Table of  Contents... a!ms! : Introduction  a!ms! : Cronology  a!ms! : the Author  a!ms! : the Manga  a!ms! : the Anime  a!ms! : the Movie  a!ms! : the Multimedia  a!ms! : the Collectibles a!ms! :  the Art  [c r e d i t s]

aa! megami-sama!,  translated  either as Ah! My Goddess! or Oh!My Goddess!, this  is the title of the most popular manga  (that is,  Japanese comic) by Kosuke Fujishima.  Its pilot episode was first published in the 1988 on Japanese Kodansha monthly magazine Afternoon, and the series has been running  on its pages for TEN years so far, reaching a total of 124 chapters, 112 of which collected into 18 volumes.  The story revolves around young guy Keiichi Morisato who, though willing to simply order some food for dinner, happens to call the Helper Goddess Office, and thus receives the visit of Goddess Belldandy, who offers to grant him one wish...

Here below you will find a history of the publications and events related to Aa! Megami-sama!.
WARNING:  During the System Failure, we lost access to most part of the Earth Archives, and they still are unavailable. Therefore, this list may be incomplete. If you have informations about items that do no appear on this, please, share and send them to me. If you notice any mistakes or misplacings in this chart, please, point them out to me as well. Thank you.  Credits to those who helped me can be found here.
 
 

 

	uncollected	collected	translated	animation	multimedia	collectibles
1988	September - A!MS! pilot episode appears on Japanese Kodansha monthly magazine AFTERNOON  October November and December issues collect chapters 2-3-4
1989	chapters 5 to 16 published on monthly magazine AFTERNOON	23rd June - volume 1  released
1990	chapters 17 to 28 published on  monthly magazine AFTERNOON	23rd March - volume 2 released     22nd September-  volume 3 released
1991	chapters 29 to 40 published on  monthly magazine AFTERNOON	23rd May -  volume 4  released     23rd October -  volume 5  released
1992	chapters 41 to 52 published on monthly magazine AFTERNOON	23rd April -  volume 6  released   23rd October -  volume 7   released			20th November -  Megami-sama Singles (music CD 14 tracks)  20th November - Tokuten-ou ~ Claim taishou-gai-hen collection (music CD 19  tracks)  20th November- Shiawase ga kasoku-suru (Live Version)  Kami-sama no dengon (Live Version)  (music CD 2 tracks)
1993	chapters 53 to 64 published on monthly magazine AFTERNOON	23rd March -  volume 8  released                   22nd November   volume 9 released		22nd September - first OAV volume (Moonlight and Cherry Blossoms) released	22nd January - My Heart iidasenai, Your Heart tashikametai - Congratulations! (music CD 4 tracks)    22nd August -  AMS Ongaku-hen  Music Collection Volume 1 (music CD 14 tracks)      21st November -  Kamisama no Okurimono (music CD 9  tracks)
1994	chapters 65 to 76 published on  monthly magazine AFTERNOON	23rd May -  volume 10 released        21st November   volume 11 released		23rd April - second OAV volume (Mid Summer Night's Dream) released	1st July - AMS OST Volume 2 Super (music CD 49 tracks)
1995	chapters 77 to 88 published on monthly magazine AFTERNOON	23rd June -  volume 12   released		23rd January - third OAV volume (Burning Hearts on the Road) released  23rd May - fourth OAV volume (Evergreen Holy Night) released
1996	chapter 89 to 99 published on monthly magazine AFTERNOON          -December -  AMS strikes the 100th chapter published on monthly magazine AFTERNOON	23 April - volume 13  is released	November - Studio  Proteus /  Dark Horse translations releases OMG Graphic Novel "1-555 GODDESS"  [chapters  1-14-17-18-19]	22nd March - fifth OAV volume (For the Love of Goddess) released		Adventures of the Mini-Goddesses - collection of all the SD mini-goddesses strips, published by Kodansha                  December - AMS Racing Game released
1997	chapter 101 to 112 published on   monthly magazine AFTERNOON	23rd April- volume 14 released                        22nd September volume 15 released              21st November  volume 16  released	October - Studio Proteus /  Dark Horse translations releases OMG Graphic Novel "Love Potion No. 9" [chapters  21 to 27]		7th August - CD Singles:  - Bicycle (Jitensha) [Skuld]   - Fortune Smiled on You [Urd]  - Anata no Birthday (Your birthday) [Belldandy]  (music CDs 4 tracks each)  7th August - I Can't Never Make You Understand (Kimi wo Kaerarenai Boku ga Tsutawaranai) (music CD 4 tracks)	22nd September - AMS 1998 Calendar (CD-ROM + poster) released  25th September - "NEWS! Gekijou you Eiga Shidou!!" . Official Announcement of AMS Movie Started!  2nd October - Goddess Family Club Video/LD released      12th December - AMG PC-FX game released
1998	chapters 113 to 124 published on  monthly magazine AFTERNOON                      - September -  AMG 10th Anniversary celebrated with special on Afternoon issue.	22nd September  volume 17 released                            21st November  volume 18 released	May - Studio Proteus /  Dark Horse translations releases OMG Graphic Novel "Sympathy for the Devil" [chapters  28 to 33]                                October- Studio Proteus /  Dark Horse translations releases  chapter 59  04 November - Studio Proteus / Dark Horse translations releases chapter 60      02 December - Studio Proteus / Dark Horse translations releases  vol 10 chapter 61			April - "Chibi Megami" TV series boardcasted on WOWOW      June- 32 page "postcard" artbook. Published in North America by Dark Horse  17th July -Chibi Megami Project Album CD released  19th August - Chibi Megami First VHS/LD release ( 8 episodes per VHS/LD)    - September -  AMG 10th Anniversary  celebrated with special on Afternoon issue.  In order to celebrate the event,  five different gifts were given  to the readers: (1) CD-ROM  containing high quality bg images for Windows PCs.; (2) a mouse pad;  (3) Post card; (4) telephone card  with image of Urd from the 100th chapter; (5)  telephone Card with a picture of Belldandy and Holy Bell
1999			06 January - Studio  Proteus / Dark Horse translations of  volume 10 chapter 62 scheduled for release

