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Format
TV
Episodes
12
Episode Duration
24 min per ep
Status
Finished Airing
Premiered
Summer 2007
Aired
2007-07-08 to 2007-09-23
Source
Manga
Rating
R - 17+ (violence & profanity)
Genres
Comedy
Parody
School
Shounen
Gag Humor
Studios
Shaft
Producers
Starchild Records
Omnibus Japan
Licensors
Nozomi Entertainment
Media Blasters
Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei (さよなら絶望先生)
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]