Frequently Asked Questions
What's the actual name of the series?
When Animeigo and Studio Proteus sat down with Mr. Fujishima and asked him his preference concerning the romanization and translation of certain aspects of the series, Mr. Fujishima expressed a preference for "Oh My Goddess!", as a pun on the English expression "Oh My God!" However, both Mr. Fujishima as well as Kodansya (the Japanese publisher) teeter between "Oh" and "Ah". Considering that the movie was brought over here by Geneon and called Ah! My Goddess as well as the fact that Media Blasters has licensed it and will release it as "Ah!", I will use Ah! My Goddess. However, any of the above, including the original Aa! Megami-sama (can be translated as either My Goddess or Lady Goddess) is correct, in a sense. Anybody should know what you're talking about.
Why don't you have episode synopses?
Since Token Asian already is doing such a thing, it wouldn't be efficient for two separate sites to provide the very same thing. My goal for this site is to provide manga-anime comparisons, something that I haven't seen happen yet. Also, the Oh My Goddess! Manga Gallery has begun to write synopses as well. You may even add onto the Manga Gallery's pages yourself since it's in a wiki format.
May I use your comparisons for my site?
Only if you credit me and link back to my site. It's your responsibility to get the comparisons up to date on your site, and while I try to mention any changes on past comparisons, it still is your responsibility to get the most up-to-date comparisons. Also, please e-mail me and ask before you go ahead and take them. Common courtesy.
What do you use for your comparisons?
For manga, I use Dark Horse's releases. There are a few changes I'm aware of, but that's all I have access to (I'm not fluent in Japanese). If Dark Horse hasn't localized a chapter yet, I will use scanlations.
Why don't you have more images?
The point of this site is to share information. If you want images, I suggest Gateway to the Goddesses for a huge black and white manga gallery. The Goddess Project has a huge amount of screenshots available from the new TV anime, and Visions of Goddess has a good amount of scans from the production of the TV anime.
What's with the weird spellings?
I use what I feel like, but most likely I'll go with the official Japanese romanized names, such as Marller, Lind, and Holy Bell. However, I still use the Lord of Terror instead of Great King of Terror because of preference.
How can I contact you?
If, for any reason (even just to say "hi"), you need to contact me... my e-mail is love.a.riddle[DIE_SPAM_DIE]@gmail.com (sans the [DIE_SPAM_DIE]), and my AIM username is Love a Riddle. If you're a Livejournal user, I'm atelierjoh.Are you part of any forum communities?
Not anymore.