Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei
さよなら絶望先生
Synopsis
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]
Staff
Kubota, Mitsutoshi
Producer
Moriyama, Atsushi
Producer
Miyamoto, Junnosuke
Assistant Producer
Shinbou, Akiyuki
Director
Kameyama, Toshiki
Sound Director
Iimura, Masayuki
Episode Director
Itamura, Tomoyuki
Episode Director, Key Animation
Kamata, Yuusuke
Episode Director, Storyboard
Miyamoto, Yukihiro
Episode Director, Key Animation
Mori, Yoshihiro
Episode Director, Storyboard
Oishi, Tatsuya
Episode Director, Storyboard, Setting, Key Animation
Oota, Kazuhiro
Episode Director, Storyboard, Animation Director, Key Animation
Tatsuwa, Naoyuki
Episode Director, Storyboard, Assistant Director, Key Animation
Yoshida, Hideyuki
Episode Director, Key Animation
Kubota, Masashi
Script
Fukuda, Michio
Storyboard
Kogawa, Tomonori
Storyboard, Animation Director, Key Animation
Miyazaki, Shuuji
Storyboard, Key Animation
Tanaka, Jou
Storyboard, Assistant Animation Director, Animation Director
Hasegawa, Tomoki
Theme Song Composition, Music
Hashimoto, Yukari
Theme Song Composition, Theme Song Arrangement
Inoue, Marina
Theme Song Performance
Kawada, Ruka
Theme Song Composition, Theme Song Arrangement
NARASAKI
Theme Song Composition, Theme Song Arrangement
Nonaka, Ai
Theme Song Performance
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