"Azumanga daiô" (2002) TV series

User Rating:

9.1/10   

Director:

Nishikiori Hiroshi

Seasons:

1

Genre:

Animation | Comedy

Tagline:

School goes crazy

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

High School | Love | Manga | Friendship | Emotionally Vulnerable

Cast

Tomoko Kaneda	...	Chiyo Mihama (26 episodes, 2002)
Yuki Matsuoka	...	Ayumu Kasuga / ... (26 episodes, 2002)
Chieko Higuchi	...	Tomo Takino (26 episodes, 2002)
Rie Tanaka	...	Koyomi Mizuhara / ... (26 episodes, 2002)
Yu Asakawa	...	Sakaki (26 episodes, 2002)

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Series Directed by
Hiroshi Nishikiori		(26 episodes, 2002)
Nishikiori Hiroshi		(unknown episodes)

Series Writing credits
Kiyohiko Azuma		(26 episodes, 2002)
Tomoyasu Okubo		(4 episodes, 2002)
Ichiro Okouchi		(3 episodes, 2002)
Aya Yoshinaga		(2 episodes, 2002)

Series Produced by
John Ledford	....	executive producer (unknown episodes)
Mark Williams	....	executive producer (unknown episodes)

Series Original Music by
Masaki Kurihara		(unknown episodes)

Series Art Direction by
Chikako Shibata		(unknown episodes)

Series Sound Department
Cesar Inserny	....	sound designer / sound mixer (26 episodes, 2002)
Yota Tsuruoka	....	sound (unknown episodes)

Series Animation Department
Takashi Wada	....	animation director (unknown episodes)

Series Other crew
Carole Pavlik	....	production assistant (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• J.C. Staff

Distributors

• ADV Films (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• King Record Co. (2002) (Japan) (video)
• TV Tokyo (2002) (Japan) (TV)
• Universum Film (UFA) (2006) (Germany) (DVD)

Also Known As:

"Azumanga Daioh" (International: English title)

Runtime:

Japan:24 min (26 episodes)

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-PG | Germany:12 (episodes 1-7, 20-26) | Germany:6 (episodes 8-14) | Germany:o.Al. (episodes 15-19) | New Zealand:PG | South Korea:12 | Australia:PG | Canada:PG | UK:12 (part 1) | UK:PG (part 2) | Australia:MA

Company:

J.C. Staff

Trivia:

Kimura is the only male character in the main cast.

Quotes:

Chiyo Mihama: [at the summer home] Okay then, I'll open the door now. If I were to lose this key right now, we wouldn't be able to get into the house.
[Tomo takes the key out of her hand and hurls it]
Tomo Takino: [pause] I did it!
Koyomi Mizuhara: BUT WHAT THE HELL FOR?

Movie Connections:

Follows Azumanga daioh (2001)

Soundtrack:

Raspberry Heaven

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.....Chiyooooo........OOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHH

This anime is a very significant and unique show. In other words, cool. I loved it. It featured a bunch of laughable and lovable school girls (and a few teachers) and with an anime with school girls, you'd expect romance, drama, and even that magical girl stuff from Sailormoon. Well. This one doesn't have any of those which is a good thing. That's what makes it great. Even though the episodes were kinda of short, it was so great and funny, that you'd want to see it over and over again. Recommended for anime fans, non-anime fans, and for those who are sick of Magical girl or harem shounen anime. Watch it. You know you wannna. I like that Chiyo and Sakaki and even that reckless yet cool driving Yukari-sensei.