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“Osaka dreams Chiyo-Chan's pigtails are possessed and escape, leaving Chiyo's happiness uncertain.”
Azumanga Daioh: The Very Short Movie
あずまんが大王（劇場短編）
7.06
4,436 rank · 48,319 viewers · 29 favorites
Comedy
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Gag Humor
School
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Synopsis
Osaka dreams Chiyo-Chan's pigtails are possessed and escape, leaving Chiyo's happiness uncertain.
In this short movie featuring familiar characters from Azumanga Daioh, Osaka is yet again having a strange dream of Chiyo-Chan's pigtails being posessed. As Chiyo-Chan's pigtails bounce out of the window, who knows if young Chiyo will ever be happy again. (Source: ANN)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 12 sampled reviews
6.8
/10
What 12 viewers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7
mode 5
σ 1.52
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.52 · some divergence
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 1.17
Running avg · Sep 2007 → May 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “This short film is about 5 to 6 mins. long. It was fairly decent, I enjoyed it fairly well, if i were you, i wouldn't waste my time watching it however.”
- 8 “I liked the animation style of this mini-movie very much! I wish the TV anime series was drawn this way; the style used in this mini is more fun to watch, and is more creative.”
- 9 “It really is pretty funny is you've watched the whole series before watching this little short... I'm glad they did something with the pigtails because they we're didn't touch base too much with...”
Verbosity
Short · 75%
Medium · 25%
Long · 0%
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- Format 1 × 6′ eps × min
- Total runtime 0h 06m all episodes
- Aired Dec 2001 – ongoing
- Source Special media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-0617 catalog
Produced by
- Kadokawa Shoten Producer
Licensed by
- ADV Films Licensor