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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)
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.
User Ratings: 1989 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: 527 votes (sub:492, 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 Portuguese subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Russian edited dub
1 Polish subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 Korean subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Decent: 101 votes (sub:96, dub:2, others:3
1 Russian dubbed
1 Polish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 So-so: 55 votes (sub:52, ?: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 3584 users, rank: #276 (of 9759)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 8.163 (Very good), std. dev.: 1.5323, rank: #422 (of 9904)
Weighted mean: 8.053 (Very good), rank: #495 (of 9904) (seen all: 8.19 / seen some: 7.57 / won't finish: 4.58)
Bayesian estimate: 8.049 (Very good), rank: #336 (of 7492)
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
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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
)

Kenichi Kanemaki (eps 1, 3, 9, 11)
Masashi Kubota (eps 6, 8, 10)
Storyboard:
Hiroki Yamamura (ep 5)
Kazuhiro Ōta (ED)
Kazuya Shiotsuki (ep 3)
Keita Shimizu (ep 5)
Michio Fukuda (eps 1, 8, 10)
Minoru Tanaka (ep 4)
Naoyuki Tatsuwa (ep 3)
Shuuji Miyazaki (ep 5)
Tatsuya Oishi (ep 12)
Yoshihiro Mori (eps 2, 7, 11)
Yusuke Kamata (ep 9)
Episode Director:
Hideyuki Yoshida (eps 5, 9)
Masayuki Iimura (eps 4, 12)
Tomoyuki Itamura (eps 3, 6, 10)
Yoshihiro Mori (eps 2, 7, 11)
Yukihiro Miyamoto (eps 1, 10)
Yusuke Kamata (ep 8)
Unit Director:
Kazuhiro Ōta (ED)
Naoyuki Tatsuwa (OP2)
Tatsuya Oishi (OP1)
Yukihiro Miyamoto (OP2; Extra Animation)
Original creator: Kōji Kumeta
Character Design: Hideyuki Morioka
Art Director: Hiroshi Katō
Art: Motoi Sakai (ED)
Chief Animation Director:
Hiroki Yamamura
Yoshiaki Itō
Animation Director:
Hideki Furukawa (eps 2, 7, 11)
Hideyuki Morioka (OP1; ep 12)
Hiroki Yamamura (ep 1)
Kazuhiro Ōta (ED; ep 12)
Kazuya Shiotsuki (ep 3)
Kōsuke Murayama
Minoru Tanaka (eps 4, 8, 12)
Miyako Nishida (ep 10)
Noboru Jitsuhara (eps 5, 9)
Tomonori Kogawa (eps 6, 10)
Sound Director: Toshiki Kameyama
Director of Photography: Rei Egami
Producer: Atsushi Moriyama

2nd Key Animation:
Akihisa Takano (ep 8)
Kazuki Nakamoto
Masana Yamamura
Masana Yumura (ep 1)
Miho Ayabe (ep 6)
Misako Izumi (eps 6, 12)
Nozomu Fujii (eps 3, 6)
Ryo Imamura (eps 1, 3, 6, 8)
Shusuke Morita
Sumiyo Mikami (eps 4, 6, 8)
Toshi Takahashi (eps 4, 9)
Yōsuke Imakubo (eps 4, 6)
Zen Nagata (eps 9, 12)
Animation Director Cooperation:
Kazuya Shiotsuki (eps 6, 8, 12)
Minoru Tanaka (ep 6)
Miyako Nishida (ep 6)
Animation producer: Mitsutoshi Kubota
Assistant Animation Director:
Keiichi Sano (eps 1, 3)
Kōsuke Murayama (eps 1, 3)
Minoru Tanaka (ep 10)
Assistant Director: Naoyuki Tatsuwa
Color Coordination:
Izumi Takizawa (ED; eps 1, 12)
Kanako Satō (eps 3, 6, 9)
Kensuke Katsu (eps 2, 5, 8, 11)
Yasuko Watanabe (eps 4, 7, 10)
Color design: Izumi Takizawa
Color Director: Jin Hibino
Editing: Kazuhiko Seki
Editing Assistant: Naoki Watanabe
Extra Animation:
Akihisa Takano (ep 2)
Kazuki Nakamoto (ep 4)
Kazuya Shiotsuki (eps 3, 6)
Masayuki Iimura (ep 12)
Miho Ayabe (ep 4)
Naoyuki Tatsuwa (eps 2-7)
Nozomu Fujii (ep 4)
Ryo Imamura (eps 4, 6, 8)
Shusuke Morita (ep 4)
Toshi Takahashi (eps 2-3)
Yukihiro Miyamoto (ep 2)
Zen Nagata (ep 6)
Eyecatch:
Hiroki Yamamura (ep 7)
Naoyuki Tatsuwa (eps 7, 10)
Ryo Imamura (ep 7)
Finish Animation:
Kanako Satō (DIGITAL@SHAFT; ep 1)
Kensuke Katsu (DIGITAL@SHAFT; ep 1)
Yasuko Watanabe (DIGITAL@SHAFT; ep 1)
Finish Check: Izumi Takizawa (ep 1)
Graphic Works: Motoi Sakai (OP1)
In-Between Animation:
Ai Ōmori (eps 2, 7, 9, 11)
Chie Sekiguchi
Eisuke Kokado (9 episodes
eps 1, 3-4, 6-10, 12
)

