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Pilot Candidate (TV)

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[ adapted from Candidate for Goddess (manga) ]

Related anime:
    Candidate for Goddess (OAV) (sequel)

Alternative title:
Candidate for Goddess
Candidato para Deusa (Portuguese)
El Candidato para la Diosa (Spanish)
Megami Kouhosei (Japanese)
女神候補生 (Japanese)
Age rating: Older Children (May contain mild bad language, bloodless violence)
Plot Summary: In the future humankind has expanded and colonized other planets. Then an alien species, Victim, attacks the human colonies leaving only one planet, Zion. In an effort to stop Victim from destroying the last planet a training school, GOA, is set up to gather boys from the Zion colonies and train them to become pilots of the Ingrids AKA The Goddesses, five fighting robots that protect Zion. The boys must possess a rare blood type, EO , as well as a special ability, or EX. Zero (Candidate 88) has just arrived in GOA when he falls into the cockpit of the Ingrid Eeva-Leena. Since the synch between pilot and Ingrid are very sensitive everyone believes the Goddess will kill Zero in an attempt to synch. Just before Zero passes out he makes a full synch with the Goddess. Before he can find out more about the incident, his pilot training begins.
Video:
User Ratings: 771 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 15 votes (sub:6, dub:6, edit.dub:3)
 Excellent: 46 votes (sub:22, dub:18, edit.dub:3, Spa.dub:1, Spa.sub:1, Ger.dub:1)
 Very good: 69 votes (sub:33, dub:23, ?:3, raw:2, Spa.dub:2, Spa.sub:2, Por.sub:1, Ger.dub:1, Fre.sub:1, edit.dub:1)
 Good: 154 votes (sub:70, dub:66, edit.dub:7, Spa.dub:6, ?:3, Ger.dub:1, Por.sub:1)
 Decent: 157 votes (sub:75, dub:58, edit.dub:8, Spa.dub:4, Ger.dub:3, ?:3, Spa.sub:2, Ger.sub:2, Pol.sub:1, Por.sub:1)
 So-so: 85 votes (dub:36, sub:36, edit.dub:6, Ger.dub:4, Por.dub:2, ?:1)
 Not really good: 54 votes (dub:27, sub:20, edit.dub:4, ?:2, Spa.dub:1)
 Weak: 87 votes (dub:42, sub:29, edit.dub:11, Ger.dub:2, ?:1, Rus.sub:1, raw:1)
 Bad: 55 votes (dub:30, sub:15, edit.dub:6, ?:2, Ger.dub:1, Por.sub:1)
 Awful: 31 votes (dub:19, sub:6, Ger.dub:2, raw:1, Spa.edit.dub:1, ?:1, edit.dub:1)
 Worst ever: 18 votes (dub:11, sub:4, edit.dub:2, Ger.dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 2068 users, rank: #282
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 5.420 (So-so+.42), std. dev.: 2.3373, rank: #3642
Weighted mean: 5.329 (So-so+.32), rank: #3660 (seen all: 5.64 / seen some: 5.05 / won't finish: 3.38)
Bayesian estimate: 5.357 (So-so+.35), rank: #3081
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 12
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage:
2000-01-10 to 2000-03-27
2002-02-23 to 2002-05-11 (USA)
2003-05-18 to 2003-08-10 (Germany - VIVA)
Releases: We have 4
Opening Theme:
"Aim for Zion, the Planet of Hope" by Tomoyuki Asakawa
Ending Theme:
#1: "Chance" by Koizumi Kouhei (eps 1-11)
#2: "Kagayaki" by Koizumi Kouhei (ep 12)
Official website:
女神候補生 (Japanese)
Links: We have 2
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Related reviews:
    Pilot Candidate

Related releases:
    Pilot Candidate - The Academy (DVD 1) 2001-11-06 (from $8.99)
    Pilot Candidate - Training (DVD 2) 2002-01-08
    Pilot Candidate - Working Together (DVD 3) 2002-03-05 (from $8.99)
    Pilot Candidate - The Test (DVD 4) 2002-05-07
    Pilot Candidate - Complete Collection (DVD 1-4) 2005-10-11

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Mitsuru Hongo

Script:
Akira Okeya
Miho Sakai
Mitsuyatsu Sakai

Episode Director: Takeyuki Sadohara

Music: Tomoyuki Asakawa

Original Manga: Yukiru Sugisaki

Character Design: Shinichi Yamaoka

Art director: Toshihisa Koyama

Mechanical design:
Junya Ishigaki
Shingo Takeba
Takeshi Matsuda
Yoshiki Kuga

3D Director: Tokumitsu Kifune

Sound director: Masafumi Mima

Producer:
Minoru Takanashi
Tomomi Ishida
Toru Sato

2D Work: Tsukasa Kakisakai

3D Animation:
Akira Inagaki
Hidecatsu Kamimura
Hidekatsu Kamimura
Makoto Endo
Masashi Kokubo
Miki Yoshida
Naruhiro Baba

