupid robot?   Again the plot was too simplistic.   It is not the pacing,  I am enjoying the caracter development.   I have become tired of the constant action, action, non-stop action of most Animes.   With that in mind, you should see VOICES OF A DISTANT STAR by Makoto Shinkai.  It is a 20 minute short he produced BY HIMSELF.   I assure you it is top quality in all respects.   Shows what you can do in 7 months with a fast workstation and the right combination of graphics / anime software, plus real dedication and talent.