Azumanga Daioh: The Movie

Title: Azumanga Daioh: The Movie あずまんが大王（劇場短編） Overall: Buy Keywords: All Ages, Comedy, High School, Modern, Movie, Short, Surreal Notables: ASAKAWA Yuu HIGUCHI Chieko KANEDA Tomoko KUWASHIMA Houko MATSUOKA Yuki NOGAWA Sakura TANAKA Rie An extremely short movie, five minutes long, but actually was in theaters in Japan. Introduces all the girls and several of the gags that can be seen throughout the TV Series and Manga. See also: Azumanga Daioh, Azumanga Web Daioh. 5:48min Complete Movie - YouTube Video

Overall	Art	Animation	Character Design	Music	Series Story	Episode Story	Reviewer
Buy 4	9	9	9	8	7		AstroNerdBoy	#
Azumanga Daioh: The Movie As mentioned, this is a short movie (only a few minutes long) that was released in the theaters. The animation and everything is all new and it has a big-screen feel to it. Despite this, it didn't do as much for me as the series, mainly because this was a retread of certain elements of Azumanga Daioh (like Chiyo's pigtails falling off). If you've seen the series, there's nothing new here but the art/animation. Bottom line: Being such a huge fan of the series, I hope ADV includes it in its DVD release. Last updated Tuesday, July 22 2003.
Buy 4	9	10	9	7			Mark Clifton	#
Azumanga Daioh: The Movie Yep, an extremely short movie, even the movie soundtrack is three times longer than the movie. But that is such the world of Azumanga Daioh. It's really a introduction than anything else. But since it was released in movie theaters across Japan, it has the honor of having the best Art and Animation from the entire Azumanga Daioh saga. Is it short, yes; is it worth checking out, oh hell yea. You may consider it a test to see if Azumanga is right for you. Chiyo-chan is so KAWAII!!! Last updated Thursday, January 16 2003.

Other Sites

Name	URL
Azumanga Daioh	http://www.azumanga.tv/
Wonderland	http://schala.net/azu/info.html
A nice fansite of the series.