Azumanga Daioh: the Animation is a Japanese 4koma comedy anime adaptation based on the manga series written and illustrated by Kiyohiko Azuma. It was produced by J.C.Staff and aired in Japan between April and September 2002, consisting of 130 five-minute segments compiled into 26 episodes.
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Storyline
Azumanga Daioh chronicles the everyday life in an unnamed Japanese high school of six girls and two of their teachers: child prodigy Chiyo Mihama and her struggle to fit in with girls five years older; reserved Sakaki and her obsession with the cute animals who seem to hate her; spacey Ayumu "Osaka" Kasuga with a skewed perspective on the world; Koyomi "Yomi" Mizuhara's aggravation at an annoying best friend; Tomo Takino, whose energy is rivaled only by her lack of sense; sporty Kagura and her one-sided athletics rivalry with Sakaki; their homeroom teacher Yukari Tanizaki; and her friend, physical education teacher Minamo "Nyamo" Kurosawa. Secondary characters include Kimura-sensei, a creepy male teacher with an obsession with teenage girls, and Kaorin, a female classmate with a crush on Sakaki. The story covers three years of tests, talking between classes, culture festivals, and athletic events at school, as well as time spent traveling to and from school, studying at Chiyo's house, and vacations at Chiyo's summer beach home and the fictional theme park Magical Land, concluding with the graduation of the main cast. It is generally realistic in tone, marked by occasional bursts of surrealism and absurdity, such as Osaka imagining Chiyo's pigtails being "unscrewed" from her head and an episode featuring the characters' New Year's dreams.
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Air Date
April 8, 2002 - September 30, 2002
TV Show Intro
Sound Effects Used
This anime mainly uses Anime and Series 4000 sound effects, with the occasional Premiere Edition Volume 1, Series 6000, and only a few Animal Trax, Cartoon Trax Volume 1, Edge Edition Volume 1, Hanna-Barbera, Premiere Edition Volume 2, Series 6000 Extension I, and Warner Bros sound effects.
- Anime Ambulance Siren Sound
- Anime Bamboo Sound (Heard in a high pitch.)
- Anime Baseball Bat Hit Sound 1
- Anime Baseball Bat Hit Sound 4
- Anime Baseball Bat Hit Sound 5
- Anime Baseball Bat Hit Sound 6
- Anime Bell Sound
- Anime Big Pop Sound (Heard in Episode 23.)
- Anime Bird Chirp Sound 1
- Anime Bird Chirp Sound 2
- Anime Boink Sound 1
- Anime Boink Sound 2
- Anime Boxing Bell Ding Sound
- Anime Camera Sound 2
- Anime Camera Sound 3
- Anime Cat Meow Sound 1
- Anime Cat Meow Sound 4
- Anime Cat Meow Sound 5
- Anime Cat Meow Sound 6
- Anime Clap & Whistle Sound
- Anime Dash Sound
- Anime Ding Sound 1
- Anime Dit Small Smack
- Anime Electronic Sound 53
- Anime Explosion Sound 1 (Heard only in Episode 8.)
- Anime Explosion Sound 7/SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - VIOLENT, CRASH LIKE EXPLOSION, MEDIUM (debut)
- Anime Gong Sound 6
- Anime Horse Whinny Sound 3 (Heard in episode 8.)
- Anime Magic Sound 4
- Anime Metal-Ish Sound
- Anime Metal Hit Sound 1
- Anime Pass By Sound 1
- Anime Phone Ring Sound 3
- Anime Skid Sound 1
- Anime Skid Sound 3
- Anime Skid Sound 4
- Anime Sparkle Sound 6
- Anime Sparkle Sound 8
- Anime Sparkle Sound 29
- Anime Squeak Sound 4
- Anime Squeak Sound 5
- Anime Squeak Sound 6
- Anime Stretch Sound 3
- Anime Surprised Sound
- Anime Suspense Stinger Sound
- Anime Swish Sound 8
- Anime Swish Sound 11
- Anime Toy Squeak Sound 1
- Anime Twitch Sound 1 (Debut)
- Anime Wobble Drop Sound
- Anime Wood Grind Sound
- Anime Zip Sound
- H-B SKID, CARTOON - QUICK SKID
- H-B ZIP, CARTOON - SQUEAK AND ZIP
- HollywoodEdge (Europe Edition), Roland UK - Cicadas Chirping/Sound Ideas, JUNGLE, NIGHT - NIGHT TIME JUNGLE AMBIENCE: HEAVY CICADA CHORUS, FORESTS, JUNGLES & SWAMPS, INSECTS
- Hollywoodedge, Bottle Rocket 2 Picco PE098501 (Heard in Episode 5.)
