Ah My Goddess: The Movie DVD

Three years after Belldandy arrived in Keiichi's life, their relationship has settled into something warm and steady. Then a figure from Belldandy's past arrives: Celestin, a god who was once her beloved mentor and teacher — imprisoned on the moon for centuries after attempting to overthrow the Yggdrasil system and free both gods and humans from what he saw as divine tyranny. Released by the mysterious fairy Morgan Le Fey, Celestin travels to Earth and uses Belldandy as a catalyst, erasing all her memories of Keiichi and infecting the Yggdrasil system with a virus that threatens to destabilize reality itself. Keiichi, watching the woman he loves look at him as a stranger, must find a way to reach her while Urd, Skuld, and the other goddesses work to stop the cascade failure before it destroys both the divine realm and Earth. Whether Belldandy's feelings for Keiichi exist somewhere beneath the erasure — and whether love is something that can survive being taken away — is the question at the film's heart.

Ah! My Goddess: The Movie is a 106-minute theatrical film directed by Hiroaki Gōda — the same director as the original OVA series — produced by AIC, distributed in Japan by Shochiku, and released theatrically on October 21, 2000. It is set in the OVA continuity and requires familiarity with the five-episode OVA series. The screenplay was written by Michiko Yokote and Yoshihiko Tomizawa. The film features a significantly expanded production scale relative to the OVA — widescreen photography, orchestral score, and theatrical-grade animation — and an 87% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

Licensed in North America by Geneon Entertainment; released on VHS on November 27, 2001 and on DVD on November 8, 2005. The DVD includes a bonus episode of the Adventures of the Mini-Goddess short series.

Notable Staff & Voice Talent

Director: Hiroaki Gōda (Oh My Goddess! OVA, Ah! My Goddess TV series 2005)
Screenplay: Michiko Yokote & Yoshihiko Tomizawa
Original Manga: Kosuke Fujishima (Oh My Goddess!, éX-Driver, You're Under Arrest)
Studio: AIC (Anime International Company)
Music: Shiroh Hamaguchi

Japanese Cast:
- Kikuko Inoue as Belldandy (Tenchi Universe, El-Hazard, Gate Keepers, Oh My Goddess! OVA, Noir, Saint Tail, Fruits Basket)
- Masami Kikuchi as Keiichi Morisato (Oh My Goddess! OVA, Moldiver, Tenchi films)
- Yumi Toma as Urd (Oh My Goddess! OVA)
- Aya Hisakawa as Skuld (Cardcaptor Sakura, Battle Athletes Victory, Sailor Moon, Oh My Goddess! OVA, Revolutionary Girl Utena)
- Takashi Nagasako as Celestin
- Junko Noda as Morgan Le Fey (Love Hina)

English Dub Cast (Geneon Entertainment):
- Bridget Hoffman as Belldandy (Mahoromatic, Nightwalker, Fushigi Yugi)
- Tony Oliver as Keiichi Morisato
- Mary Elizabeth McGlynn as Urd
- Sherry Lynn as Skuld (Tenchi in Tokyo, Nightwalker, Tenchi in Love, Tenchi Forever)
- Steve Blum as additional cast (Cowboy Bebop, Mahoromatic, Moldiver, Noir, Saint Tail)
- Johnny Yong Bosch as additional cast (Power Rangers, Trigun)
- William H. Bassett as Celestin

DVD Features

- Bonus Episode: Adventures of the Mini-Goddess
- Geneon Entertainment Previews

Spoken Languages: English & Japanese Audio, English Subtitles

Edition Details

Japanese Title: 劇場版「ああっ女神さまっ」(Gekijōban Aa! Megami-sama!)
Runtime: ~106 Minutes
Director: Hiroaki Gōda
DVD Release Year: 2005 (U.S. DVD Release, November 8 — Geneon Entertainment); VHS release November 27, 2001
Original Release Date (Japan): October 21, 2000
Publisher: Geneon Entertainment (Pioneer)
Rating: 13+
Region: Region 1 (U.S. / Canada)
Genre: Fantasy, Romance, Comedy
Themes: Memory Erasure, Fallen Mentor, Yggdrasil System Virus, Divine Conspiracy, Love Transcending Forgetting

Media assumed VG+ unless otherwise noted.