Caught it myself... the OP animation was BRILLIANT! Hoping we'll see
some more of the secondary chars: Peorth and Mara top my list

Storywise... blew the manga
OUT OF THE WATER!! And I don't mean
in a good way. They spent ~3/4 of the ep setting up how pitiful and how much
of a loser Keiichi is... ex: to ask Sayaka out, he dresses in
PINSTRIPES?!?!
There isn't enough alcohol on this PLANE OF EXISTANCE to put out those flames!
Never mind Keiichi's sempais treat him like a convenient live-in maid
...so what happens when we get to the
REALLY CRITICAL part -- Belldandy
fans know which one I'm talking about. Pull a 'Wait'll Next Ep'

HOPE they don't go formulaic, and actually spend time developing the
chars to the ones we know and love from the manga. We DON'T need
another (divine) love harem story floating around again.
Regards