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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Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei
2007さよなら絶望先生
AnimeTVFinished AiringR - 17+ (violence & profanity)
Genres
ComedyGag HumorParodySchool
Shounen
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]
Characters & Voice Cast
Staff & Creators
Kubota, MitsutoshiProducer
Moriyama, AtsushiProducer
Miyamoto, JunnosukeAssistant Producer
Shinbou, AkiyukiDirector
Kameyama, ToshikiSound Director
Iimura, MasayukiEpisode Director
Itamura, TomoyukiEpisode Director, Key Animation
Kamata, YuusukeEpisode Director, Storyboard
Miyamoto, YukihiroEpisode Director, Key Animation
Mori, YoshihiroEpisode Director, Storyboard
Oishi, TatsuyaEpisode Director, Storyboard, Setting, Key Animation
Oota, KazuhiroEpisode Director, Storyboard, Key Animation, Animation Director
Production
MAL Community Activity
Watching21,859
Completed158,367
On Hold18,546
Dropped14,072
Plan To Watch154,385
10
10.9%
9
20.2%
8
31.6%
7
22.9%
6
8.5%
Theme Songs
Openings
- 1: "Hito toshite Jiku ga Bureteiru (人として軸がぶれている)" by Kenji Ohtsuki feat. Ai Nonaka, Marina Inoue, Yu Kobayashi, Miyuki Sawashiro & Ryoko Shintani (eps 1-9, 12)
- 2: "Gouin ni Mai Yeah~" by Ai Nonaka, Marina Inoue, Yu Kobayashi, Miyuki Sawashiro & Ryoko Shintani (eps 10-11)
Endings
- "Zessei Bijin (絶世美人)" by Ai Nonaka, Marina Inoue, Yu Kobayashi & Ryoko Shintani
Details
AiredJul 8, 2007 to Sep 23, 2007
MAL Rank#1059
Popularity#753