Azumanga Daioh was written and illustrated by Kiyohiko Azuma, largely in yonkoma (four-panel) format. The unnumbered chapters were serialized by MediaWorks' in the monthly magazine Dengeki Daioh from February 1999 to May 2002 and collected in four tankōbon volumes.[1] Each of the four volumes covers about a year in the characters' lives.[2] A new edition in three volumes was released in Japan by Shogakukan to commemorate the manga's 10th anniversary,[3] with volume one, covering the first year of high school, being published June 11, 2009.[4] The reprint edition contains three additional 16-page chapters serialized in Monthly Shōnen Sunday starting in May 2009 under the title Azumanga Daioh: Supplementary Lessons (あずまんが大王·補習編, Azumanga Daiō Hoshūhen).[5][6]
The series was licensed in English in North America and the United Kingdom by ADV Manga, which released all four volumes between 2003 and 2004. ADV later reprinted the series in an omnibus edition (ISBN 978-1-4139-0364-5) on November 7, 2007.[1] In 2009, Yen Press acquired the North American and UK license of Azumanga Daioh, and released a new translation in December 2009 in an omnibus volume.[7] In Europe, Azumanga Daioh is licensed in French by Kurokawa,[8] in German by Tokyopop,[9] in Spanish by Norma Editorial,[10] and in Finnish by Punainen jättiläinen.[11] In Asia, the series has been licensed in Korean by Daiwon C.I.,[12] in Thai by Negibose Comics,[13] in Vietnam by TVM Comics,[14] and in Chinese by Tong Li Publishing.[15] It was the first yonkoma manga translated in France.[16]
Volume list
No.
Original release date
Original ISBN
English release date
English ISBN
1
February 10, 2000[17]
978-404-869026-3
September 3, 2003[18]
1-4139-0000-3
"April: Part 1"
"April: Part 2"
"May: Part 1"
"May: Part 2"
"June"
"Deluxe"
"July"
"August: Part 1"
"August: Part 2"
"September: Part 1"
"September: Part 2"
"October: Part 1"
"October: Part 2"
"November: Part 1"
"November: Part 2"
"December: Part 1"
"December: Part 2"
2
October 27, 2000[19]
4-8402-1691-6
November 5, 2003[20]
1-4139-0023-2
"January"
"January Special: First Dream of the New Year"
"February"
"March: Part 1"
"March: Part 2"
"April: Part 1"
"April: Part 2"
"May: Part 1"
"May: Part 2"
"June"
"June Special: Osaka's Half-Day"
"July"
"July Special: A Day in the Life of Chiyo-chan"
"August: Part 1"
"August: Part 2"
"August: Part 3"
3
September 10, 2001[21]
4-8402-1943-5
February 1, 2004[22]
1-4139-0030-5
"September: Part 1"
"September: Part 2"
"October: Part 1"
"October: Part 2"
"November: Part 1"
"November: Part 2"
"December: Part 1"
"December: Part 2"
"January Special: The First Dream of the New Year"
"January"
"February: Part 1"
"February: Part 2"
"March: Part 1"
"March: Part 2"
"April: Part 1"
"April: Part 2"
"May: Part 1"
"May: Part 2"
4
June 10, 2002[23]
4-8402-2128-6
April 1, 2004[24]
1-4139-0048-8
"June: Part 1"
"June: Part 2"
"July: Part 1"
"July: Part 2"
"August"
"September: Part 1"
"September: Part 2"
"October: Part 1"
"October: Part 2"
"November Special"
"December: Part 1"
"December: Part 2"
"January: Part 1"
"January: Part 2"
"February: Part 1"
"February: Part 2"
"Graduation: Part 1"
"Graduation: Part 2"
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^"Azumanga Daioh 10th Anniversary". Anime News Network. February 24, 2009. Retrieved April 3, 2009.
^あずまんが大王1年生 (少年サンデーコミックススペシャル): あずま きよひこ: 本 (in Japanese). ASIN 4091216951.
^"Azumanga Daioh Manga's 3 New Chapters to Debut in May (Updated)". Anime News Network. April 21, 2009. Retrieved May 11, 2009.
^""Gessan" New starting. Serial Formation by Adachi Mitsuru and Azuma Kiyohiko". Akihabara General Laboratory. Archived from the original on May 15, 2009. Retrieved May 15, 2009.
^"Yen Press to reissue Azumanga Daioh manga". Anime News Network. April 1, 2009. Retrieved April 3, 2009.
^"Azumanga Daioh Vol 1" (in French). Kurokawa. Archived from the original on February 21, 2009. Retrieved May 23, 2009.
^"Azumanga Daioh" (in German). Tokyopop Germany. Archived from the original on April 8, 2009. Retrieved May 24, 2009.
^"Azumanga Daioh" (in Spanish). Norma Editorial. Archived from the original on January 31, 2013. Retrieved September 18, 2009.
^"Azumanga Daioh" (in Finnish). Punainen jättiläinen. Archived from the original on September 10, 2008. Retrieved May 24, 2009.
^"아즈망가 대왕" (in Korean). Daiwon C.I. Retrieved May 24, 2009.
^"โรงเรียนป่วน นักเรียนเป๋อ Vol 1" (in Thai). siambookcenter.com. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved May 28, 2009.
^"Azumanga Daioh" (in Vietnamese). TVM Comics. Archived from the original on May 28, 2013. Retrieved May 20, 2009.
^"笑園漫畫大王" (in Chinese). Tong Li Publishing. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved May 24, 2009.
^Penedo, Nicolas (2008). Dicomanga: le dictionnaire encyclopédique de la bande dessinée japonaise (in French). Paris: Fleurus. p. 56. ISBN 978-2-215-07931-6.
^"あずまんが大王(1)" (in Japanese). ASCII Media Works. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
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^"あずまんが大王(2)" (in Japanese). ASCII Media Works. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
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^"あずまんが大王(3)" (in Japanese). ASCII Media Works. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
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^"あずまんが大王(4)" (in Japanese). ASCII Media Works. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
^"Azumanga Daioh, Vol 4". Mania.com. Archived from the original on January 31, 2012. Retrieved October 19, 2019.