Azumanga Daioh
TV anime20021 season26 episodesOriginal: mangaKiyohiko Azuma
Ten year old child prodigy, Chiyo Mihama, is finding it tough fitting in at high school with the girls five years her elder: Osaka (dimwitted with a weird take on the world), Tomo (a powder keg that goes off at a moment’s notice), Kagura (the competitive athlete of the bunch), Yomi (the hothead), and Sakaki (timid and obsessed with a love of animals that isn’t reciprocated). Together with their teacher, they navigate the rough waters and fun times of high school.
Where does Azumanga Daioh continue after the anime? For each finished season, see whether there is a confirmed place to start reading, whether starting from the beginning is safer, and whether the original story is complete.
Season 1
- Anime ends at
- Ep 26
The TV series reaches the manga’s high-school graduation ending; there is no later original volume to continue with.
Start over · Azumanga Daioh
Yen PressEnglishPaperback
The anime tells the whole story. To read the original, start from the first volume.
Where it stops:
2 side entriesFONAreading notes
- Azumanga Daioh: The Very Short MovieFThe 2001 theatrical short is an early standalone adaptation, rather than a sequel to the TV series.
- Azumanga Web DaiohONAThe 2000 Web short presents a time-capsule video made by the girls, rather than events after the TV ending.
Original · Manga
Azumanga Daioh
あずまんが大王
Kiyohiko AzumaメディアワークスCompleted4 volumes
- JapaneseShogakukan3 volumes so farsince Jun 2009
- EnglishYen Press1 volumeDec 2009
All volumes
Before you read
The original manga is complete in 4 volumes.
English · Yen Press uses its own volume numbering. Check which original volumes or chapters each book contains; the same number in another edition may refer to different content.
Shogakukan: The Japanese edition is at Vol. 3.
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