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Azumanga Daioh (TV)

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© KIYOHIKO AZUMA • MEDIAWORKS • AZUMANGADAIOH Committee


[ adapted from Azumanga Daioh (manga) ]

Related anime:
    Azumanga Daioh - The Very Short Movie (Sample preview of the series)
    Azumanga Web Daioh (ONA) (spinoff)

Alternative title:
Azumanga Daioh: The Animation
Азуманга Дайо (Russian)
あずまんが大王 THE ANIMATION (Japanese)
아즈망가 대왕 (Korean)
Themes: School
Age rating: Older Children (May contain mild bad language, bloodless violence)
Plot Summary: Azumanga Daioh is about high school life through the eyes of six girls with unusual personalities: Chiyo (the 10-year-old genius), Osaka (the resident airhead), Sakaki (the shy one prone to cat bites), Tomo (the loose cannon), Yomi (the short-tempered one) and Kagura (the resident jock).
Video:
User Ratings: 4193 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 1095 votes (sub:826, dub:209, Spa.sub:19, raw:15, ?:9, Fre.sub:4, Por.sub:3, Ger.sub:2, Rus.sub:2, Rus.dub:1, Spa.dub:1, Fre.dub:1, Kor.edit.dub:1, Dut.sub:1, Tag.dub:1)
 Excellent: 1519 votes (sub:1119, dub:349, raw:11, Spa.sub:10, edit.dub:6, Por.sub:5, ?:5, Ger.dub:5, Rus.sub:3, Spa.dub:2, Fre.sub:1, English:1, Ger.sub:1, Kor.sub:1)
 Very good: 786 votes (sub:575, dub:183, Spa.sub:7, raw:6, Fre.sub:4, ?:4, Rus.sub:2, Ita.sub:2, Spa.edit.dub:1, Spa.dub:1, Ger.sub:1)
 Good: 426 votes (sub:315, dub:92, Spa.sub:5, raw:4, ?:3, edit.dub:3, Fre.sub:2, Pol.sub:1, Kor.sub:1)
 Decent: 148 votes (sub:103, dub:38, ?:3, raw:2, Spa.sub:1, Rus.sub:1)
 So-so: 102 votes (sub:77, dub:20, raw:2, Spa.dub:1, Por.sub:1, ?:1)
 Not really good: 34 votes (sub:29, dub:4, Ger.dub:1)
 Weak: 46 votes (sub:24, dub:17, Spa.sub:2, Rus.sub:1, Ger.dub:1, edit.dub:1)
 Bad: 14 votes (sub:11, dub:2, Ger.dub:1)
 Awful: 11 votes (sub:8, dub:3)
 Worst ever: 12 votes (sub:9, dub:3)
Seen in part or in whole by 7864 users, rank: #19
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.4888 (Very good+.48), std. dev.: 1.6, rank: #159
Weighted mean: 8.3869 (Very good+.38), rank: #136
Bayesian estimate: 8.38485 (Very good+.38), rank: #76
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 26
Episode titles: We have 26
Vintage:
2002-04-08 to 2002-09-30
2007-12-27 to 2008-06-19 (Singapore, Arts Central)
2008-12-16 to 2009-01-20 (Philippines, Primetime Anime on TV5)
Releases: We have 30
Opening Theme:
"Soramimi Cake" by Oranges & Lemons
Ending Theme:
"Raspberry Heaven" by Oranges & Lemons
Links: We have 11
Trivia: We have 17
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    Azumanga Daioh The Complete DVD Collection
    Azumanga Daioh DVD 3
    Azumanga Daioh DVD 2
    Azumanga Daioh DVD 1

Related releases:
    Azumanga Daioh - Class Album (DVD) 2005-09-20 (from $29.99)
    Azumanga Daioh - Complete Collection (DVD) 2008-10-14 (from $40.99)
    Azumanga Daioh - Complete Collection (DVD) 2009-05-26 (from $29.57)
    Azumanga Daioh - Entrance! (DVD 1) 2004-04-27 (from $16.99)
    Azumanga Daioh - Entrance! + Artbox + Pins (DVD 1) 2004-04-27 (from $22.99)
    Azumanga Daioh - Festivals! (DVD 2) 2004-06-08 (from $16.99)
    Azumanga Daioh - Rivals! (DVD 3) 2004-07-20 (from $16.99)
    Azumanga Daioh - Friends! (DVD 4) 2004-08-31 (from $16.99)
    Azumanga Daioh - Seniors! (DVD 5) 2004-10-12 (from $16.99)
    Azumanga Daioh - Graduation! (DVD 6) 2004-11-23 (from $19.32)
    Azumanga Daioh - CD Soundtrack (OST) 2005-03-08 (from $5.00)
    Azumanga Daioh - Vocal Collection (OST) 2005-07-05 (from $5.00)

