Talk:Oh My Goddess!/Archive 1

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Naming

AninEigo seems to use "Oh My Goddess!" now. http://www.animeigo.com/Products/OMG.t WhisperToMe 17:32, 5 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Rind -> Lind

It appears that the "official" romanization of "Rindo" is Lind. Cite: Aa! Megamisama Collection (a 15th anniversary commemorative reference volume), and the collected editions that Lind appears in.

Not official. Neither Dark Horse nor Media Blasters have released any english releases that indicate that Rind should be named Lind. See Rind's discussion page. --Js2756 13:17, July 25, 2005 (UTC)

Its Lind on the offical OMG website. --Cool Cat^Talk|@ 18:51, 23 November 2005 (UTC)

On one of the cover flaps of the Japanese release (around volume 18 or so: I need to double check where), Fujishima romanises it as Lind. That does not mean Dark Horse will not end up spelling it differently in the end, but I would consider Fujishima as official as we are going to get for now. Elric of Grans 22:22, 23 November 2005 (UTC)

Discussion on Skuld

One of the more noticeable traits of Skuld is her love for her sister Belldandy. Personally, I feel it is almost as if Belldandy was Skuld's mother! Because of this love, Skuld feared losing the attentions of her sister. In this case, Keiichi is her biggest "rival", since Belldandy loves him. Every time Belldandy and Keiichi try to get closer, physically or mentally, Skuld usually appears to spoil it, even though Urd has tried several times to stop this. I personally tire of it, since in these cases, not only is Skuld violating Keiichi's rights, but also Belldandy's. Does Skuld truly consider what Belldandy wants in these cases? I truly believe Skuld is being selfish in trying to hoard her sister's attention for herself. Perhaps she will learn someday, but I understand that Skuld's interference is part of what makes "Oh My Goddess!" so entertaining, so I will not argue any further. --Chameleon

Nice to see you again, Chameleon. As always, a provocative little essay; as always, I urge you to get a user account. --Maru (talk) 22:03, 13 September 2005 (UTC)

Discussion on the Almighty

The Almighty is perhaps the most powerful force in the "Oh My Goddess" story. As ruler of Heaven and Earth, he governs and maintains reality as we know it. While the Almighty is indeed wise, powerful and has the good of all at heart, I also feel that he is arrogant and controlling to a detrimental point. Throughout the story, he refuses to hear out any who would contradict his idea of law and order. When he suspends Urd's license, and then Urd becomes the Lord of Terror afterwards, the Almighty was prepared to kill Urd immediately to prevent the Lord of Terror from rising. While this act might have prevented much disaster, I also feel that the Almighty is being arrogant and uncaring, often doing things for people's own good without asking said people what they believe is good. The Almighty was so determined to enforce his word of law that any who defy him are declared deviant simply because they would not bend to his rules. This is an interesting question of law and chaos, instead of good and evil. The Almighty might be an example of law taken too far. --Chameleon.

Editing Characters' section

I reverted and removed a lot of changes in the character section because a lot of information was redundant and not necessary on the main Oh My Goddess! page. Peorth, Rind and Mara all have their own pages, so information that is pertinant to their characters should go on their own specific pages, and not the main OMG! page. This will prevent the article from becoming too cluttered (especially considering that the character specific pages are generally sparce). This is the same reason why the main characters have no information on them on the main page, but links to their own specific pages. Also, be mindful of the links when editing. The links to Peorth, Rind and Mara were all removed in the prior edit, and I had to restore them in this edit. --Js2756 13:47, August 26, 2005 (UTC)

Completely removed all details regarding characters in characters section, all characters have individual articles now. --Cool Cat ^Talk 06:57, 8 September 2005 (UTC)

"Sources" and "External Links"

I really think the two should be merged. "Sources" is not actually serving as a reference section, with footnotes or such, or at least referencing the actual series/manga/other canonical material. However... I did not do it because to merge them requires putting the "sources" into the OMG template, which would then show up on every page that has the template; said pages may not need those links, which then would be superfluous. So opinions? --Maru (talk) 22:20, 13 September 2005 (UTC)

