Ah! My Goddess
Ah! My Goddess logo from season 1
Genre	Television anime
Created by	Kosuke Fujishima
Directed by	Hiroaki Gōda
Voices of	Masami Kikuchi Kikuko Inoue Aya Hisakawa Yumi Toma Rei Sakuma
Composer(s)	Shiro Hamaguchi
Country of origin	Japan
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	50 television episodes (24 in each season plus 2 bonus episodes) and 4 OVAs (List of episodes)
Production
Story Editor(s)	Hiroaki Gōda Hiroshi Watanabe
Running time	24 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	Tokyo Broadcasting System QTV, Hero TV Animax
Picture format	NTSC
Original run	January 6, 2005 –
External links
Official website

On January 6, 2005, a new television anime series of Ah! My Goddess! (Japanese: ああっ女神さまっ, - Aa! Megami-sama!) began airing in Japan, again produced by Anime International Company and distributed in North America 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) (titled Flights of Fancy in the U.S.) had resumed the story on 6 April 2006 from where the series left off in season one.

Director Hiroaki Gōda 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]}

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.

1st Season

The 1st season of the Ah! My Goddess TV series, consisting of 24 episodes, 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 omissions. 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

2nd Season: Sorezore no Tsubasa [Everyone Has Wings(Flights of Fancy in the U.S.)]

Logo from season 2

The 2nd season, consisting of 24 episodes, 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. The series also skips the "Welsper" arcs and rewrites some of the later events that feature Welsper.

Two OVA episodes were released with the final DVD on 23 February, 2007.

3rd Season and Beyond

Recently, it was announced that TBS and Kodansha are working on a special OVA-type episode with the preliminary title "Ah! My Goddess: Tatakau Tsubasa" (Fighting Wings) that is set to be broadcast in Japan on December 29th and 31st. While no detailed information about what this special is going to be, it's only known that the original staff for the television series will be returning to work on the new special and that manga chapters that were not adapted yet will be adapted for this special.

Episodes

Main article: List of Oh My Goddess episodes

Soundtracks

Main article: Oh My Goddess! Soundtracks

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)

Differences between manga and TV series

Although the TV series mostly follows Fujishima's manga adaptation, the series has a few differences. In episode 11 of the first season, Keiichi is turned to a Honda Cub by Marller, but in the original manga it is Keiichi's sister Megumi Morisato who is turned into a car by the demon first class. In episode 7 of the second 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 the second season, 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 episode 18 of the second season, 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.

See also

• Oh My Goddess!
• Norn

Language Slogans

• Ah! My Goddess (English)
• Ah! Aking Diyosa or Ah! Aking Diwata (Filipino or Tagalog)
• Ah! Akong Diosa (Cebuano)
• Ah! Akon Diosa (Ilonggo)
• Ah! Akon Diosa (Waray)
• Ah! Sasakon Diosa (Hiligaynon)
• Ah! Siak Diosa (ilocano)

References

External links

• (Japanese) Official Ah! My Goddess website
• (English) Open Your Mind - Comparisons between the manga and anime series.
• (English) Belldandy Angel Feathers - Multimedia Fan site
• (English) http://tokenasian.animeblogger.net/ - Episode synopses and screencaps.
• (English) The Goddess Project Loads of screencaps.

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