Fujiko Takusagawa (es 7,9,11)
Genki Matsumoto (10 episodes
eps 1-4, 6-10, 12
)

Hirofumi Otaka (ep 2)
Kōki Kakinuma (ep 11)
Mai Takazawa (eps 2, 7, 9)
Moe Miyoshi (ep 11)
Nozomi Ushijima (eps 2, 7, 9, 11)
Reina Tsuchiya (9 episodes
eps 1, 3-4, 6-10, 12
)

Sumiyo Mikami (eps 7, 9, 12)
Yasue Katori (9 episodes
eps 1, 3-4, 6-10, 12
)

Yasuyuki Tokunaga (eps 2, 7, 9, 11)
Yūichi Fujimaki (eps 2, 7, 9)
Yuna Shigemura (eps 2, 7, 9)
In-Between Check: Kenji Matsunaga (eps 2, 7, 9, 11)
Key Animation:
Akihisa Takano (eps 1, 3-4, 12)
Akio Watanabe (OP1)
Asami Tanaka (eps 1, 6, 12)
Ayumi Yamamoto (ep 12)
Chie Kanemori (eps 5, 7)
Eiki Arasato (ED; ep 8)
Emi Ōishi (ep 12)
Genichirō Abe (OP1,ED; Extra Animation; eps 1, 4, 8, 12)
Haruka Suzuki
Hideki Furukawa (eps 2, 7, 11)
Hidetoshi Ōmori (eps 9, 11)
Hideyuki Morioka (ep 8)
Hideyuki Yoshida (ep 5)
Hiroki Iwamura (eps 3, 8)
Hiroki Yamamura (OP1; eps 1-2, 8)
Hiroyuki Ōkaji (OP1,ED; eps 1, 4, 8)
Hiroyuki Yoshida
Kanako Ishizaki (eps 8, 12)
Kaori Kasuga (ep 6)
Kazuhiro Ōta (ED; ep 12)
Kazunori Ozawa (eps 5, 7, 11)
Kazuya Shiotsuki (ep 3)
Keiichi Sano (eps 1, 8)
Keiichirō Okamoto (ep 5)
Keita Hagio (eps 1, 8)
Keita Shimizu (ep 5)
Ken Mukaigawara (eps 1, 12)
Ken'ichi Yamagata (eps 10, 12)
Kenichirou Okamoto (ep 9)
Kimiko Matsushita (ep 10)
Kyoko Kametani (ep 12)
Kyoko Niimura (eps 4, 8)
Mai Takazawa (ep 11)
Masaki Takei (OP1)
Masami Yoshioka (eps 2, 5, 7, 11)
Masana Yamamura (ep 12)
Masana Yumura (eps 4, 8)
Masayuki Kouda (ep 4)
Mayo Koike (eps 5, 11)
Mayumi Nakamura (eps 4, 8)
Miho Ayabe
Misako Izumi (eps 1, 3-4)
Miyako Nishida
Mizuho Masago (eps 1, 6, 12)
Nanayo Sato (ep 6)
Naoyuki Tatsuwa (OP; eps 3, 7, 11)
Naruyo Takahashi (ep 3)
Noboru Jitsuhara (ep 5)
Nobuhiro Sugiyama (ED)
Noriko Yamashita (eps 4, 12)
Rumiko Umemoto (eps 3-4, 8)
Ryo Imamura (ep 12)
Shigeki Sunada
Shigenori Inami (ep 3)
Shingo Tamaki (ED; eps 4, 12)
Shinpei Tomooka (OP1)
Shirabe Kobayashi (Extra Animation ep 10; ep 3)
Shuuji Miyazaki (ep 5)
Sōji Ninomiya
Takayuki Chiba (ep 3)
Takehiro Hamatsu (eps 1, 3)
Takeo Yoshioka (eps 5, 7, 11)
Takeshi Higashimurayama (ep 10)
Takuji Mogi (ED)
Tamako Miyanishi (eps 1, 6, 12)
Tatsuya Ichikawa (eps 7, 9, 11)
Tatsuya Oishi (ep 12)
Tatsuyuki Maeda (eps 2, 5-11 odd)
Tetsuo Hirakawa (ep 3)
Tetsuya Hasegawa (ED; eps 4, 8, 12)
Tomoyuki Itamura (ep 3)
Tōru Yoshida (ep 7)
Toshi Takahashi (eps 1, 3)