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Hiroshi Nishikiori

Screenplay:
Aya Yoshinaga (Eps. 7, 10)
Ichiro Okouchi (Ep. 1, 8, 12)
Tomoyasu Okubo (Eps. 6, 9, 11, 13)
Tsuyoshi Tamai (Ep. 14)

Storyboard:
Hideki Tachibana (Ep. 9)
Higashi Suehiro (Ep. 6)
Hiroshi Nishikiori (Eps. 1, 7, 9)
Jun Fukuda (Ep. 11)
Kazuhiro Sasaki (Ep. 13)
Kiyotaka Ohata (Ep. 10)
Makoto Bessho (Ep. 14)
Ranta Ushio (Ep. 13)
Toru Takahashi (Eps. 8-9)
Yayoi Minazuki (Ep. 9)
Yoshinobu Yamakawa (Ep. 12)

Episode Director:
Higashi Suehiro (Ep. 6)
Isao Takayama (Ep. 13)
Jun Takahashi (Ep. 11)
Kenichiro Watanabe (Ep. 12)
Kiyotaka Ohata (Ep. 10)
Makiko Date (Ep. 14)
Makoto Nagao (Ep. 8)
Yayoi Minazuki (Ep. 9)
Yuki Miyoshi (Ep. 7)

Music: Masaki Kurihara

Original Manga: Kiyohiko Azuma

Character Design: Yasuhisa Kato

Art director: Chikako Shibata

Chief Animation Director: Takashi Wada

Animation director:
Hideki Hashimoto (Ep. 12)
Hideki Tachibana (Ep. 9)
Hiroko Oguri (Ep. 10)
Makoto Furuta (Ep. 8)
Masaaki Sakurai (Eps. 6, 13)
Minoru Ueda (Ep. 11)
Satoko Miyachi (Ep. 7)
Seiji Kishimoto (Ep. 12)
Takashi Wada
Yasuhisa Kato (OP/ED, Ep. 14)
Yasuhito Murakami (Ep. 6)

Executive producer:
Taro Maki
Tatsuo Sato
Toshimichi Ootsuki

Producer:
Nobuhiro Osawa
Shinichi Ikeda
Yuji Matsukura

Casting: Hiroshi Nishikiori

Cinematography: Masaru Takase

Co-executive producer: Atsushi Umezawa

Color Key: Mayumi Tanahashi

Editing: Shigeru Nishiyama

Key Animation:
Hideki Hashimoto (OP)
Hidenori Fukuoka (ED)
Hiromi Kato (OP)
Hisashi Sato (OP)
Kazuhiro Orimichi (OP)
Kunihiro Abe (ED)
Michio Fukuda (ED)
Noboru Sanohara (OP)
Shinya Hasegawa (ED)
Shuuji Sakamoto (OP)
Tadashi Shida (OP)
Takahiro Kishida (Ep. 4)
Yasunari Nitta (OP)
Yoshiki Yamakawa (ED)

Photography / SFX: Miki Sakuma

Sound: Yota Tsuruoka

Story Editor: Ichiro Okouchi

Storyboard Director:
Hiroshi Nishikiori (ED)
Kiyotaka Ohata (OP)

Theme Song Composition:
Masumi Itou (OP)
Yoko Ueno (ED)

Theme Song Lyrics: Aki Hata (OP/ED)

Theme Song Performance:
Masumi Itou (Oranges & Lemons)
Tomoko Kaneda ("Chiyo-chan no Tsukurimasho")
Yoko Ueno (Oranges & Lemons)

 

Chieko Higuchi as Tomo Takino

Houko Kuwashima as Kagura

Rie Tanaka as Koyomi "Yomi" Mizuhara

Tomoko Kaneda as Chiyo Mihama

Yuki Matsuoka as Ayumu "Osaka" Kasuga

Yuu Asakawa as Sakaki

Akiko Hiramatsu as Yukari Tanizaki

Aya Hisakawa as Minamo "Nyamo" Kurosawa

Kouji Ishii as Kimura

Norio Wakamoto as Chiyochichi (Chiyo's dad)

