by Garylisk » Sat Dec 07, 2002 3:25 pm
About the name...
The series in Japan was called "Ah! Megamisama!" or "Ah! Goddess-sama!"
When they made the title, they did not realize that it could be translated as a pun in English. When the English rights came up, and the North American release company (Pioneer at the time) mentioned this, the original creator said that the English title should be "Oh! My Goddess!" since it's a good translation, and it's a pun all in one.
AnimEigo now owns the rights to the 5 episode Oh! My Goddess! OVA, but Pioneer still owns the rights to the movie and Chibi-Goddess. Pioneer left the title of the movie as "Ah! My Goddess!" though, despite what the creators had said.
As a result, there is much confusion.
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