Azumanga Daioh
Azumanga Daioh | |
Surreal comedy[3] | |
Manga | |
Written by | ADV Manga (former) |
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Magazine | Dengeki Daioh |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Original run | February 1999 – May 2002 |
Volumes | 4 |
Original net animation | |
Azumanga Web Daioh | |
Directed by | Fumiaki Asano |
Music by | Motokazu Shinoda |
Studio | Ajia-do Animation Works[4] |
Released | December 28, 2000 |
Runtime | 4 minutes |
Anime film | |
Azumanga Daioh: The Very Very Short Movie | |
Directed by | Hiroshi Nishikiori |
Studio | J.C.Staff |
Released | December 22, 2001 |
Runtime | 6 minutes |
Anime television series | |
Azumanga Daioh: The Animation | |
Directed by | Hiroshi Nishikiori |
Produced by |
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Written by | Ichirō Ōkouchi |
Music by | Masaki Kurihara |
Studio | J.C.Staff |
Licensed by | |
Original network | TV Tokyo |
English network | |
Original run | April 8, 2002 – September 30, 2002 |
Episodes | 26 |
Related works | |
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Azumanga Daioh (
An anime television adaptation titled Azumanga Daioh: The Animation was produced by J.C.Staff and aired in Japan between April and September 2002, consisting of 130 four-minute segments compiled into 26 episodes. The compiled episodes were released on DVD and Universal Media Discs (UMDs) by Starchild Records, and an English-language version was produced by ADV Films. Before the series, a theatrical short and an original net animation were also produced. Several soundtrack albums were released, as well as three Azumanga Daioh video games.
Both the manga and anime have been praised for their humor driven by eccentric characters, with Azuma acclaimed as a "master of the four-panel form" for both his art style and comic timing.[5]
Premise
Azumanga Daioh chronicles the everyday life in an unnamed Japanese high school of six girls and two of their teachers: child prodigy Chiyo Mihama and her struggle to fit in with girls five years older; reserved Sakaki and her obsession with cute animals while certain ones seem to hate her; spacey Ayumu "Osaka" Kasuga with a skewed perspective on the world; Koyomi "Yomi" Mizuhara's aggravation at an annoying best friend; Tomo Takino, whose energy is rivaled only by her lack of sense; sporty Kagura and her one-sided athletics rivalry with Sakaki; their homeroom teacher Yukari Tanizaki; and her friend, physical education teacher Minamo "Nyamo" Kurosawa.
Secondary characters include Kimura-sensei, a creepy male teacher with an obsession with teenage girls, and Kaorin, a female classmate with a crush on Sakaki.
The story covers three years of tests, talking between classes,
Production
The series title has no particular significance to the story. "Azumanga" is a
"Azumanga" is also used as a general term for Kiyohiko Azuma's other comics and illustrations.
Media
Manga
Azumanga Daioh was written and illustrated by Kiyohiko Azuma, largely in yonkoma (four-panel) format. The unnumbered chapters were serialized by MediaWorks in the monthly magazine Dengeki Daioh from February 1999 to May 2002. The series was collected in four tankōbon volumes.[11] Each of the four volumes covers about a year in the characters' lives.[12] A new edition in three volumes was released in Japan by Shogakukan to commemorate the manga's 10th anniversary,[13] with volume one, covering the first year of high school, being published June 11, 2009.[14] The reprint edition contains three additional 16-page chapters serialized in Monthly Shōnen Sunday starting in May 2009 under the title Azumanga Daioh: Supplementary Lessons (あずまんが大王·補習編, Azumanga Daiō Hoshūhen).[15][16]
The series was licensed in English in North America and the United Kingdom by
Anime
The
Besides the anime television series, there have been two other animated adaptations: The Very Short Azumanga Daioh Movie, a six-minute trailer released to movie theaters to publicize the upcoming television series,[34] and Azumanga Web Daioh, a shorter original net animation made available for paid streaming on chara-ani.com beginning from December 28, 2000, then offered as a paid download for a limited time.[4] Azumanga Web Daioh was originally intended to gauge whether there was enough interest to create a web-released anime adaptation; because of overwhelming demand, the original plan for web-release was changed to a television release.[citation needed] It featured different voice actors, music, and staff from the series.
In the United States, the anime television series was released in six DVDs on September 9, 2005, and then later in a five DVD volume "Thinpak" set, both by
Soundtracks
Several soundtrack albums for the anime of Azumanga Daioh were released by
- The opening and closing theme single Soramimi no Cake/Raspberry Heaven was released on April 22, 2002.Geneon.[43]
- Azumanga Daioh: Vocal Collection collects the character image songs performed by the voice actors in the personas of the characters they played, and the opening and the closing theme songs.[44] It was released on December 25, 2002 in Japan,[45] Eight image song singles were released as Azumanga Daioh Characters Songs Volumes 1 through 8, which focused in order on Chiyo, Sakaki, Osaka, Tomo, Kagura, Yomi, Sensei, and Kaorin. Volumes 1 and 2 were released May 22, 2002,[46][47] Volume 3 on June 26, 2002,[48] Volumes 4 and 5 on July 27, 2002,[49][50] Volume 6 and 7 on September 4, 2002,[51][52] and Volume 8 on September 25, 2002.[53] Azumanga Daioh: Vocal Collection was released in the United States by Geneon on July 5, 2005.[44]
- Two tribute albums, Tribute to Azumanga Daioh and Tribute to Live Azumanga Daioh, were released on October 2, 2002, and December 10, 2003.[54][55]
Other media
Two
Three Azumanga Daioh video games were released. Azumanga Donjyara Daioh, a puzzle game similar to mahjong,[58] was released by Bandai for the PlayStation on April 18, 2002.[59] A crossover game with Puzzle Bobble, called Azumanga Daioh Puzzle Bobble,[60] developed by Moss and published by Taito, was released on December 13, 2002 for the Sega NAOMI GD-ROM arcade system only in Japan.[61] Azumanga Daioh Advance, a card-playing game, was released by King Records for the Game Boy Advance on April 25, 2003.[62]
Reception
In Japan, the Azumanga Daioh manga was named a jury recommended work of the sixth Japan Media Arts Festival in 2002.[63] The manga was named as one of the top 25 manga at the 2006 Japan Media Arts Festival.[64]
English reviewers have commented positively about Azumanga Daioh. In
Fred Patton of Animation World Magazine described the anime as "delightfully witty and even an educational window onto what Japanese high school life is really like".
The licensed manga had sales that reached top 100 lists on occasions and was included in the top 25 manga recommended by International Correspondence in Retailers Guide to Anime/Manga.
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Further reading
- Sparrow, A.E. (December 4, 2007). "Azumanga Daioh Omnibus Review". IGN. Ziff Davis, LLC.
- Carlson, Johanna Draper (December 19, 2007). "Azumanga Daioh Omnibus". Manga Worth Reading. Archived from the original on January 30, 2015.
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External links
- Media related to Azumanga Daioh at Wikimedia Commons
- Quotations related to Azumanga Daioh at Wikiquote
- Kiyohiko Azuma's Azumanga Daioh website (in Japanese)
- Azumanga Daioh at IMDb
- Azumanga Daioh website at ADV Films(Archive)
- Azumanga Daioh (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia