Azumanga Daioh - Should I get it?

[Genesis]

Well, I have seen screenshots of this anime and it looked quite interesting.

I'm going to start working in a couple of weeks so I will be able to start collecting a new series.

What is this series about? It kinda looked comical and funny from some images I have seen. Is this another long series like Inuyasha?

Recommended or just leave it?

Thanks! /images/graemlins/happy.gif

[cheezisgoooood]

Azumanga Daioh is a very pleasant series with very good humor and great characters. The series doesn't have much plot to it, and it's only 26 episodes. There is no filler because it's all comprised of five-minute skits. I laughed plenty, and it's not annoying at all.

What's funny is that i'm not really into...you know...the cutesy stuff, but I own this series. This series defines cute...Chiyo in the penguin suit... /images/graemlins/stunned0.gif.

I recommend it, especially if you're uhh...into...Pokemon.

[ADC]

For goddes dignitee, YES!! Run (don't walk) to your preferred animé shop with your cash/card at the ready and buy it today! If you have to pay MSRP, do it. 26 episodes, very funny, very bizarre, and an excellent job on the DVDs by ADV.

[cheezisgoooood]

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ADC said:
For goddes dignitee, YES!! Run (don't walk) to your preferred animé shop with your cash/card at the ready and buy it today! If you have to pay MSRP, do it. 26 episodes, very funny, very bizarre, and an excellent job on the DVDs by ADV.

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Yeah, what he said.

I didn't have the cash on me to get the separate DVD's for the inserts and extras, but the class album is uber cheap, and mega worth it. Get it any way you can.

[Puppet Master]

It was funny and to be exact it's a show about nothing.

[Dmiller]

Don't bother, it's just another lame evangelion ripoff. I did like the episode where they paid tribute to MD Geist but that was about it. /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif

Actually, this is one of my personal favorite series.

That's just my opinion but if you're looking for something that's quiet with good humor it's worth the purchase.

You can get most of the discs from RightStuf pretty cheap right now from their bargain bin (including the box for less than $10). If I recall only disc 2 is not listed. Or, if you don't care about the extras from the regular release then grab the thin-pack set. It's got all of the episodes and that's pretty good entertaiment for your dollar.

[lostnomad84]

Azumanga Daioh can be best described as the Peanuts of anime. The manga is structured like an american comic strip, but when it transfers to the anime form, it is gold. You get episodes that are divided up into the strips that play out to form an overall episode. A lot of episodes range from being funny, sad, happy, and just cute.

It is a definite must see!

[Damo]

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Puppet Master said:
It was funny and to be exact it's a show about nothing.

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Yet makes you feel all warm and fuzzy and nostalgic in a rose-tinted way about your highschool days.

The only overall arc is that the central characters go through highschool from starting to graduation everything else in-between is comic genius with immensely likable characters.

Yes go buy it.

Easily one of my three desert island animes

[Teiresias]

The reviews/comments on AD are so universally positive that I have to assume the absolute boredom it fostered in me must be due to some lack on my part.

With that said, having watched episode 21 last evening, I've been slowly making my way through this series, but it's been a real grind. The characters are appealing enough, and there are some great comedic--even occasionally brilliant-- moments, but my overarching concern is how often I find myself yawning and looking at the clock.

I really wanted to like this--and I will make it through to the end...eventually.

[something]

Azumanga Daioh is one of my favorite shows, period. Osaka is my favorite character, period. Azumanga is one of the funniest shows ever, period.

PERIOD!

>_> Anyway, get it. Right now. Pure gold.

[Genesis]

Thanks for the comments!

It's amazing how no one dislikes this show! Wow, it must be good.

It seems like this series is a must-get kind of a show so I'll be sure to get this one as soon as I have spare cash. /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[Spirit Of The Stage]

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Genesis said:
Thanks for the comments!

It's amazing how no one dislikes this show! Wow, it must be good.

It seems like this series is a must-get kind of a show so I'll be sure to get this one as soon as I have spare cash. /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

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Actually, ignore everyone elses opinion, it's terrible. Awful animation, music, annoying characters and no heart whatsoever.

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This just in, the sarcasm meter has broken. DON'T BELIEVE THE ABOVE!!!

Seriously, this is one of the most heart warming series in years, with great humour, some of the most enjoyable and original characters ever (Osaka of course, but also Sakaki-san, the tall cool girl who is a secret lover of everything cute) and an ending which, despite being a comedy, did make me cry.

Oh, and of course there is Chiyo-chan in a penguin suit...something so cute it will make your teeth rot out...

[cheezisgoooood]

Azumanga Daioh is in fact an acquired taste, even though you may see that everyone you talk to says it's brilliant, occasionally you might find someone who wasn't too impressed by it. However, for people who do have the right sense of humor, the show is endlessly enjoyable.

[ShakeyJake33]

It's certainly a love or hate show, you'll either totally adore it, or just not get it.

I love it to bits, so much I bought it twice (different releases, obviously).

[JackProton]

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Teiresias said:
The reviews/comments on AD are so universally positive that I have to assume the absolute boredom it fostered in me must be due to some lack on my part.


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Well.......... /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif

You know, there has been great progress made in recent years for treating those lacking a short attention span.

But I think its really a matter of mood. Worse come to worse, you could always try marathoning Texhnolyze right before.

[Teiresias]

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JackProton said:
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Teiresias said:
The reviews/comments on AD are so universally positive that I have to assume the absolute boredom it fostered in me must be due to some lack on my part.


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Well.......... /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif

You know, there has been great progress made in recent years for treating those lacking a short attention span.

But I think its really a matter of mood. Worse come to worse, you could always try marathoning Texhnolyze right before.

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Let's try an experiment--pull 25 people out of a crowd at random, show them Osaka's <span style='color:#dddddd;background:#dddddd'>Dream</span> episode, and see if they don't kill you! /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif

P.S. Could you possibly think of two more mutually exclusive shows than AD and Tex? I think not!

[Azumangaman]

Do you like hillarious things? Do you like things that make you feel warm and happy?
Then by all means eat-up Azumanga Daioh.
Of course, without Osaka (pictured in avatar) AzuDai would suck. Big time. But she is there, and is the greatest.

However, if you need a heavily plot driven show, run, run, run as fast as you can, don't you catch it-it's a moldy gingerbread man /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif

Oh, and the New Year's Dream's episode is the best of the series IMO. Honestly, the only one where I actually had to press the pause button to get over my laughing fit.

But, I have a friend who DID get bored of Azumanga Daioh, and there will be occasional moments as stated by others- that'll bore you.

But overall, AzuDai places in my top 3 without a doubt!

[Teiresias]

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ShakeyJake33 said:
It's certainly a love or hate show, you'll either totally adore it, or just not get it.

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There is a third possibility, you could "get it," yet still not "adore it!" Though it's certainly possible we mean different things by "get it."

[Speedy Boris]

Don't be surprised if you're not totally into the show until Volume 3. That's how it was with me; it wasn't until Vol. 3 that I really started to like the laid back humor of the show and get into the characters' quirks and personalities. And then it ended up being one of my favorite animes of all time.

[something]

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Genesis said:
It's amazing how no one dislikes this show! Wow, it must be good.

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There are people who dislike the show, but they also tend to be hunchbacked, ugly alcoholics who hate love and freedom and all that is good in the world.

No offense to... any ugly alcoholic hunchbacks who love Azumanga!

=D

[jecca-neko]

I love AzuDai's comedy but I also identify with it. If you could combine Chiyo's small stature with Osaka's getting weird ideas and staring off into space and Sakaki's love for cats - that's essentially me. /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif

[AmericanBeauty]

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disarm said:
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Genesis said:
It's amazing how no one dislikes this show! Wow, it must be good.

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There are people who dislike the show, but they also tend to be hunchbacked, ugly alcoholics who hate love and freedom and all that is good in the world.

No offense to... any ugly alcoholic hunchbacks who love Azumanga!

