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is an anime series based on the manga series of the same name by Tamiki Wakaki serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' magazine. The anime is produced by Manglobe, directed by Shigehito Takayanagi, series composition by Hideyuki Kurata, character design by Akio Watanabe, art direction by Ayumi Satō and Kayoko Tokō and sound directed by Yoshikazu Iwanami.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The World God Only Knows Staff Cast )〕 The first season aired from October 6, 2010 to December 22, 2010 on TV Tokyo, TV Hokkaido and TV Setouchi and on later dates on TV Aichi, TV Osaka and TVQ Kyushu. A second season titled ''The World God Only Knows II'' aired from April 11, 2011 to June 28, 2011. A third season, titled , aired from July 8, 2013 to September 23, 2013. The series follows the exploits of Keima Katsuragi, an intelligent, gloomy teenager who is known on the Internet as "The God of Conquest" for his legendary skills to "conquer" any girl in Bishōjo games, yet ironically does not like girls in real life, where he is known as the , a derogatory portmanteau of the two words and . One day, out of pride, he accidentally accepts what he assumes to be a challenge for a Bishōjo game when in reality he has accepted a contract from a bumbling demoness named Elsie who asks for his help in capturing runaway spirits from Hell who are hiding in the hearts of girls. The only way to force the spirits out of the girls hearts is by replacing the spirits in the girls' hearts with himself (metaphorically speaking) by making the girls fall in love with him, much to Keima's horror. With the threat of death for both of them should he refuse, Keima has no choice but to help Elsie. Together with his intelligence and knowledge of the dating sim genre and Elsie's magical powers, Keima is about to embark on his greatest challenge. Four pieces of theme music were used for the first season. The opening theme, titled "God Only Knows", is performed by Elisa under the name "Oratorio The World God Only Knows" and the ending theme song is by which is composed of the first season's voice actresses, Kanae Itō, Ayana Taketatsu, Aoi Yūki, Nao Tōyama and Kana Hanazawa, who each sing a solo version of the ending theme song with the rest as back-up. Additionally, three special ending theme songs were used, the first, by Tomo Sakurai in episode 4, the second, "Happy Crescent" by Nao Tōyama in episode 7, and the third, by Hiro Shimono and Oratorio The World God Only Knows in episode 12. Three pieces of theme music are used for the second season. The opening theme is titled "A Whole New World God Only Knows" and is performed by Elisa and LIA under the name "Oratorio The World God Only Knows" and the ending theme song is performed by "The Groove Party God Only Knows" which this time is composed of the second season's voice actresses, Itō, Saori Hayami, Ami Koshimizu, Kana Asumi and Aki Toyosaki. A special version of performed by Itō and Hayami is used as the ending theme for episodes 16 and 20. For the 24th episode uses the first season's theme song as its ending theme. An OVA episode, titled , was released with the limited edition of the 14th manga volume on September 16, 2011. The episode's opening theme song is which is once again performed by Tōyama and the ending theme song, is performed by Kana Asumi. It is based on chapters 54–55 of the manga, in which Chihiro Kosaka forms a band called the "2B Pencils".〔''The World God Only Knows'' manga, chapters 54–55〕 A two-episode OVA, based on the character Tenri Ayukawa and titled , was released together with the limited editions of the 19th and 20th manga volumes on October 16, 2012, and December 18, 2012, respectively. The ending theme songs, and , are both performed by Eyelis. A fourth OVA episode, featuring the character Kanon Nagakawa becoming a magical girl and titled was released together with the limited edition of the 22nd manga volume on June 18, 2013. The episode's opening theme song is and the ending theme are again performed by Tōyama. Five pieces of theme music are used for third season. The opening theme, titled "God only knows -Secrets of the Goddess- (Extract)", and is performed by Saori Hayami under the name "Oratorio The World God Only Knows" and the ending theme song is by which is composed of the third season's voice actresses, Kaori Nazuka, Nao Toyama, Yuka Iguchi, Ayahi Takagaki, Kana Hanazawa and Ayana Taketatsu, who each sing a solo version of the ending theme song in different episodes. Additionally, three special ending theme songs were used. The first song, by Nao Tōyama was used for the 32nd episode, the second song, "With...You..." by Saori Hayami was used in the 34th episode and the third song use for the 36th episode was by Kana Asumi and Nao Tōyama under the name the 2B PENCILS and Kanon Nagakawa. ==Episode lists== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of The World God Only Knows episodes」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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