Oh My Goddess! Colors

by Kosuke Fujishima

Offers color versions of four of the best-loved stories from the series, each centering on one of the Goddesses. This collection contains a bonus original manga story, which weighs in with an eight-page profile of the Goddesses.

Genres: Manga, Comics, Graphic Novels

Paperback

Published September 1, 2007

About the author

Kōsuke Fujishima (藤島康介, born July 7, 1964) is a Japanese manga artist.

Born in Chiba, Japan, he first came to public attention as an editor of Puff magazine, his first job after completing high school. Fujishima originally intended to be a draftsman, but took the editorial role after failing to get a drafting apprenticeship. He later became assistant to manga artist Tatsuya Egawa in the production of the Making Be Free! manga, and in 1986 began his first original manga series You're Under Arrest. His second manga series Oh My Goddess!, also translated as Ah! My Goddess, is extremely popular and has made Fujishima a household name in Japan. In addition, he is also well known as the character designer for several games in the Tales RPG video game series and Sakura Wars.

He is known for his love of automobiles and motorcycles, and several of his series and their characters reflect this, such as in éX-Driver and Oh My Goddess!.

Reviews

[Kathleen · Rating 4 out of 5]

I own most of this series in black-and-white format, but the color presentation is stunning! The explanation of different English release formats was also very helpful, and I liked the overview of vehicles that have been featured over the years.

[Rachael · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's Oh My Godess! In Colour with some supplementary material. One story each for Belldandy, Urd, Skuld and Peorth. It's kinda weird reading these in colour, but cool as well.

[Maggie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I like the art style in this book.

[Karen Mead · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a beautiful volume, however I felt the contents came up a little short. The essays on the four main goddesses felt perfunctory; I don't know who wrote them, but editor Carl Gustav Horn could certainly do better himself. It seemed more like an introduction to the goddesses than essays about them, which doesn't make sense since this book really isn't for those new to the series; it's filled with spoilers.

That said, the colored manga chapters, the book's main draw, are wonderful, and worth the price of purchase. Especially Skuld's chapter! Skuld 4EVAH (yes when it comes to my favorite goddess I'm actually five years old.)