It has been announced that a new anime version of the popular manga "Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube," which was serialized in "Weekly Shonen Jump" (Shueisha), will be broadcast from 11:15 pm on July 2nd. The first episode will be a one-hour special, with two episodes broadcast consecutively, and subsequent episodes will be broadcast on TV Asahi's anime slot "IMAnimation W." It was also announced that the series will be split into two seasons, with the second season scheduled to air from January 2026. This will be the first time a new anime version of "Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube" has been produced in about 26 years, since the OVA "Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube: The Greatest Battle in History! Zekki Raishū!!," released in 1999.
An advance screening of episodes 1 and 2 will be held at TOHO Cinemas Ueno (Taito-ku, Tokyo) on June 7th. Ryotaro Okiayu , who plays Meisuke Nueno , will be on stage to talk about the new anime.
It was also announced that a new work of the manga " Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube", "Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube PLUS", will begin serialization on May 14th on Shueisha's manga app "Shonen Jump+". The June issue of "Saikyō Jump" (published by Shueisha) released on May 2nd also announced the start of a new series "Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube Kai", marking the start of a double new series. "Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube PLUS" depicts the untold gems of "+" episodes that took place in secret in Domori Town when Tatsuno Hiroshi, Inaba Goko and others were students in class 5-3 at Domori Elementary School. Updated every Wednesday.
"Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube" is a manga written by Makura Shou and illustrated by Okano Takeshi, which was serialized in "Weekly Shonen Jump" from 1993 to 1999. The story follows Meisuke Nueno(Nube), a young teacher assigned to Domori Elementary School, who solves a series of incidents with the power of the "demon hand" that resides in his left arm. The official sequel, "Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube NEO", was serialized in "Grand Jump" (same publisher) from 2014 to 2018, and "Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube S" was serialized in "Saikyō Jump" (same publisher) from 2018 to 2021. The series has sold a total of approximately 29 million copies.
The TV anime series was broadcast from 1996 to 1997, and was also made into an OVA and a feature film. In 2014, a TV drama starring Ryuhei Maruyama was broadcast.
The new anime is also attracting attention because Ryotaro Okiayu , who played the main character Meisuke Nueno in the TV anime, movie anime, and OVA that aired from 1996 to 1997, and Toshiyuki Morikawa, who played Tamamo Kyosuke, will be reprising their roles.
◇Cast (titles omitted)
Meisuke Nueno: Ryotaro Okiayu ▽Hiroshi Tatsuno: Ryoko Shiraishi▽Gouko Inaba: Aya Suzaki▽Miki Hosokawa: Ryota Iwasaki ▽Makoto Kurita: Shiho Kojomon▽Ritsuko Aya Endo: Ai Kakuma Endo▽Yukime: Ai Kakuma▽Kyousuke Tamamo: Toshiyuki Morikawa