Sakura Nogawa as Kaorin

Ai Shimizu as Basketball Girl (ep 10)

Akane Omae as
Chihiro
Female Student B (ep 19)
Miruchi (Ep. 12)
Tennis Girl (Ep. 10)

Hiroyuki Takigawa as Student (ep 17)

Hiroyuki Yoshino as
Baseball Boy (Ep. 10)
Blue Three (Ep. 13)
Male Student (ep 23)
Male Student B (ep 12)
Ohyama
Starter (Ep. 6)

Kiyotaka Furushima as Male Student (ep 15)

Makoto Yasumura as Male Student B

Masaki Kawanabe as Male Student (ep 20)

Mizuki Saitou as Old Man Selling Sweet Chestnuts (ep 5)

Naoki Makishima as Foreigner (ep 3)

Naoki Yanagi as
Male Student A
Man (Ep. 9)
Starter (ep 23)
Track Boy (Ep. 10)

Ryoko Nagata as
Announcer (Ep. 6)
Female Bank Clerk (Ep. 8)
Female Student A
Kendo Girl (Ep. 10)
Nurse (ep 24)
Store Clerk (Ep. 9)

Sakura Nogawa as Yuka (eps 12,20)

Sayaka Ohara as Kimura's Wife

Tadahisa Saizen as Turtle Scooping Shopkeeper (Ep. 14)

Takahiro Yoshimizu as Nakku (ep 19)

Takeo Irie as Male Student (ep 15)

Yonehiko Kitagawa as Dr. Ishihara (ep 24)

Yuka Koyama as Eiko (ep 19)

Yuko Fukushima as Shooting Gallery Lady (Ep. 14)

Yuko Nagashima as Mitchy (ep 19)

Yuzuru Fujimoto as Principal (ep 26)

Japanese companies 

Animation:
GENCO
J.C. Staff

Broadcaster:
AT-X
TV Aichi
TV Osaka
TV Tokyo

Distributor: Starchild Records

In-Between Animation: Production I.G

Music Performance: Kuri-Coder Pop Orchestra

Music Production:
Lantis
TV Tokyo Music

Production:
Azumanga Daioh Production Committee
GENCO
Imagica
J.C. Staff

English staff 
English cast 

ADR Director:
Don Rush
Sandra Krasa

Translation: Shoko Oono

ADR Script: Mike Yantosca

Executive producer:
John Ledford
Mark Williams

Producer: Don Rush

Creative Director:
Chris Hawley
David Del Rio

DVD Coordination: Mariela Ortiz

DVD Menus & Graphics:
Fumiko Chino
Patrick Givens

DVD Producer: Andrew Kent

Editing:
Neil O'Sullivan
Patrick Givens

International Coordination: Toru Iwakami

Post-Production Manager: Shelly Thomas

Production Assistant:
Bobby Gordon
Carole Pavlik
Maki Nagano
Marta Bechtol
Miyuki Kamiya
Paul Mericle
Robert Marchand
Sara Muir

Recording engineer:
Afshar Kharat
Henry Rogers
Jacob A. Gragard
Michael Callahan
Stanley Thomas

Sound Design: Cesar Inserny

Subtitle Script & Timing: Sean Broestl

 

Allison Sumrall as Kagura

Christine Auten as Sakaki

Jessica Boone as Chiyo Mihama

Kira Vincent-Davis as Ayumu "Osaka" Kasuga

Mandy Clark as Tomo Takino

Nancy Novotny as Koyomi "Yomi" Mizuhara

Andy McAvin as Kimura

Jason Douglas as Chiyo-Dad

Luci Christian as Yukari Tanizaki

Monica Rial as Minamo "Nyamo" Kurosawa

Tiffany Grant as Kaorin

Allison Sumrall as Announcer (Ep. 6)

Chris Patton as
Male Student 1 (Ep. 1)
Starter (Ep. 6)

Cynthia Ann Feaster as Kaorin's Mother (Ep. 8)

Donaldo as
Blue Three (Ep. 13)
Suitcase Man (Ep. 11)

Greg Ayres as Male Student 2 (Ep. 1)