=D

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I'm ugly and hunchbacked, but I am NO alcoholic. /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

Is the pope catholic?











I think my task here is done.

[JackProton]

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Teiresias said:
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JackProton said:
But I think its really a matter of mood. Worse come to worse, you could always try marathoning Texhnolyze right before.

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Let's try an experiment--pull 25 people out of a crowd at random, show them Osaka's <span style='color:#dddddd;background:#dddddd'>Dream</span> episode, and see if they don't kill you! /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif


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In this town, they'd probably carry me on their shoulders to the nearest local cult video rental pub headshop pizza parlor and treat me to a pint. But in the next town over... I'd be lucky to get away with a burning at the stake. Different strokes.

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P.S. Could you possibly think of two more mutually exclusive shows than AD and Tex? I think not!

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Precisely. Yin calls to Yang. Like crackers with chile or salt with margaritas, Azumanga can be highly therapeutic in the proper circumstances and dosage.


So, kids - get it now before the FDA bans it!

[SnowfairyX]

It only took watching the first episode for me to immediately fall in love with the series so you may want to check out at least the first episode if you can. It's definitely a show that people are either going to love or hate but I think one episode will be enough to know if this show is for you. It's slow paced, doesn't have much of a story or plot and some jokes are hit-or-miss due to them being totally cultural specific to Japan. The show is also very character based so if you also don't find most or any of the characters appealing, you almost definitely won't like it. I personally think this anime has the best bunch of characters I've seen yet and almost all contribute beneficially to make it so great.

[SnowfairyX]

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Azumangaman said:
Oh, and the New Year's Dream's episode is the best of the series IMO. Honestly, the only one where I actually had to press the pause button to get over my laughing fit.

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I actually thought that was the worst episode of the series, hands down. It was just too weird for me and didn't make any sense at all. I don't think I even smiled during that episode.

[ShakeyJake33]

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SnowfairyX said: The show is also very character based so if you also don't find most or any of the characters appealing, you almost definitely won't like it. I personally think this anime has the best bunch of characters I've seen yet and almost all contribute beneficially to make it so great.

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Indeed, this is the show that made me realise that it's not always the plot that makes a show - ultimately it's the characters that viewer becomes so attatched to.

This show manages to progress so well over a full 26 episodes (admittedly it was shown in 5 minute segments in Japan), with the only plot being the bear-bones required to push the scenario forward.

[Puppet Master]

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ShakeyJake33 said:
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SnowfairyX said: The show is also very character based so if you also don't find most or any of the characters appealing, you almost definitely won't like it. I personally think this anime has the best bunch of characters I've seen yet and almost all contribute beneficially to make it so great.

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Indeed, this is the show that made me realise that it's not always the plot that makes a show - ultimately it's the characters that viewer becomes so attatched to.

This show manages to progress so well over a full 26 episodes (admittedly it was shown in 5 minute segments in Japan), with the only plot being the bear-bones required to push the scenario forward.

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In some cases it's the characters others need a plot in this specific one though a plot would have been completely useless.

[kurage]

I picked up the Azumanga box late last year, and I have to admit that I'm quite fond of the show. It's a really cute, quirky tv series, and for the short time that I've owned it, I must say that it has an incredible replay value. Yukari and Nyamo really crack me up, but I really had a soft spot for (oddly enough) Kagura.

It's incredibly hard to dislike the show because it really doesn't do anything wrong, and that's more or less because it doesn't try to do a whole lot in the first place. /images/graemlins/happy.gif Part of the beauty of AzuDai lies in its simplicity. Definitely check it out.

[ObiKenobi]

From my personal experience it's a show that is good to watch once, but I just can't see myself ever wanting to watch it again. It's sort of like how Excel Saga was for me. For me, it's one of those shows that I think if I watched it a second time I wouldn't like it as much and it would just ruin the good memories I had from when I did watch it. So to sum it up, it's a good show but it just didn't have much of any replay value to me.