 

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kosuke fujishima  (bits from a bio) was born on July 7th, 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, he 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 "Comics Master" Egawa (who was running his ground breaking Be Free! serial in Kodansha's Comic Morning magazine at that time). After the interview he got up the nerve to ask Egawa if he needed an assistant. Egawa looked at his work and said "Sure!". Thus our unsuspecting young editor plunged into the abyss of comic artist hell...  In 1986, Be Free! was made into a live-action theatrical movie. For Comic Morning, Fujishima did a comic-style report on the making of the film, and he generally dates his debut as a professional from that publication.  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, he did a four-panel gag cartoon which featured the characters from You're Under Arrest!,  praying to a goddess. This was part of contest in which readers could win various You're Under Arrest! presents (such as T-shirts, etc.). 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 Aa! Megami-sama!  series for Afternoon magazine.  So as you can see, his stories are often inspired by some minor character he creates for another purpose entirely...  Currently, he's drawing Aa! Megami-sama! in the monthly magazine Afternoon (where he also does Striker at random intervals), as well as numerous illustrations for other magazines, character designs for video games, etc...  He has a ridiculous number of hobbies, including: building plastic models and garage kits; playing electric guitar, playing with his new Mac, 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 likes classic American hard rock such as Van Halen and Bon Jovi. He also likes Japanese idol singers--in fact, there is a quite convincing rumor that the name "Morisato" (from Aa! Megami-sama!) comes from the name of the idol singer Moritaka Chisato.  From an article appeared on Dark Horse edition of Aa!Megami-sama! (Oh! My Goddess). Big Thanks to the Temple of Publishing Info CareTaker for this.

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