# Azumanga Daioh

Azumanga Daioh (2002) (Japanese: あずまんが大王) is a Japanese anime series about the passage of a group of girls through a prestigious Japanese high school.

## Season 1
### Miss Yukari [1.1]

    Yukari: Damn you, [bicycle] chain. I'll show you one day.
    Yukari: Hey, I said you could ask anything, but my measurements are top secret! Not that I'm ashamed, of course. In fact, I dare say they're pretty spectacular. Oh, you impetuous boy! Look what you made me say on the first day!
    Male Student: What I meant is that your class is next door. This is Class 4. [Yukari slithers away]
    Chiyo: I like that in high school we get to bring our own lunches. But it's hard getting up early to make it.
    Kaorin and Female Student: She makes it herself?
    [Chiyo opens her bento box.]
    Kaorin and Female Student: And it looks delicious!
    Kaorin: What is she? Miss Perfect? Superwoman?
    Female Student: Miss Sakaki is really cool, isn't she!
    Kaorin: Yeah, she's way better than any of the boys in our class!
    [Kaorin catches a glimpse of Sakaki's panties and the kitty on the back]
    Female Student: Kaorin?
    Kaorin: I just saw something cute...
    Tomo: Hold on! Sakaki, your boobs are 8cm bigger than mine, so step back 8cm!
    Kaorin: Hey! That's cheating!
    Yomi: Eight centimeters...

### Osaka's Day [1.2]

    [Something seems to have caught Osaka's attention and she follows it around the classroom]
    Kaorin: Osaka, what are you doing?
    Osaka: You know those tiny bubbles inside your eyes you sometimes catch?
    [Kaorin sits patiently waiting for the answer]
    Osaka: Yeah, I'm trackin' them down as we speak.
    Tomo: Sensei.
    Yukari: What? What's wrong?
    Tomo: I smashed that cockroach just now with my textbook.
    [Tomo's holds up her textbook which shows the smashed cockroach and walks closer to Yukari]
    Tomo: What should I do?
    [Yukari screams out of disgust]
    Yukari: Get away from me! GET AWAY! [She continues to scream]

### Nyamo [1.3]

    Yukari: BASKETBALL! Now is the basketball era! Come sweat with your teacher and live out your youth to its fullest potential!
    Yukari: We're Team Yukari!
    Tomo & Yomi: [unenthusiastically] Yay.
    Osaka: We're Team Sea Slug!
    Chiyo & Kaorin: What?!
    Chiyo: Osaka?
    Kaorin: But sea slugs are so... [pause]
    Osaka: Go Team Sea Slug!
    Chiyo & Kaorin: [even less enthusiastically] Yay.

### Pool, Pool, Pool [1.4]

    Tomo: Kimura-sensei, why did you become a teacher?
    Kimura: BECAUSE I LIKE HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS THAT'S WHY!
    Mr. Kimura: Several of the water pipes that run through my house have been leaking quite a bit lately.
    Nyamo: Oh?
    Mr. Kimura: The rubber backing has probably grown very brittle and dried out. It tends to do that when it gets old you know.
    Nyamo: Sure, I Guess so.
    [long pause]
    Mr. Kimura: Have you grown brittle and dry...?
    Nyamo: THAT'S IT, YOU'RE OUT OF HERE!
    Tomo: Uh huh! Yomi's crazy flexible 'cause her body's made of almost nothing but fat!
    Yomi: DOUBLE CHOP!
    [Yomi hits Tomo over the back of the head]
    Yomi: Quit being so damn RUDE!
    [Tomo runs away, chased by Yomi]
    Tomo: Flabby! Hey, it jiggled!
    Yomi: DOUBLE CHOP!
    Tomo: Ooow...
    Nyamo: You two, quit messing around!

### Summer Break [1.5]

    Tomo: That's right! We're stylin' and profilin'!
    Osaka: But don't you have boyfriends to show off your style to?
    [Tomo heaves a heavy sigh]
    Nyamo: So, I'll take three and Yukari will take two.
    Chiyo: Um... since Yukari-sensei's car looks a bit more spacious, why not put three people over there?
    Nyamo: Isn't it better for fewer people to die? [The girls gasp.]
    [After they arrive at Chiyo's sumer home]
    Yukari: We're here!
    [Yomi opens the door of the Yukari-mobile]
    Yomi: We were watching.
    [Osaka and Chiyo are trembling, visibly traumatized]
    Osaka: We're not afraid of rollercoasters anymore...after this...you know...
    Tomo: So, it's Nyamo's turn. Share some of your vast array of adult experiences.
    Nyamo: [very uncomfortable] Well, I'm single too, so i really don't have any of those stories.
    Tomo: Darn.
    Yukari: You weren't single last year. [Nyamo shakes a little]