It is painful to update every subpage however I think we could get away with a second template (which covers external links). A External links template + A NAV template? --Cool Cat ^Talk 09:37, 14 September 2005 (UTC)

Nothing worth doing was easy. I'll leave it to you, since you seem to have a plan. --Maru (talk) 14:44, 14 September 2005 (UTC)

External links have their own table now, this problem is solved. No? --Cool Cat ^Talk 13:55, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

Plot summaries

As the guys at the Featured Article noms said, the plot summaries are seriously messed up. I propose this: since the OVA and Tv series have pretty much the same plot, we give the basic plot at the original OVA (or possible manga; it might make more sense to start there), and then only list deviations and continuations under the respective subparagraphs. --Maru (talk) 04:30, 14 September 2005 (UTC)

Manga OVA and TV serises (as well as DVD) are similar to each other. mini series are just weird. TV-Manga is said to go closely related though I havent read the manga. --Cool Cat ^Talk 09:42, 14 September 2005 (UTC)

The TV series is much closer to the original manga than the OVA series, but there are some significant differences, mostly in what can or cannot be shown on TV (eg where in the manga Urd tried to get Keiichi to sleep with her, on TV it was simply kiss her). Elric of Grans 23:01, 22 November 2005 (UTC)

The plot is much different than what the original comments suggested on FAC. I am not suggesting that its a bad idea just I dont know how it could be done. --Cool Cat ^Talk 09:42, 14 September 2005 (UTC)

Alternatively, as peer review suggests, we could have a section describing differences between OVA Manga TV (DVD as well when/if applicable) and one uniformal plot (Manga/TV perhaps) --Cool Cat ^Talk 09:48, 14 September 2005 (UTC)

Well, I was thinking more along the lines of: Plot

Manga

Manga plot description.

Ova

Mention of how it foillows Manga plot, and enumerating differences

Movie

Movie plot description

TV

See Ova

Mini-goddesses

?

--Maru (talk) 15:02, 14 September 2005 (UTC)

possible. I want to keep mini goddess out (on its onw article) as its at best unrelated. :) --Cool Cat ^Talk 04:30, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

OSTs

I think its DVD. We could create a sub article for the soundtracks maybe? Since the page will get too long with only 3 soundtracks. (while there are 3 more singles) --Cool Cat ^Talk 09:35, 14 September 2005 (UTC)

The voice actors are also proffesional singers so much of the dvd "soundtrak" was not heard in the DVD ;) --Cool Cat ^Talk 09:35, 14 September 2005 (UTC)

See: Oh My Goddess! Soundtracks I also migrated your list :) --Cool Cat ^Talk 10:03, 14 September 2005 (UTC)

Well, I managed to get a track listing of the second TV OST, unfortunately, it's only in Romaji. I'm trying to get a friend to translate the titles into English, and if this page needs it, it could be translated back into Kanji as well: 1. Tenjoukai 2. Subtitle 3. Odaiyakana ichinichi 4. Hajimete Date 5. Sidecar ni notte 6. Marller 7. Urd bousou 8. Yukai na itazura 9. Skuld 10. Wakare 11. Kodoku 12. Kyuukyoku hakai Program 13. Eyecatch B (Although strangely, this is the same song as Eyecatch A on the TV OST 1..) 14. Urd vs. Marller Part 1 15. Urd vs. Marller Part 2 16. Makai 17. Akumu 18. Komatta Dekigoto 19. Zettai Zetsumei 20. Banpei-kun 21. Yureru omo 22. Koisuru futari 23. Nikyuu kami kanri gentei 24. Kyoufu no daiou 25. Shinobiyoru anun 26. Last Battle ~Libera me~ 27. Ashita ni mukatte 28. Wing (TV Edit)

Layout Proposal

Well, I think the article is now nicely cleaned up, so there no need to do all this new layout and stuff.

