Other anime adaptations besides this one include Azumanga Daioh: The Very Short Movie and Azumanga Web Daioh. Both of these were released before the premiere of the animated series. In the United States, the anime television series was released in six DVDs on September 9, 2005, and then later in a five DVD volume "Thinpak" set, both by ADV Films. In the English dub, the English class and English-speaking foreigners are changed to Spanish (and a few other languages) in order to adjust the jokes to English speaking audiences. In 2009, Nokia offered the first five episodes of Azumanga Daioh on its Ovi phone service. Madman Entertainment licensed the series for release in Australia and New Zealand. As of September 1, 2009, all of ADV's former catalog are transferred to AEsir Holdings, with dis