Yoshiaki Itō (ep 8)
Yoshifumi Ookawa (eps 1, 6)
Yoshito Narimatsu (eps 3, 12)
Yu Mihara (eps 2, 7, 9)
Yūichi Fujimaki (ep 11)
Yūichi Nakazawa (ep 9)
Yūji Miyashita (ep 12)
Yūki Hara (ep 4)
Yuko Okamoto (eps 2, 7, 11)
Yūta Ōtaka (eps 9, 11)
Zen Nagata (Extra Animaion; eps 1, 3-4, 8)
Music Performance:
Hiroki Satō (Trombone)
Tomoyuki Asakawa (Harp)
Photography:
Atsuo Tsukioka (Azuhata Production; ep 2)
Hitomi Tsukanome (DIGITAL@SHAFT; eps 1-12)
Katsumi Ota (Azuhata Production; ep 2)
Kazusumi Takahashi (Azuhata Production; ep 2)
Keisuke Sawada (Azuhata Production; ep 2)
Makoto Inoue (Azuhata Production; ep 2)
Masato Sato (Azuhata Production; ep 2)
Miho Yasuda (Azuhata Production; ep 2)
Shinichi Sasano (Azuhata Production; ep 2)
Shinichiro Eto
Shouhei Uchimura (DIGITAL@SHAFT; eps 1-12)
Takayuki Aizu (DIGITAL@SHAFT; eps 1-12)
Tatsushi Fukumoto (Azuhata Production; ep 2)
Yoshiyuki Kanazawa (DIGITAL@SHAFT; eps 1-12)
Yūya Sakuma (Azuhata Production; ep 2)
Production Advancement:
Kazumasa Amitani (ep 3)
Shōhei Fujita (ep 12)
Shuichi Sudo (eps 1, 6, 10)
Tarō Tazono (eps 2, 5-11 odd)
Toshihiro Muromachi (eps 4, 8)
Setting Assistance: Hideki Furukawa (ep 11)
Special Effects:
Jin Hibino (eps 1, 5, 7-12)
Kensuke Katsu (eps 1-12)
Yasuko Watanabe (ep 3)
Special Effects Director: Katsuhiko Takayama (ep 12)
Theme Song Arrangement:
NARASAKI (OP1)
Ruka Kawada (OP2)
Yukari Hashimoto (ED)
Theme Song Composition:
NARASAKI (OP1)
Ruka Kawada (OP2)
Yukari Hashimoto (ED)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Chokkyu Murano (OP2)
Kenji Ohtsuki (OP1)
Theme Song Performance:
Ai Nonaka (OP/ED)
Kenji Ohtsuki (OP)
Marina Inoue (OP/ED)
Miyuki Sawashiro (OP)
Ryoko Shintani (OP/ED)
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
Yuko Goto 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 Kanagawa (2007-07-07)
Television Saitama Co., Ltd. (2007-07-08)
Tokyo MX (2007-07-09)
Cable Broadcasting: J:COM
Clean-Up Animation:
DEXS
Frontline
Hayashi
Key Animation: C2C
Production: King Records
Sound Production: Omnibus Promotion
English staff
English cast
Executive producer: Shawne Kleckner
Producer: Judy Albert

Production manager: Jake Hockenberry
(none)
English companies
Distributor: Nozomi Entertainment (2019)
Licensed by:
Media Blasters (Cancelled)
The Right Stuf International (2019)

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