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When we discovered the Azumanga Daioh comics, we just had to bring this to people's attention. Written and drawn by Azuma Kiyohiko, Azumanga is a 4-panel comic strip about a bunch of high school girls and some of their teachers. It may not sound like much, but it's extremely funny, and feels like a Japanese Calvin and Hobbes (it's now an anime TV series). So, just like we do for Megumi-Toons, we flattened and wrecked our copies of Azumanga to get some of them translated and posted for you to enjoy each month, and you don't even have to know how to read Japanese!

If you like Azumanga and want to read more, please buy the manga itself! Yen Press publishes the US version in English.
You can also order the 4 original Japanese ones from Animate.
These comics were translated as a service to anime fans who don't read Japanese before the original US release by ADV Manga, and are in no way meant as an infringement of the copyrights of the original owners.

Jan 1, 2005:	If your were in the San Jose area during 2003-04, maybe you were lucky enough to join our showings of the Azumanga anime TV series. Now, the anime is available domestically from SXION23 (Section 23 Films).
Sep 17, 2003:	We've (belatedly) put up 2 more strips showing Ousaka's little accomplishments.
July 15, 2003:	We have the next 2 strips that show how weak Tomo's grasp of reality can be.
June 22, 2003:	3 new strips are up that show just how childish Yukari can be.
May 31, 2003:	We have 3 new strips that show Chiyo-chan at the movies.

Page/Strip	The Story...	Size
Volume 1 (ISBN4-8402-1467-0)
5b, 6a+b	Introducing Yukari-sensei Introducing Yukari-sensei, the English teacher.	~150K
7a+b, 8a	Introducing Chiyo-chan Concluding Yukari-sensei's story and introducing Chiyo-chan.	~164K
8b, 9a+b	Chiyo-chan and introducing Sakaki-san Finish with Chiyo-chan's introduction and bring in a new character, Sakaki-san.	~164K
10a+b	Sakaki-san A bit more on Sakaki-san: she's not as tough and aloof as she seems to her classmates.	~100K
11a+b	Tomo-chan Takino Tomo is loud, irreverent, and hyperactive. This intro shows what she's like.	~104K
12a+b, 13a	Tomo-chan and Kurosawa-sensei More on Tomo-chan's competitive nature, and introducing the physical education teacher, Kurosawa-sensei.	~156K
14a+b, 15a	Kurosawa-sensei and Yukari More on Kurosawa-sensei and her friendly rivalry (or rival-like friendship) with Yukari.	~110K
15b, 16a	Teeny Chiyo-chan Even someone as smart as Chiyo-chan can still have problems.	~79K
17a+b, 18a	Sakaki-san and Cats There's a small problem between Sakaki-san and cats.	~103K
18b, 19a+b	Hyper Tomo and Pet Care As shown before, Tomo is very energetic. Also, Chiyo and Sakaki's ideal school club.	~145K
20a+b	Tomo's Challenges Tomo-chan is very competitive, even if there's no way she'll ever win!	~80K
23b, 24a+b	Bratty Teacher Yukari can be incredibly selfish and childish, and often imposes on others.	~147K
25a+b, 26a	Chiyo-chan at the Movies Chiyo and her friends go to the movies, and Sakaki-san shows her sensitive side.	~147K
28b, 29a+b	Girl From Ousaka A new transfer student (yes, Ousaka-san), and Tomo is sure it's her new rival.	~145K
30a+b	Ousaka Imposter It's fun to read about the preconceptions Tokyo people have about Ousaka natives.	~90K
31b, 32a	The Wedding Yukari's reaction to a friend's impending wedding says a lot about her.	~84K
32b, 33a	Video Games Yukari likes playing video games, for interesting reasons.	~90K
41b, 42a+b	Growing Up 3 strips that show how childish and immature Yukari can be.	~1290K
46a+b	Ah Did It These 2 strips show that the smallest things can be important to Ousaka.	~91K
47a+b	Watch Out 2 strips that show how ridiculous Tomo can be.	~91K