Oh My Goddess!

Oh My Goddess!
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Belldandy
ああっ女神さまっ (Ā Megami-sama)
Genre	Fantasy[1][2] Harem[3][4][5] Romantic comedy[1][6]
Manga
Written by	Kōsuke Fujishima
Published by	Kodansha
English publisher	NA: Dark Horse Comics
Imprint	Afternoon KC
Magazine	Monthly Afternoon
English magazine	NA: Super Manga Blast!
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	September 1988 – April 2014
Volumes	48 (List of volumes)
Further information Original video animation Directed by Hiroaki Gōda Written by Kunihiko Kondo Nahoko Hasegawa Music by Takeshi Yasuda Studio AIC Licensed by AUS: Madman Entertainment NA: AnimEigo (former) UK: MVM Films Released February 2, 1993 – May 17, 1994 Runtime 30 minutes (each) Episodes 5 (List of episodes) Anime television series Adventures of Mini-Goddess Directed by Hiroko Kazui Yasuhiro Matsumura Written by Shōji Yonemura Music by Tatsuya Maruyama Studio OLM Licensed by NA: Geneon Entertainment (former) UK: MVM Films Original network Wowow Original run April 6, 1998 – March 29, 1999 Episodes 48 (List of episodes) Anime film Ah! My Goddess: The Movie (2000) Anime television series Ah! My Goddess Directed by Hiroaki Gōda Written by Akira Watanabe Hiroaki Gōda Music by Shirō Hamaguchi Studio AIC Licensed by NA: Media Blasters UK: MVM Films Original network TBS Original run January 6, 2005 – July 7, 2005 Episodes 24 + 2 OVA (List of episodes) 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 Crunchyroll Original network TBS Original run April 6, 2006 – September 14, 2006 Episodes 24 (List of episodes) Novel Oh My Goddess! First End Written by Yumi Tōma Illustrated by Kōsuke Fujishima Hidenori Matsubara Published by Kodansha English publisher NA: Dark Horse Comics Published July 20, 2007 Original video animation Ah! My Goddess: Fighting Wings Directed by Hiroaki Gōda Written by Akira Watanabe Hiroaki Gōda Music by Shirō Hamaguchi Studio AIC Released December 9, 2007 Runtime 25 minutes (each) Episodes 2 (List of episodes) 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 Manga Aa Shūkatsu no Megami-sama Written by Uhei Aoki Illustrated by Kumichi Yoshizuki Published by Kodansha Magazine Monthly Afternoon Demographic Seinen Original run January 25, 2019 – October 25, 2021 Volumes 5

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 manga series written and illustrated by Kōsuke Fujishima. It was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Monthly Afternoon from September 1988 to April 2014, with its chapters collected in 48 tankōbon volumes. 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 manga series has been licensed for English-language release by Dark Horse Comics.

The series was 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 OVA was licensed by AnimEigo, while the film was licensed by Geneon Entertainment, and the various TV series were licensed at various points by Media Blasters, ADV Films and Funimation.

As of June 2020, the manga had over 25 million copies in circulation, making it one of the best-selling manga series. In 2009, Oh My Goddess! won the 33rd Kodansha Manga Award for the general category.