Azumanga Daioh (2002– )
"Azumanga daiô" (original title)

A humorous and highly unpredictable animated series following a group of high school girls and their teachers.

Stars:

Tomoko Kaneda, Yuki Matsuoka, Chieko Higuchi

Cast

Series cast summary:
Tomoko Kaneda	...	Chiyo Mihama (26 episodes, 2002)
Yuki Matsuoka	...	Ayumu 'Osaka' Kasuga (26 episodes, 2002)
Chieko Higuchi	...	Tomo Takino (26 episodes, 2002)
Rie Tanaka	...	Koyomi 'Yomi' Mizuhara (26 episodes, 2002)
Yu Asakawa	...	Sakaki (25 episodes, 2002)
Akiko Hiramatsu	...	Yukari Tanizaki (23 episodes, 2002)
Sakura Nogawa	...	Kaorin (22 episodes, 2002)
Houko Kuwashima	...	Kagura (20 episodes, 2002)
Aya Hisakawa	...	Minamo 'Nyamo' Kurosawa (20 episodes, 2002)
Akane Omae	...	Chihiro (18 episodes, 2002)
Naoki Yanagi	...	Male Student A (16 episodes, 2002)
Kôji Ishii	...	Kimura-sensei (15 episodes, 2002)
Ryoko Nagata	...	Female Student A (12 episodes, 2002)
Hiroyuki Yoshino	...	Male Student B (11 episodes, 2002)

Storyline

An animated series based off of the four panel managa of the same name, Azumanga Daioh is a whimsical, hilarious and very cute look at the lives of an ecclectic group of high school girls and their teachers at a Tokyo high school. As the series progresses, small bits of their lives are shown, slowly painting a bigger picture as the cast shares the ups and downs of high school life, revolving around a close-knit friendship and a lot of silliness.

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Plot Keywords:

girl | school | teacher | high school | friendship | 

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Taglines:

School goes crazy

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Genres:

Animation | Comedy

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Also Known As:

Azumanga Daioh

Company Credits

Production Co:

Genco, J.C. Staff

Technical Specs

Runtime:

24 min 24 min (26 episodes)

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The title of the show is essentially meaningless. The comic strip on which the show is based was written by Azuma Kiyohiko, and "Azumanga" is an amalgalm of his name and "manga", the Japanese word for comic books. "Daioh" comes from "Dengeki Daioh" ("Great Electric Shock King"), the monthly Japanese comic anthology in which the comics originally ran.

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Quotes

Tomo Takino: Hey, we just heard you and Miss Yukari were classmates back in high school.
Minamo Kurosawa: Mm-hmm. We were.
Ayumu 'Osaka' Kasuga: Can you tell us what kind of student Miss Yukari was back then?
Minamo Kurosawa: [laughs] Let's see...
[giggles]
Minamo Kurosawa: There's a lot of stories for me to choose from.
Yukari Tanizaki: [walking past, as Nyamo suddenly seems profoundly embarrassed] Love letter! Love letter, la-la-lovey, lovey letter, Love letter! Love letter, lovey-dovey-dovey-dovey-dovey love letter! La-la-la-la-la-la-la, love-love-love letter...
Minamo Kurosawa: [...]

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Connections

Follows Azumanga daioh (2001)

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Soundtracks

"Soramimi Cake"
Lyrics by Aki Hata
Music and Arrangements by Hikaru Nanase (as Masumi Itô)
Vocals by Oranges and Lemons
Courtesy of Lantis

User Reviews

I need this...

this is definitely for me, for a long time, I've dwelled in complex & masterpiece anime like Bebop, Ghibi productions, Kenshin OAV, Jin Roh, Grave of Fireflies, Metropolis etc until at some point I realize these shows are "not entertaining" anymore since they make me think, they make me relate so deep into the characters, got emotionally drained even depressed.

Not in the case of azumanga daioh...

For me this show is just great, fun, gorgeous, sweet, cute, you name it. It even brings back some highschool memories, there isn't asingle episode where I can watch and not having a HUGE smile, and another smile, and another smile, and.... It sure is hard to pick any favourite character since they all make the show, but I'll go with Sakaki (the cool one with a soft spot), and the "impossible" bond setting with Kaorin is particularly sweet & hillarious heh heh

Recommended for those who want a change of atmosphere into a cute, funny, lighthearted show