Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei

Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei

Alternative Titles

Synonyms

Sayonara Zetsubo Sensei
Goodbye Teacher Despair
SZS

Japanese

さよなら絶望先生

English

Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei

Information

Type

TV

Aired

Jul 8, 2007 to Sep 23, 2007

Episodes

12

Duration

24 min per ep

Broadcast

Sundays at 00:30 (JST)

Studios

Shaft

Licensors

Nozomi Entertainment
Media Blasters

Status

Finished Airing

Source

Manga

Rating

R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

Genres

Comedy

Demographics

Shounen

Statistics

Rank

995

Score

7.84

Scored by

132200

Popularity

739

Members

362067

Favorites

4812

External Links

Synopsis

Nozomu Itoshiki is a high school teacher so pessimistic that even the smallest of misfortunes can send him into a pit of raging despair; some of these "catastrophes" even lead to suicide attempts. Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei is a satirical slice-of-life comedy set in the modern day, covering various aspects of Japanese life and culture through Nozomu and his interactions with his students: Kiri Komori, a recluse who refuses to leave the school; Abiru Kobushi, an enigma who frequently arrives to class with severe and mysterious injuries; the hyper-optimistic Kafuuka Fuura, Nozomu's polar opposite; and several other unusual girls, all of whom are just as eccentric as their teacher. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Background

Media Blasters initially held the license to Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei, but dropped it in 2010 without any DVD/Blu-ray release. It remained unlicensed until Anime Expo 2019 when Nozomi Entertainment announced they had licensed the series.

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