=== 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:		Contrary to expectations this series is, according to Wikipedia,
		classifed as "seinen" even though it has an almost all-girls
		cast.
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
Favorite Music:	Weird Al Yankovich
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 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.