One problem I have with that is that the OVA is only 5 episodes, I dont think we can write a lot about it. By no means the current secion is adequate though (I never watched the OVA). The movie is basicaly a one hour episde, current section has room for improvement as well (I watched it a year ago and am writing about what I can remeber (obviously not a lot)... So far in the TV section each paragraph exlains an episode, when done this makes the episode list table rather redundent as that can be embeded into the chunks of text. Is sound track really necesary? We could create a sub page maybe because article does not cover the 3 "singles" that are out or the upcoming OST for the TV show. --Cool Cat ^Talk 09:29, 14 September 2005 (UTC)

How about this?

Oh! My Goddess (main page)

OVA (5 episodes, should at best occupy 5 paragraphs)
- Plot (start with a paragraph mentioning all characters, I think there were only 6)
- Themes / symbols / metaphors, whatever you call ‘em, they go in here
Mini-Goddess (should have a sub page, I haven watched it but I know its 48 episodes)
- Plot
- Themes / symbols / metaphors, whatever you call ‘em, they go in here
TV
- Plot
- Themes / symbols / metaphors, whatever you call ‘em, they go in here
DVD (3,4 paragraph since it is basicaly a 2.5 episode series.) It is said watching OVA/TV makes this more understandable so maybe those details should be mentioned in the shows chronology rather than production chronology.
- Plot
- Themes / symbols / metaphors, whatever you call ‘em, they go in here
Cast (Cast actualy mostly stayed the same though there were a few shift arounds for the minni-goddess serries)
Sources
NAV template? (could go somewhere else on the page) --Cool Cat ^Talk 09:25, 14 September 2005 (UTC)

Cast can be like

==Cast==
 * Belldandy - Voice Actor - Shows (- Short description maybe?)
 * Keiichi - Voice Actor - Shows (- Short description maybe?)

would salvage the existing character section as well. --Cool Cat ^Talk 09:32, 14 September 2005 (UTC)

Fair use

We need fair use rationales on the screen capture images. That is one complaint from peer-review/FA that has only been partially addressed. --Maru (talk) 15:52, 14 September 2005 (UTC)

Can you elaborate? --Cool Cat ^Talk 19:28, 14 September 2005 (UTC)

Yes. To wit, can we simply use screencaptures? Do they fall under "fair use"? If they do, why? --Maru (talk) 20:10, 14 September 2005 (UTC)

I do not see a problem personally. --Cool Cat ^Talk 04:32, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

What matters is policy, not your personal view. — Davenbelle 05:32, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

I think there are way too many screencaps for this article... --DK 10:24, 21 September 2005 (UTC)

The listbox at Special:Upload says one screenshot per article; Template:Film-screenshot says " It is believed that the use of a limited number of web-resolution screenshots for identification and critical commentary on the film or television program and its contents on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation, qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law." — Davenbelle 05:32, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

Yeah, if you look at the page an images, we have an image for every two episode. --Cool Cat ^Talk 09:20, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

Actually, what bugs me is the lack of an infobox... --Maru (talk) 19:35, 21 September 2005 (UTC)

Debugged (with a mallet). --Cool Cat^Talk|@ 18:49, 23 November 2005 (UTC)

Images

While we're on images... The manga section could use an image of a scanned page, preferably from the early issues. --Maru (talk) 04:42, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

Your wish is my command, done. Image is cover of volume 1 manga. --Cool Cat ^Talk 16:12, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

I am well aware that after "Ah! Compare and Contrast Goddesses and Queens?" is messed up. It will be fixed once i am done reviewing those episodes ;) --Cool Cat ^Talk 17:23, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

Thank you, Cool Cat! You are too good to me. --Maru (talk) 18:44, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

I just love that image of belldandy! --Cool Cat ^Talk 19:35, 16 September 2005 (UTC)

TV series section

Wow. Just... wow. I am not sure how to tackle that section. That's pretty much a complete article in and of itself. Suggestions welcome. Also: Cool Cat, all the images in the TV series section, they are from the TV series, right? None of them need moving? --Maru (talk) 20:15, 16 September 2005 (UTC)

