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Azumanga Daioh is Amazing

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This show was so good. It was even the home of the original "my waifu" phrase that we all know and love.

ok maybe not all, but the show is reallllllly good. rare that subsequent slice of lifers have gotten anywhere close.
 
ferrx said:
Hmmm, not on crunchyroll? Looking for another "slice of life" after running out of Shirokuma Cafe episodes.
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I think Nichijou is no longer on Crunchyroll, but there's a channel called Nichistuffs on Youtube that has all the segments.
 
Fat4all said:
Ahh, but alas, moe has a good bit to do with that as well.

I like to call it the "Bollywood-ification®" of anime. Anime series try to pack in as many fetishistic things, musical moments, action, comedy, personalities, dark scenes, blood, gore, etc. They become bloated and poisonous to the medium as a whole because of the nature of "check box development"in anime as a whole. Moe is a part of that, too.

(Spoilers reveal poison)
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The character you posted, Hestia, is from a harem light novel, so I'm not sure what you're trying to prove.
 
It's a cute show that's totally out there. Osaka bits are the funniest.

For those that like the crazy slapstick humor, Cromartie High School is similar, except with guys. Both hilarious shows. Oh, and a Robot.
 
dluu13 said:
But Nichijou has such sweet moments.
i almost cried
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But Nichibros has this;

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I haven't watched Nichijou, but I could not get into other similar stuff near as much, if at all.
Not Daily Lives, Minami-ke, K-On, Lucky Star, etc. Nobody in any of those other shows/comics just click with me.
I feel like the characters in Azumanga Daioh, I don't feel like the characters in those other series.

Yotsuba&! and other types of slice of lives not the same type of series as those, and I love the genre in general though.
Yotsuba&!'s super great.
 
Busaiku said:
I haven't watched Nichijou, but I could not get into other similar stuff near as much, if at all.
Not Daily Lives, Minami-ke, K-On, Lucky Star, etc. Nobody in any of those other shows/comics just click with me.
I feel like the characters in Azumanga Daioh, I don't feel like the characters in those other series.

Yotsuba& and other types of slice of lives not the same type of series as those, and I love the genre in general though.
Yotsuba&'s super great.
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It's ok. I couldn't get into Lucky Star either, and Daily Lives didn't leave too big of an impression on me although there are a few memorable scenes. I did really like K-On though. The characters in Azumanga Daioh and Yotsuba&! are have a certain innocent charm that's really sweet. I did not watch Minami-ke.

Nichijou also has those moments, but the humor is mostly surreal, slapstick type stuff and also a number of instance of parodies.
 
I honestly haven't had a chance to watch a lot of Anime since Azumanga Daioh, but it's always felt like the definitive slice of life anime. It feels like it strikes a great balance between heart and anime wackiness. When I've told people about it though, I tell them to pick up the manga if possible. I feel like the intro just seems strangely off putting and doesn't quite represent the series well. It's my only minor gripe. Well, that and English Chiyo sounds awful.

Funny thing is that I had an English teacher VERY much like Yukari. The same sort of young, single, free spirited woman who happened to be friends with one of the PE teachers, also a fairly young lady. I saw the series fansubbed way back around 2006. A good 5 years after I graduated High School, but I always think back and go "Damn, if I showed her this series she would get such a kick out of it, she would freak out"
 
Azumanga was and still is incredible.

I always respected that Azuma doesn't rely on fanservice which is almost standard these days for this type of series for Daioh or Yotsuba (didn't stop doujinshi of course).
 
I've only ever read the manga, actually. My school library had the omnibus, and I loved it.

...honestly, I should probably check out the anime one of these days.
 
The omnibus was the best thing I ever bought. That knife scene had me in tears.

Walpurgis said:
I don't really buy that. That's pretty easy to translate into anime. It's been done many times before. :p
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Deciding on how long beat panels should be when translated to video probably isn't easy. I remember feeling that the scene with Sakaki petting Tadakichi dragging on for just a bit too long, for example. So I guess I can sorta understand where he's coming from.
 
This show is an absolute classic and a shining example of what anime can do with comedy and character development, without pandering to a fanbase.

Nichijou mines the same material, and I love it, but I wouldn't call it a classic in quite the same way. The same goes for Pani Poni Dash. I've never seen a slice-of-life anime that could properly take up the mantle from Azumanga.

Looking back, Azumanga was an anomaly in how little it pandered, really. It did its own thing, with confidence.
 
Dice// said:
I love asking myself "who's best" and never arriving at a number 1.
I'm not crazy for the genre, but I love Azumanga's slice of life style.
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I couldn't pick a 'best girl' either. The show's humour works so well because of the group dynamic. In other shows with a high school girl ensemble, there's often a character that's obnoxious or dull or anything that could be labeled as negative by the viewer, but not in Azumanga Daioh. Not even Tomo. Hell, one of the best jokes is caused by Tomo. As Chiyo is about to open the door of the cabin, Tomo on a whim grabs the key and throws it far away. That scene always cracks me up.
 
Azumanga Daioh thread?

Fucking yes, it is THE SHIT. Osaka is the best girl hands down (she's my waifu too)

Got the manga afterwards and it feels it's funnier to me (but the anime has it own moments too)

SAATA ANDAGIIIII

Ans Yotsuba is freakin adorable too.
 
Azumanga Diaoh hits a tone with its slice-of-life comedy I've never quite seen repeated. K-On and Yotsuba are very funny, but they're more grounded and don't have the same fantastical elements like Chiyo's (imaginary) dad or Sakaki's cat arc. And Nichijou is also very funny and sweet, but Nano automatically makes it less grounded in reality. Azumanga Daioh stays somewhere in-between and does it very well.
 
Azumanga Diaoh managed to almost kill me with various laughing fits, random flashbacks in most inappropriate situations included.
 
tuffy said:
And Nichijou is also very funny and sweet, but Nano automatically makes it less grounded in reality. Azumanga Daioh stays somewhere in-between and does it very well.
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I found Nichijou's school section to drag, so I ended skipping to only the Nano and Professor sections.
 
So I just watched some videos of Azumanga Daioh's English dub, and it's not bad. I like Tomo the most after what I've seen.
 
Jackpot said:
I found Nichijou's school section to drag, so I ended skipping to only the Nano and Professor sections.
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Gentleman Jack said:
I was the opposite; I wanted to skip every single scene with the professor in it.
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I thought it was clever how two seemingly unrelated shows in the first half eventually unified in the second. I appreciated that Nichijou had some character arcs that went somewhere, which is also something the more successful slice-of-life comedies have in common.
 
I enjoyed Nichjou overall but that shit just dragged and dragged. Lucky Star drags half the time. Azumanga Daioh is still the slice of life to beat

I used to think Sakaki was the best but I've warmed up to Yomi and is now best girl after who knows how many rewatches I've done. Probably because I started to pay attention to every detail of the show and I could relate a lot with her over anyone else.
 
Cheerilee said:
Incidentally, Kiyohiko Azuma wrote a SailorMoon doujin called "A-Zone" several years before he became famous for his Azumanga. It's short and not fully translated, but I think it's neat. It can be found where such things are found.

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I need this in my life.
 
There used to be a screen saver like program that has Osaka in her room and she would wander around and mess with different objects in the room.

Can't remember the name of it though
 
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