### Sports Fest [1.6]

    Yukari: Listen up, everyone! I have one word that I want to say to all of you. And that word is... FIRST PLACE!
    Chiyo and Osaka: [lined up for the three-legged race] Let's do it!
    [starting gun fires; the girls fall over]
    Chiyo: Let's take our time and count our steps, okay?
    Osaka: Okay, nice and slow.
    Chiyo and Osaka: One --! [they fall over again]

### Culture Fest [1.7]

    Girl: Oh, Ms. Kurosawa!
    Nyamo: Tell me, how's it holding up?
    Girl: Well the thing is...
    Nyamo: Huh?
    [cuts to Kagura and Mr. Kimura]
    Mr. Kimura: What is going on here!
    Kagura: Going on, what do you mean!
    Mr. Kimura: This is inexcusable!
    Nyamo: Something wrong?
    Kagura: Yeah, this guy...
    Mr. Kimura: Oh, Ms. Kurosawa, I'm so glad you're here!
    Nyamo: Okay!
    Mr. Kimura: Please talk some sense into your girls Ms. Kurosawa. I mean don't you find it rather odd? This is the swim team's booth and no one's in a swim suit!
    Kagura & Nyamo: Uh...
    Mr. Kimura: Ugh... okay, I'll let the swimsuits go.
    Kagura: Yes sir!
    Mr. Kimura: I think I'd like a glass of pool water!
    Kagura: Sir?
    Mr. Kimura: POOL WATER! AS IN WATER FROM THE POOL THAT YOU GIRLS HAVE BEEN SWIMMING IN!
    Kagura: WHAT! We don't have any of that!
    Mr. Kimura: [deep sigh]

### New Year's Dream Special [1.8]

    Osaka: Chiyo-chan, why are you flying?
    Chiyo: I'm ten years old!
    Sakaki: Excuse me, that thing we were talking about, where can I go to find a real cat?
    Chiyo's dad: A real cat? [He starts to glow, turning blue, purple and red.] Are you saying then that I am a fake cat?
    Sakaki: I'm sorry please forgive me.
    [He stops glowing.]
    Chiyo's dad: No, it is not that I am angry. I am not a fake. [He quickly glows red again and thrashes around in his chair] But do you mean to say that there are cats that are real AND ONES THAT ARE NOT?!
    Sakaki: Are you sure you're not angry?

### Miss Sakaki [1.9]

    Osaka: Sakaki is absorbing something from you!
    Chiyo: Sakaki, did you take my height?
    Sakaki: Uh...no...
    Chiyo: You took it, right? You took it, right? You took it, right?...Give it back!

### Second Year [1.10]

    Tomo: VIVA LA CLASS SHUFFLE!
    [Sakaki walks over to a black cat, trying to pet it]
    Kagura: [leaping in front of Sakaki's face] STUPID FURBALL!!! [the cat runs away] [laughing] That was great!
    [Sakaki slowly turns her head to face Kagura, her eyes hidden beneath her hair]

### Kagura And Sakaki [1.11]

    [after the two guess names of flowers by the sidewalk]
    Kagura: Hey, Sakaki. That just now; was that a contest?
    [Sakaki looks at Kagura as if to say "no"]

### Chiyo's Day [1.12]

    Chiyo: [narrating] Whenever I go to school, sometimes Sakaki joins me on my walks because she lives in the neighborhood.
    [Sakaki looks around and sees a kitty, then she chases after it without Chiyo noticing]
    Chiyo-chan: [Looks to where Sakaki was. Thinking to herself.] But sometimes she just disappears all of a sudden and I don't know where she went. It's a mystery....

### Exams [1.13]

    Tomo: Hey, what are you guys acting so cool for?
    Osaka and Kagura: Huh?
    Tomo: Come on you two, say something back at her!
    Osaka and Kagura: Huh? [Pointing to Tomo] Knucklehead.
    Tomo: [Pronouncing with "s"] Knuckleheads.
    Osaka and Kagura: Oh. [To Yomi] Who you calling knucklehead?!
    Entire Class: It's not here.
    [camera cuts to Tomo, sitting wide-eyed; she drops her pencil]