Well, the first image is the cover from the TV OST number 1, so that really belongs in the Soundtrack section. I'll be adding the entire OST 1 scans to the soundtrack section at higher quality, so it can just be deleted. The third one (Belldandy & Holy Bell) I believe is from the TV, but it could be from the OVA. All the rest are from the TV series, except for the Almighty, which I'm pretty sure is from the Movie. --Chequers 04:05, 17 September 2005 (UTC)

Alright then. --Maru (talk) 16:17, 17 September 2005 (UTC)

All mighty is from the TV serries. But since his appearance from the dvd is the same, I do not see any harm in keeping his picture where it is. I have tagged where I got the images from (if I had taken the screen cap myself). Else I am not sure :P --Cool Cat ^Talk 15:45, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

Featured

Do any of you think we can get any Oh My Goddess! content up to Featured Content before it's 20th Anniversary on September 25, 2008?Arlj11 (talk) 12:15, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

I'd like that, yes. We have a reasonable amount of time till 25 August 2008. -- Cat ^chi? 12:17, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Anybody else upto the Challenge? It would be awesome if we could get all of Oh My Goddess! upto Featured Content, but we're going need help.Arlj11 (talk) 11:59, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Yes i like with the idea, good luck you guys. Also adding a few more references would be a nice step too.AngelicMasterMind (talk) 22:56, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

It's a nice deadline. Tricky, though. I've been working on Belldandy, and I think I can hit the deadline for her. It is also possible to get Keiichi up to FA status, based on the references I've come across working with Belldandy. But I wouldn't guarantee it - GA/A is more likely. The other main characters are out (GA at best, and I'd be happy with B). Lists are possible, though. This article is also possible based on the references - I'll help, but the references on Belldandy would be a good place to start, as most of those cover the series as well as Belldandy personally. - Bilby (talk) 11:58, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

So you're the one responsible! I'd like to thank you for the hard work and dedication Bilby. I'll try to help out in any way I can. I'd like to see this article Featured, if possible. There's lots of work to be done, though. --KaiserCSS (talk) 16:22, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

Merge Suggestions

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Resolved

– Consensus agrees that Oh My Goddess! (manga), Oh My Goddess! (OVA), The Adventures of Mini-Goddess, and Ah! My Goddess (TV series) should be merged here while Ah! My Goddess: The Movie stays as a separate article.

I've tagged the article with a suggestion that multiple subarticles be cleaned up and merged back here. Per WP:MOS-AM, they should not be in separate articles as they are the same series, just different adaptations. They do not have significant enough differences to have separate, standalone articles. To facilitate discussion of each, I've made subsections below so they can be evaluated individually.-- AnmaFinotera (talk · contribs) 16:54, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

May I point out that may make the page too long? Arlj11 (talk) 13:25, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

It won't as they will be merged properly, and unnecessary stuff of course, wouldn't be done at all. Similar merges are being done with Dragon Ball and Sailor Moon. Size isn't an issue with this. If it does somehow end up too large, first clean up, then if still too long, more appropriate splitting can be done. -- AnmaFinotera (talk · contribs) 14:41, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

At this stage I expect the Oh My Goddess article to be about 2/3 the current size when cleaned up (pre any mergers), so any mergers may not extend it as much as you would expect. - Bilby (talk) 15:11, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

I'll probably wait a bit before !voting on the rest of these. I think that mergers might be wise, but unlike the last lot of Oh My Goddess! mergers I think we would all rather not loose any content when doing so. Not that I expect that to happen. :) The strongest argument I can see for mergers is to bring one article up to featured standard, rather than having several articles that can't be brought up to the same level. All of these articles are notable enough on their own, so I don't see this as an issue of notability or removing "cruft". The main reasons for waiting a bit is that I'd like to look at moving some of the uncontroversial content over to here - for example, the Differences between manga and TV series - and because this article will need to be trimmed a bit to remove the OR and put it into better shape, which might make it a better length for mergers without running into the spin-out article issues. - Bilby (talk) 01:32, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
That's ridiculous. Even if its the same story there is no need to merge into one massive collective mess that will never contain any and all relevent information about series. Some are OVAs, some are movies, some are books, and finally some are about a TV series. Would it make sense to merge all Spider-Man articles together? Same stories just different adaptations, right? Where do we stop? How about Dracula? Should all articles based on a movie, or series containing character from Brom Stoker's Dracula be merge into the books's article because they're just different interepretations of the character? I really wish you guys could justify this merge beyond "different interpretations." —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hglatinboy (talk • contribs) 23:54, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

