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“Genius programmer Nakajima summons demon Loki via computer; classmate Yumiko witnesses the occult ritual.”
Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei
デジタル・デビル物語〈ストーリ〉 女神転生
5.22
13,799 rank · 10,771 viewers · 25 favorites
Adventure
Drama
Horror
Mystery
Supernatural
Mythology
Psychological
School
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Synopsis
Genius programmer Nakajima summons demon Loki via computer; classmate Yumiko witnesses the occult ritual.
Akemi Nakajima, is a high school student with a genius talent for computer programming. One day, Yumiko Shirasagi is transferred to the same class as him. She feels she knows Nakajima from somewhere, but doesn't try to deal with it. After school, Nakajima and a couple of classmates held a ceremony to summon the devil. Nakajima summons the devil Loki on the computer display while presenting a female offering. What will happen to Yumiko, who witnessed the scene? (Source: Official site, edited)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 11 sampled reviews
5.5
/10
What 11 viewers settled on.
57%
recommend
Score distribution
median 6
mode 6
σ 1.83
Agreement
Polarized
σ 1.83 · split reception
The polarity gap
4.3 pts
Recommenders 7.3 · others 3.0
Yes
No
Score over time
↑ 0.45
Running avg · Jan 2009 → Jan 2026
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “Basically, I enjoyed this anime because it fleshed out the background of the megaten series a bit. It is more directly based on the DDM book than the Famicom game that followed it, leading...”
- 8 “I had to finally leave a comment on MAL to counter some disinformation. You don't need to be a fan of SMT to enjoy this, and it is actually a very unique and fun OVA. It's full of atmosphere and...”
- 8 “Digital Devil Saga : Megami Tensei OVA is a pretty good animation for me to keep me interested in the lore of the whole franchise. The first half of the OVA consists of 3 parts, namely the main...”
Verbosity
Short · 55%
Medium · 36%
Long · 9%
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- Format 1 × 45′ eps × min
- Total runtime 0h 45m all episodes
- Aired Mar 1987 – ongoing
- Source Ova media type
- Rated R 17+ (violence & profanity)
- Ref. BS-2714 catalog
Produced by
- Movic Producer
- Tokuma Shoten Producer
- Tokuma Japan Producer