- Hollywoodedge, Cat Domestic Meow Ang AT010501 (Heard in a high pitch.)
- Hollywoodedge, Cat Domestic Meow Ang AT010602 (Only used once in Episode 24.)
- Hollywoodedge, Cats Fighting Loud Sc PE917007/Hollywoodedge, Cats Two Angry YowlsD PE022601 (Only used once in Episode 24. Only the 6th yowl is used.)
- Hollywoodedge, Dog Golden Lab Bark AT021501 (The 2nd bark is used for Mr. Tadakichi.)
- Hollywoodedge, Dog Mutt Panting Whin AT025701 (Used for Mr. Tadakichi.)
- Hollywoodedge, Dog St Bernard Barks AT024201 (The 7th bark is used for Mr. Tadakichi.)
- Hollywoodedge, Doppler Car Horn By Ap PE077501/Hollywoodedge, Doppler Horn By Mediu CT052801
- Hollywoodedge, F5 By Medium Clear Bel PE211701 (Heard once in Episode 23.)
- Hollywoodedge, Face Body Punches Wet TE027203/Hollywoodedge, Punch Body Hit 3 Sharp PE101001
- Hollywoodedge, Fly Buzz Annoying So CRT010201 (Heard in Episodes 2 and 14.)
- Hollywoodedge, Heavy Punch FS040102
- Hollywoodedge, Horn Honks Jeep Chero PE077301
- Hollywoodedge, Kitten Domestic Meow AT011301 (Only used once in Episode 24.)
- Hollywoodedge, Large Splash Or DiveW PE127201
- Hollywoodedge, Large Splash Or DiveW PE127301
- Hollywoodedge, Large Splash Or DiveW PE127401
- Hollywoodedge, Marchetti By Low High PE212801
- Hollywoodedge, Medium Impact With Debri PE281001
- Hollywoodedge, Medium Impact With Debri PE281002
- Hollywoodedge, Punch Face Hit 1 Sharp PE100101
- Hollywoodedge, Punch Face Hit 3 Sharp PE100301
- Hollywoodedge, Quick Whistle Zip By CRT057505 (Heard once in a very low volume in Episode 26.)
- Hollywoodedge, Sky Rocket Loud High TE021701 (Heard in Episode 5.)
- Hollywoodedge, Stinger Camera Shut SDT012502
- Hollywoodedge, Swish 9 Single PE116801
- Hollywoodedge, Timpani Drum Bounce CRT043201
- Hollywoodedge, Twangy Boings 7 Type CRT015901 (7th boing)
- Hollywoodedge, Wind Strong Gusty BT023201
- Hollywoodedge, Wood Door 3 Open SlamM PE180301
- Hollywoodedge, Wood Door OCKnob PE180101
- Hollywoodedge, Wooden Blck Hits Raz CRT019402
- Miscellaneous Anime Sound 1
- Miscellaneous Anime Sound 2
- Miscellaneous Anime Sound 3
- Miscellaneous Anime Sound 4
- Miscellaneous Anime Sound 11
- Miscellaneous Anime Sound 15
- Miscellaneous Anime Sound 16
- Miscellaneous Anime Sound 18
- Miscellaneous Anime Sound 20
- Miscellaneous Anime Sound 21
- Miscellaneous Anime Sound 22
- Miscellaneous Anime Sound 23
- Miscellaneous Anime Sound 50
- Miscellaneous Anime Sound 65
- Miscellaneous Anime Sound 97
- Miscellaneous Anime Sound 98
- Miscellaneous Anime Sound 110
- Miscellaneous Anime Sound 124
- Miscellaneous Anime Sound 125
- Miscellaneous Anime Sound 126
- Miscellaneous Anime Sound 129
- Sound Ideas, AUTO, FORD MUSTANG - EXT - START, IDLE, DRIVE AT FAST SPEED, STOP, SHUT OFF
- Sound Ideas, BELL TREE - ASCENDING MEDIUM, MUSIC, PERCUSSION (Used somewhat often.)
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, BELL - METAL XYLOPHONE, GLISS UP, MUSIC, PERCUSSION
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, BOING - JEW'S HARP BOING, LONG 01 (Heard in a high pitch.)
