Azumanga Daiou The Animation (2024)

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Synonyms: Azumanga Daiou

Japanese: あずまんが大王 THE ANIMATION

English: Azumanga Daioh: The Animation

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Type: TV

Episodes: 26

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Apr 9, 2002 to Oct 1, 2002

Premiered: Spring 2002

Broadcast: Tuesdays at 01:25 (JST)

Producers: Genco, Lantis, Imagica, TV Tokyo Music, Cosmic Ray, King Records

Licensors: ADV Films, Sentai Filmworks

Studios: J.C.Staff

Source: 4-koma manga

Genre: Comedy

Themes: CGDCT, Gag Humor, School

Duration: 24 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older


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Ranked: #5972

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Popularity: #647

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Jun 19, 2007

jet2r0cks

Recommended

It seems to me that people who have seen Azumanga Daioh are divided into two groups. The first group consists of people who enjoyed it, and thought it was the best thing since sliced bread. The other consists of those that thought it was boring and nonsensical. I find myself right in the middle.

It wasn’t so bad story wise – usually I’m all for “anything goes” anime. The problem I had with it was that it wasn’t as funny as I thought it would be. I had a few laughs now and then, mostly thanks to Osaka, but there were times when I thought the ...

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Sep 12, 2010

AuNaturel

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Azumanga Daioh took me by complete surprise. I discovered it from a YouTube clip where she meets "Chiyo's father" and I thought it was the funniest thinger I have seen in a long time. I asked around and was wondering if it would interest me. After researching it for a bit I decided that yes, I would watch it. I sure am glad I looked at the related videos that day, that clip eventually led me to watch the awkwardly hilarious slice of life anime known as Azumanga Daioh.

Story : This is a slice of life anime, and what that ...

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Mar 27, 2008

Ranivus

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Azumanga daioh is one of the funniest animes i have ever seen PERIOD! Azumanga takes place during the high school years of a handful of girls. No its not a girls only school but the only main characters are ALL girls. The entire cast all run the gamut of moe-ness. Ranging from super chibi to a girl that thinks she's not cute.

The story is basically a slice of life anime basically meaning it a Seinfeld-esqe sitcom surrounding high school girls. Theres no real story element, and thankfully no multiple part episodes are around here. Just short simple and hilarious situations that can be finished in ...

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Jan 20, 2009

ColdBeans

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STORY
7/10
Azumanga Daioh is a show about nothing, literally. Think of it like Seinfeld, but with high school girls and as much hilarity, and you've got all the bases covered. The episodes revolve around six girls and their daily life at a high school, which always ends up being random in some way.

The comic formula is hilarious. Many scenes will make you scratch your head and wonder "eh?" while simultaneously laughing, while other scenes make you laugh by repeating the same thing over and over and over and over, far past the point where you think it should have just stopped the joke. The best ...

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Mar 3, 2007

Kopanda

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Azumanga Daioh epitomizes innocent, playful and unexplainable comedy. The humor which mainly comprises of repetition, slapstick and awkward placings of pauses, makes this unique Slice of Life anime an instant classic. The series does not revolve around a plot, character development and exploration, nor does it discuss social trends or fantastic adventures, simply put Azumanga is about mood. The viewers of the series play as much a part of the series as the wonderful, quirky, eccentric and blissfully honest characters that star in it. The nostalgic and anti-serious mood evident throughout every episode will put every single viewer into a state of pure and innocent ...

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Aug 25, 2009

Lirael

Not Recommended

Preliminary (12/26 eps)

I'd like to begin this by saying sorry to those who loved it, as I can see there are a lot who do. It's just that I look for something more in anime. I'd heard this anime lacked plot, focussed more the slice of life qualities, and had little point to it. I was ready for that. But I didn't expect the truth in these points to be as extreme as it was.

(I would also like to let readers know that I've seen half of this anime. I may not have watched it all, but I did give it a chance.)

