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Azumanga Daioh (Japanese: あずまんが大王, Hepburn: Azumanga Daiō) is a manga series written and illustrated by Kiyohiko Azuma. It was serialized from February 1999 to May 2002 in the monthly magazine Dengeki Daioh by MediaWorks. Three more chapters were published in Shogakukan's Monthly Shonen Sunday magazine in May 2009 to celebrate the manga's tenth anniversary. The manga was first released in English by ADV Manga. It was later re-issued by Yen Press.

Azumanga Daioh
あずまんが大王
(Azumanga Daiō)
Genre
Manga
Written byKiyohiko Azuma
Published by
English publisher
DemographicShōnen
MagazineDengeki Daioh
Original runFebruary 1999 – May 2002
Volumes4 (List of volumes)
Original net animation
Azumanga Web Daioh
Directed byFumiaki Asano
Music byMotokazu Shinoda
StudioAjia-do Animation Works[1]
ReleasedDecember 28, 2000
Runtime4 minutes
Anime film
Azumanga Daioh: The Very Very Short Movie
Directed byHiroshi Nishikiori
StudioJ.C.Staff
ReleasedDecember 22, 2001
Runtime6 minutes
Anime television series
Azumanga Daioh: The Animation
Directed byHiroshi Nishikiori
Produced by
  • Shinichi Ikeda
  • Nobuhiro Osawa
  • Yuji Matsukura
Written byIchirō Ōkouchi
Music byMasaki Kurihara
StudioJ.C.Staff
Licensed by
ADV Films (former)
Original networkTV Tokyo
English network
Original run April 8, 2002 – September 30, 2002
Episodes26 (130 segments) (List of episodes)
Related works

Premise

Azumanga Daioh follows the daily life of six girls in an unnamed Japanese high school: Child prodigy Chiyo Mihama, who struggles to fit in with her five years older friends; Reserved Sakaki, who has an obsession with cute animals but certain ones seems to hate her; Ayumu "Osaka" Kasuga who has a skewed perspective on the world; Koyomi "Yomi" Mizuhara, who is irritated by an annoying best friend; Tomo Takino, who's energy is rivaled only by her lack of sense; Sporty Kagura, who has a one-sided rivalry with Sakaki in athletics.

The Secondary characters include their class teacher Yukari Tanizaki, her friend Minamo "Nyamo" Kurosawa the PE teacher and the creepy classical literature teacher Kimura.

Production

There is no specific meaning of the title of the series in relation to the story. "Azumanga" combines the author's last name, " Azuma", and "manga". "Daioh" is derived from the magazine where the manga first appeared, Dengeki Daioh.[2]

"Azumanga" is also used to refer to other comics and illustrations of Kiyohiko Azuma.[3] Two previous collections of Azuma's works, including official tie-in comics for Pioneer animations, were published as Azumanga in 1998 and Azumanga 2 in 2001.[4][5] Azumanga Daioh was later re-released in a smaller edition called Azumanga Recycle.[6]

Media

Manga

Azumanga Daioh was created by Kiyohiko Azuma, primarily in a four-panel (yonkoma) format. It was serialized by MediaWorks in the monthly magazine Dengeki Daioh from February 1999 to May 2002, with the unnumbered chapters later compiled into four tankōbon volumes.[7] Each volume covers approximately one year in the lives of the characters.[8]

To celebrate the manga's 10th anniversary, Shogakukan released a new edition consisting of three volumes.[9] The first volume, which details the characters' first year of high school, was published on June 11, 2009.[10] This reprint also includes three additional 16-page chapters that were serialized in Monthly Shōnen Sunday starting in May 2009, titled Azumanga Daioh: Supplementary Lessons (あずまんが大王·補習編, Azumanga Daiō Hoshūhen)[11][12]

Anime

The animated series, Azumanga Daioh: the Animation, was produced by J.C.Staff and broadcasted from April 8, 2002 to September 30, 2002.[13] The series was broadcast on TV Tokyo, TV Aichi, TV Osaka, and AT-X, and every weekend it was shown in five-minute segments, then repeated on the weekend as a 25-minute compilation. In total, 130 five-minute segments were collected in 26 episodes.[14] The compilation episodes used the opening and ending themes "Soramimi Cake" (空耳ケーキ, Soramimi Kēki, Cake of Mishearing) and "Raspberry Heaven", performed by Oranges & Lemons. These were the only episodes to show the title and credits. They came out on 6 DVDs in 2003 and 9 Universal Media Discs from 2005 to 2006, published by Starchild Records. A complete DVD box set of all the episodes was released on June 24, 2009.[15]

