The World God Only Knows (TV)
Alternative title:
Kami Nomi zo Shiru Sekai (Japanese)
Que sa volonté soit faite (French)
神のみぞ知るセカイ (Japanese)
Objectionable content:
Mild
Plot Summary:
Dating sim master Keima Katsuragi wants nothing more than to immerse himself in the 2D world, chasing digital girlfriends. But when the so-called "Capturing God" answers a mysterious email from an unknown sender, Keima finds himself chasing down real-life ladies in an attempt to help the peppy demon Elsie de Lute Irma capture "lost souls" escaped from the depths of hell. Now, lest the explosive collar around his neck detonate, Keima must convince various girls to fall in love with him in order to scare out the souls hiding in their hearts.
User Ratings:
2045 ratings have been given [details]
Running time:
24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes:
12
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage:
2010-10-06 to 2010-12-22
Release dates: We have 2
Opening Theme:
"God only knows" by Oratorio The World God Only Knows
Ending Theme:
#1: "Koi no Shirushi" (コイノシルシ) by Ayana Taketatsu (eps 1-2)
#2: "Koi no Shirushi" by Aoi Yuki (eps 3,5-6)
#3: "Tatta Ichi Do no Kisei" (たった一度の奇跡) by Tomo Sakurai (ep 4)
#4: "Happy Crescent" (ハッピークレセント) by Nao Toyama (ep 7)
#5: "Koi no Shirushi from Elsie" by Kanae Ito
#6: "Koi no Shirushi" by Nao Toyama
#7: "Koi no Shirushi" by Kana Hanazawa
#8: "Shuuseki Kairo no Yume Tabibito" (集積回路の夢旅人) by Hiro Shimono with Oratorio The World God Only Knows
Insert song:
"ALL 4 YOU" by Nao Tōyama (eps 5-6)
"God only knows" by Oratorio The World God Only Knows (eps 11-12)
"Hajimete no Iro" (初めての色) by Tomo Sakurai (ep 4)
"Happy Cresent" (ハッピークレセント) by Nao Tōyama (eps 5-6)
"Koi, Yoroshiku Onegaishimasu!" (恋、ヨロシクお願いします!) by Rina Hidaka, Maaya Uchida & Nao Tōyama (ep 7)
"Love Call" (らぶこーる) by Nao Tōyama (ep 7)
"LOVE KANON" by Nao Tōyama (ep 5)
"Oh! My GOD!!" (Oh!まい☆GOD!!) by Kanae Itō (ep 8)
Official website:
神のみぞ知るセカイ @ テレビ東京 (Japanese)
神のみぞ知るセカイ アニメ公式サイト (Japanese)
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 21
Reviews:
The World God Only Knows - Season 1 Collection (Aug 16, 2012)
The World God Only Knows Blu-Ray (Feb 16, 2012)
The World God Only Knows Episodes 1-12 streaming (Jan 23, 2011)
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Blu-ray (Region A) |
The World God Only Knows - Complete Collection (Blu-ray) 2012-01-24 (from $65.00) |
The World God Only Knows - Ultimate Collection (Blu-ray) 2017-01-03 (from $399.99) |
The World God Only Knows - Ultimate Collection (Blu-ray) 2025-07-15 |
DVD (Region 1) |
The World God Only Knows - Complete Collection (DVD) 2012-01-24 (from $89.95) |
The World God Only Knows - Ultimate Collection (DVD) 2017-01-03 (from $149.99) |
DVD (Region 4) |
World God Only Knows - Season 1 Collection (DVD) 2012-04-18 |
