Two episodes, and it never once pretends to be something loftier. Megami Paradise is 1995 cel work at its most indulgent: Mama Megami is retiring, her successor taps a young mage named Lilith as guardian, and the whole plot is basically Lilith going door to door trying to fill two more slots. Stashia flatly isn't interested. Juliana the warrior never even gets asked, because Rurubell blows the whole thing up with a misunderstanding before Lilith can open her mouth. The story is thin as tissue and the cast barely differentiates, and nobody involved is arguing otherwise. What you get instead is genuinely lush art, unembarrassed fanservice, and the rare mercy of an OVA that ends before you check the runtime. If you collect mid-90s direct-to-video artifacts, this is exactly the drawer it belongs in.

Paradise needs new protectors, and young mage Lilith has just been given the job of finding them. Mama Megami, the mother goddess who rules paradise, is retiring, and her successor names Lilith as one of her guardians. Lilith's first task is to recruit two more worthy guardians, and it goes badly from the start. Stashia, the first name on her list, has no interest. A misunderstanding caused by Stashia's little sister Rurubell spoils Lilith's chance to even approach the second candidate, a warrior named Juliana. Rurubell wants to be a guardian herself, but Lilith turns her down because she is too young and inexperienced. Meanwhile, an evil goddess attacks paradise in a bid to rule it, and Lilith, Stashia, Rurubell and Juliana must stop her forces. The two-episode OVA mixes fantasy adventure with ecchi elements.