Plot:
Even those who loved it ...

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Mar 21, 2009

Retro8bit

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Azumanga Daioh will probably always remain one of the top comedy anime titles of all time, and with good reason too. Even if it does ends up being a different experience than most would think right off the bat.

Story: 7/10
Being that this is a mix of school life, comedy and slice of life-- one shouldn’t expect too much from the actual story and plot. Basically it opens up as one of the high school teachers is in a hurry to make it to her class, which ends in her stealing one of her own student’s bikes in a aggressive manner. And at this point most ...

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Jan 19, 2015

Moog

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Ah yes, Azumanga Daioh, the anime responsible for spawning a metric fuckton of high school comedies trying to mimic the magic of this show. Some uninformed people might be tempted to call Azumanga Daioh "generic high school comedy," but in the early 00s it was far from that, and to this day it still stands as the pinnacle of the slice of life genre.

Slice of life is a tricky genre to get right, because essentially it tries to capture mundane realism in an entertaining fashion, and many shows don't get the latter right at all; nobody wants to watch an anime of something lame that ...

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Sep 23, 2010

immortalrite

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Out of all the comedy I have ever seen or care to remember, there has never been quite anything like 2002's Azumanga Daioh. Simply put, no anime to date has made me laugh longer, harder, and more frequently than this series. Undoubtedly a "guilty pleasure" if there ever was one, at least in the sense that on the surface, it smacks of everything which I would normally find immature, annoying, and mundane. However, along with its surprisingly powerful endearing qualities, I quickly discovered how perfectly Azumanga succeeds as a pure and simple comedy in virtually every way possible, and remains to this day the hands-down ...

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Mar 17, 2016

LeaderTGW

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Biggest mistake younger me made was dropping Azumanga Daioh half way through episode one way back in 2005. It wasn't until late 2009 that I watched it through and enjoyed it and as of this year I had time to re-watch and and LOVED IT!

Going back on it, I didn't think too much about how I took this show for granted. I initially and still do see it as a "generic slice of life comedy that follows the lives of certain individuals." However! there's so much more to it than that. With Azumanga Daioh, although it has that "I've seen shows like this thousands of ...

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Mar 6, 2013

5camp

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This was always going to be an interesting one to review. Azumanga Daioh is frequently held up by people such as myself as a cutesy 4-koma adaptation that is actually good and therefore proof that I don’t unconditionally hate moe comedies. But Azumanga was made long before those series became a commonplace and diluted the market with their terribleness. I was genuinely unsure what returning to it would reveal. Was there some secret trick Azumanga pulled that all subsequent series failed at, or will I regard Azumanga with the same disdain at disgust I usually reserve for stuff like A-Channel?

People often say that Azumanga doesn’t ...

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Dec 19, 2014

literaturenerd

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A short review for a little series that punches above its weight:

Azumanga Daioh was based not on a traditional manga or a light novel, but on a 4 panel newspaper comic. If you remember how hard the Dilbert cartoon failed in the 1990s, you know that pulling this kind of adaptation off is NOT an easy task. For an anime, it is almost unheard of. No, Boondocks doesn't count as an anime! Azumanga, unlike some other newspaper adaptations like Kill Me Baby, actually manages to translate the silly humor and excellent character chemistry that made the newspaper comic work on to the screen. Azumanga is ...

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Nov 13, 2008

vytah

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I don't quite understand why everyone advertises Azumanga as a comedy anime. Yes, it is a comedy, but that's not the show's primary value. I enjoyed it very much, mostly due to fact that I had graduated from high school one year before watching. Azumanga lets you to forget about your problems and go back to the happy school days. So, if you are a highschooler, you've got some kind of Azumanga in your real life and you might find it boring. But it's simply NOSTALGIC. Funny and cute, too. Ideal for relaxing.

Who should watch it?
Anyone who wants to relax with slowly paced story and ...