[ShakeyJake33]

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ObiKenobi said:
From my personal experience it's a show that is good to watch once, but I just can't see myself ever wanting to watch it again. It's sort of like how Excel Saga was for me. For me, it's one of those shows that I think if I watched it a second time I wouldn't like it as much and it would just ruin the good memories I had from when I did watch it. So to sum it up, it's a good show but it just didn't have much of any replay value to me.

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Funny you say that really, as I found that the light-hearted nature of the show meant it was easier to enjoy on second view than a more serious show would be.

[Speedy Boris]

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ObiKenobi said:
From my personal experience it's a show that is good to watch once, but I just can't see myself ever wanting to watch it again. It's sort of like how Excel Saga was for me. For me, it's one of those shows that I think if I watched it a second time I wouldn't like it as much and it would just ruin the good memories I had from when I did watch it. So to sum it up, it's a good show but it just didn't have much of any replay value to me.

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[ObiKenobi]

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Speedy Boris said:
That's funny because Excel Saga holds the highest replay value for any anime title I own, mostly because of its extremely episodic nature as opposed to serialized plots, plus I love its humor. But to each his own. /images/graemlins/happy.gif

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Yep, I watched it once with a friend who owned the DVDs and I love it so I figured I'd pick it up myself. Bought the first disc and couldn't force myself to get through the whole thing. I sold back that disc and have never felt any desire to watch the series again.

[Genesis]

I just bought the first volume. Can't wait until I get to watch it! /images/graemlins/happy.gif

[LupusUmbrus]

I'm a bit suprised by the different opinions on AzuDai, but I guess I shouldn't. There's so many different little things to love about the show.

I personally love AzuDai and is probably one of my most rewatched shows of all time. That said, it's understadable that some wouldn't love it, as it's a cute and quarky show.

[Captain Impulse]

My discs are starting to show wear from over-watching. That's saying a lot, considering how many DVDs I have (and so much backlog...) Azumanga Daioh is probably my favorite series out of my entire 2,000+ disc collection.

On a side note though, I watched the first disc when it came out, and didn't really laugh or chuckle much. I didn't know what to make of it (maybe didn't "get it"?). Even so, it was on my mind for days afterward, so I watched it again. Nope, still didn't "get it" but I think I laughed a few times. Again, it was stuck in my mind...little skits and bits popping up here and there...and I was laughing at them after the fact. I popped the disc in a third time, and laughed my ass off.

So yeah, maybe it's an acquired taste, but I'm glad I gave it a second shot. And a third. It's now my favorite series. Go figure.

[cheezisgoooood]

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Captain Impulse said:
My discs are starting to show wear from over-watching. That's saying a lot, considering how many DVDs I have (and so much backlog...) Azumanga Daioh is probably my favorite series out of my entire 2,000+ disc collection.

On a side note though, I watched the first disc when it came out, and didn't really laugh or chuckle much. I didn't know what to make of it (maybe didn't "get it"?). Even so, it was on my mind for days afterward, so I watched it again. Nope, still didn't "get it" but I think I laughed a few times. Again, it was stuck in my mind...little skits and bits popping up here and there...and I was laughing at them after the fact. I popped the disc in a third time, and laughed my ass off.

So yeah, maybe it's an acquired taste, but I'm glad I gave it a second shot. And a third. It's now my favorite series. Go figure.

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Your optimism is enviable. When I went through the first disc, I didn't laugh much in the first three episodes, but I always assumed that was because the characters were being introduced. Fourth episode, however, was a riot for me XD.

[Captain Impulse]

I'm not sure if it can even be called optimism; I think sub-consciously I thought it was funny or something, because I couldn't get scenes out of my head for days. It's like when you get a song stuck in your head, you've gotta listen to it again to get it out. Well, same strategy applied, and thus began the addiction. /images/graemlins/wink.gif

[Dicrel Seijin]

And addiction it is. It's the only series I currently have that I've watched numerous times.

Does anyone else get a little melancholy toward the end? I'm talking about the <span style='color:#dddddd;background:#dddddd'>last parade or the episode in the cabin where a drunk Nyamo explains the world to the girls</span>.

