The Candidate for Goddess

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Pilot Candidate
女神候補生 (Candidate for Goddess)
Genre	Mecha, Adventure, Drama, Science Fiction
Manga
Authored by	Yukiru Sugisaki
Publisher	Wani Books
Serialized in	Comic Gum
Original run	1997 –
No. of volumes	5 (currently)
TV anime
Directed by	Mitsuru Hongo
Studio	Bandai, Production I.G.
Network	NHK BS2, Animax
Original run	11 January 2000 – 27 March 2000
No. of episodes	12
OVA
Directed by	Shinichi Yamaoka
Studio	Bandai
No. of episodes	1
Released	2002
Runtime

The Candidate for Goddess (女神候補生 Megami Kōhosei) is a Japanese manga created by Yukiru Sugisaki. It was adapted into a twelve episode anime series in 2000 by Xebec, a subsidiary of Production I.G. A thirteenth episode was released in 2002 in the form on an OVA. This episode is currently unreleased in North America.

The anime series, entitled Pilot Candidate for its American release, was broadcast briefly on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block in 2002, though it was originally intended to be broadcast on Toonami and edited accordingly. It was poorly received by the American audience and has yet to be reshown on Adult Swim.

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It is the year 4088. It has been over one thousand years since the Crisis of Systems (Lost Property), which resulted in the destruction of four planetary systems, leaving only a single inhabitable planet, Zion. Mankind is forced to live in space colonies, since that one planet is constantly being invaded by alien life forms that have come to be known as Victim. To stop the aliens and to allow people to land on Zion, mankind has developed the astronomical humanoid weapons, Ingrids, also known as Goddesses. At the G.O.A. (Goddess Operation Academy) young men to pilot are trained to pilot the Ingrids.