I remember owning the series and the movie on VHS back in my youth, and also reading the English translated Mangas. So as I had the opportunity to sit down and watch the 2000 "Aa! Megamisama! The Movie" (aka "Ah! My Goddess: The Movie") digitally here in 2023, of course I did so.
Writers Kôsuke Fujishima, Michiko Yokote and Yoshihiko Tomizawa put together a relatively fair enough script here for the movie adaptation. However, I have to say that I remembered it more fondly from back in the day. As I sat through it here in 2023, I must admit that I found the storyline somewhat trivial and a bit uninspiring. It was somewhat of a struggle to actually sit through it this time around. It just wasn't as humorous and upbeat as the series were.
The art style in "Aa! Megamisama! The Movie" is good and really colorful. I've always enjoyed the particular style of art that they used in this franchise. Lots of nice details and you just feel uplifted somehow when watching it. Needless to say that the animation in "Aa! Megamisama! The Movie" was spot on. Very nicely animated.
And it was really good to sit through a Japanese language version of "Aa! Megamisama! The Movie", because I really dislike English dubbing.
A shame that the script and plot was a bit boring and subpar, because that definitely held the movie back.
My rating of "Aa! Megamisama! The Movie", from director Hiroaki Gôda, ultimately has to land on a bland five out of ten stars.
Writers Kôsuke Fujishima, Michiko Yokote and Yoshihiko Tomizawa put together a relatively fair enough script here for the movie adaptation. However, I have to say that I remembered it more fondly from back in the day. As I sat through it here in 2023, I must admit that I found the storyline somewhat trivial and a bit uninspiring. It was somewhat of a struggle to actually sit through it this time around. It just wasn't as humorous and upbeat as the series were.
The art style in "Aa! Megamisama! The Movie" is good and really colorful. I've always enjoyed the particular style of art that they used in this franchise. Lots of nice details and you just feel uplifted somehow when watching it. Needless to say that the animation in "Aa! Megamisama! The Movie" was spot on. Very nicely animated.
And it was really good to sit through a Japanese language version of "Aa! Megamisama! The Movie", because I really dislike English dubbing.
A shame that the script and plot was a bit boring and subpar, because that definitely held the movie back.
My rating of "Aa! Megamisama! The Movie", from director Hiroaki Gôda, ultimately has to land on a bland five out of ten stars.