Pilot Candidate (2000)
Pilot Candidate (2000)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
Miki Nagasawa
Kizna Towryk (voice)
Mitsuru Hongo
Series Director / Storyboard Artist / Series Director / Director
Yukimasa Obi
Zero Enna
Akira Okeya
Series Composition / Writer / Series Composition
Joshua Seth
Zero Enna
Michelle Ruff
Kizna Towryk
Shinichi Yamaoka
Character Designer / Supervising Animation Director / Animation Director / Character Designer / Supervising Animation Di...
Michael McConnohie
Female Voices
Tomoyuki Asakawa
Music
Jon Bailey
Hiead Gner
Masafumi Mima
Sound Director
Toshihisa Koyama
Art Direction
Richard Cansino
Azuma Hijikata
Jessica Gee-George
Ikuni
Yuuko Kanemaru
Color Designer
Melora Harte
Narrator
Minoru Takanashi
Producer
Yukiru Sugisaki
Writer
Hiroyuki Nishimura
Storyboard Artist
Matthew Dunn
Gareas Elidd
Toshinori Narita
Director
Kaori Takahashi
Key Animation
Taeko Hori
Key Animation
Meiju Maeda
Key Animation
Toyoaki Fukushima
Key Animation
Hiroyuki Koizumi
Key Animation
Nobuyoshi Habara
Key Animation
Hiroshi Kosuga
Key Animation
Katsunori Ito
Animation Director
Kazuhiro Oki
Key Animation
Tatsuya Oka
Key Animation
Youko Kuboyama
Key Animation
Media.
Details.
Release DateJanuary 10, 2000
Original Name女神候補生
StatusEnded
Seasons1
Episodes12
Running Time30m
Genres
Wiki.
The Candidate for Goddess (Japanese: 女神候補生, Hepburn: Megami Kōhosei, lit. "Goddess Cadet") is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Yukiru Sugisaki. The series takes place in the distant future, where human beings live among space colonies and a single, inhabitable planet called Zion. The plot follows Zero Enna and his fellow candidates as they try to prove themselves worthy of piloting the "Ingrids", also called "Goddesses". These gigantic, humanoid weapons are humanity's only significant defense against a hostile, alien threat known as "Victim".
The Candidate for Goddess was serialized in the monthly Wani Books magazine Comic Gum. A total of 26 chapters were collected in five tankōbon (volumes) and released between 1997 and 2001. The manga was later translated into English and published in North America by Tokyopop and in Australian and New Zealand by Madman Entertainment. The Candidate for Goddess was adapted into a 12-episode anime series directed by Mitsuru Hongo and produced by Xebec, which was a subsidiary of Production I.G. The adaptation aired on Japan's NHK BS2 satellite channel in early 2000. The anime series, entitled Pilot Candidate for its North American release, was broadcast briefly on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block in 2002. An original video animation (OVA), serving as a thirteenth episode, was released in Japan in 2002, though it was not localized for North America until 2016, when Discotek Media acquired the license to the series.Since the debut of The Candidate for Goddess on Japanese television, a limited number of CDs and artbook illustrations for the series have been released. Overall reception for The Candidate for Goddess has been mediocre. Though its animation has been generally praised, its complex plot, compounded by its very short length, has been met with mixed criticism. Reviewers were dismayed by the lack of storyline closure at the end of the television episodes and even its OVA extension.