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Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei

Goodbye, Mr. Despair

JPさよなら絶望先生
AKASayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei • Sayonara Zetsubo Sensei • Goodbye Teacher Despair
FinishedTV AnimeSummer 200712 episodes24 min

Synopsis

Teacher Nozomu Itoshiki sees the worst possible outcome in everything. Kafuka Fuura, a girl whose relentless optimism can recast even the bleakest situation, interrupts his despair and turns out to belong to the class he teaches.

The classroom offers no refuge from life's absurdities. Each student brings an obsession, fear, or unusual outlook that pushes ordinary conversations off course. Lessons become satirical collisions between Nozomu's pessimism and a collection of personalities just as extreme as his own.

SourceManga
Studio
Shaft
RatingR
MyAnimeList
Score7.84Rank#1,091Popularity#759

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Songs

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Opening themes

2
  1. Gouin ni Mai Yeah~

    Nonaka Ai, Inoue Marina, Kobayashi Yuu, Sawashiro Miyuki, Shintani Ryouko

    Episodes 10–11
  2. Hito toshite Jiku ga Bureteiru

    Ohtsuki Kenji, Nonaka Ai, Inoue Marina, Kobayashi Yuu, Sawashiro Miyuki, Shintani Ryouko

    Episodes 1–9, 12

Ending themes

1
  1. Zessei Bijin

    Nonaka Ai, Inoue Marina, Kobayashi Yuu, Shintani Ryouko

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Characters

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MainFuura Kafuka
Japanese voiceNonaka Ai
MainItoshiki Nozomu
Japanese voiceKamiya Hiroshi
SupportingArai Chie
Japanese voiceYajima Akiko
SupportingFujiyoshi Harumi
Japanese voiceMatsuki Miyu
SupportingHitou Nami
Japanese voiceShintani Ryouko
SupportingItoshiki Majiru
Japanese voiceYajima Akiko
SupportingItoshiki Rin
Japanese voiceYajima Akiko
SupportingItoshiki Mikoto
Japanese voiceKamiya Hiroshi
SupportingJinroku
Japanese voiceUeda Youji
SupportingKaga Ai
Japanese voiceGotou Saori

Staff

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Original Creator · Key Animation · Principle DrawingKumeta Kouji
DirectorShinbou Akiyuki
Series CompositionKanemaki Kenichi
ScriptKubota Masashi
Character Design · Chief Animation Director · Animation Director · Key AnimationMorioka Hideyuki
Music · Theme Song CompositionHasegawa Tomoki
Art DirectorKatou Hiroshi
Sound DirectorKameyama Toshiki
Director of PhotographyEgami Rei
Chief Animation Director · Key AnimationItou Yoshiaki

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