[Shsway]

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Kousaka Makoto said:
Does anyone else get a little melancholy toward the end?

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Man, I felt as though I was in high school again, and that all of my friends were leaving, never to be heard from again. Like my gut had imploded and, instead of being allowed to walk way into the sun with them, I was somehow being held back by someone, or had been tied to a tree, or something...anything to keep me from tagging along for more adventures.

So, yeah.

Azumanga Daioh was a very surprising show from beginning to end. It never seemed to employ the jokes that I thought it was going to, there was relatively little fanservice, and I decided that I loved all of the characters to death. Including Kimura.

This show has one of the best endings ever, given that it takes like four or five to properly tie everything up and depart.

Note for Teiresias: It almost goes without saying that one doesn't have to like what everyone else likes. I mean, I think I'm the only person here who felt unsatisfied with/wronged by the El Hazard OVA and Planetes.

[cheezisgoooood]

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Shsway said:
I decided that I loved all of the characters to death. Including Kimura.



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Professor Kimura is one of my favorite characters, what's wrong with him! Other than the fact he's a sick pedophile who likes to drink pool water because schoolgirls have been in it! Nobody ever made a law saying that was rong /images/graemlins/cry00000.gif.

To answer the question, I did in fact feel very tingly and emotional at the end, as I had grown attached to every character in the series. Heck, I even miss Kamineko and he only showed up every once in a while to bite Sakaki.

[pianocello]

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cheezisgoooood said:
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Shsway said:
I decided that I loved all of the characters to death. Including Kimura.



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Professor Kimura is one of my favorite characters, what's wrong with him! Other than the fact he's a sick pedophile who likes to drink pool water because schoolgirls have been in it! Nobody ever made a law saying that was rong /images/graemlins/cry00000.gif.



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DEATH TO KIMURA!! BURN KIMURA BURN!!!

[ADC]

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cheezisgoooood said:
Professor Kimura is one of my favorite characters, what's wrong with him! Other than the fact he's a sick pedophile who likes to drink pool water because schoolgirls have been in it! Nobody ever made a law saying that was rong /images/graemlins/cry00000.gif.

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Dude, that's wrong with a capital R. But still, for sheer bizarre fun, nobody beats KIIIIMURIIIIN!!

[Teiresias]

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Shsway said:

Note for Teiresias: It almost goes without saying that one doesn't have to like what everyone else likes. I mean, I think I'm the only person here who felt unsatisfied with/wronged by the El Hazard OVA and Planetes.

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Hey Shs--thanks for tossing me that bone!--even though if you fit the profile of most around here, I'm probably old enough to be your ole man. 'Cause I was feeling really inadequate...

What with "not getting it," having an inadequate "attention span," and my failure to allow AD to "grow on me" [like some fungus?],not having watched "episode 15" [even though I was finishing disk 5?!],I was starting to feel like a loser with a capital "L."
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[Teiresias]

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Shsway said:
I decided that I loved all of the characters to death. Including Kimura.



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Professor Kimura is one of my favorite characters, what's wrong with him! Other than the fact he's a sick pedophile who likes to drink pool water because schoolgirls have been in it! Nobody ever made a law saying that was rong /images/graemlins/cry00000.gif.

To answer the question, I did in fact feel very tingly and emotional at the end, as I had grown attached to every character in the series. Heck, I even miss Kamineko and he only showed up every once in a while to bite Sakaki.

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My favorite character! /images/graemlins/cool.gif

[JackProton]

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Teiresias said:
Hey Shs--thanks for tossing me that bone!--even though if you fit the profile of most around here, I'm probably old enough to be your ole man. 'Cause I was feeling really inadequate...

What with "not getting it," having an inadequate "attention span," and my failure to allow AD to "grow on me" [like some fungus?],not having watched "episode 15" [even though I was finishing disk 5?!],I was starting to feel like a loser with a capital "L."
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I actually said, "[...]there has been great progress made in recent years for treating those <font color="red">lacking</font> a short attention span." I don't know about the fungus growing aspects but I certainly am dismayed that you would think I was suggesting Azumanga Daioh required vast amounts of concentration!