Oh My Goddess! (manga)

Support This is the core, the primary work. Of all the subarticles, it belongs here the most. The primary work should never be split out from its own article. -- AnmaFinotera (talk · contribs) 16:54, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
- Just as a comment, the main reason why I'm still a tad wary of merging this one is the size of the manga. While the current article is very short, there is a lot that article could potentially cover. :) On the other hand, mergers don't deny the potential for unmerging at a later date. - Bilby (talk) 01:32, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
Support per reasoning provided by AnmaFinotera. ···日本穣^{? · Talk to Nihonjoe} 05:50, 3 August 2008 (UTC)
Support. -- Magioladitis (talk) 00:46, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

Oh My Goddess! (OVA)

Support Almost all plot, which is already in the episode list. Pretty straight forward merge here. -- AnmaFinotera (talk · contribs) 16:54, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
Support At this stage, the OVA is very short, and is just plot summary. If the summary was tightened up a bit it would probably be ok in here, especially with the List of Oh My Goddess episodes. - Bilby (talk) 01:32, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
Support per AnmaFinotera's reasoning. Greg Jones II 22:52, 10 July 2008 (UTC)
Very Weak Support, though I think this one could have its own article as the storyline varies quite a bit from the original manga and the new TV series. And there is quite a bit which has been written about this particular series, so I think it could stand on its own with a little work. ···日本穣^{? · Talk to Nihonjoe} 05:49, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

The Adventures of Mini-Goddess

Support Very short, little else to say about it, easily merged into the main in the "Media" section the article currently lacks as a single paragraph or two -- AnmaFinotera (talk · contribs) 16:54, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
Support - there isn't really a lot to say about The Adventures of Mini-Goddess, at least based on secondary sources, (although there is more than what is currently being said), and there isn't an overall plot that can be discussed in the article. The episode list seems a best place to leave plot discussion. - Bilby (talk) 01:32, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
Support per the above reasonings. Greg Jones II 22:53, 10 July 2008 (UTC)
Oppose. There is a separate book (at least one) and the storyline has nothing to do with the rest of the series. This one should stand on its own, and there is enough material out there to support it. ···日本穣^{? · Talk to Nihonjoe} 05:47, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

Ah! My Goddess: The Movie

Weak support with some seriously massive clean up, this one, out of all of them, is the only one I could see being able to maybe support having its own article. -- AnmaFinotera (talk · contribs) 16:54, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
- I'm still on the fence with this, leaning towards oppose. The problem as I see it is that there isn't a good place to put the plot summary, (too big for here, but doesn't really fit with List of Oh My Goddess episodes), and normally movies get their own article, as they get different exposure. Plus in this case it doesn't really fit in with the manga or series, being more of a stand-alone entity. - Bilby (talk) 01:32, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
Oppose. It's very well established that films should have separate articles. This one deserves its own article as it has a storyline not found in any of the others. There's certainly enough material out there to support it. ···日本穣^{? · Talk to Nihonjoe} 05:45, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

Ah! My Goddess (TV series)

Support Not much content, and what's there (and sourcable) can easily be merged here with a little work. -- AnmaFinotera (talk · contribs) 16:54, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
Support per reasoning provided by AnmaFinotera. ···日本穣^{? · Talk to Nihonjoe} 05:50, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

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"Ah" or "Oh" in different titles