3D Developing Producer: Yuichiro Matsuka

Animation:
Chie Kokubo
Eiichi Nanjo
Izumi Morita
Kaori Itou
Kei Yamada
Kyionari Sakai
Shiho Ishimori
Shingi Ogiso
Yufuki Morimoto

Animation Editor: Masaru Koseki

Arrangement: Atsushi Onosawa

Assistant recording Engineer: Yuji Tagami (Aoistudio)

Background:
Hachidai Takayama
Harue Iwai
Megumi Ogawa
Motoko Iwahashi
Yasunori Hishinuma
Yoshimi Umino

Cgi supervisor: Shinji Takagi

Color design:
Norioki Sakai
Yuko Kanemaru

Cooperation:
Hiroko Kuwazono
Jinichiro Koyama
Katsuhiko Goto
Katsuji Umezawa
Kazuhiko Ikeguchi
Nobuyuki Hirata
Norihisa Oki
Yoshihiro Ueno
Yuko Segawa

Development Producer: Nobutoshi Terado

Digital Photography: Natsuko Mori

Editing: Makiko Asano

Finish Check: Katsue Inoue

Illustration:
Keiji Gotoh 
Megumi Monnosono
Meiju Maeda
Osamu Horiuchi
Shingo Adachi
Toshihiro Nakajima

Illustration Director: Masaki Hinata

Music producer:
Masao Fukuda
Shiro Sasaki

Original Illustration:
Hajime Kobayashi
Hideo Maru
Hiroyuki Shimizu
Kenji Kataoka
Mari Nakatani
Mariko Aoki
Takeshi Oosaka

Photography Development Producer: Wataru Kurosawa

Production Cooperation: Hidenobu Watanabe

Production Development: Daichi Kato

Production manager: Shunichi Yamamoto

Screen Cont.: Hiroshi Hara

Series Developer: Akira Okeya

Sound Design:
Fujito Yamada
Kenji Koyama
Leiji Matsumoto
Miyuki Seki
Takao Ogawa
Takeshi Takadera

Special Effects: Akitoshi Maeda

Theme Song Lyrics: Kyoko Tomita

Theme Song Performance: Kohei Koizumi (ED1, ED2)

Video Editor: Kazunori Okada

Visual Effects: Shigenobu Kaihou

 

Yukimasa Obi as Zero Enna

Hiroyuki Yoshino as Clay Cliff Fortran

Miki Nagasawa as Kizna Towryk

Susumu Chiba as Hiead Gner

Akiko Kimura as Rome Lotte

Akio Suyama as Yamagi Kushida

Akira Ishida as
Aracd Narocke
Yu Hikura

Ayako Kawasumi as Kazuhi Hikura

Chiaki Takahashi as Repairer A

Chiemi Chiba as Saki Mimori

Chiyako Shibahara as Kyoko Farley

Kenji Nojima as Erts Virny Cocteau

Kouichi Toochika as Rioroute Vilgyna

Mami Koyama as Dr. Rill Croford

Norio Wakamoto as Kuro Rivolde

Rie Kugimiya as Ikhny Allecto

Tomoe Hanba as Phil Phleira Deed

Tsutomu Kashiwakura as Ernest Cuore

Wataru Takagi as Gareas Elidd

Yoshimichi Oumoto as Roose Sawamura

Yumi Kakazu as
Leena Fujimura
Yukine Simmons

Yuri Amano as
Teela Zain Elmes
Tukasa Kuscha

Yuri Shiratori as
Lucas Micche
Tune Youg
Yuugu Chuun

Yuu Urata as Candidate #3

Japanese companies 

3D Graphics: Production I.G

Broadcaster: NHK

Music Production: Victor Entertainment

Production:
Bandai Visual
Xebec

English staff 
English cast 

ADR Director: Wiley Isa

Executive producer: Trudy Nodohara

A/E Director: Michael Sable

Assistant ADR Director: Mike Sugano

Coordinator: Yasuko Kanamura

DVD Menu Design:
Charles McCarter
Victor De Anda

DVD Producer:
Charles McCarter
Richard Noboru Kekahuna

Recording engineer: Joel Avila

 

Jeremiah Freedman as Zero Enna

Georgette Rose as Kizna Towryk

Jim Taggert as Clay Cliff Fortran

John Burnley as Hiead Gner

Jessica Gee as
Alacudo Repair
Calesu
Dr. Lill Crawford
Green Nurse
Ikhny Allecto
Instructor
Kallisto Repairer
Launch Control
Phil Phleira
Purple Nurse
Quarval Voice
Rome
Saki Mitchall
Wrecka Toesing
Zero's Mother

