Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei Series

Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei is a Japanese manga by Kouji Kumeta, serialized in Weekly Shounen Magazine. It is a comedy about a teacher who takes all aspects of life, language and culture in the most negative light possible. It satirizes politics, media, and Japanese society. In 2007, the manga received the thirty-first Kodansha Manga Award in the shounen category, and was adapted into a twelve-episode anime series. Weekly Shounen Magazine announced that a second season, titled Zoku・Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei would be made. On July 8, 2008, a set of OVAs titled Goku・Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei was announced to be made. The first and third volume will be bundled with the limited edition of volume fifteen and sixteen of the manga and second volume to be released separately.

Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei

Alternative Titles: Goodbye, Mr. Despair, さよなら絶望先生
Genres: comedy, drama, slice of life
Themes: parody, school, suicide

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.

Opening Themes:

#1: "Hito toshite Jiku ga Bureteiru" by Kenji Ohtsuki feat. Ai Nonaka, Marina Inoue, Yu Kobayashi, Miyuki Sawashiro & Ryouko Shintani (eps 1-9)

#2: "Goin ni Mai Yeah~" by Ai Nonaka, Marina Inoue, Yu Kobayashi & Ryouko Shintani (eps 10-11)

Ending Theme:

#1: "Zessei Bijin" by Ai Nonaka, Marina Inoue, Yu Kobayashi & Ryouko Shintani

Rating: ★★★★★☆ excellent
Vintage: 2007-07-07 to 2007-09-22
Episodes: 12
Status: Completed

Format: AVI

#01 "Goodbye, Zetsubou Sensei" : MegaUpload
#02 "When I Came Out Of The Tunnel It Was White" : MegaUpload
#03 "Go Fly Over That Country" : MegaUpload
#04 "From Elbow to Knee" : MegaUpload
#05 "Removing Stains and Toxins" : MegaUpload
#06 "Leap Before You Look" : MegaUpload
#07 "One Morning, When Gregor Samsa Awoke, He was Carrying a Portable Shrine" : MegaUpload
#08 "I'm a Social Outcast by Fate" : MegaUpload
#09 "The Evening Primroses on Fuji are Wrong" : MegaUpload
#10 "You Mustn't Burn the Raw Yatsuhashi" : MegaUpload
#11 "Hey, You Can't Do That! Isn't There an Original?" : MegaUpload
#12 "Really, That's Annoying!" : MegaUpload


Zoku・Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei

Alternative Titles: Vulgar・Goodbye, Mr. Despair, 俗・さよなら絶望先生
Genres: comedy, drama, slice of life
Themes: parody, school

More crazy antics abound as Nozomu Itoshiki, a.k.a Zetsubo-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.

Opening Themes:
#1: "Kuusou Rumba" by Kenji Ohtsuki and Zetsubou Shoujo-tachi (eps 1-6, 8-13)

#2: "Lyricure GO GO!" by Ai Nonaka, Marina Inoue and Ryouko Shintani (ep 7)

Ending Theme:

#1: "Koiji Romanesque" by Zetsubou Shoujo-tachi (eps 1-4)

#2: "Marionette" by ROLLY and Zetsubou Shoujo-tachi (eps 5-12)

#3: "Omamori" by Ai Nonaka, Marina Inoue, Yu Kobayashi and Ryouko Shintani (ep 13)

Rating: ★★★★★☆ excellent
Vintage: 2008-01-05 to 2008-03-29
Episodes: 13
Status: Completed

Format: AVI (except episodes 5 to 7 - MKV)

#01 "Our Classroom has Many Problems, So Please Keep That in Mind" : MegaUpload
#02 "The Person Who Isn't New, Awaken Now" : MegaUpload
#03 "Duties and Soldiers" : MegaUpload
#04 "The Roadside Painter" : MegaUpload
#05 "Cultural Pedigree" : MegaUpload
#06 "Thou Shalt Not Know" : MegaUpload
#07 "The Cat That Was Told a Million Times" : MegaUpload
#08 "Spineapple Pudding" : MegaUpload
#09 "Double is Better than Single" : MegaUpload
#10 "Deteriorating Stream" : MegaUpload
#11 "Twelve Dark Despair Women" : MegaUpload
#12 "Landing Amply Rewarded" : MegaUpload
#13 "Dismissal of Myohonji in Kamakura" : MegaUpload


Goku・Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei (OAV)

Alternative Titles: Prison・Goodbye, Mr. Despair, 獄・さよなら絶望先生
Genre: comedy
Theme: satire

A continuation of Zoku Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei, with more stories revolving around Nozomu Itoshiki, the extremely pessimistic or despairing teacher, and the students of class the 2-H, who are each hilariously abnormal in their own unique way except for the one relatively normal girl who hates being called normal.