### The Ocean, Summer Kimonos, And A Party [1.14]

    [After Chiyo and Sakaki help everyone put their kimonos on.]
    Yukari: An adult being dressed by a child...
    Nyamo: You don't know how to put one on either!
    Tomo: I thought for sure you'd be able to, Nyamo.
    Yukari: [to the group] Isn't strange that Ms. Kurosawa here, who can tie a man's necktie, cannot put on her own kimono?
    Tomo: You can tie a necktie?!
    Yukari: The story begins long ago, when Ms. Nyamo was madly in love. This she-beast here used to practice doing neckties using me as her guinea pig!
    Nyamo: So what?!
    Yukari: Unfortunately, they broke up before she could show off her new skill. So her next ambition was-
    [Nyamo starts fighting with her before she can finish her sentence]
    Osaka: When you think about it rationally, you don't really need turtles.
    [After Sakaki wins the Nekokoneko.]
    Kagura: Wow, you totally killed that Nekokoneko! You hunter! You crazy sniper, you!
    Sakaki: [in tears] It's not dead... It's not dead...
    [The Morning After the Night Before, Nyamo style]
    Chiyo: That was interesting, but I'm a little confused. what did you mean by.... [the soundtrack goes silent as Chiyo mimes out certain very odd sexual references]
    Nyamo: What? Chiyo, who told you about that?
    Yukari:You did
    [The other girls walk in, Sakaki blushes awkwardly, and the other three bow in deep respect.]
    Tomo: Thank you very much, sensei!
    Osaka: That was very informative.
    Kagura: [worshipfully] I'm so proud of you, Coach.
    Nyamo: WHAT THE HELL DID I DO?

### Sports Fest, Second Year [1.15]

    [The girls wonder who would marry a man like Kimura.]
    Tomo: I bet if she married Kimura she has a really bad personality.
    Yukari: On the contrary! I hear that Kimura's wife is so sweet and gentle that she is willing to put up with that!
    Tomo: [awestruck] Is she some kind of angel?
    [Tomo, Yumi, Yukari and Chiyo look up as the background turns white and watches Kimura's Wife fly around as an angel.]

### Culture Fest, Second Year [1.16]

    Osaka: There will be lots of cute cats and dogs in the Cafe... and they're all dead. [The other girls groan.]
    Kagura: I'm Kagura! The fact that I'm 156 centimeters tall has nothing to do with the Culture Fest!
    Sakaki: I'm, Sakaki... [The on-screen picture indicates that Sakaki is 174 cm tall, an unusual height for a Japanese girl]
    Kimura: IT'S REALLY, REALLY CUTE!

### Osaka's Scary Stories [1.17]

    Yukari: Listen up! I'm tired of just being an English teacher, so today I'm teaching you kids Math!
    Yomi: Math, huh?
    [Yukari leafs through the Math textbook, can't find a lesson she understands, and screams.]
    Yukari: We're doing P.E.! Everybody outside.
    Yukari: We're playing soccer!
    Yomi: Sure, but do you even know the rules?
    Yukari: I'm Nakata! [a player on Japan's national team -- the dub uses American women's international Mia Hamm.]
    Yomi: What?
    Yukari: My position is Nakata!
    Yukari: [ecstatic at having scored] GOAL! GOAL! GOOOOAL!
    Yomi: Sensei, that was our goal.
    Yukari: Actually, I'm a spy for the other team.
    Yomi: Whatever.
    Kagura: Hey, does Chiyo-chan...
    Tomo: Huh?
    Kagura: ...Still believe in Santa Claus?
    Tomo: Well, should I ask her?
    [Tomo Walks over to Chiyo]]
    Tomo: Chiyo-Chan, are you one of those people that still believes in Santa Claus?
    Chiyo: I know that Santa is my father.
    Sakaki: Santa... is her father?
    [Sakaki's imagination overwhelms her and we get to see the results.]
    Chiyo-chichi: Merry Krismasu!
    Chiyo: Yay! My father is Santa!
    Chiyo-chichi: Yes. The government pays me to deliver presents to all the children in Japan!
    Chiyo: Amazing!
    Chiyo-chichi: And I can fly at Mach 100!
    Chiyo: Amazing, amazing!
    Kagura: Now, if we accept that Santa doesn't exist -- do reindeer exist?
    Tomo: [after a bout of explosive laughter] This girl believes in reindeer! [Continues laughing, the other girls gasp.]
    Yomi: Reindeer do exist.
    Osaka: I think that when Christmas time comes...
    Chiyo: Yes?
    Osaka: There's a red-nosed reindeer. That's mean. "Your shining nose is useful in the fog..." The way he said it doesn't help at all. If you tell a bald man his head is useful in the dark, you'd get punched in the face. Santa Claus says such cruel things.
    Chiyo: [Has no idea what Osaka is talking about.] Uh, yeah...

