Campione! Complete Collection

In this manga-derived Clash of the Titans-ish series, the gods naturally can show up attired as Tokyo schoolgirls. Japanese teen Kusanagi Godo is traveling in Italy when he realizes his destiny of becoming a "Campione," a superhuman able to slay gods. With an approaching doomsday-prophecy deadline, Kusanagi is challenged by numerous "rogue" deities (most derived from Greco-Roman sources) and monsters, as well as unethical rival Campiones, who hoard the powers of gods they have vanquished...or something like that. Epic battles typically cue sidebar-soliloquies about the origins and taxonomy of gods such as Apollo, Mithras, and Athena. But the standard texts of Joseph Campbell and Edith Hamilton were never like this "harem comedy" in which Kusanagi suddenly finds himself amidst a servile quartet of sexy, scantily dressed paranormal girls, all competing for his love. And the kicker: these goddesses can only download vital mythological intel to Kusanagi via kissing (preferably with deep-tongue action). Even with the kitsch and cheesecake erotica, Campione! still boasts some genuinely stirring moments. Presenting all 13 episodes from the 2012 series in dual-language sets on DVD and Blu-ray, rated TV-MA, this is recommended. (C. Cassady)