Joseph Luster
December 2, 2024 
Originally announced in July 2024, more info has arrived for the Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube anime. Based on Takeshi Okano and Sho Makura’s Jigoku Sensei Nube manga, the latest update has the new adaptation landing on screens sometime in summer 2025.
There’s also more on the cast and staff, including the reveal that Studio KAI is the anime production house behind it. Ryotaro Okiayu is in the lead as Meisuke Nueno, AKA Nube, reprising his role from the previous adaptation. Check out a new key visual below.
A special video was released with subtitled commentary from Okiayu. He mentions that there will be a special audition where children can be cast as students and have their faces animated in the production.
The original manga ran in the pages of Weekly Shonen Jump magazine from 1993 to 1999. Its previous anime adaptation premiered in 1996 and ran for 49 episodes, and there was also a live-action TV drama and a PlayStation game.
As of July 2024, the series—including spinoffs—boasted over 29 million copies in circulation. Back in 2019, the series was among those that anime fans in Japan felt deserved a remake.
Hell Teacher Nube Synopsis
The story follows Meisuke Nueno, aka “Nube,” a psychic teacher with a demon hand, as he battles evil spirits and monsters to protect his students in this saga that employs elements of Japanese mythology and folklore to tell a fan-pleasing action story.
Known for its occult and horror elements on school ghost stories and urban legends, Nube captivated readers across generations with his heroic efforts to save his students from supernatural threats.
Source: Press Release
