6/25/2009

Cover Design: Azumanga Daioh: Hoshuu-hen

あずまんが大王 1年生[新装版]| Azumanga Daioh: Hoshuu-hen | Azumanga Daioh: Supplementary Materials Volume 1
あずまんが大王 1年生

So that's what the post-Yotsuba&! version of Azumanga Daioh looks like. The minimal design, resembling a high school textbook, eschews the more conventional style used in the MediaWorks covers. I wouldn't mind getting my hands on Shogakukan's 10th anniversary editions partly because they will most likely not be reproduced in English by Yen Press (here). But I'm also enough of a nerd to want to own at least one Japanese language version of a preferred manga.

Update: Here are the rest of the Shogakukan covers:

あずまんが大王 2年生[新装版]| Azumanga Daioh: Hoshuu-hen | Azumanga Daioh: Supplementary Materials Volume 2
あずまんが大王 2年生
あずまんが大王 3年生[新装版]| Azumanga Daioh: Hoshuu-hen | Azumanga Daioh: Supplementary Materials Volume 3
あずまんが大王 3年生


Azumanga Daioh: Hoshuu-hen by Kiyohiko Azuma. Azumanga Daioh: Hoshuu-hen by Kiyohiko Azuma. Azumanga Daioh: Hoshuu-hen by Kiyohiko Azuma.