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Director: Shigehito Takayanagi
Series Composition: Hideyuki Kurata
Storyboard:
Hideto Komori (ep 7) Jun Soga (ep 2) Kotomi Deai (OP; ep 9) Michio Fukuda (ep 10) Mitsutaka Noshitani (ep 6) Mitsutoshi Satō (ep 8) Shigehito Takayanagi (eps 1, 4) Takayuki Tanaka (ep 5) Tomomi Mochizuki (ep 12) Yoshihiro Oka (eps 3, 11)
Unit Director:
Hideto Komori (ep 7) Jun Soga (eps 2, 12) Keiya Saitō (ep 4) Kotomi Deai (OP) Mitsutaka Noshitani (ep 6) Mitsutoshi Satō (ep 8) Naoyasu Habu (ep 10) Shigehito Takayanagi (ep 1) Takayuki Tanaka (ep 5) Yoshihide Yūzumi (ep 9) Yoshihiro Oka (eps 3, 11)
Music: Hayato Matsuo
Original creator: Tamiki Wakaki
Character Design: Akio Watanabe
Animation Director:
Akane Umezu (ep 8) Akira Otsuka (ep 5) Akira Satō (ep 2) Chiyoko Sakamoto (ep 12) Eiji Abiko (ED effect; ep 12) Eiji Komatsu (2 episodes eps 3 layout, 11 )Hiromi Suzuki (ep 6) Masahiro Suwa (eps 7, 12) Masami Kobayashi (ep 7) Mitsunori Yamaguchi (ep 8) Momoko Makiuchi (ep 10) Naoaki Hōjō (2 episodes eps 3 character, 11 )Sachiko Sugimoto (ep 4) Takeshi Oda (ep 9) Toshie Kawamura (OP; ep 1)
Sound Director: Yoshikazu Iwanami
Director of Photography: Kazuhiro Yamada
2nd Key Animation:
Aki Kobayashi (ep 6) Chie Tanaka (eps 7, 12) Chiyo Imamaki (ep 9) Eimi Hirano (ep 6) Emi Hirano (ep 12) Hirotaka Tokuda (ep 5) Hitoshi Miyajima (ep 9) Kanami Nakao (eps 3, 12) Keiko Kitayama (ep 3) Kururu Shiozawa (ep 12) Manami Itō (eps 1-2, 12) Mariko Sasaki (ep 11) Masashi Nishikawa (ep 2) Miho Kawai (ep 3) Nahoko Kosugi (ep 11) Naoko Ise (ep 3) Ryō Iwasaki (eps 7, 12) Sachiyo Matsubayashi (ep 2) Saihō Hari (ep 3) Saori Koike (ep 1) Shinobu Ookawa (ep 5) Si-Eun Lee (ep 8) Taeko Igo (ep 6) Takahiro Inoue (ep 3) Takanori Yao (eps 11-12) Yōhei Yamamoto (ep 3) Yōko Kutsuzawa (ep 1) Yuki Kuwano (Dogakobo; ep 2) Yūma Yokomatsu (ep 3)
3D Animation: Hirofumi Yagi
Assistant Animation Director:
Chang Hee Won (ep 5) Hiromi Okazaki (ep 5) Junichi Fukunaga (ep 9) Kōji Ogawa (ep 10) Masahiro Suwa (ep 9) Masami Kobayashi (ep 8) Momoko Makiuchi (ep 5) Naoaki Hōjō (ep 2) Sachiko Sugimoto (ep 9) Toshie Kawamura (eps 2, 8) Yoshikazu Samura (ep 2) Yūya Takahashi (ep 9)
Assistant Director of Photography: Yuuichirou Nagata
Associate producer: Takeyuki Suzuki
Background Art:
Aimi Kodama (GREEN Daibun) Atsushi Shimizu (GREEN) Ayako Shirase (GREEN) Ayami Yoshida (GREEN) Ayumi Satō (GREEN) Chihiro Fuji (GREEN Daibun) Eriko Naitō (GREEN) Kayoko Tokō (GREEN) Kenta Masuda (GREEN) Mayumi Abe (GREEN Daibun) Min Qiao Hu (Dayuan Animation) Qing Qing Zhao (Dayuan Animation) Ryō Ishikatsu (Dayuan Animation) Shuo Xu (Dayuan Animation) Wakana Miyamoto (GREEN) Wei Zhang (Dayuan Animation) Xiao Dan Zhu (Dayuan Animation) Yan Luo (Dayuan Animation) Yū Takai (GREEN Daibun) Yu Chun Dai (Dayuan Animation) Yukari Yasuda (GREEN Daibun) Yuki Ikenoue (GREEN Daibun)