Matthew Dunn as Gareas Elidd

Melora Harte as
Narrator
Teela Zain Elmes

Peter Toll as Roose Sawamura (Luz)

Richard Hayworth as Azuma Hijikata

English companies 

Broadcaster:
Adult Swim
Animax Asia
Animax India
AOL Time Warner
Cartoon Network

DVD Production: Bandai Visual

DVD Production Services:
Blink Digital, Santa Monica
Stream DVD

Licensed by: Bandai Entertainment

Production Coorporation: Teleport USA, Inc.

Recording Facility: Mix Magic Studios, Inc.

Recording Studio: Teleport USA, Inc.

Released by: Bandai Entertainment

French staff 
French companies 
(none)
 

Distributor: Beez

French cast 
(none)

Spanish cast 
Spanish staff 

Dubbing Director: Marcos Patiño

Irwin Daayan as Zero Enna

Eduardo Garza as Rioroute Vilgyna

Enzo Fortuny as Clay cliff fortran

Laura Ayala as Kizna Towryk

Luis Daniel Ramirez as Heydo

Andrea Cotto as Narración (from ep.2)

Armando Coria as Maestro

Benjamin Rivera as Art Willy Codward

Circe Luna as Lina Fujimura

Emmanuel Rivas as Yamagi Kushida

Gaby Ugarte as Firfileida

Humberto Solorzano as Narración (ep 1)

Isabel Martiñon as
Madre de Zero
Teela Zarn Elmes

Ismael Castro as
Cocinero
Dr. Grudivof

Jose Gilberto Vilchis as Aurnesto Coure

Leyla Rangel as Chica misteriosa

Luis Daniel Ramirez as Russ Sawamura

Marcos Patiño as Prfr. Azuma Hikata

Maria Fernanda Morales as Ingrid Blanca

Oscar Flores as
Galuizu
Garlise Elido

Paco Mauri as Líder de GOA

Rossy Aguirre as Saki Mimori

Spanish companies 

Broadcaster:
Animax Latin America
Locomotion (Latin America)

Dubbing: Sonomex S.A. de C.V. Mexico


German staff 

Animation/DVD Layout: Holger Paetznick

Authoring/Conception: Tobias Löffler

Casting: Nina Marschke

Conception/organization: Matthias Heer

Coordination: Tobias Trummer

Dialogue Direction/audio Technology: Sascha Kaufmann

Editing: Christian Schmidt

Management: Johannes Bauer

Post Production: Johannes Luff

Sound Editor/Cutter: Jusuf Ismaili

Special Effects/Compositing: Gerhard Buchner

Subtiteling: Johann Heidinger

German cast 

Philipp Moog as Zero Enna

Alexandra Mink as Teela Zain Elmes

Anke Kortemeier as Leena Fujimura

Dagmar Dempe as Erzählerin

Dominik Auer as Clay Cliff Fortran

Florian Bauer as Rioroute Vilgyna

Johannes Raspe as Hiead Gner

Jörg Stuttmann as Yamagi Kushida

Manfred Trilling as Ernest Cuore

Marc Stachel as Gareas Elidd

Michelle Sterr as Roose Sawamura

Shandra Schadt as Kizna Towryk

Simone Brahmann as Dr. Rill Croford

Tolilah Jolas as Erts Virny Cocteau

Torsten Münchow as Azuma Hijikata

German companies 

Broadcaster:
Animax Germany (2007-06-05 to 2007-09-03)
VIVA (2003-05-18 to 2003-08-10)

Distributor:
ACOG
OVA Films

Dubbing: Circle of Arts

DVD Authoring & Encoding: Aaron-Films

Polish staff 
Polish companies 
(none)
 

Broadcaster: Hyper

Polish cast 
(none)

Portuguese cast 
Portuguese staff 
(none)

Rodrigo Andreatto as Zero Enna

Priscila Concépcion as Kizna Towryk

Thiago Longo as Hiead Gner

Melissa Garcia as Saki Mimori

Tânia Gaidarji as Leena

Vagner Fagundes as Clay

Vanessa Alves as Teela Zain Elmes

Portuguese companies 

Broadcaster:
Animax (Brasil) (dubbed version)
Locomotion Brazil (1st broadcaster, subbed)

Dubbing Studio: Álamo

Chinese (Taiwan) staff 
Chinese (Taiwan) companies 
(none)
 

Licensed by: Muse Communication Co., Ltd.

Chinese (Taiwan) cast 
(none)
 
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