List of Pilot Candidate episodes

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The Pilot Candidate anime is an adaptation of the manga series The Candidate for Goddess by Yukiru Sugisaki. Taking place in the distant future, the series follows Zero Enna, one of several candidates to pilot the "Ingrids" (or "Goddesses"), giant humanoid weapons designed to defend humanity's space colonies and its only planet Zion from an alien threat called "Victim".

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Pilot Candidate was produced by Xebec, a subsidiary studio of Production I.G., and directed by Mitsuru Hongo. The 12 television episodes of which the series is comprised were aired on Japan's NHK BS2 television channel from January 10 to March 27, 2000. [1] The series was picked up for English distribution by Bandai Entertainment in early 2001 and aired weekly on the late night Cartoon Network block Adult Swim from February 24 to May 12, 2002. [2] [3] Bandai has released the series on DVD in Japan in four volumes. [4] [5] A thirteenth episode, actually an original video animation (OVA), was released in Japan on May 25, 2002. [6] A box set containing all 13 episodes, Emotion the Best: The Candidate for Goddess, was released on April 22, 2011. [7] Four DVDs of the Pilot Candidate television episodes, as well as a Pilot Candidate Complete Collection, were released in North America. [8] [9] [10] The OVA has not been published in this territory.

The Pilot Candidate television series features one opening theme, "Zion o Mezase!" (希望の星(ZION)をめざせ!, lit. "Aim for Zion, the Planet of Hope"), and one ending theme, "Chance" (チャンス, Chansu), both composed by Tomoyuki Asakawa. The OVA features the same opening with a different ending theme, "Kagayaki" (かがやき, lit. "Shimmering"), also by Asakawa.

Episode list

No. Title Original air date English air date
01"Connection"
Transcription: "Setsuzoku" (Japanese: 接続)		January 10, 2000 (2000-01-10)February 24, 2002
02"Alignment"
Transcription: "Douchou" (Japanese: 同調)		January 17, 2000 (2000-01-17)March 3, 2002
03"EX"January 24, 2000 (2000-01-24)March 10, 2002
04"Consciousness"
Transcription: "Jikaku" (Japanese: 自覚)		January 31, 2000 (2000-01-31)March 17, 2002
05"Partner"
Transcription: "Pātonā" (Japanese: パートナー)		February 7, 2000 (2000-02-07)March 24, 2002
06"Combination"
Transcription: "Konbinēshon" (Japanese: コンビネーション)		February 14, 2000 (2000-02-14)March 31, 2002
07"PRO-ING"February 21, 2000 (2000-02-21)April 7, 2002
08"Ground Battle"
Transcription: "Rikusen" (Japanese: 陸戦)		February 28, 2000 (2000-02-28)April 14, 2002
09"Death"
Transcription: "Shi" (Japanese: 死)		March 6, 2000 (2000-03-06)April 21, 2002
10"Dreams"
Transcription: "Yume" (Japanese: 夢)		March 13, 2000 (2000-03-13)April 28, 2002
11"Jealousy"
Transcription: "Natemi" (Japanese: 妬み)		March 20, 2000 (2000-03-20)May 5, 2002
12"Drift"
Transcription: "Dakuryuu" (Japanese: 濁流)		March 27, 2000 (2000-03-27)May 12, 2002
13"Friends"
Transcription: "Nakama" (Japanese: 仲間)		N/AN/A
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References

  1. ↑ 女神候補生 [The Candidate for Goddess] (in Japanese). Production I.G. Archived from the original on June 26, 2009. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
  2. ↑ "More Anime bound for Cartoon Network". Anime News Network. January 5, 2001. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
  3. ↑ "Official Word on Adult Swim Action". Anime News Network. January 22, 2002. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
  4. ↑ "女神候補生 Vol.1" [The Candidate for Goddess Vol.1] (in Japanese). Retrieved 2011-05-28.
  5. ↑ "女神候補生 Vol.1" [The Candidate for Goddess Vol.4] (in Japanese). Retrieved 2011-05-28.
  6. ↑ 女神候補生 [The Candidate for Goddess] (in Japanese). Production I.G. Archived from the original on June 27, 2009. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
  7. ↑ "EMOTION the Best Candidate Goddess DVD-BOX" (in Japanese). Bandai Visual . Retrieved 2011-05-28.
  8. ↑ "Pilot Candidate (V.1) - The Academy". Bandai Entertainment. Archived from the original on August 3, 2002. Retrieved 2011-05-29.
  9. ↑ "Pilot Candidate (V.1) - The Academy". Bandai Entertainment. Archived from the original on June 5, 2002. Retrieved 2011-05-29.
  10. ↑ "Pilot Candidate - The Complete Collection". Amazon. Retrieved 2011-05-29.
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