=== KM - Dual - DVDRIP Info ===

Series:		Azumanga Daioh
Episodes:	26
Extras:		Original Closing and Opening Sequences
Mini-Movie
Production Sketches
Mini-Movie Art Gallery
Episode Source:	DVD complete box set - American Release
ISO files: http://www.mininova.org/tor/182966
Type:		Anime (Japanese cartoon)
Genre:		???
Size/EP:	About 222MB per episode
Extras vary by size and compressability
Programs Used:	GKnot, DAEMON Tools, mkvmerge, DVD Decryptor, etc.
Container:	MKV
Video:		XVID@1024kBit/s average bitrate
Audio:		2xMP3 128kbps
English, Japanese
Subtitles:	1xSRT from DVD subtitle track
English subtitles
I listened to:	Weird Al Yankovich (while ripping)

Comments:
Source appears to be very clean; which is good.

Mini-Movie had to have the noise remover filter applied.

Extras could be a bit better; or more numerous. I didnt encode the ADV
previews or DVD credits, as those are mostly just a waste of space.

The subtitles were processed by the subresync program; which also can
turn VOBsubs into SRT files; saving space while allowing Gordian Knot to mux
them into the stream properly. Why GKnot cant take straight VOBsubs or
something else that doesnt require me to OCR is beyond me.

If you burn these episodes 3-at-a-time, placing the DVD Extras folder on
the last disc with episodes 25 and 26, you will get 9 CDs with an average
666MB/disc. That was done on purpose.

Oh, and before I forget - this is a DUAL AUDIO release. Each episode
contains both the English and Japanese audio track, as well as a subtitle track
and chapters.

One thing I wonder, is how the hell this thing got dubbed in the first
place. It's the exact opposite of Japanese animation. It is somehow both
episodic and yet maintains a sense of continuity at the same time. Usually in
Japanese cartoons; you have a giant overarching plot, usually things like
"Catch all the Pokemon", "Defeat Naraku", "Find the Philosophers Stone", or what
have you. I guess the biggest 'overarching goal' would have to be "Graduate",
which does happen in an acceptably short amount of time. Yet at the same time,
to the untrained eye this show would resemble all those crappy school-related
shows such as "My Gym Partner's A Monkey", "The Emperors New School", and even
certain new episodes of "Ed, Edd, and Eddy". But it's really not. I've sometimes
joked that if Cartoon Network were to try and create a Japanified version of "My
Gym Partner's A Monkey", (a la "Demashitaa! Powerpuff Girls Z") it would
probably end up as "Azumanga Daioh With Monkeys" or something.

Hrm... note to self; dont rant all over the .NFO file.