Azumanga Daioh
Azumanga Daioh (Japanese: あずまんが大王, Hepburn: Azumanga Daiō) is a Japanese yonkoma comedy manga series written and illustrated by Kiyohiko Azuma. It was serialized from February 1999 to May 2002 in the monthly magazine Dengeki Daioh by MediaWorks; 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 later re-issued by Yen Press.
| Azumanga Daioh | |
Cover of the first manga tankōbon volume, featuring from left to right: Sakaki, Chiyo, Tomo, Yomi, and Osaka | |
| あずまんが大王 (Azumanga Daiō) | |
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| Manga | |
| Written by | Kiyohiko Azuma |
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| English publisher | |
| Magazine | Dengeki Daioh |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | February 1999 – May 2002 |
| Volumes | 4 |
| Original net animation | |
| Azumanga Web Daioh | |
| Directed by | Fumiaki Asano |
| Music by | Motokazu Shinoda |
| Studio | Ajia-do Animation Works |
| Released | December 28, 2000 |
| Runtime | 4 minutes |
| Anime film | |
| Azumanga Daioh: The Very Very Short Movie | |
| 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 |
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| Written by | Ichirō Ōkouchi |
| Music by | Masaki Kurihara |
| Studio | J.C.Staff |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | TV Tokyo |
| English network | |
| Original run | April 8, 2002 – September 30, 2002 |
| Episodes | 26 |
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An anime television adaptation titled Azumanga Daioh: The Animation was produced by J.C.Staff and aired in Japan between April and September 2002, consisting of 130 four-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. Before 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.