This is a bit ridiculous...the article is titled "Oh My Goddess!" Well, that's not really the problem. The problem is, the rest of the article acts as if every facet of the franchise is title "Ah! My Goddess!". Take, for example, the manga. The article calls it "Ah! My Goddess! (manga)". Meanwhile, there's an image of one of the covers, which clearly says "Oh". The movie and TV series are different, since the they actually are titled "Ah", but everything else is "Oh"...—Ｌｏｖｅはドコ？ (talk • contribs) 22:25, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

As near as I can tell, the article was originally named "Ah! My Goddess" and was later moved. Which might explain the language. I'm planning to work through the article and change all references of "Oh My Goddess!", which I gather is the preference for fans these days, (given Fujishima's support). In the case of the manga it is a tad problematic, as at least one edition was "Ah!" not "Oh", but I agree it should (at the very least) be consistent with the cover. - Bilby (talk) 22:31, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

List of Oh My Goddess! chapters

I'd really appreciate any help anyone who hangs around here might be able to offer with List of Oh My Goddess! chapters, especially in terms of confirming/clarifying the English release history in the lead, but also in regards to adding kanji and romaji chapter titles, adding/confirming cover characters, adding volume summaries, and updating the first 129 chapter titles to the ones in the most recent release. Any takers? 「ダイノガイ千？！」^{(Dinoguy1000)} 19:22, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Article Clean up

In preparation for the merging, I reordered the article per WP:MOS-AM. I was tempted to remove the entire "Oh My Goddess! Universe" section as its a big huge plot/in-universe section, however I'm sure there is probably some useful information in there. However, the section is excessive and needs a huge paring down. Anyone more familiar with the various series want to tackle this clean up per WP:WAF?

I also think the "References to Norse mythology" is extremely excessive and needs a massive paring down. Its almost exclusively composing of a big list of individual, unsourced examples to back up the statement that "Fujishima has borrowed extensively from Norse mythology." This really needs to be redone as a single, well sourced bit of prose merged up with the rest of the main production section. Anyone have an actual source that backs up the statement without the semi-OR examples?

Meanwhile, I've started the merging with the merge of Oh My Goddess! (manga), which was fairly straightforward since its the primary work. -- AnmaFinotera (talk · contribs) 08:23, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

Naturally, the manga can be called Oh! My Goddess or with "Ah!" it really doesn't matter, you come to the same place if you Google it, but I can't tell the manga is bad, really, it's perfect!

Darn, how do I make those freaking tides?* —Preceding unsigned comment added by SUPERFRASSE (talk • contribs) 05:31, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

I started to boldly delete a few unnecessary words for clarity, but ended up Boldly condensing and clarifying a lot more in the Universe section. :> I pruned a lot, and can still see much more to be pruned, but I really must sleep now. It is my first day of real Wiki editing. Hopefully it is moving the article in the right direction. Enjoy! --Sleep Guy 68.90.226.168 (talk) 08:54, 26 July 2010 (UTC)

Regarding Norse references: Wouldn't (most of) that huge list at the bottom be better placed in List of Oh My Goddess! characters? This would accomplish 1) retaining the relevant information, 2) drastically shortening this article. I am considering taking on this move project as a phase 1 edit (meaning that I wouldn't be editing the textual contents, just moving them to their respective character pages). I will let this sit for a bit so everyone can ruminate while I go accomplish RL stuff. If no one objects (or beats me to it), I am inclined to make the moves. --Sleep Guy 68.90.226.168 (talk) 16:49, 26 July 2010 (UTC)

there is no source for these, so it's considered Original research. i suggest we remove it completely.Bread Ninja (talk) 08:12, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

Author bio

1-555-GODDESS has the following bio of Kosuke Fujishima on something like page 1 (there's no page numbers or TOC, but it's right between the title page and the first page of the actual manga):

Kosuke Fujishima was born July 7, 1964 in the wilds of Chiba, Japan. It was soon determined that he was a human, with blood type B. He then proceeded to grow up and go to school. But let us draw a discreet curtain over those days.

