Candidate for Goddess

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Candidate for Goddess
Original title 女神 候補 生
transcription Megami Kohosei
genre Science fiction , mecha , action series , drama , adventure
Manga
country JapanJapan Japan
author Yukiru Sugisaki
publishing company Wani Books
magazine Comic gum
expenditure 5
Television series
Country of production Japan
original language Japanese
year 2000
length 25 minutes
Episodes 12
production Minoru Takanashi, Tomomi Ishida, Toru Sato
music Tomoyuki Asakawa
First broadcast January 10, 2000 - March 27, 2000 on NHK
German-language
first broadcast		 May 18, 2003 - August 10, 2003 on VIVA
Original video animation
Country of production JapanJapan Japan
original language Japanese
year 2002
Studio Xebec
length 23 minutes
Director Shinichi Yamaoka
synchronization

Candidate for Goddess ( Japanese 女神 候補 生 , Megami Kōhosei , about "goddess cadet") is a manga by Yukiru Sugisaki . He was known as anime - television series and as OVA adapted.

The work is about the struggle of humanity against alien attackers in the distant future and can be classified into the genres of science fiction , mecha , action series , drama and adventure .

action

In the year 4084 almost all planets of man were destroyed, only Zion remained. They also live in colonies near Zion. But even the last planet is repeatedly attacked by so-called victims who appear from space. The people are protected by the five goddesses , also called Ingrids . These mechas are controlled by young pilots and fight against the victims. The basis of the goddesses is GOA, the Goddess Operator Academy. New pilots are also trained on this spaceship.

One of these contenders is 15-year-old Zero Enna ( 苑 名 零 ), who was once saved by the White Goddess in his childhood and now wants to become her pilot. Besides him, other pilots also want to become pilots, such as the cool Hiead Gner ( ヒ イ ー ド ・ グ ナ ー , Hiīdo Gunā ) and the intelligent but clumsy Clay Cliff Fortan ( ク レ イ ・ ク リ フ ・ フ ォ ー ト ラ ン , Kurei Kurifu Fōtoran ). Other contenders include the shy Roose Sawamura ( ル ズ ・ サ ワ ム ラ , Ruzu Sawamura ) and the stubborn Yamagi Kushida ( ヤ マ ギ ・ ク gehören ). Each candidate is assigned a female navigator who is also in training. Zero receives the strong-willed and quick-tempered Kizna Towryk ( キ ズ ナ ・ ト ゥ リ ー ク , Kizuna Turīku ). Zero also has the ability of psychic perception, called EX.

While the training begins for the candidates, conflicts break out among the Ingrid pilots. The enemy becomes stronger and the first serious injuries occur. After a dispute between Zero and Hiead, his EX gets out of control and he endangers Kizna. Hiead almost kills his partner while training. His pilot desperate and because of the constant conflicts between him and Zero, both are locked in the EX neutralization room.

When an unusually high number of Victims attack GOA one night, not only the Ingrids but also all the contenders are sent into battle. Only Clay remains behind because of his bad hit rate. Soon after, Clay wants to give up, but when a Victim attacks GOA from within, he is the first to recognize it thanks to his EX and uses his skills on the computer to take action against it.

style

The drawings in the manga are detailed; some super-deformed drawings are used. The characters' gestures and facial expressions are strongly worked out. Towards the end of the story there are more and more dream scenes.

Manga

The His -Manga of Yukiru Sugisaki was in Japan from 1997 by Wani Books in the magazine Comic Gum published and thus started in about the same time as D • N • Angel by the same author, which, however, at a younger target group as Candidate for Goddess directed. In 2001 it was discontinued unfinished. From October 1997 to November 2001 the chapters were summarized in 5 anthologies ( Tankōbon ), of which August / September 2005 a new edition was published.

The manga was published by Tokyopop in the US and Madman Entertainment in Australia. Editions Ki-oon published the work in French, Editorial Ivréa in Spanish. In Germany, all five volumes were published by Carlsen Comics in 2004 and 2005.

Anime

In 1999 and 2000, Bandai Visual , Xebec and Production IG produced a twelve-part anime television series based on the manga, directed by Mitsuru Hongo . The character design comes from Shinichi Yamaoka and the artistic direction was taken over by Toshihisa Koyama. The series was broadcast from January 10 to March 27, 2000 by the broadcaster NHK in Japan.

The anime was broadcast in English through Animax- Asia and Cartoon Network (in adult swim format ). Animax Latin America and Locomotion aired the series in Spanish and Portuguese in Latin America. The anime has also been translated into French and Polish.

The German premiere took place from May 18 to August 10, 2003 on VIVA .

In 2002, the television series was followed by an OVA directed by Shinichi Yamaoka. The anime is the thirteenth episode in the series, is 23 minutes long and has also been translated into French.

Voice actor

The German synchronization was carried out by the Circle of Arts.

role Japanese speaker ( seiyū ) German speaker
Zero Enna Yukimasa Obi Philipp Moog
Clay Cliff Fortran Hiroyuki Yoshino Dominik Auer
Kizna Towryk Miki Nagasawa Shandra Schadt
Hiead Gner Susumu Chiba Johannes Raspe
Yamagi Kushida Akio Suyama Jörg Stuttmann
Vilgyna Rioroute Kōichi Tōchika Florian Bauer

music

The music in the series was composed by Tomoyuki Asakawa . The opening title Aim for Zion, the Planet of Hope comes from Tomoyuki Asakawa. As a closing song one used chance , for the last episode the title Kagayaki , both by Kōhei Koizumi.

For the opening credits of the OVA, the song of the series was used again, the credits were underlaid with Kagayaki .

reception

According to Splashcomics, the characters are detailed, realistic and personable, the main focus is more on the character development than on the fights. Newly introduced figures would also fit in well. However, the plot is quite complicated at the beginning, and the end of the plot is difficult to understand, the reader is given little information. So the story ends very abruptly and complex.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Review at Splashcomics by Malindy Hetfeld on volume 1
  2. ↑ Review at Splashcomics by Malindy Hetfeld on volume 4
  3. ↑ a b Review at Splashcomics by Malindy Hetfeld on volume 5
  4. ↑ Review at Splashcomics by Malindy Hetfeld on volume 2

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