Hilary Haag as Chihiro

John Gremillion as
Foreigner (ep 3)
Old Man Vendor (Ep. 5)

John Swasey as
Dr. Ishihara (ep 24)
Principal (ep 26)

Kaytha Coker as
Kimura's Wife
Minamo's Mom (ep 19)
Mitchy (ep 19)

Mariela Ortiz as Yuka (Ep. 12)

Nomed Kaerf as Nakku (ep 19)

Sasha Paysinger as Miruchi (Ep. 12)

Shelley Calene-Black as
Announcer (ep 15)
Eiko (ep 19)
Nurse (ep 24)
Yomi's Mom (ep 18)

Afshar Kharat

Bubba Callahan

Cynthia Martinez

Mike Yantosca

Sami Mikasa

English companies 

ADR Production: Industrial Smoke & Mirrors

Broadcaster: The Anime Network

Distributor:
ADV Films (UK) (UK)
Madman Entertainment Pty. Ltd. (Australia/New Zealand)

DVD Authoring & Encoding: M.O.F.C.

Licensed by:
ADV Films
Geneon Entertainment (USA) Inc. (soundtrack)

Post Production: Monkey Boy Studios

Soundtrack: Geneon Entertainment (USA) Inc.

French staff 
French companies 
(none)
 

Distributor: Kaze

French cast 
(none)

Spanish cast 
Spanish staff 
(none)

Ana Lobo as Koyomi "Yomi" Mizuhara 

Ana Lucia Ramos as Ayumu "Osaka" Kasuga

Connie Madera as Chiyo Mihama

Irina Indigo as Sakaki

Liliana Barba as Kagura

Xochitl Ugarte as Tomo Takino

Cristina Hernandez as Kaorin

Diana Perez as Yukari Tanizaki 

Esteban Siller as Chiyo-Chichi

Irwin Daayan as Kimura

Rosy Aguirre as Minamo "Nyamo" Kurosawa

Enzo Fortuny as Male Student A

Gabriel Ramos as
Male Student B
Masaaki Ooyama

Gaby Ugarte as Koyomi "Yomi" Mizuhara

Irina Indigo as
Chihiro
Miruchi

Leyla Rangel as Yuka

Spanish companies 

Distributor: Xtysus

Dubbing Studio: Artsound Mexico 

German staff 
German cast 
(none)
 

Esther Barth as Kagura

Jennifer Weiss as Ayumu "Osaka" Kasuga

Julia Ziffer as Tomo Takino

Rubina Kuraoka as Chiyo Mihama

Samia Little Elk as Sakaki

Susanne Hermann as Koyomi "Yomi" Mizuhara

Claudia Galdi as Minamo "Nyamo" Kurosawa

Julia Kaufmann as Yukari Tanizaki

Kathrin Neusser as Kaorin

Lutz Schnell as Chiyos Vater

Thomas Petruo as Kimura

Carmen Katt as Kimura's Wife

Susanne Kaps as Chihiro

Jesco Wirthgen

German companies 

Distributor: ADV Films (DT)

Dubbing: Deutsche Synchron Filmgesellschaft mbH


Dutch staff 
(none)
Dutch companies 

Distributor: Kaze Animation S.A.

Dutch cast 
(none)
Tagalog staff 
Tagalog cast 
(none)
 

Celeste Dela Cruz as Koyomi "Yomi" Mizuhara

Daisy Mae Cariño as Ayumu "Osaka" Kasuga

Michiko Azarcon as
Sakaki
Tomo Takino

Rona Aguilar as
Chiyo Mihama
Kagura

Celeste Dela Cruz as Minamo "Nyamo" Kurosawa

Daisy May Carino as Yukari Tanizaki

Gino Alcoba as Kimura

Michiko Azarcon as Kaorin

Celeste Dela Cruz as
Chihiro
Miruchi
sports festival announcer (ep 23)

Daisy Mae Cariño as Nyamo's Mother

Gino Alcoba as
Nakku
Principal

Michiko Azarcon as
Mitchy
Yuka

Nica Rojo as Kimura's Wife

Rona Aguilar as
Eiko
Kaorin's mother
sports festival announcer
Yomi's Mother

Tagalog companies 

Broadcaster:
Hero
TV5

Dubbing:
Lapat-Tinig
Telesuccess Productions, Inc.

 
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