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May 9, 2010

ZeDesu

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Azumanga - the first genre of anime everyday life (for me) that wants to stand up and applauded for the high level of humor, Kawai, children's spontaneity, character, ease of viewing and good mood ...

Story: 7 (Stories there is no per se, there are separate inserts, pictures which becomes interesting to watch this creation)
Art: 10 (I'm not fussy to affectation, and to the left in general, only a good impression)
Sound: 8 (to the music I'm fond of, if I did not like I can reduce the anime to score, but rarely are funny OP and that is all I can say is good = ()
Character: ...

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Oct 9, 2017

jal90

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Let's begin with some backstory. I first watched Azumanga Daioh in 2009. Back then I was an anime newbie and this would be my first completed series, which needless to say, was an absolute success. I adored every bit of the show and became really invested in it. And this didn't end there because over the years it has only become more and more obvious how deeply it shaped my tastes and perhaps my entire attitude towards the medium.

Two conclusions should be inferred from the above paragraph. One, I'm a fanboy. Two, I came late to the party. When I discovered the show, it was ...

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Nov 24, 2007

maybelletea

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Ohh, what to say... there was a point where I really did love Azumanga Daioh the anime, even though I liked the manga more. But now, I just can't like it as much, when I like the manga that much more. I mean, I would rather read the manga than watch the anime. I'm in the minority here, but that's okay, I realize most people think the anime is amazing.

Story

The story is something either people really like, or really dislike. Some people believe it's genius, while other believe it's annoying and boring. Personally slice-of-life is my favorite of genres, so it suits me well to ...

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Jun 3, 2008

elc1247

Not Recommended

Preliminary (4/26 eps)

Overall: Everyone was talking about Azumanga Daioh, saying "OMG check it out its funny stuff!" so I took a look see, and I have to say, I am very disappointed... I seriously dont see how all these people can call Azumanga Daioh a truly funny or great series... People might say, "oh you dont get the jokes", but I get them, they just are not funny... its a series of EXTREMELY weak jokes that some kids would laugh to, maybe is funny because all the jokes are so bad its funny how bad they are? I dont know, Lucky Star, Inukami, Seto no Hanayome, and ...

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Sep 9, 2022

ShotgunHelmet

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When producing a slapstick-comedy-slice-of-life-high-school-anime, you COULD dump duffel bags of money onto the floor of the animation department, dispense to each employee a drip feeder of amphetamine salts, and look over them with a knowing grin and a sparkle in your eye that says, "it's a long shot, but, God willing, it just might work."

And, in return, you would get Nichijou.

Azumanga Daioh takes the opposite approach. Held together by twigs and glue in comparison to the more modern, sleek, slice-of-life anime, Azumanga Daioh is nonetheless the ur-"cute girls doing cute things" series, and its purity of essence is still unparalleled twenty years after ...

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May 12, 2013

Toucanbird

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Azumanga Daioh - Azumazing Show!

It's hard to believe that 11 years have passed since this breathtaking series came along and became the staple for anime comedy for the past decade. You can tell that shows like Nichijou, Lucky Star, Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou, Acchi Kocchi, and many other anime comedies were built around the realistic high school sketch comedy that this series has inspired. Going into this series, I wasn't sure how I was going to feel about it since I didn't particularly care for the animation style, but I soon learned that this series goes far beyond it's cheap animation.

Azumanga Daioh's plot is ...

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Sep 21, 2010

yuki2nagato

Mixed Feelings

I'd heard that Azumanga Daioh was a comedy that no one should miss so I started watching.
Mistake number one. Assuming that 4-5 eps wasn't enough to really "get" this anime for what it was: Mistake number two. Most people fall into one of two groups; those that really really like the series and those people like myself that were not impressed by the series in the slightest. If you don't like the series after 4-5 episodes stop watching.

Art:

The art in Azumanga Daioh is decent, not bad but nothing really ground-breaking either.
Rating: 7

Sound:

The voice acting was just about equivalent to the art of ...

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