{"id":2955,"date":"2010-03-06T20:32:31","date_gmt":"2010-03-07T00:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/?p=2955"},"modified":"2010-05-30T09:41:06","modified_gmt":"2010-05-30T13:41:06","slug":"keiths-anime-reviews-azumanga-daioh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2010\/03\/06\/keiths-anime-reviews-azumanga-daioh\/","title":{"rendered":"Keith’s Anime Reviews: Azumanga Daioh"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>This is an anime for anyone who wants a break from the “usual” anime fare.<\/p>\n

Azumanga Daioh<\/a> is, in general, about a small group of high-school girls, telling the stories of their daily lives throughout high school. While that might sound a bit boring at first (and, arguably, it is) the beauty of this series is in its execution.<\/p>\n

If this series was about “normal” girls, it would be pretty boring – thankfully, the characters in this series are anything but “normal.”<\/p>\n

From Chio-chan the child genius to Osaka the… ummm… Osakan “idiot,” the cast of Azumanga Daioh <\/em>is as colorful as the series itself.\u00a0 Each character has their own unique quirks, and the combination of them all is likely to leave you in stitches from laughing so hard.<\/p>\n

Some of the humor comes from over-the-top exaggeration, while other bits come from subtle non-sequiturs that may have you doing double-takes. From wacky dream sequences to a teacher who is a little too<\/em> honest about why he became a high-school teacher, Azumanga Daioh is a series that is full of fun little stories that almost anyone can enjoy.<\/p>\n

Because of the nature of the story (high school) the series is naturally limited – once the characters graduate high school, the story is basically over. So it’s not one of those super-long winded series that just goes on and on and on <\/em>without any sort of end in sight. Another advantage of this shorter run (just 24 episodes) is that you can get the entire series in just 1 DVD box set (reasonably priced) and can even pick up the entire 4-volume manga set in one single large omnibus volume (although I recommend the individual books, since the omnibus version, by its very nature, shrinks the page art a little bit).<\/p>\n

Overall, I highly recommend this series<\/strong> – as well as the manga on which it is based.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Keith’s review of the anime “Azumanga Daioh.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"webmentions_disabled_pings":false,"webmentions_disabled":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[199],"tags":[78,188,249,100,124],"class_list":["post-2955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-my-opinion","tag-anime","tag-azumanga-daioh","tag-anime-reviews","tag-opinion","tag-review","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pimUj-LF","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2528,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2009\/05\/01\/desktop-madness-vol-72\/","url_meta":{"origin":2955,"position":0},"title":"Desktop Madness Vol. 72","author":"Keith Survell","date":"May 1, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Ms. Yukari (from that great series, Azumanga Daioh) once again takes the wheel, and the results for poor Chiyo-chan are predictably bad... but still somehow amusing!","rel":"","context":"In "Wallpapers"","block_context":{"text":"Wallpapers","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/category\/pictures\/wallpapers\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/05\/miss-yukaris-driving-800x600.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/05\/miss-yukaris-driving-800x600.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/05\/miss-yukaris-driving-800x600.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1511,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2008\/11\/12\/desktop-madness-vol-62\/","url_meta":{"origin":2955,"position":1},"title":"Desktop Madness, Vol. 62","author":"Keith Survell","date":"November 12, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Osaka and Chiyo-chan from Azumanga Daioh. 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