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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: 787 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 15 votes (sub:6, dub:6, edit.dub:3)
 Excellent: 47 votes (sub:22, dub:19, edit.dub:3, Spa.dub:1, Spa.sub:1, Ger.dub:1)
 Very good: 72 votes (sub:35, dub:24, ?:3, Spa.dub:2, Spa.sub:2, raw:2, Fre.sub:1, edit.dub:1, Por.sub:1, Ger.dub:1)
 Good: 154 votes (sub:70, dub:66, edit.dub:7, Spa.dub:6, ?:3, Por.sub:1, Ger.dub:1)
 Decent: 161 votes (sub:77, dub:60, edit.dub:8, Spa.dub:4, ?:3, Ger.dub:3, Ger.sub:2, Spa.sub:2, Por.sub:1, Pol.sub:1)
 So-so: 90 votes (sub:40, dub:37, edit.dub:6, Ger.dub:4, Por.dub:2, ?:1)
 Not really good: 55 votes (dub:28, sub:20, edit.dub:4, ?:2, Spa.dub:1)
 Weak: 88 votes (dub:43, sub:29, edit.dub:11, Ger.dub:2, raw:1, ?:1, Rus.sub:1)
 Bad: 56 votes (dub:31, sub:15, edit.dub:6, ?:2, Por.sub:1, Ger.dub: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 2104 users, rank: #286
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 5.426 (So-so+.42), std. dev.: 2.3283, rank: #3737
Weighted mean: 5.335 (So-so+.33), rank: #3755 (seen all: 5.64 / seen some: 5.07 / won't finish: 3.37)
Bayesian estimate: 5.363 (So-so+.36), rank: #3141
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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    Pilot Candidate

DVD
    Pilot Candidate - The Academy (DVD) 2001-11-06
    Pilot Candidate - Training (DVD) 2002-01-08
    Pilot Candidate - Working Together (DVD) 2002-03-05
    Pilot Candidate - The Test (DVD) 2002-05-21
    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
Episode Director: Takeyuki Sadohara
Original Manga: Yukiru Sugisaki
Character Design: Shinichi Yamaoka
Art Director: Toshihisa Koyama
3D Director: Tokumitsu Kifune
Sound Director: Masafumi Mima
3D Developing Producer: Yuichiro Matsuka
Animation Editing: Masaru Koseki
Arrangement: Atsushi Onosawa
Assistant recording Engineer: Yuji Tagami (Aoistudio)
CGI Supervision: Shinji Takagi
Development Producer: Nobutoshi Terado
Digital Photography: Natsuko Mori
Editing: Makiko Asano
Finish Check: Katsue Inoue
Illustration Director: Masaki Hinata
Key Animation:
Keiji Gotoh (OP; ep 1)
Megumi Kadonosono (OP; ED)
Music Production:
Masao Fukuda
Shiro Sasaki
Photography Development Producer: Wataru Kurosawa
Production Cooperation: Hidenobu Watanabe
Production Development: Daichi Kato
Production manager: Shunichi Yamamoto
Screen Cont.: Hiroshi Hara
Series Development: Akira Okeya
Special Effects: Akitoshi Maeda
Theme Song Lyrics: Kyoko Tomita
Theme Song Performance: Kohei Koizumi (ED1, ED2)
Video Editing: 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
English staff 
English cast 
ADR Director: Wiley Isa
Executive producer: Trudy Nodohara

A/E Director: Michael Sable
Assistant ADR Director: Mike Sugano
Coordination: Yasuko Kanamura
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 
DVD Production: Bandai Visual
Production Coorporation: Teleport USA, Inc.
Recording Facility: Mix Magic Studios, Inc.
Recording Studio: Teleport USA, Inc.
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

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)

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
Management: Johannes Bauer
Post Production: Johannes Luff
Sound Editor/Cutter: Jusuf Ismaili
Special Effects/Compositing: Gerhard Buchner
Subtitling: 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
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
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)
 
Chinese (Taiwan) cast 
(none)
 
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