Sayonara Zetsubo Sensei, Goodbye Teacher Despair, SZS, Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei, Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei, さよなら絶望先生
Itoshiki Nozomu is always in despair! Even simple things like paying for the toll on the subway can send him to a despair so deep only attempted suicide is the answer. How Strange is it then, that he should be the teacher of a High School Class filled with students with even more emotional problems than his. This great Comedy will leave you in anything but 'Despair' as you meet each of his students and watch their wacky adventures.
Last updated
Jul 28, 2026, 01:02 AM
Announcement status
Official announcement records with supporting citations.
Official announcement logged Jan 1, 2008, 12:00 AM.
Franchise timeline
Review every Courcast-tracked season for this series and jump between entries.
Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei
Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei
2007ViewingConfirmedSayonara Zetsubou Sensei: Nyankin no Kirisuto
2012(×﹏×)Zan Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei
2009ConfirmedZan Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei Bangaichi
2009ConfirmedGoku Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei
2008ConfirmedZoku Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei
Zoku Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei
2008Confirmed
Courcast score breakdown
CourScore is the probability of an official sequel announcement within 18 months, blending attention velocity, completion strength, and catalogue health.
CourScore is the probability of an official sequel announcement within 18 months.
Signal coverage: 100% • Signal freshness: High • Updated 14 hours ago
Top reasons
- Strong renewal expectation - Strong signals suggest renewal is expected.
Source runway looks healthy for a continuation.
CourScore history
CourScore over time
Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei renewal questions
Common questions about this title's renewal prospects, answered by Courcast's daily analysis.
- Is Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei getting a new season?
- Yes - Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei has an officially confirmed continuation. See the Announcement Status section above for the full details and citations.
- Will Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei be renewed?
- Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei has already been confirmed for a new entry - it has cleared the renewal hurdle. See the Announcement Status section for the source citation.
- What is Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei's renewal probability?
- Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei's CourScore is 100 as of the latest update. CourScore is Courcast's proprietary metric that aggregates over a dozen renewal signals - from source-material runway to social buzz - into a single daily-updated probability out of 100.
Fresh telemetry
Courcast watches every connected signal to surface the freshest indicators of momentum.
| Source | Metric | Geo | Value | Collected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| crunchyroll | episode likes | GLOBAL | 10,854 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode comments | JP | 126,625 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source status code | GLOBAL | 3 | Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | series available | GLOBAL | 1 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode views | JP | 7,733,642 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangadex | source status code | GLOBAL | 3 | Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangadex | volumes total | GLOBAL | 30 | Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| justwatch | jp platform count | JP | 1 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | rating | GLOBAL | 8.16 | Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | score mean | GLOBAL | 78.71 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | member count | GLOBAL | 51,895 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | uploads 30d | GLOBAL | 25 | Jun 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | subscribers total | GLOBAL | 0 | Jun 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangadex | chapters total | GLOBAL | 301.5 | Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangaupdates | bayesian rating | GLOBAL | 8.26 | Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | volumes total | GLOBAL | 30 | Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | channel views total | GLOBAL | 0 | Jun 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | views 30d | GLOBAL | 20,721 | Jun 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | uploads 7d | GLOBAL | 25 | Jun 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | views 7d | GLOBAL | 20,721 | Jun 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest daily | GLOBAL | 24 | Jul 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangacodex | manga circulation | JP | 5,000,000 | Jul 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| wikipedia | pageviews daily | EN.WIKIPEDIA | 5 | Jul 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | entry likes | GLOBAL | 237 | Jul 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source members | GLOBAL | 34,556 | Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangacodex | manga latest volume sales | JP | 66,500 | Jul 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | members | GLOBAL | 368,347 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | watching | GLOBAL | 21,964 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | rating rank | GLOBAL | 1,127 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | popularity | GLOBAL | 8.51 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | chapters total | GLOBAL | 302 | Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangacodex | bd sales avg | JP | 10,100 | Jul 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | media total | GLOBAL | 87 | Jul 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | merch total | GLOBAL | 475 | Jul 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | goods total | GLOBAL | 345 | Jul 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangacodex | manga volume trend pct | JP | 21.13 | Jul 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | figures total | GLOBAL | 43 | Jul 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | trending | GLOBAL | 1 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest weekly | GLOBAL | 43 | Jul 12, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | completed | GLOBAL | 158,666 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | average score | GLOBAL | 76 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | favorites | GLOBAL | 375 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | favorites | GLOBAL | 1,785 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | vote count | GLOBAL | 42 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 81,458 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | completion ratio | GLOBAL | 0.42 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| ann | rating | GLOBAL | 7.93 | Jul 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 31,435 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | plan to watch | GLOBAL | 155,014 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 78.4 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| simkl | score mean | GLOBAL | 76 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode dislikes | GLOBAL | 223 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode mylists | JP | 113,316 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode count | GLOBAL | 13 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| filmarks | mark count | JP | 2,843 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| filmarks | score mean | JP | 78 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |