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Fields	USA Info	Japanese Info	Image
Title	Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei	Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei(さよなら 絶望先生)("Goodbye, Mr. Despair")(season 1)
· · ·		Goodbye, Mr. Despair
· · ·		(Zoku) Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei(【俗・】さよなら絶望先生)(season 2)
· · ·		Zan: Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei(懺・さよなら 絶望先生)(season 3)
Released		12 TV episodes(season 1)
· · ·		13 TV episodes(season 2)
· · ·		3 OVA episodes
Dates		July 7, 2007 – Sept 23, 2007(season 1)
· · ·		Jan 5, 2008 – Mar 29, 2008(season 2)
· · ·		Oct 17, 2008 – Feb 17, 2009(OVA)
Company		Shaft
Creator
Director		Akiyuki Shinbo
Genre	Comedy	Comedy
Characters	Kafuka Fuura	Kafuka Fuura
· · ·	Nozomu Itoshiki	Nozomu Itoshiki

Last I checked, this anime was available on DVD at Amazon.

The above info came from I am I (and paranoid too), and was edited by yours truly (contact me).

Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei is a comedy about a manically depressed teacher and his over the top homeroom class. The title literally means, "So-long Mr. Despair", due to the fact that the teacher's name (when pushed together incorrectly) means, despair. Not only is the teacher a strange character, but each person in his class has their own incredible mental instability, ability, oddity, quirk, or highly exaggerated trait that makes for a strange and humorous mix.

The above description came from I am I (and paranoid too), and was edited by yours truly (contact me).