### Koyomi's Ordeals [1.18]

    [Tomo tells Yukari about Yomi eating all you can eat snow crab]
    Yukari: In Hokkaido?! Snow Crab??!! ALL YOU CAN EAT???!!!
    Tomo: [crying] It was all Yomi. All Yomi.
    Yomi: [To Tomo] You actually got her...
    [Yukari slaps Yomi with a notebook]
    [Tomo stands in front of a vending machine and buys a milk-tea]
    Tomo: [looking into the vending machine, which pours the tea with no cup] Oh, no! The cup! My-my milk tea!
    [seconds later]
    Yomi: [holding a cup of milk-tea] What the... two cups...?
    [Tomo looks on in shock, then bawls and runs around in circles]

### Third Year [1.20]

    Kagura: Chiyo-Chan's studying abroad! Amazing!
    Tomo: Amazing!
    Chiyo: No... really...
    Tomo: Mm. She's gonna die.
    Chiyo: Ahh!
    Osaka: Mm. You know, 'cause your family's rich and you're so tiny. [she suddenly grabs Chiyo by the pigtails] And you're easy to catch!

### School Trip [1.21]

    Yukari: Our school trip is coming up next month. You look excited, Chiyo-chan.
    [Chiyo giggles merrily]
    Yukari: Actually, it's been canceled.
    [Taking roll at the airport, Yukari style.]
    Yukari: All right, is everybody here? If you're not here, raise your hand! Just kidding!
    Tomo: I'm not here!
    Yukari: But you are!
    Tomo: [holding up a box of cookies]. Chinsuko.
    [She holds the box in front of Yomi proudly.]
    Tomo: It's chinsuko! it's chinsuko!
    [Yomi blushes, annoyed. The way Tomo is saying it makes it sound like "penis" (Chinpoko)]
    Osaka: [Pointing at a mounted Iriomote cat at a museum.] Yamapikarya! [Points to a real Iriomote cat] Yamapikarya!
    Chiyo: I guess he'll look like that when he grows up too, huh.
    Osaka: And then he'll look like that.....
    [Sakaki and Chiyo's expressions change to open-mouthed horror as Osaka points at a skeleton.]
    Osaka: Nice and bony.

### Entrance Exams Study Camp! [1.22]

    [while running a red light]
    Tomo: Hey! What are you stopping for?
    Yukari and Tomo: [Tomo stretches her face and sticks out her tongue as Yukari motions as if honking her horn] Loser! Loser!
    Kaorin: [pointing ahead with a horrified expression] IT'S RED!!!
    [Yukari, Tomo, and Kaorin scream offscreen]
    Osaka: Ooh. They're flyin'.
    Tomo: [jumps in front of Kaorin's camera] Cheese!
    [long pause]
    Kaorin: [jumping off the deck] Dammit! Whoa. [screams offscreen]
    Osaka: Whoa. She's flyin'.

### Yamamaya [1.24]

    Osaka: The Frenchman Mr. Tadakichi and the Japanese Chiyo-chan coming to America. It'll be hard to tell who's the foreigner there.
    Chiyo: Miss Osaka sure is interesting.
    Tomo: Are you sure it's safe to leave that cat alone with Mr. Tadakichi? He might get eaten!
    Chiyo: It's not a problem. Mr. Tadakachichi is much too big to --
    Kagura: [reading a guidebook] Iriomote cats have been known to kill and eat wild boars.
    Chiyo: [panicked by this sudden revelation] We've got to hurry!

### Onwards, Entrance Exams! [1.25]

    Osaka: What ya'll doin'?
    Tomo: Just quizzing Chiyo-chan here. What kind of bird is always avoiding the police?
    Osaka: A Rook. [in the japanese, it is a heron, which is a pun on the Japanese word for "fraud"]
    [Tomo and Chiyo are both taken aback she got it so quickly]
    Tomo: All right then -- who built Osaka Castle?
    Osaka: The carpenter.
    Tomo: If Nihongo is Japanese, what is Eigo?
    Osaka: Still Japanese. [Eigo is the Japanese name of English]
    Tomo: An eggplant, a watermelon and a radish are on a truck which takes a steep curve. What drops?
    Osaka: The speed.
    Tomo and Chiyo You're amazing!!
    Osaka: Did I say something?

### Graduation Ceremony [1.26]

    [Kagura picks up a desk.]
    Kagura: Would it be bad if I took one of the desks home?
    Yukari: Yes, it would be bad.

## Cast

    Character - Japanese - English
* Chiyo Mihama - Tomoko Kaneda - Jessica Boone
* Tomo Takino - Chieko Higuchi - Brian Esler
* Koyomi Mizuhara - Rie Tanaka - Nancy Novotny
* Sakaki - Yu Asakawa - Hamish Strachan
* Kagura - Houko Kuwashima - Allison Sumrall
* Yukari Tanizaki - Akiko Hiramatsu - Luci Christian
* Minamo Kurosawa - Aya Hisakawa - Monica Rial

## External links

* Azumanga Daioh - Everyone's goin' blonklers!!! The Official English site by ADV Films
* Azumanga Daioh quotes at the Internet Movie Database
* Azumanga Daioh at the Anime News Network Encyclopedia