And Fel descends back into her happy oblivion of obscurity and obfuscation. Obviously.
My happy alliteration (or was it assonance?) aside, I'd like to bring to light a little show like many others, laughable, laudable, lovely. Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei is, officially, the story of Nozumo Itoshiki, a man with the unfortunate luck and mindset of one whose name, when written horizontally, says "zetsubou", or "despair". Thus dubbed Mr. Despair, the hapless man sets about trying to teach the least teachable class, full of people who are stereotypical anime characters turned around, inside out, and set on their heads to general hilarity.
The music is pretty great, actually. A bit repetitive with the main theme being heard three and four times an episode (and there are only twelve), but still very nice. And with such a pretty theme, you don't really mind the repetition so much. I'd also like to point out that the opening is one of the few that I'd go to the trouble of downloading- the Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya's and Full Metal Panic's being the others. It's a rarity that I like one enough to want to listen to it beyond the actual ending of the anime.
While the show doesn't have a single, cohesive plotline, it was still astoundingly creative, had a proliferation of parodies, and was generally awesome. I highly recommend it.
My happy alliteration (or was it assonance?) aside, I'd like to bring to light a little show like many others, laughable, laudable, lovely. Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei is, officially, the story of Nozumo Itoshiki, a man with the unfortunate luck and mindset of one whose name, when written horizontally, says "zetsubou", or "despair". Thus dubbed Mr. Despair, the hapless man sets about trying to teach the least teachable class, full of people who are stereotypical anime characters turned around, inside out, and set on their heads to general hilarity.
The music is pretty great, actually. A bit repetitive with the main theme being heard three and four times an episode (and there are only twelve), but still very nice. And with such a pretty theme, you don't really mind the repetition so much. I'd also like to point out that the opening is one of the few that I'd go to the trouble of downloading- the Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya's and Full Metal Panic's being the others. It's a rarity that I like one enough to want to listen to it beyond the actual ending of the anime.
While the show doesn't have a single, cohesive plotline, it was still astoundingly creative, had a proliferation of parodies, and was generally awesome. I highly recommend it.
