俗・さよなら絶望先生

Zoku Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei

More crazy antics abound as Nozomu Itoshiki, a.k.a Zetsubou-sensei, who is the worlds most negative person, tries to teach class 2-H about how life is filled with despair and darkness. A harder task than it first may seem, with his students being far from ordinary themselves, including the likes of the most positive girl he has ever met, his very own stalker, a foreign exchange student with split personalities and a perfectionist acting class president, due to the fact the real class president can't be seen by anyone, among others. (Source: Anime News Network)

Names

Original	俗・さよなら絶望先生 (japanese)
Romaji	Zoku Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei
English	Zoku Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei
Chinese	俗・再见绝望先生 (simplified · via bangumi)
Also known as	Sayonara Zetsubo Sensei 2 · Sayonara Zetsubo Sensei 2nd Season · Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei Dai Ni Ki · So Long Mr. Despair 2nd

Facts

Format	TV series · 13 ep · 25 min · 5h total
Aired	2008-01-06 → 2008-03-30 (Winter 2008)
Status	FINISHED
Studio	Shaft
Source	Manga
Origin	Japan (Anime)
Genres	Comedy
Themes	Satire Surreal Comedy Parody Teacher School Meta Primarily Female Cast Suicide Male Protagonist Yandere

Reception

Community score	7.82 / 10
Bayesian score	7.80 / 10
Composite	61.2
On lists	31,429
Favourited	480 (1.5%)
Completion	84.8%
Drop rate	3.1%
In backlog	36.1%
Score spread σ	1.37

Score distribution

13722136541125399691972,84584,05292,552101,152

Where it places

Cohort	Value	Tier	Rank
Broadcast season	Winter 2008	B	5 of 38
Year	2008	A	20 of 231
Studio	Shaft	B	26 of 110
Era	Late 2000s	A	88 of 1,149
Season (all years)	Winter	B	189 of 1,557
Genre	Comedy	B	365 of 3,488
Length	Single-cour	B	387 of 2,668
Source material	Manga	B	507 of 3,025
Format	TV series	B	549 of 3,322
Origin	Japan	B	845 of 7,157

Key staff

Director	Yukihiro Miyamoto, Akiyuki Shinbou, Naoyuki Tatsuwa, Hirotsugu Kakoi
Series composition	Fuyashi Tou, Yuuichirou Oguro
Character design	Hideyuki Morioka
Original creator	Kouji Kumeta