After graduating from high school, Fujishima landed a job as an editor for Puff, a comics news magazine. While there, it is rumored he was responsible for the parody comic called "'X'-pa no Yoko-chan" that ran in Puff.

One of his jobs as editor was to interview Tatsuya Egawa, who was running his groundbreaking "Be Free!" serial in Kodansha's Comic Morning magazine at that time. After the interview, Fujishima mustered the nerve to ask Egawa if he needed an assistant. Egawa looked at Fujishima's work and said, "Sure!" Thus, our unsuspecting, young editor plunged into the abyss of comics-artist hell.

Fujishima generally dates his debut as a professional with the publication of a comics-style report he did for Comic Morning on the making of the 1986 live-action, theatrical-movie version of "Be Free!"

The fans loved his work, and Morning received a fan letter raving about the policewoman characters Fujishima had used in the Making of Be Free! report. He was inspired by this letter to create his first series, You're Under Arrest!, which began in Morning Party Extra in 1986.

In 1988, Fujishima did a four-panel gag cartoon that featured the characters from You're Under Arrest! praying to a goddess. This was part of a contest in which readers could win various You're Under Arrest! presents, such as T-shirts. In the cartoon, Miyuki and Natsumi were asking the goddess to please let them win the contest. Fujishima was so pleased with the way the goddess turned out that she became the basis for Belldandy and inspired the creation of the Oh My Goddess! series for Afternoon magazine.

So, as you can see, Fujishima's stories are often inspired by some minor characters he creates for another purpose entirely.

Fujishima has a ridiculous number of hobbies, including: playing electric guitar and with his new Mac, building plastic models and garage kits, and taking care of his numerous tropical fish. He also owns, rides, and repairs his seven (!) motorcycles and three cars. He listens to DMX — a digital, commercial-free radio service — while he works, and he likes classic American hard rock such as Van Halen and Bon Jovi. Fujishima also likes Japanese idol singers — in fact, there is a quite convincing rumor that the name "Morisato" (from Oh My Goddess!) comes from the name of the idol singer Moritaka Chisato.

There's quite a bit of stuff here that could potentially be mined for info or allow existing info in OMG! and related articles to be sourced, not to mention the additions that could be made to You're Under Arrest! and (of course) Kosuke Fujishima. 「ダイノガイ千？！」^{(Dinoguy1000)} 00:47, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

Redirect

"Oh my goodness" redirecting to some obscure manga series is just retarded. 75.164.162.111 (talk) 02:34, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

First, Oh My Goddess! being an "obscure" manga is rather debatable (but, then, I suppose it also depends on your perspective... *shrugs* ); second, can you recommend a better target for "oh my goodness" to redirect to? If not, it can always be listed at Redirects for discussion. 「ダイノガイ千？！」^{? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000} 18:58, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

lol.. Oh My Goddess! is only obscure to those who dont read manga (or comic books for that matter..) but back to the main point. Oh my goodness is a euphemism for omg, not for Oh My Goddess! so i think player 1 is right in that respect, it is moderately ridiculous. oh my goodness should redirect to omg (and omg-disambig should have a direct to Oh My Goddess which im pretty sure it already does). Problem #1. i dont know how to rewrite a redirect... Mace Windu (talk) 01:31, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

I agree that it shouldn't redirect to here, but I'm not sure where it *should* redirect to, though I suppose just to OMG would be fine. And editing redirects is almost as simple as editing an article (you just have to make another click to get to the actual redirect). 「ダイノガイ千？！」^{? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000} 17:34, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

I went ahead and changed it to point at OMG. Satisfactory? 「ダイノガイ千？！」^{? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000} 17:35, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

quite so, thx dinoguy..Mace Windu (talk) 03:43, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

B?