Jack "Master of the Backhanded Compliment" Proton

[Teiresias]

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Teiresias said:
Hey Shs--thanks for tossing me that bone!--even though if you fit the profile of most around here, I'm probably old enough to be your ole man. 'Cause I was feeling really inadequate...

What with "not getting it," having an inadequate "attention span," and my failure to allow AD to "grow on me" [like some fungus?],not having watched "episode 15" [even though I was finishing disk 5?!],I was starting to feel like a loser with a capital "L."
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I actually said, "[...]there has been great progress made in recent years for treating those <font color="red">lacking</font> a short attention span." I don't know about the fungus growing aspects but I certainly am dismayed that you would think I was suggesting Azumanga Daioh required vast amounts of concentration!

Jack "Master of the Backhanded Compliment" Proton

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JP--I totally missed that! See how programmed I am to respond defensively? I blame it on FOX News...that or Fencedude! /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif

[Shsway]

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cheezisgoooood said:
Professor Kimura is one of my favorite characters, what's wrong with him! Other than the fact he's a sick pedophile who likes to drink pool water because schoolgirls have been in it!

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I was very, very wary of him at the beginning, but having finished the show now, I can say with (mostly) confidence that Kimura could, in fact, NOT be a pedophile. At least, not a practicing one. My friend and I have this theory that he is actually an example of extreme individualism and self-deprecating humor gone horribly, horribly wrong. I mean, his speeches as the sports committee chairman, and his attitude concerning Sakaki's homemade "Father" hats alone...

In any case, it was enough to me that he never laid a hand on anybody in the show or said anything especially lewd to anyone, other than Nyamo (and that with a heavy double entendre).

Or maybe I grew to enjoy the way he picked on Kaorin far too much. /images/graemlins/happy.gif

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Heck, I even miss Kamineko and he only showed up every once in a while to bite Sakaki.

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And that last bite he gives her is actually very telling of how that relationship actually turns out, though that is a character I despised for a long time.

And just what is it with Sakaki, or anyone else for that matter, who actually approaches a stray cat and tries to pet it? Come now, the outcome simply cannot be good, nine times out of ten (and I LOVE cats).

[SnowfairyX]

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Shsway said:
And just what is it with Sakaki, or anyone else for that matter, who actually approaches a stray cat and tries to pet it? Come now, the outcome simply cannot be good, nine times out of ten (and I LOVE cats).

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I don't see anything wrong with that, unless they have rabies /images/graemlins/depresse.gif. So far, I've been lucky I guess /images/graemlins/sweat000.gif. Most of the time they run away when I go to try to pet them, but our current cat is a stray that we just decided to adopt right on the spot for being so friendly /images/graemlins/catgirl0.gif.

[mrgazpacho]

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ShakeyJake33 said:
This show manages to progress so well over a full 26 episodes (admittedly it was shown in 5 minute segments in Japan), with the only plot being the bear-bones required to push the scenario forward.

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Or in this case, the bear curry /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

It's not that long, and I really loved it.

It's very definetly a comedy, one of the funniest that I've seen, but I seen a few people that say they didn't like it.

The closest thing that most people compare it to is Peanuts (You know, Snoopy and the guys..), but it's not exactly like that, yet the sense of humor is similar enough that if you like Peanuts, then you'll probobly like Azumanga Diaho.

[Johnny]

Just thought I'd reply here since I made a post about which version to get just before this thread appeared (I went for the thinpak set which arrived a couple of days ago) to say how much I'm enjoying Azumanga!
I've watched 9 episodes so far and am loving it far more than I'd imagined.

And just for the record, Tomo-chan is the greatest out of the girls, closely followed by Osaka /images/graemlins/catgirl0.gif

[Genesis]

I got the first volume and I enjoyed it quite a lot. Can't wait until I get my hands on the second disc! /images/graemlins/tongue.gif