It has been announced that the light novel "The Human-Hating Teacher of the Non-Human Classroom" from MF Bunko J (KADOKAWA) will be adapted into a TV anime series that will begin airing in January 2026. It is the debut novel by Kurusu Natsume, a member of the VTuber group Nijisanji, and the first volume was released in February 2022, becoming a hit that was quickly reprinted. The anime will be directed by Iwanaga Akira and produced by asread.
Toshiki Masuda will play the role of a teacher in his late twenties, Human Zero, Sora Amamiya will play the role of the mermaid student, Saori Onishi, Onishi Saori will play the role of the werewolf student, Oonishi Maria Naganawa Misui, and Tanabe Rui will play the role of the Mozu student, Haneda Tobari.
Original author Kurusu Natsume commented, "Hello! I'm Kurusu Natsume, the author of the Non-Human Classroom series. I'm so pleased to announce that thanks to everyone's support, it has been decided that Non-Human Classroom will be made into an anime! Thank you so much! Even now, as the original author, I'm helping out with the anime, and together with everyone, I'm looking forward to seeing what kind of work it will be. I hope to be able to work with the wonderful production team and deliver a great work, so please enjoy the anime! Once again, thank you for your continued support of the Non-Human Classroom series! For those of you who are thinking about watching it, I would be happy if you would take this opportunity to find out more about it! Please look forward to the anime "The Non-Human Classroom's Human-Hating Teacher"!"
Director Iwanaga said, "There are a lot of characters with unique personalities, so I think it will be a fun series. The broadcast will start a little while from now, but please look forward to it. Thank you very much."
The story is about a former teacher and NEET in his 30s, Ningen Zero, who becomes traumatized by a certain incident regarding human relationships and becomes a teacher at Shiranui High School, where non-human girls learn to become human.
*Staff (titles omitted)
Original work: Kurusu Natsume ▽ Original character design: Izumi Aya, Kurusu Natsume ▽ Director: Iwanaga Akira ▽ Series composition: Takayama Katsuhiko ▽ Character design: Okada Maiko ▽ Sub-character design: Hirayama Eiji, Watanabe Kanako, Kojima Chika ▽ Art director: Fujisawa Akira ▽ Color design: Shiota Chisei ▽ Prop setting: Hara Yoshikazu ▽ Art setting: Nagasawa Junko ▽ 3D director: Nagaoka Yuta ▽ Director of photography: Takehara Kenji ▽ Editor: Ito Junichi ▽ Sound director: Yaginuma Tomohiko ▽ Sound production: Zack Promotion ▽ Music: Miyazaki Makoto ▽ Music production: Pony Canyon ▽ Animation production: asread.
*Cast (titles omitted)
Human Zero: Toshiki Masuda ▽ Kyoka Suigetsu: Sora Amamiya ▽ Issaku Omori: Saori Onishi ▽ Misato Usami: Maria Naganawa ▽ Tobari Haneda: Rui Tanabe