Hey gang?, wats it gonna take to pull this article out of the c-range and into the b-class? something like this deserves better than a c.. Mace Windu (talk) 04:20, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

Lots of cleanup (wow, nospecific much? ;P ). For starters, I think, the plot section needs to be completely rewritten and shortened to about three or four paragraphs (see Bleach (manga) or Naruto for something comparable). There's a lot of stuff in the Production section that needs to be sourced, rewritten, or simply removed, and most of the stuff in the Media subsections needs to be expanded on. I really can't offer specifics since this type of work isn't my forte; perhaps you'd like to ask at WT:ANIME for assistance or tips? 「ダイノガイ千？！」^{? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000} 19:23, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

took a look at your comments and i think ur partially right. but i think that the plot section is actually a good length, its the OMG Universe section that is ungodly long (if youll pardon the expression..). Still there is a good deal of well gathered information so what if we split it? i mean, it is way too long for the general OMG page, but the info is still relevant, you cant deny that...also think about the Star Wars universe --> it has general pages that explain the basic ideas, as well as other pages that address specific information. likewise i think that OMG should have a page for detailed information on the story. after all, OMG is the longest running manga series in english.. that should count for something...

--UPDATE-- Just spent an hour citing the hell out of the OMG Universe section..now thats finished have a look, c wat u think...Mace Windu (talk) 23:26, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

Unfortunately, the usefulness of the info isn't the determining factor of whether it gets split or just cut, it's whether enough reliable, third-party sources have focused on it that a separate article is actually justified. This is true for Star Wars, but I rather doubt it to be the case for OMG. The length of the series is also irrelevant (and the statement "OMG is the longest running manga series in english" depends on the definition of "longest running" used - longest time it's been continuously licensed and released by one company? longest release by total page count of all versions? longest by number of volumes in the series released?). I'm sure some of the info can be kept in various ways - integrated into other parts of this article, as well as into various character, volume, and episode descriptions - but other than that, the section still needs to go. 「ダイノガイ千？！」^{? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000} 02:47, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

ya i dont mind so much trashing the section if you send the info to other applicable sections. after all, it is quite in-depth and well researched (and well cited if i do say so myself...mwahahah). i dont know what "reliable, third-party sources" have to do with the info presented. i cited the info back to the original episodes so a third-party source seems irrelevant. * In November 2006, Oh My Goddess!became the longest-running manga on the U.S. market (since 1994!) and inspired the brand-new anime TV series from Media Blasters, recently being cross-promoted in their GoddessDVD box set!

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sorry about the advertisement. anyway, more info can be obtained via google. but i dont think all the research in Universe section should be mercilessly deleted...maybe thinned or relocated...Mace Windu (talk) 00:01, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

But OMG sound like dumb shortcut to the english languige, though Chihiro in book... 21, I think, says OMG, anyhow... I would rather say just Oh!- or Ah! My Goddess! As it really calls, well, that's mine, have a nice day, folks, and read the freaking manga! It's aawesoome!!! ^3^ —Preceding unsigned comment added by SUPERFRASSE (talk • contribs) 05:38, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

Goddess Help Line?

Oh My Goddess and Ah My Goddess were not the same story and I have always thought it was too big a coincidence that Belldandy found a way to bring her favors to Keiichi who just happened to be the boy she loved and the center of her guilt over his lost memories. I think that it is worth at least asking if the "Goddess Help Line" wasn't just a way for Belldandy to become re-involved in Keiichi's life? It was what she wanted and very romantic that, after lost memories and the passage of time that what she wanted was what he ask for. I got a different feeling from the "Ah My Goddess" series and this was the biggest difference between the two stories. I think it's a question worth asking. Corumplex (talk) 06:41, 5 February 2011 (UTC)

The Ah! My Goddess series is just the adaptation of the manga, which was named incorrectly as shown in the article. As for the rest, we don't add original research. everything has to be verified by reliable third-second party sources, but since this is more related to plot, a first party source wouldn't hurt. despite that, you would have to look up when exactly they said that.Bread Ninja (talk) 06:48, 5 February 2011 (UTC)

New Ah! My Goddess OAD Information Added

I've recently added news that a second OAD for Ah! My Goddess is set to be released on September 23rd, 2011. The new OAD will be bundled with Volume 43 of the manga tankouban series. 68.60.60.117 (talk) 18:22, 4 March 2011 (UTC)