Character Design Cooperation: Toshie Kawamura (eps 5-8)
Color design: Yuichi Kuboki
Digital Paint:
Akemi Tejima (Wish) Atsuko Ito (Wish) Chisa Maeda (Wish) Emiko Okui (Wish) Haruka Yoshida (Wish) Hikaru Takigawa (Wish) Hiromi Okamoto (Wish) Hiromi Watanabe (Wish) Hitomi Kashihara (Studio Gimlet) Hitomi Yamase (Wish) Izumi Inoue (Wish) Junko Mochizuki (Wish) Kasumi Hoshi Kumiko Yamazaki (Wish) Makiko Doi Marie Koga (Wish) Michiyo Ootani (Wish) Mie Hasegawa (Wish) Miyuki Akamatsu (Studio Gimlet) Naoko Sunahara (Wish) Natsuki Sone (Wish) Rie Ōshima (Studio Gimlet) Saeko Kushima (Wish) Sayaka Yamashita (Wish) Shinya Terashima (Wish) Shōhei Kinoshita (Wish) Sonoe Yoshida (Studio Gimlet) Takaaki Izumi (Wish) Takako Ito (Triple A) Takao Kanakubo Tomomi Muta (Wish) Yoko Chiba (Wish) Yosuke Amamoto (Wish) Yuichi Kuboki (Triple A) Yuki Atsumi (Wish)
Digital Special Effects: Toshio Hasegawa (Marix)
Editing: Tomoki Nagasaka
Editing Assistant: Kenichi Hirai
HD Editing Supervisor: Takayuki Tabata
In-Between Animation:
Asuka Nakaji (Wish) Atsuko Saitō Ayumi Ono (Wish) Chie Tanaka (ep 7) Chika Nishiyama (Wish) Emi Mochizuki (Wish) Haruka Sanefuji (Wish) He Liu Ietaka Son (Wish) Kana Matsuura (Wish) Kaori Abe Kaori Murai (Wish) Kazue Motohiro (Wish) Kyōko Nakajima (Wish) Mami Kuramoto (Wish) Mami Tsuji (Studio Gimlet) Mao Yumoto (Wish) Mari Sugita (Studio Gimlet) Mariko Sasaki Megumi Tonegawa Meng Sun Mitsuhiro Nanbe Miyuki Nakagawa (Studio Gimlet) Nanako Tatsu (Wish) Natsuko Sadamoto (Wish) Sayuri Kanō (Wish) Seiji Nishida (Wish) Shōko Kushibiki Takahiro Inoue (Wish) Yuki Sakamoto (Studio Gimlet) Yūsa Masuda (Wish) Yūsuke Suzuki (Wish)
Insert Song Performance:
ELISA (eps 11-12) Kanae Itō (ep 8) Maaya Uchida (ep 7) Nao Tōyama (5 songs; eps 5-7) Rina Hidaka (ep 7) Tomo Sakurai (ep 4)
Key Animation:
Akane Umezu (6 episodes eps 1-2, 4, 6, 8, 12 )Akiko Itagaki (ep 3) Akira Hayashi (ep 7) Akira Satō (eps 2, 7, 11-12) Akira Sotoya (ep 3) Aya Nasuno (ep 8) Bomin Kim (eps 1-2, 6, 12) Chiemi Kurosaki (eps 3-4, 8) Chiyoko Sakamoto (OP; eps 2, 7, 12) Dai Imaoka (eps 6, 12) Daisuke Mataga (ep 12) Daisuke Niinuma (OP; 6 episodes eps 1, 3, 6, 8, 11-12 )Daisuke Saitō (ep 5) Daisuke Terakado (ep 9) Eiji Abiko (OP; 5 episodes eps 1, 4, 7, 11-12 )Eiji Komatsu (OP; eps 11-12) Eimi Hirano (eps 2, 4, 11) Eizō Kawada (eps 3, 8, 11) Emi Hirano (6 episodes eps 1-3, 6, 8, 12 )Fujio Inose (eps 3, 8) Gakumei Hayashi (ep 8) Hideaki Yoshio (ep 3) Hidekazu Ebina (ep 3) Hideki Yamazaki (ep 5) Hideto Komori (ep 7) Hiroaki Karasu (eps 3, 11) Hiroki Itai (ep 9) Hiromi Suzuki (eps 1-2, 6) Hiroshi Ogawa (ep 5) Hiroshi Yamamoto (eps 8, 12) Hiroyuki Kamura (ep 5) Hiroyuki Oshima (ep 10) Hisaaki Okui (ep 6) Hisashi Samejima (ep 5) Hitoshi Morikawa (ep 10) Jung Chul Kim (ep 9) Jung-Duk Seo (ep 9) Junko Matsushita (ep 10) Kanami Nakao (ep 11) Kang Won Kim (ep 9) Kayoko Ishikawa (eps 6, 12) Kazuhiko Abe (ep 5) Kazuhiko Wanibuchi (ep 5) Kazuhiro Kohara (ep 9) Keiichirou Matsui (ep 3) Ken Obata (ep 4) Kenji Nishikawa (ep 11) Kiko Morifuji (eps 1, 4, 7, 12) Koichi Morishima (ep 9) Kōichi Sugitani (eps 7, 11) Kōji Ogawa (ep 10) Kōsuke Yoshida (ep 9) Kouhei Hashimoto (ep 5) Kozue Horanai (eps 5, 10) Kururu Shiozawa (5 episodes eps 1, 4, 6, 8, 11 )Mai Kuwabara (ep 10) Maiko Ochiai (ep 11) Manabu Yasumoto (ep 8) Manami Itō (eps 7, 11) Marie Ino (ep 11) Mariko Sasaki (eps 1, 4) Masaaki Yamamoto (ep 9) Masahiro Suwa (OP; 5 episodes eps 1-2, 4, 7, 12 )Masami Kobayashi (eps 1, 4, 7, 12) Masanori Moto (ep 10) Masao Kane (ep 10) Masateru Inada (ep 10) Mika Sawada (ep 5) Mitsuhiro Yamaguchi (eps 1-2) Mitsunori Yamaguchi (eps 6, 8, 12) Naoaki Hōjō (eps 1, 11) Naohiro Ōsugi (ep 6) Naoto Abe (eps 3, 7, 12) Nobuharu Ishido (ep 5) Reiko Fujita (eps 4, 11) Ryō Iwasaki (5 episodes eps 1, 4, 6, 8, 11 )Ryoichi Murata (ep 5) Ryōichi Takahashi (ep 8) Ryōta Furukawa (OP; 5 episodes eps 1-2, 4, 7, 12 )Ryou Kodama (ep 10) Sachiko Sugimoto (eps 1-2, 8, 11) Sachiyo Matsubayashi (ep 8) Saori Koike (5 episodes eps 2-8 even, 12 )Satoshi Fujioka (eps 5, 10) Satoshi Harayama (ep 5) Sayaka Ikeda (ep 4) Sayo Aoi (ep 7) Shinichi Takahashi (ep 2) Shinpei Kamada (eps 1, 3, 6, 11) Shinya Yamada (ep 9) Shō Yamamoto (eps 1-2, 6, 11) Shōko Kushibiki (ep 11) Shōta Ihata (eps 3, 7) Sung Jae Lee (ep 9) Takaaki Nagano (ep 9) Takashi Igari (ep 3) Takayuki Murakami (ep 11) Takeshi Oda (ep 9) Taketomo Ishikawa (ep 7) Takumi Dōyama (ep 8) Teppei Taketani (ep 2) Tetsurō Nireki (ep 3) Tetsurō Yamada (ep 7) Tomoaki Mimiura (ep 3) Tomoko Tsuji (eps 5, 10) Tomoyo Sawada (eps 7, 12) Tomoyuki Ōshita (eps 4, 8) Toshie Kawamura (eps 1, 12) Won Hee Cho (ep 9) Yasuyuki Ebara (ep 5) Yōko Kutsuzawa (ep 7) Yōko Naeki (ep 10) Yoshifumi Terai (ep 6) Yoshihide Yusumi (ep 9) Yoshikazu Samura (ep 3) Yoshito Narimatsu (ep 11) Yuji Nakao (eps 5, 10) Yuka Koiso (ep 6) Yūki Hara (ep 11) Yūki Iwai (ep 5) Yūko Yamamoto (eps 3, 6, 12) Yumi Shimojō (ep 9) Yuri Inoguchi (ep 5)
Monitor Creation: Azusa Tamura
Paint Check: Tomomi Murakami
Photography:
Daichi Nogami Ei Rouhei Haruhi Gotō Jun'ichi Ōkubo Kazumi Yokoo Kazuto Furuya Kenji Takahashi Mari Gomyo Megumi Fujisaka Minoe Ōkubo Noriyuki Murakami Rie Yamazaki Ryō Iijima Takashi Yanagida Tomoaki Makitera Tomoyuki Ishiyama Yoshihiro Tomita Yōsuke Motoki Youichi Hasegawa Yuki Teramoto
Preview Illustration:
Aoi Nishimata (ep 9) Bekkankou (ep 5) Carnelian (ep 2) Itaru Hinoue (ep 11) Mamoru Yokota (ep 10) MIN-NARAKEN (ep 12) Misato Mitsumi (ep 4) Nisieda (ep 7) Takami Akai (ep 1) Tatsuki Amazuyu (ep 6) Toshihide Sano (ep 8) Yōsai Kūchū (ep 3)