Opening Theme:

#1: "Kuusou Rumba" by Kenji Ootsuki (eps 1-2)

#2: "Kuusou Rumba Rap" by Kenji Ootsuki & Zetsubou Shoujotachi feat. Rapbit (ep 3)

Ending Themes:

#1: "Marionette" by Rolly Teranishi, Ai Nonaka, Marina Inoue, Yū Kobayashi, Miyuki Sawashiro and Ryōko Shintani (ep 1)

#2: "Omamori" by Ai Nonaka, Marina Inoue, Yu Kobayashi and Ryoko Shintani (eps 2-3)

Rating: ★★★★★☆ excellent
Vintage: 2008-10-17 to 2009-02-17
Episodes: 3
Status: Completed

Format: MKV

#01 "Sweet Princess / Banned Notes / Prototype Shield" : MegaUpload
#02 "To Say That the Pursuit of Happiness from a Process is the Origin of Crime / A Notice from Ministry of Prediction / Names Ripped in Pieces" : MegaUpload
#03 "Questions and Answers in the Dark / Storybook of Failure / A Book of Folktales" : MegaUpload


Zan・Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei

Alternative Titles: Repent・Goodbye, Mr. Despair, 懺・さよなら絶望先生
Genre: comedy
Themes: parody, school

Nozomu Itoshiki is still the bizarre teacher of the even stranger Class 2-H. He attempts to teach his students the negative aspects of the world and society, only to have each circumstance thrown at his face whenever he tries. With more students and friends than before, Zetsubo-sensei's life bcomes harder and crazier than ever before.

Opening Theme:
#1: "Ringo Mogire Beam!" by Kenji Ootsuki and Zetsubou Shoujotachi
Ending Themes:
#1: "Zetsubou Restaurant" by Zetsubou Shoujotachi (eps 1–9, 13)
#2: "Kurayami Shinchuu Soushisouai" by Hiroshi Kamiya (eps 10–12)

Rating: ★★★★☆☆ very good
Vintage: 2009-07-04 to 2009-09-26
Episodes: 13
Status: Completed

Format: MKV

#01 "Highway To Hell / The Spring Postman Always Rings Twice / Bleached Heights" : MegaUpload
#02 "Possessive Woman / Absurd Time Tales Of Russia / Bleached Heights Part 2" : MegaUpload
#03 "The Tragedy of X / I will not Return to Japan. I Was Unable to Be That Resolute / Doctor Kahogo" : MegaUpload
#04 "How I Became a Real Human / Celebrated Pedigree / Doctor Kahogo Part 2" : MegaUpload
#05 "Back Scratch / The Adventures of A, Leap, and B / The Dropper in the Rye" : MegaUpload
#06 "The Measles of Madison County / Polygon in the Evening / The Dropper in the Rye Part 2" : MegaUpload
#07 "Do Androids Dream of Electric Wives? / Failure as a General / Yeah, It's a Surprise, I Muttered Hollowly" : MegaUpload
#08 "Yeah, It's a Surprise, I Muttered Hollowly Part 2 / Confession Crepe Team / The Last, and the First Enoden" : MegaUpload
#09 "The Emergency Which Became a Nun / The Right Answer, 30 Years Late / Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" : MegaUpload
#10 "The Egg Of The Klak / A Certain Country You Know Well / Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher Part 2" : MegaUpload
#11 "House of the Girl in Glasses / Progress in Confinement / The Clothing Seen By the Sage Leglipht" : MegaUpload
#12 "After The Third Time / The Unburied Secret / Progress in Confinement Part 2 / Naughty Teacher Kaere" : MegaUpload
#13 "Revenge of the Shit / We Are Linus / The Optimism Prize / Kiyohiko Night" : MegaUpload