Oh My Goddess! | |
Cover of the first North American compiled volume.
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ああっ女神さまっ (Ā Megami-sama) |
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Genre | Romance, Fantasy, Comedy |
Manga | |
Written by | Kōsuke Fujishima |
Published by | Kodansha |
English publisher | |
Demographic | Seinen |
Magazine | Afternoon |
English magazine | |
Original run | September 24, 1988 – April 25, 2014 |
Volumes | 48 |
Original video animation | |
Directed by | Hiroaki Gōda |
Written by | Kunihiko Kondo Nahoko Hasegawa |
Music by | Takeshi Yasuda |
Studio | AIC |
Licensed by | |
Released | February 2, 1993 – May 17, 1994 |
Runtime | 30 minutes (each) |
Episodes | 5 |
Anime television series | |
Adventures of Mini-Goddess | |
Directed by | Hiroko Kazui Yasuhiro Matsumura |
Written by | Shōji Yonemura |
Music by | Tatsuya Maruyama |
Studio | Oriental Light and Magic |
Licensed by | |
Original network | WOWOW |
Original run | April 6, 1998 – March 29, 1999 |
Episodes | 48 |
Anime film | |
Ah! My Goddess: The Movie | |
Directed by | Hiroaki Gōda |
Produced by | Seiichi Horiguchi Kin'ya Watanabe Tsuyoshi Yoshida |
Written by |
Michiko Yokote Yoshihiko Tomizawa |
Music by | Shirō Hamaguchi |
Studio | AIC |
Licensed by | |
Released | October 21, 2000 |
Runtime | 100 minutes |
Anime television series | |
Ah! My Goddess | |
Directed by | Hiroaki Gōda |
Written by | Akira Watanabe Hiroaki Gōda |
Music by | Shirō Hamaguchi |
Studio | AIC |
Licensed by | |
Original network | TBS |
Original run | January 6, 2005 – July 7, 2005 |
Episodes | 26 |
Anime television series | |
Ah! My Goddess: Flights of Fancy | |
Directed by | Hiroaki Gōda |
Written by | Akira Watanabe Hiroaki Gōda |
Music by | Shirō Hamaguchi |
Studio | AIC |
Licensed by | |
Original network | TBS |
Original run | April 6, 2006 – September 14, 2006 |
Episodes | 24 |
Novel | |
Oh My Goddess! First End | |
Written by | Yumi Tōma |
Illustrated by |
Kōsuke Fujishima Hidenori Matsubara |
Published by | Kodansha |
English publisher | |
Published | July 20, 2007 |
Original video animation | |
Ah! My Goddess: Fighting Wings | |
Directed by | Hiroaki Gohda |
Written by | Akira Watanabe Hiroaki Gōda |
Music by | Shirō Hamaguchi |
Studio | AIC |
Released | December 9, 2007 |
Runtime | 25 minutes (each) |
Episodes | 2 |
Original video animation | |
Ah! My Goddess: Together Forever | |
Directed by | Hiroaki Gohda |
Written by | Akira Watanabe |
Music by | Shirō Hamaguchi |
Studio | AIC |
Released | February 23, 2011 – August 23, 2013 |
Runtime | 30 minutes (each) |
Episodes | 3 |
Oh My Goddess! (Japanese: ああっ女神さまっ Hepburn: Aa! Megami-sama), or Ah! My Goddess! in some releases, is a Japanese seinen manga series written and illustrated by Kōsuke Fujishima. It has been serialized in Afternoon since September 1988; the individual chapters are being published in tankōbon by Kodansha, with the first released on August 23, 1989; the final volume of the manga series, volume 48, was released on July 23, 2014, marking nearly 26 years of publication. The series follows college sophomore Keiichi Morisato and the goddess Belldandy who moves in with him in a Buddhist temple; after Belldandy's sisters Urd and Skuld move in with them, they encounter gods, demons and other supernatural entities as Keiichi develops his relationship with Belldandy.
The chapters have been adapted into an original video animation produced by Anime International Company (AIC), and an anime series which aired from 2005 to 2006. Additionally, AIC has developed two OVAs and a film, and OLM, Inc. has also developed an anime series as well. Companies have developed thousands of types of merchandise, such as video games, and a light novel.
The manga series has been licensed for an English-language release by Dark Horse Comics. The OVA was licensed by AnimEigo, while the film was licensed by Geneon Entertainment, and the various TV series was licensed at various points by Media Blasters, ADV Films and Funimation.