8.1
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Azumanga Daioh (2002)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Viewer Rating
Rating: 8.1
Overview
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.
Starring Cast
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Neutral
Overview
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.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
Azumanga Daioh is a slice-of-life comedy anime focused on the daily lives of high school students and their teachers. Its narrative is apolitical, lacking any explicit promotion or critique of specific political ideologies or societal structures.
The movie features an entirely Japanese cast, consistent with its cultural setting, and does not engage in explicit DEI-driven casting or race/gender swaps of traditionally white roles. Its narrative is a lighthearted comedy that does not center on or explicitly critique traditional identities or DEI themes.
Secondary
The anime includes instances of unrequited same-sex attraction, notably Kaorin's crush on Sakaki, which functions as a recurring comedic gag. These depictions are incidental, lacking significant depth or narrative focus. The show neither affirms nor denigrates queer identity, presenting it as a source of lighthearted humor without strong positive or negative arcs.
Azumanga Daioh does not feature any identifiable transgender characters or themes. A male teacher makes a single, comedic, offhand remark about wanting to be reborn as a high school girl, but this is not presented as an exploration of gender identity or a characteristic of a transsexual individual, thus resulting in no depiction.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The 2002 anime adaptation of Azumanga Daioh faithfully retains the established genders of all characters from the original manga. There are no instances where a character's gender was changed from the source material.
Azumanga Daioh is an anime adaptation of a Japanese manga. All main characters, originally depicted as Japanese, are portrayed as such in the anime. There are no instances where a character's race was changed from the source material.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
8.2
8.0
Critic Ratings
N/A
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