Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei
English title: Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei
Japanese title: さよなら絶望先生
Alternative titles: Sayonara Zetsubo Sensei, Goodbye Teacher Despair, SZS
Type: TV
Source: Manga
Episodes: 12
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Jul 8, 2007 to Sep 23, 2007
Broadcast: Sundays at 00:30 (JST)
Duration: 24 min per ep
Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)
Studios: Shaft
Producers: Starchild Records, Omnibus Promotion
Licensors: Nozomi Entertainment, Media Blasters
Genres: Comedy
Themes: Gag Humor, Parody, School
Demographics: 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.

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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.