Production Advancement:
Fumiyoshi Nakamura (ep 11) Michi Arai (eps 1, 6, 12) Mitsutoshi Murakami (eps 4, 11) Ryōsuke Yamada (ep 9) Takao Nii (ep 10) Takayuki Horizoe (ep 7) Takeo Ōtaka (ep 3) Taku Takizawa (eps 2, 8) Tsuyoshi Tobita (ep 5)
Production Business: Haruka Doi
Production Desk: Junya Yamamoto
Prop Design: Chiyoko Sakamoto
Setting Production: Tomoko Nimori
Sound Effects: Hiroki Nozaki
Sound Mixing: Satoshi Yano
Sub-Character Design: Toshie Kawamura
Theme Song Arrangement: Tenmon (ED3; ep 4)
Theme Song Composition: Tenmon (ED3; ep 4)
Theme Song Performance:
Aoi Yūki (ED2) Ayana Taketatsu (ED1) ELISA (OP) Hiro Shimono (ED) Kana Hanazawa (ED) Kanae Itō (ED5) Nao Tōyama (ED4) Tomo Sakurai (ED3) |
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2nd Key Animation:
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3DCGI: Asahi Production
Animation Production: Manglobe
Broadcaster:
Aichi Television Broadcasting (2010-10-11) TV Hokkaido (2010-10-06) TV Osaka (2010-10-08) TV Setouchi (2010-10-06) TV Tokyo (2010-10-06) TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting Co., Ltd. (2010-10-12)
Digital Paint:
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Editing: Jay Film
In-Between Animation:
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In-between Check: Asahi Production (ep 5)
Music Assistance:
Geneon Universal Entertainment Shogakukan Music & Digital Entertainment TV Tokyo Music
Photography: Asahi Production
Recording Studio: Sanpunzaka Studio
Sound Production: HALF H·P STUDIO
Title Logo Design: Bay Bridge Studio
Video Editing: Q-Tec
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ADR Director: Steven Foster
Translation: Chris Pai
Additional Translation: Kaoru Bertrand
Audio Engineer: Stanley Thomas
BD Authoring: David Williams
Disc Authoring: Joel McCray (Ultimate Collection)
DVD Authoring: Neal Barnes
Media Coordinator: Janice Williams
Menu Design: Larry Koteff
Mixing: Christopher Bourque
Packaging Design: Larry Koteff
Production Coordination: Janice Williams (Ultimate Collection)
Sound Design: Christopher Bourque
Subtitle Editor: Laura Wyrick
Subtitle Timing: Dwayne Jones
Subtitling: Neal Barnes (Ultimate Collection)
Technical Assistant: Michael Olesch
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Broadcaster: Animax Asia
Internet Streaming:
AnimeLab (Australia & New Zealand) Crunchyroll HIDIVE (Subtitled & Dubbed) iTunes The Anime Network
Licensed by: Sentai Filmworks
Production: Seraphim Digital
Subtitles: MX Media LLC
Translation: MX Media LLC
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Translation: Xavier Fleury (Wakanim) |
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Dubbing: Creative Programs, Inc. |
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