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Sayonara Zetsubou-sensei (TV)



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Alternative title:
Sayonara Zetsubō Sensei (Japanese) 
Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei (Japanese) 
So long, Mr. Despair 
Прощай, унылый учитель (Russian) 
さよなら絶望先生 (Japanese) 
안녕 절망선생 (Korean) 
Genres: slice of life 
Themes: suicide 
Objectionable content: Significant 
Plot Summary: Itoshiki Nozomu is the world's most negative person. To his way of thinking, there is no hope or meaning in this existence. Even the three kanji of his name become the two-kanji word zetsubou, "despair", when compressed. What an ironic twist of fate, then, that he becomes teacher to a class containing his precise opposite, the invincibly positive-minded Fuura Kafuka. 
Ratings: 1991 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 350 votes (sub:316, dub:7, raw:7, ?:1, others:19
7 Spanish subtitled
5 Russian subtitled
4 Portuguese subtitled
2 Korean subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Excellent: 587 votes (sub:546, dub:11, raw:5, ?:1, others:24
16 Spanish subtitled
4 Russian subtitled
3 French subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Very good: 528 votes (sub:493, dub:10, ?:3, raw:3, others:19
11 Spanish subtitled
3 Russian subtitled
3 Portuguese subtitled
1 Korean subtitled
1 Arabic subtitled
)
 Good: 314 votes (sub:291, dub:9, raw:1, others:13
3 French subtitled
3 Spanish subtitled
1 Korean subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Russian edited dub
1 Polish subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Decent: 101 votes (sub:96, dub:2, others:3
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 Polish subtitled
)
 So-so: 56 votes (sub:53, ?:1, dub:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Not really good: 22 votes (sub:20, raw:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Weak: 19 votes (sub:18, raw:1)
 Bad: 5 votes (sub:5)
 Awful: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Worst ever: 5 votes (sub:4, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
Seen in part or in whole by 3586 s, rank: #278 (of 9996)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 8.162 (Very good), std. dev.: 1.5331, rank: #435 (of 10154)
Weighted mean: 8.051 (Very good), rank: #507 (of 10154) (seen all: 8.18 / seen some: 7.57 / won't finish: 4.58)
Bayesian estimate: 8.047 (Very good), rank: #342 (of 7635)
Running time: half hour per episode 
Number of episodes: 12 
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage: 2007-07-07 to 2007-09-22 
Opening Theme:
#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) 
#2: "Goin ni Mai Yeah~ (強引niマイYeah～)" by Ai Nonaka, Marina Inoue, Yu Kobayashi & Ryoko Shintani (eps 10-11) 
Ending Theme:
"Zessei Bijin (絶世美人)" by Ai Nonaka, Marina Inoue, Yu Kobayashi & Ryoko Shintani 
Official website:
StarChild:さよなら絶望先生 (Japanese) 
Trivia: We have 133
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Sayonara, Zetsubou-sensei - Season 1 (Sub.Blu-ray) 2022-04-19
    Sayonara, Zetsubou-sensei - Season 1 + Liner Notes Book (Sub.Blu-ray) 2022-04-19
DVD (Region 1)
    Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei (Sub.DVD 1) delayed/cancelled

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Akiyuki Simbo 
Series Composition: Kenichi Kanemaki 
Script:
Katsuhiko Takayama (5 episodes
eps 2, 4-5, 7, 12
)Masashi Kubota (eps 6, 8, 10) 
Storyboard:
Yusuke Kamata (ep 9) 
Episode Director:
Yusuke Kamata (ep 8) 
Unit Director:
Yukihiro Miyamoto (OP2; Extra Animation) 
Music: Tomoki Hasegawa 
Original creator: Kōji Kumeta 
Character Design: Hideyuki Morioka 
Art Director: Hiroshi Katō 
Art: Motoi Sakai (ED) 
Chief Animation Director:
Yoshiaki Itō 
Animation Director:
Tomonori Kogawa (eps 6, 10) 
Sound Director: Toshiki Kameyama 
Director of Photography: Rei Egami 
Producer: Atsushi Moriyama 

