"Azumanga daiô" (2002) TV series

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)

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:

The clock at Yomi's bedside in Episode 18 has the words "Azuman" and "Daioh" printed on its face.

Quotes:

[Studying for the English Mid-term]
Ayumu 'Osaka' Kasuga: Say... like, for "Blue Three
[Bruce Lee]
Ayumu 'Osaka' Kasuga: ", would that mean that "Blue" is his last name?
Kagura: That was random.
Tomo Takino: HaHaHa! Osaka, thats so dumb. "Blue Three
[Bruce Lee]
Tomo Takino: " is a foreigner, isn't he?
Ayumu 'Osaka' Kasuga: Mmm-hmm.
Tomo Takino: That means, his last name has got to be "Three".
[...]

Movie Connections:

Follows Azumanga daioh (2001)

Soundtrack:

Soramimi Cake

Wonderful.

I absolutely adore Azumanga Daioh. The plot line is very simple, yet every episode is a joy to watch. The plot is basically following the everyday life of six (sometimes seven) high-school students. The one thing that stood out to me in this show, is that the characters are deep, and well developed. It feels like you know them in real life. Every character is charming and unique. It is a shame that there was only 26 episodes. Another thing I liked, is that after the last episode, I didn't find it painful to watch the series over again. I'm not that crazy about Anime, but that doesn't matter. I think that you should definitely check out this series. It's something quite memorable.