Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei

Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Nozomu Itoshiki
さよなら絶望先生 (Sayonara Zetsubō Sensei)
Genre	Black comedy[1] Satire[1]
Manga
Written by	Kōji Kumeta
Published by	Kodansha
English publisher	NA: Del Rey Manga (former) Kodansha USA
Imprint	Shōnen Magazine Comics
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Magazine
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	April 27, 2005 – June 13, 2012
Volumes	30 (List of volumes)
Further information Anime television series Directed by Akiyuki Shinbo Produced by Atsushi Moriyama Written by Kenichi Kanemaki Music by Tomoki Hasegawa Studio Shaft Licensed by NA: Nozomi Entertainment Original network TVK, CTC, TV Saitama, Sun TV, Tokyo MX, TV Aichi, KBS, Kids Station Original run July 7, 2007 – September 22, 2007 Episodes 12 (List of episodes) Anime television series (Zoku) Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei Directed by Akiyuki Shinbo Yukihiro Miyamoto[a] Produced by Atsushi Moriyama Written by Shaft[b][c] Yūichirō Oguro Music by Tomoki Hasegawa Studio Shaft Licensed by NA: Nozomi Entertainment Original network TVK, CTC, TV Saitama, Sun TV, Tokyo MX, TV Aichi, KBS, BS11 Digital, Kids Station Original run January 5, 2008 – March 29, 2008 Episodes 13 (List of episodes) Original video animation (Goku) Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei Directed by Akiyuki Shinbo Yukihiro Miyamoto[a] Produced by Atsushi Moriyama Hiroaki Morita Masayuki Haryu Written by Shaft[b] Akiyuki Shinbo Music by Tomoki Hasegawa Studio Shaft Licensed by NA: Nozomi Entertainment Released October 17, 2008 – February 17, 2009 Runtime 24–25 minutes Episodes 3 (List of episodes) Anime television series (Zan) Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei Directed by Akiyuki Shinbo Yukihiro Miyamoto[a] Produced by Junnosuke Miyamoto Written by Shaft[b] Akiyuki Shinbo Music by Tomoki Hasegawa Studio Shaft Licensed by NA: Nozomi Entertainment Original network TVK, CTC, TV Saitama, Sun TV, Tokyo MX, TV Aichi, KBS, BS11 Digital Original run July 4, 2009 – September 26, 2009 Episodes 13 (List of episodes) Original video animation (Zan) Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei Bangaichi Directed by Akiyuki Shinbo Yukihiro Miyamoto[a] Produced by Junnosuke Miyamoto Written by Shaft[b] Akiyuki Shinbo Music by Tomoki Hasegawa Studio Shaft Licensed by NA: Nozomi Entertainment Released November 17, 2009 – February 17, 2010 Runtime 26–28 minutes Episodes 2 (List of episodes) Original video animation Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei Special Directed by Akiyuki Shinbo Produced by Junnosuke Miyamoto Written by Shaft[b] Akiyuki Shinbo Music by Tomoki Hasegawa Studio Shaft Released January 31, 2012 Runtime 27 minutes Episodes 1

Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei (Japanese: さよなら絶望先生, Hepburn: Sayonara Zetsubō Sensei, lit. 'Goodbye, Mr. Despair') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kōji Kumeta. It was serialized in Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine from April 2005 to June 2012, with its chapters collected in 30 tankōbon volumes. The series follows Nozomu Itoshiki, a teacher who takes all aspects of life, word, and culture in the most negative light possible. The series satirizes politics, media, and Japanese society.

The manga was adapted into three anime television series and two sets of original video animations (OVAs) animated by Shaft between 2007 and 2010.

The manga has had over 5 million copies in circulation. In 2007, Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei received the 31st Kodansha Manga Award for the shōnen category.

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