Alternative titles: English: Goodbye Mr. Despair OADSynonyms: Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei OAD, Goodbye Mr. Despair OAD, Sayounara Zetsubou Sensei OVA, Goodbye Mr. Despair OVAJapanese: 獄・さよなら絶望先生
Type: OVA
Episodes: 3
Status: Finished airing
Airdate: 17 Oct, 2008 to 17 Feb, 2009
Genres: Comedy, Parody, School
Duration: 00:30:00 per episode
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 and older
Limited editions of volumes 15 and 16 of Kôji Kumeta's Sayonara Zetsubō Sensei manga in Japan will bundle original animation DVDs (OADs) along with a release in between the manga releases. The first OAD will ship with the limited edition of Volume 15 for 3,470 yen on October 17. (The numbers 3, 4, 7, and 0 can be phonetically pronounced in Japanese as "Sa-yo-na-ra.") The in between release will be out on December 10th. The third release will ship with Volume 16 for the same price on February 17. Director Akiyuki Shinbo, the animators at SHAFT, and the music producers at Starchild Record will return from the two earlier television anime series. Likewise, the main cast members will reprise their roles, including Hiroshi Kamiya as the eternally gloomy teacher Nozomu Itoshiki with a class of oddball students.
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Kafuka Fuura Main | Ai Nonaka Japanese |
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Nozomu Itoshiki Main | Hiroshi Kamiya Japanese |
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Ikkyu Supporting | Tomokazu Sugita Japanese |
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Kotonon Supporting | Miyuki Sawashiro Japanese |
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Jinroku Supporting | Youji Ueda Japanese |
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Harumi Fujiyoshi Supporting | Miyu Matsuki Japanese |
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Nami Hitou Supporting | Ryoko Shintani Japanese |
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Rin Itoshiki Supporting | Akiko Yajima Japanese |
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Michael Jackson Supporting | |
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Ai Kaga Supporting | Saori Gotou Japanese |
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Kaere Kimura Supporting | Yuu Kobayashi Japanese |
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Kuniya Kino Supporting | Takuma Terashima Japanese |
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Chiri Kitsu Supporting | Marina Inoue Japanese |
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Abiru Kobushi Supporting | Yuko Goto Japanese |
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Kiri Komori Supporting | Asuka Tanii Japanese |
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Jun Kudou Supporting | Takahiro Mizushima Japanese |
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Mayo Mitama Supporting | Asuka Tanii Japanese |
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Manami Ookusa Supporting | Kikuko Inoue Japanese |
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Meru Otonashi Supporting | Chiwa Saito Japanese |
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Tarou Sekiutsu Supporting | Miyuki Sawashiro Japanese |
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Matoi Tsunetsuki Supporting | Asami Sanada Japanese |
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Kagerou Usui Supporting | Youji Ueda Japanese |
| Naoyuki Tatsuwa Co-Director | |
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Akiyuki Shinbou Director |
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Ai Nonaka Theme Song Performance |
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Rapbit Theme Song Performance |
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Kenji Ohtsuki Theme Song Performance |
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Marina Inoue Theme Song Performance |
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Tomoki Hasegawa Theme Song Composition, Music |
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Kouji Kumeta Original Creator |
| Hideyuki Morioka Character Design | |
| Izumi Takizawa Color Design |