Video Games

Three video games based on Azumanga Daioh were made:

Art Books

Two art books for the anime were released named Azumanga Daioh the Animation Visual Book 1 (あずまんが大王 THE ANIMATION ビジュアルブック(1)) (ISBN 4-8402-2203-7) and Azumanga Daioh the Animation Visual Book 2 (あずまんが大王 THE ANIMATION ビジュアルブック(2)) (ISBN 4-8402-2290-8). They came out on August 26, 2002, and December 10, 2002, published by MediaWorks.[21][22]

Reception

Cosplayers of some of the main characters in 2006

Both the manga and anime have received praise for their humor, which stems from their eccentric characters. Azuma is recognized as a "master of the four-panel form" for his art style and comic timing.[23] In 2002, the Azumanga Daioh manga was awarded a jury recommendation at the sixth Japan Media Arts Festival.[24] In 2006, it was recognized as one of the top 25 manga at the 2006 Japan Media Arts festival.[25]

References

  1. ↑ No Title (in ja). chara-ani.com. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
  2. ↑ Toole, Mike. Azumanga Daioh vol. 1. BestAnime.org (May 28, 2004)Anime Jump. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
  3. ↑ Hideki Satomi (in ja) (Speech). , a commentary by Hideki Satomi contained in Azumanga Recycle.
  4. ↑ 'Azumanga' (in ja)Bk1.jp. Retrieved May 26, 2009.
  5. ↑ No Title (in ja).
  6. ↑ No Title (in ja)ASCII Media Works. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
  7. ↑ Kimlinger, Carl. Azumanga Daioh GN - Omnibus Edition. Anime News Network (December 15, 2007). Retrieved 2016-02-14.
  8. ↑ KJB. Azumanga Daioh Vol. 1 - 4 Review (in en). IGN (2005-09-28).
  9. ↑ New Edition of Azumanga Daioh to Mark 10th Anniversary (in en). Anime News Network (February 24, 2009).
  10. ↑ Amazon.co.jp (in ja).
  11. ↑ Azumanga Daioh Manga's 3 New Chapters to Debut in May (Updated). Anime News Network (April 21, 2009). Retrieved 2016-02-14.
  12. ↑ No Title (in ja). Akiba,Kakaku.com. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
  13. ↑ No Title (in ja). JCStaff.co.jpJ.C.Staff production. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
  14. ↑ Clements, Johnathan. The Anime Encyclopedia, Revised and expanded edition (2006)Stone Bridge Press. p. 40. ISBN 1-933330-10-4.
  15. ↑ No Title (in ja). StarChild.co.jpKing Records. Retrieved 2016-02-14. (Note Google translate API)
  16. ↑ No Title (in ja)Bandai. Retrieved June 5, 2009.
  17. ↑ あずまんがドンジャラ大王 (in ja). Media Arts DatabaseAgency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
  18. ↑ No Title. Media Arts DatabaseAgency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved June 6, 2016.
  19. ↑ ＜あずまんが大王パズルボブル＞ 全国のアミューズメントスポットで好評稼動開始！Moss. Retrieved September 3, 2011.
  20. ↑ あずまんが大王アドバンス. Media Arts DatabaseAgency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved June 6, 2016.
  21. ↑ AMW 雑誌·書籍検索 ｢あずまんが大王 THE ANIMATION ビジュアルブック(1)｣ (in ja)ASCII Media Works. Retrieved June 8, 2009.
  22. ↑ No Title (in ja)ASCII Media Works. Retrieved June 8, 2009.
  23. ↑ Thompson, Jason. Manga: The Complete Guide (in en) (2012-07-03)Random House Worlds. ISBN 978-0-345-53944-1.
  24. ↑ Jury Recommended WorksJapan Media Arts Plaza. Retrieved December 16, 2007.
  25. ↑ No Title (in ja)Japan Media Arts Plaza. Retrieved May 26, 2009.
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