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Candidate for Goddess (女神候補生) (also known as Pilot Candidate) is a manga and anime series written and illustrated by Yukiru Sugisaki. It was serialized in Comic Gum from 1997 to 2001 when the series was then dropped by its creator.

The manga contains 26 chapters, spanning across 5 volumes, which were translated to English and published by Tokyopop in 2004. The series has also been translated to Spanish, French, Korean, and German.

The 12 episode anime adaption was broadcast from January 10 to March 27, 2000 in Japan. The anime premiered on Cartoon Network during its late night Saturday block on February 23, 2002. A 13th episode was released directly to DVD on May 25, 2002 as Special Curriculum: The Candidate for Goddess.

Synopsis
It is the year 4088. It has been over one thousand years since the Crisis of Systems (Lost Property), which resulted in the destruction of four planetary systems, leaving only a single inhabitable planet, Zion. Mankind is forced to live in space colonies, since that one planet is constantly being invaded by alien life forms that have come to be known as Victim. To stop the aliens and to allow people to land on Zion, mankind has developed the astronomical humanoid weapons, Ingrids, also known as Goddesses. At the G.O.A. (Goddess Operation Academy) young men are trained to pilot the Ingrids.

Volume list

 * Volume 1
 * Volume 2
 * Volume 3
 * Volume 4
 * Volume 5
 * Other sources


 * Anime News Network - Pilot Candidate (TV)
 * MyAnimeList.net - Megami Kouhosei