Ah! My Goddess (TV series)

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Ah! My Goddess Aa! Megami-sama (ああっ女神さまっ)
Ah! My Goddess logo from season 1
Format:	Anime
Creator:	Kosuke Fujishima
Starring:	Keiichi Morisato, Belldandy, Urd, Skuld
Country:	Japan
Network:	Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS)
Number of episodes:	Season 1: 27 (25 + 2 OVA) Season 2: 22
Episode Length:	24 min/ep

In 2005, a new anime TV series of Ah! My Goddess! (Japanese: ああっ女神さまっ, - Aa! Megami-sama!) began airing in Japan, again produced by AIC and distributed in the US by Media Blasters^[1]. This version has returned to the manga roots of the series, retelling events much closer to their original form. Though there are minor differences, typically based on what is considered unacceptable for television, this version follows the canon of the manga quite closely. Although only 24 episodes and one recap were aired, the Japanese DVD release had two more bonus episodes that haven't and will not air on TV.

A second season titled Ah! My Goddess: Everyone Has Wings (Japanese: ああっ女神さまっ それぞれの翼, - Aa! Megami-sama: Sorezore no Tsubasa) had picking up the story on April 6, 2006 from where the series left off in season one.

Director Hiroaki Gohda has already stated that he'd like to be able to cover all of the manga in the TV series, making future seasons beyond the 2nd a likely possibility^{[citation needed]}

Contents 1 Story 1.1 1st Season 1.2 2nd Season: Sorezore no Tsubasa (Everyone Has Wings) 1.3 3rd Season and Beyond 2 Episodes 3 Soundtracks 4 Trivia 4.1 Notable Differences 4.1.1 TV series & Manga Version 4.1.1.1 Season One 4.1.1.2 Season Two 5 See also 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Story

The plot and story of the TV series sticks as close as possible to the manga, however some changes have been made. The order of occurrence of some events has been changed, while other events have been replaced with similar events that borrow concepts from the manga but place them in the context of a new story.

[edit] 1st Season

The 1st season of the Ah! My Goddess TV series follows the manga from Keiichi's first meeting with Belldandy up to the "Lord of Terror" ("Terrible Master Urd" in the Dark Horse version) story arc. In general, the 1st season covers the same territory as the manga up to that arc with some minor ommisions. There are also some additions, mostly from later chapters, notably the events of chapter 50 (meet me by the seashore) now occur before the Lord of Terror arc and not after, also a new story involving a women's kart race is inserted that borrows elements from chapter 121 of the manga. Also, events concerning the angels of the two elder goddesses (Belldandy and Urd) are inserted (since the angels themselves make an earlier appearance in the anime).

After the original 24 episode run, 2 bonus episodes based on the "Trials of Morisato" story arc were added to the DVD release

[edit] 2nd Season: Sorezore no Tsubasa (Everyone Has Wings)

The 2nd season, while still following the manga, takes a bit more liberty with the events. After a few one-shot episodes, this new season jumps straight into the "Fourth Goddess" story arc, seemingly rearranging the order of the story arcs (this arc came after the "Ninja Master" and "the Devil in Miss Urd" arcs in the manga, but these arcs come after it in the anime). The series also skips the "Welsper" arcs and rewrites some of the later events that feature Welsper.

[edit] 3rd Season and Beyond

Recently there have been rumours that there may be two more seasons of the anime, as well as a second feature film. These may be clarified officially as the twentieth anniversary of the series approaches.

[edit] Episodes

Main article: List of Oh My Goddess episodes

[edit] Soundtracks

Main article: Oh My Goddess! Soundtracks

Season 1: Composed by Shirou Hamaguchi

Opening Theme:

1. Season 1: OPEN YOUR MIND ~小さな羽根ひろげて~ (OPEN YOUR MIND ~Chiisana Hane Hirogete~) by Yoko Ishida (eps 1-24)
2. Season 2: "幸せのいろ (Shiawase no Iro; Color of Happiness)" by Yoko Ishida

Ending Theme:

1. Season 1: 願い (Negai) by Yoko Ishida (eps 1-12, 24)
2. Season 1: Wing by Yoko Takahashi (eps 13-23, 25-26)
3. Season 2: "僕らのキセキ (Bokura no Kiseki; Our Miracle)" by Yoko Ishida (eps 1-11)
4. Season 2: 恋人同士 (Koibitodoushi) by Jyukai (eps 12-22)

[edit] Trivia

• Notably, Kikuko Inoue still does Belldandy's voice work, along with Masami Kikuchi, Yumi Toma, and Aya Hisakawa as Keiichi, Urd, and Skuld, despite how long it is since the original show was made.

• The first episodes of both seasons begin with a short narration by one of the goddesses; in the first season, Urd does the introductory narration, in season 2 it's Peorth.

• Numerous well known cars and motorcycles make cameo appearances, including the exceedingly rare Enzo Ferrari and SLR McLaren (used by Toshiyuki Aoshima and Sayoko Mishima respectively, these replace the 288 GTO and a AMG SL that they respectively drove in the original manga), reflecting series creator Kosuke Fujishima's love for cars and motorcycles.

• In episode 18 of the 1st TV series (based on volume 8, chapter 50 of the manga), Skuld, in response to Keiichi being unable to swim gives him "Marine configuration Banpei", dubbing it "Blue 6". This name is likely a reference to the OVA series, Blue Submarine No. 6.

• In episode 20 of the second TV season, Skuld mentions that in order to reset the Space Doubler, Keiichi has to put the Konami Code (↑ ↑ ↓ ↓ ← → ← → B A), except instead of pressing B A, he has to press "Set" twice.

[edit] Notable Differences

[edit] TV series & Manga Version

[edit] Season One

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[edit] Season Two

• In episode 7 of the second TV season, Keiichi mentioned about wishing to Peorth for making Valentino Rossi to be the champion for 2006 MotoGP season. In the original manga, Keiichi mentioned for Kenny Roberts instead.

• In episode 17 of season two TV series, Urd was the one used as part of a ritual and not Peorth from the manga version. Welsper was also not in this episode.

• In episdoe 18 of season two TV series, Peorth and Welsper was not featured as one of the 7 who was trapped by the cursed lamp. Additional characters were Toraichi Tamiya, Otaki Aoyama, and Sentaro Kawanishi.

[edit] See also

• Oh My Goddess!

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• (Japanese) Official Ah! My Goddess website
• (English) Gateway to the Goddesses - Synopses of characters, manga chapters and videos/movies
• (English) Open Your Mind - Comparisons between the manga and anime series.
• (English) Feather at Noblescarlet.net - Fan site
• (English) Belldandy Angel Feathers - Multimedia Fan site
• (English) http://tokenasian.animeblogger.net/ - Episode synopses and screencaps.
• (English) The Goddess Project Loads of screencaps.