Azumanga Daioh
Edit
What would you like to edit?
 

Azumanga Daioh

Alternative Titles

Japanese: あずまんが大王
English: Azumanga Daioh
More titles

Information

Type: Manga
Volumes: 4
Chapters: 69
Status: Finished
Published: Jan 18, 1999 to Mar 21, 2002
Genres: Comedy Comedy, Slice of Life Slice of Life
Themes: CGDCT CGDCT, School School
Serialization: Dengeki Daioh
Authors: Azuma, Kiyohiko (Story & Art)

Statistics

Score: 8.361 (scored by 2619226,192 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #2522
2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #309
Members: 55,899
Favorites: 3,573

Resources

8.36
Ranked #252Popularity #309Members 55,899
Add to My List
Volumes: /4
Chapters: /69

Synopsis

Chiyo Mihama is a child prodigy who has skipped several grades to end up in high school. On her first day, she discovers that her class is full of eccentric individuals. Sakaki, who towers over Chiyo, is aloof and intimidating; Tomo Takino is loud and annoying; Ayumu "Osaka" Kasuga is absentminded but great at solving riddles; Koyomi "Yomi" Mizuhara is obsessed with diets and loves karaoke despite her awful singing; and Kagura, who is a competitive tomboy.

As the classmates become good friends over time, they experience their everyday lives together—things like school, studying, going on summer trips, and engaging in all kinds of shenanigans!

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Background

Azumanga Daioh was published in English by ADV Manga from September 16, 2003, to April 6, 2004, and in a complete omnibus on November 20, 2007. Yen Press republished the series as a complete omnibus with new translations on December 15, 2009. It was also released in Brazilian Portuguese by NewPOP Editora from July 2014 to May 2015.

Characters


Reviews

Nov 21, 2007
I'm surprised that there are no reviews written for Azumanga Daioh, although there are many for the anime.

Story

I adore slice-of-life manga, which would be the genre that suits Azumanga Daioh best. It's plot is nothing heavy, certainly nothing dramatic or romantic, and sometimes it doesn't even make sense. Yet it's amazing. The humor is random and strange at times, but that makes it all the more funny.

Art

Although I can't say I like the art as much in the first volume, the art in Azumanga Daioh is rendered well in most of it. Since it mostly consists of four-panel strips, the art is not detailed, ...
Jul 28, 2008
Azumanga Daioh doesn't actually have a storyline. Well, there's 10-year-old Chiyo, (Who is so unbelievely adorable), who's so smart that she's in high school, and she brefriends the most weird, yet hilarious classmates.

Azumanga Daioh is a set of 4 panel stories, and yet it works! The comedy is fresh and funny and the characters are amusing as well. There's Osaka, probaly one of the most slowest manga characters EVER! There's a time when she and Sasaki (a tall girl which the other charaters think she's cool and hard but in fact she has a secret love for cats but they are always biting her) are ...
Dec 21, 2016
Mixed Feelings
It's the earlier comedy manga from Kiyohiko Azuma but not as funny or clever as Yotsuba. The humour relies more on the traditonal young girls in school type that's been overdone in anime & manga, the funniest character was probably the pervert teacher. The art isn't nearly as good as in Yotsuba and the cast isn't as lovable, I didn't find myself getting attached to them.

Still it's got some decent jokes and there are far worse attempts at comedy out there so you could do worse than Azumanga Daioh. It has the same uplifting happy feeling that Yotsuba has which is a point in ...

Interest Stacks

Recommendations


Recent News

[Repost] New Manga Episodes of Azumanga Daioh To Be Published

Three new episodes of "Azumanga Daioh" will be published in the new magazine Monthly Shounen Sunday. The first episode will be out on May 12th. Revised ed...read more


Recent Forum Discussion

Azumanga Daioh Tattoo
Zeta_Riemann - Nov 10
4 repliesby hidarslan »»
Nov 10, 8:41 PM
Poll: Azumanga Daioh Chapter 12 Discussion
Nyperold - Jun 7, 2009
3 repliesby pijamaoao »»
Nov 7, 2023 5:37 PM
Poll: Azumanga Daioh Chapter 20 Discussion
Nyperold - Jun 7, 2009
2 repliesby Stripes »»
Jun 11, 2023 5:58 PM
Poll: Azumanga Daioh Chapter 19 Discussion
Nyperold - Jun 7, 2009
2 repliesby Stripes »»
Jun 11, 2023 5:57 PM
Poll: Azumanga Daioh Chapter 18 Discussion
Nyperold - Jun 7, 2009
2 repliesby Stripes »»
Jun 11, 2023 5:52 PM