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, BOING - RAZZ, SHORT, RATTLE
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, BOING - SPACE BOING, MEDIUM 02 (Heard in a low pitch.)
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, BOING - THIN METAL PING AND WARBLE 01 (Heard in a low pitch.)
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, BOING - THIN METAL PING AND WARBLE 03
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, BONG - METAL BONG 09
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, BONK - HOLLOW WOOD BONK 03 (Used in a slightly high pitch.)
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, CYMBAL - CYMBAL, CRASH, MUSIC, PERCUSSION 01
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, CYMBAL - DRUM HIT WITH CYMBAL, MUSIC, PERCUSSION, CRASH
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, POP - SMALL POP 01 (Used often.)
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, RATTLE - RATTLING, WOOD
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, WHISTLE - FALL WHISTLE, LONG (Heard in a double pitch.)
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, WHISTLE - FALL WHISTLE, MEDIUM 01
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, WHISTLE - ZING WHISTLE, MEDIUM 02
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, WHISTLE - ZING WHISTLE, MEDIUM 04
- Sound Ideas, CHIMES - DOORBELL, MUSIC, PERCUSSION 01
- Sound Ideas, CLOCK, ALARM - ELECTRONIC ALARM CLOCK: BEEPING
- Sound Ideas, COMEDY, ACCENT - WHOOP WHISTLE: SHORT
- Sound Ideas, CRICKET - SINGLE CRICKET CHIRPING, ANIMAL, INSECT
- Sound Ideas, CYMBAL - SPLASH: SINGLE HIT, MUSIC, PERCUSSION
- Sound Ideas, ELECTRICITY, SPARK - HIGH VOLTAGE SPARK, ELECTRICAL 02
- Sound Ideas, EXPLOSION - ENERGY BLAST, ELECTRONIC
- Sound Ideas, EXPLOSION - LARGE EXPLOSION 01
- Sound Ideas, EXPLOSION - LARGE EXPLOSION 10
- Sound Ideas, EXTERIOR SHOTS, ASSAULT RIFLES - .762 - AK-47 ASSAULT RIFLE POW WITH TRAIL
- Sound Ideas, EXTERIOR SHOTS, SPECIAL WEAPONS - .44 MAXI PUMA KAPOW WITH TRAIL (Heard once in Episode 23.)
- Sound Ideas, FIRE, BALL - IMPACT AND LARGE FIRE BURST, RUMBLE
- Sound Ideas, GUN, RICOCHET - RICOCHET: SINGLE SHOT, BULLET 01
- Sound Ideas, GUN, RICOCHET - RICOCHET: SINGLE SHOT, BULLET 02 (Heard twice in Episode 22 in a very low volume.)
- Sound Ideas, GUN, RICOCHET - RICOCHET: SINGLE SHOT, BULLET 03
- Sound Ideas, HORN, CARTOON - KAZOO PARTY HORN
- Sound Ideas, SIREN - CONSTANT WAILS AND YELPS (Low Pitched)
- Sound Ideas, SKID, CARTOON - BROKEN SKID (Slightly Low Pitched)
- Sound Ideas, SPIN, CARTOON - SPIN COMMOTION (Heard in a double pitch.)
- Sound Ideas, VENDING MACHINE - POP MACHINE DISPENSING CAN, SOFT DRINK, SODA
- Sound Ideas, WHISTLE - PEA WHISTLE: LONG BLOW, POLICE (High Pitched)
- Sound Ideas, WHISTLE - PEA WHISTLE: SHORT BLOW, POLICE
- Sound Ideas, WOOD, DOOR, SLIDING - RESIDENTIAL SLIDING WOOD DOOR: CLOSE 01
- Sound Ideas, WOOD, DOOR, SLIDING - RESIDENTIAL SLIDING WOOD DOOR: OPEN 01
- Sound Ideas, WOOD, DOOR, SLIDING - RESIDENTIAL SLIDING WOOD DOOR: OPEN 03
- Weird Comical Anime Sound
- Yoshi's Island Piranha Plant Chomping Sound
Image Gallery
Audio Samples
Anime Zip Sound, as heard in Episode 5:
Yoshi's Island Piranha Plant Chomping Sound, as heard in Episode 11:
The doubled pitched version of Sound Ideas, SPIN, CARTOON - SPIN COMMOTION:
