Azumanga Daiou The Animation


Azumanga Daioh: The Animation

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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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Information

Type: TV
Episodes: 26
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Apr 9, 2002 to Oct 1, 2002
Premiered: Spring 2002
Broadcast: Tuesdays at 01:25 (JST)
Studios: J.C.Staff
Genre: ComedyComedy
Themes: CGDCTCGDCT, Gag HumorGag Humor, SchoolSchool
Duration: 24 min. per ep.
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 8.061 (scored by 174236174,236 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #5962
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #638
Members: 402,378
Favorites: 8,716

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Synopsis

Chiyo Mihama begins her high school career as one of the strangest students in her freshman class—a tiny, 10-year-old academic prodigy with a fondness for plush dolls and homemade cooking. But her homeroom teacher, Yukari Tanizaki, is the kind of person who would hijack a student's bike to avoid being late, so "strange" is a relative word.

There certainly isn't a shortage of peculiar girls in Yukari-sensei's homeroom class. Accompanying Chiyo are students like Tomo Takino, an energetic tomboy with more enthusiasm than brains; Koyomi Mizuhara, Tomo's best friend whose temper has a fuse shorter than Chiyo; and Sakaki, a tall, athletic beauty whose intimidating looks hide a gentle personality and a painful obsession with cats. In addition, transfer student Ayumu Kasuga, a girl with her head stuck in the clouds, fits right in with the rest of the girls—and she has a few interesting theories about Chiyo's pigtails!

Together, this lovable group of girls experience the ups and downs of school life, their many adventures filled with constant laughter, surreal absurdity, and occasionally even touching commentary on the bittersweet, temporal nature of high school.

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Characters & Voice Actors


Staff

Ikeda, Shinichi
Producer
Suzuki, Seiji
Assistant Producer


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"Soramimi Cake" by Oranges & Lemons
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Ending Theme

"Raspberry Heaven" by Oranges & Lemons




Reviews

Jul 8, 2025
I love azumanga there's a lot of reasons why this show holds a good place in my heart. One it was my first real slice of life anime and got me into the moe genre as a whole!

Two I think it's a nice and enjoyable watch. But that being said a lot of the negative reviews i've seen aren't wrong at all. Azumanga doesn't have a plot, azumanga can be boring, azumanga is for sure overated, but so what there's also a very big reason it's enjoyed so much by ppl.

The characters are probably the show's strongest suit! With my favorite being kagura (Best ...
Mar 22, 2025
Mixed Feelings
With high scores from my friends, I went in expecting a funny and cute watch. I mean, I like Love Live and Umaru, what about this one would make me not enjoy it? Well, I did a bit, but more than anything I was left feeling like I was missing something. That there was a puzzle piece that everyone but me could fit that made this show special. Azumanga Daioh is cute and sometimes funny, but that's about it. The characters are tropes and nothing beyond said tropes, there ae some highlights like Yukari or Sakaki but a lot of the time you will get ...
Sep 5, 2013
I am a huge fan of the slice-of-life genre. Something about seeing cute girls sit around and do... Stuff is somehow entertaining for me. Slice-of-life however, seems to be one of the most hated genres only second to ecchi/hentai stuff. The only expectation to this rule seems to be a few iyashikei (healing) slice-of-life shows and Azumanga Daioh. While I could rant on how the iyashikei genre isn't very good, I am instead going to rant about why Azumanga Daioh, one of the most celebrated slice-of-life anime, is one of my least favorite ones out there, as I do not like this at all.

Now, the ...

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