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

Unknown

Studios

Shaft

Licensors

Nozomi Entertainment
Media Blasters

Status

Finished Airing

Source

Manga

Rating

R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

Genres

Comedy

Demographics

Shounen

Statistics

Rank

931

Score

7.85

Scored by

130181

Popularity

710

Members

352900

Favorites

4698

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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