Little Goddess Karin

is a Japanese manga originally written by Koge-Donbo about a seventh grade girl named Karin who finds out that she can transform into a goddess. The series began as a manga first serialized in January 2003. It was serialized in the Japanese shōjo manga magazine Nakayoshi and published by Kodansha. While the first manga series ended at 7 tankōbon volumes, a second entitled (meaning Mini-goddess Karin 2) began serialization in the same magazine in July 2006, and as of April 2008, the series end with 7 tankōbon volumes being released. The first one came into the stores on June 24, 2008. It has been licensed in the U.S. and Canada by Tokyopop. An anime series based on the original manga aired in Japan from April 6, 2007 to September 28, 2007 for 26 episodes on TV Tokyo, produced by the animation studio Satelight and directed by Takashi Anno.