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Azumanga Daioh

Azumanga Daioh
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Cover of the original edition of volume one of Azumanga Daioh. From left to right: Sakaki, Chiyo, Tomo, Yomi, and Osaka
あずまんが大王
(Azumanga Daiō)
Genre Comedy, Slice of Life
Manga
Written by Kiyohiko Azuma
Published by MediaWorks,
Shogakukan (re-release)
English publisher
ADV Manga (former)
Demographic Shōnen
Magazine Dengeki Daioh
Original run February 1999May 2002
Volumes 4 (List of volumes)
Original net animation
Azumanga Web Daioh
あずまんがWEB大王
Directed by Fumiaki Asano
Studio J.C.Staff
Released December 28, 2000
Runtime 4 minutes
Anime film
Azumanga Daioh: The Very Short Movie
あずまんが大王(劇場短編)
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 Shinichi Ikeda
Nobuhiro Osawa
Yuji Matsukura
Written by Ichiro Okouchi
Music by Masaki Kurihara
Studio J.C.Staff
Licensed by
ADV Films (former)
Original network TV Tokyo
English network
Original run April 8, 2002September 30, 2002
Episodes 26 (List of episodes)
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Azumanga Daioh (Japanese: あずまんが大王 Hepburn: Azumanga Daiō?, lit. "Great King Azumanga") is a Japanese yonkoma comedy manga series written and illustrated by Kiyohiko Azuma, which was serialized in MediaWorks' Dengeki Daioh magazine between 1999 and 2002. Three additional chapters were published in Shogakukan's Monthly Shōnen Sunday in May 2009 to celebrate the manga's tenth anniversary. The manga was first released in English by ADV Manga, and was later re-issued by Yen Press.

A television anime adaptation titled Azumanga Daioh: the Animation was produced by J.C.Staff and aired in Japan between April and September 2002, consisting of 130 five-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. Prior to 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.


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