2nd Key Animation:
Zen Nagata (eps 9, 12) 
Animation Director Cooperation:
Miyako Nishida (ep 6) 
Animation producer: Mitsutoshi Kubota 
Assistant Animation Director:
Minoru Tanaka (ep 10) 
Assistant Director: Naoyuki Tatsuwa 
Color Coordination:
Yasuko Watanabe (eps 4, 7, 10) 
Color design: Izumi Takizawa 
Color Director: Jin Hibino 
Editing: Kazuhiko Seki 
Editing Assistant: Naoki Watanabe 
End Card:
Yukari Takinami (ep 9) 
Extra Animation:
Zen Nagata (ep 6) 
Eyecatch:
Ryo Imamura (ep 7) 
Finish Animation:
Yasuko Watanabe (DIGITAL@SHAFT; ep 1) 
Finish Check: Izumi Takizawa (ep 1) 
Graphic Works: Motoi Sakai (OP1) 
In-Between Animation:
Eisuke Kokado (9 episodes
eps 1, 3-4, 6-10, 12
)Genki Matsumoto (10 episodes
eps 1-4, 6-10, 12
)Reina Tsuchiya (9 episodes
eps 1, 3-4, 6-10, 12
)Yasue Katori (9 episodes
eps 1, 3-4, 6-10, 12
)Yuna Shigemura (eps 2, 7, 9) 
In-Between Check: Kenji Matsunaga (eps 2, 7, 9, 11) 
Key Animation:
Zen Nagata (Extra Animaion; eps 1, 3-4, 8) 
Music Performance:
Tomoyuki Asakawa (Harp) 
Photography:
Yūya Sakuma (Azuhata Production; ep 2) 
Production Advancement:
Toshihiro Muromachi (eps 4, 8) 
Setting Assistance: Hideki Furukawa (ep 11) 
Special Effects:
Yasuko Watanabe (ep 3) 
Special Effects Director: Katsuhiko Takayama (ep 12) 
Theme Song Arrangement:
Yukari Hashimoto (ED) 
Theme Song Composition:
Yukari Hashimoto (ED) 
Theme Song Lyrics:
Kenji Ōtsuki (OP1) 
Theme Song Performance:
Yū Kobayashi (OP/ED) 
Hiroshi Kamiya as Nozomu Itoshiki 

Ai Nonaka as Kafuka Fūra 
Asami Sanada as Matoi Tsunetsuki 
Asuka Tanii as Kiri Komori 
Marina Inoue as Chiri Kitsu 
Miyu Matsuki as Harumi Fujiyoshi 
Miyuki Sawashiro as Maria Tarō Sekiutsu 
Ryoko Shintani as Nami Hitō 
Yū Kobayashi as Kaere Kimura 
Yūko Gotō as Abiru Kobushi 

Akiko Yajima as
Chie Arai 
Majiru Itoshiki (eps 9, 11) 
Rin Itoshiki 
Asuka Tanii as Mayo Mitama (ep 12) 
Hiroshi Kamiya as Mikoto Itoshiki (ep 6) 
Keiichirou Endou as Otaku C (ep 7) 
Kotono Mitsuishi as Kotonon 
MAEDAX as
Cleaner (ep 2) 
Maeda-kun 
Miyuki Sawashiro as Kotonon 
Saori Gotō as Ai Kaga (ep 12) 
Takahiro Mizushima as
Coach (ep 8) 
Delivery man (ep 6) 
Director C (ep 11) 
Doctor (ep 9) 
Jun Kudō 
Male student A (ep 5) 
Otaku B (ep 7) 
Yōji Ueda as
Director A (ep 11) 
Jinroku 
Kagerō Usui 
Otaku A (ep 7) 
Tokita (ep 6) 
Yūichi Nakamura as
Abiru's father (ep 4) 
Director B (ep 11) 
Employee (ep 6) 
Policeman (ep 8) 
White haired person (ep 9) 
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation: Nakamura Production 
Animation Production: SHAFT 
Backgrounds: Totonyan 
Broadcaster:
Aichi Television Broadcasting (2007-07-09)Chiba Television (2007-07-08)KBS Kyoto (2007-07-11)Kids Station (2007-07-25)Sun TV (2007-07-09)Television Saitama Co., Ltd. (2007-07-08)Tokyo MX (2007-07-09) 
Cable Broadcasting: J:COM 
Clean-Up Animation:
Hayashi 
Editing: Seki Editing Studio 
In-Between Animation:
Triple A 
Key Animation: C2C 
Photography:
Studio Twinkle 
Production: King Records 
Production Cooperation:
Studio Pastoral 
Sound Production: Omnibus Promotion 
English staff
English cast
Translation:
Judy Albert 
Executive producer: Shawne Kleckner 
Producer: Judy Albert 

Design: Mercedes Laffitte 
Production manager: Jake Hockenberry 
(none)
English companies
Distributor: Nozomi Entertainment (2019) 
Licensed by:
The Right Stuf International (2019) 

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