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Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube Anime Debuts on TV Asahi's New 'IM Animation W' Block in July

TV Asahi announced on Tuesday during a livestream that it will launch a new programming block for anime titled "IM Animation W" that will air on Wednesdays at 11:45 p.m. JST starting in April with the Your Forma television anime. The new Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube anime will premiere on the block in July.

TV Asahi also announced the "Koupen-chan" short television anime based on Rurutea's illustrations of the character of the same name during the livestream. The anime will debut in spring 2025.

Ryōtarō Okiayu will star as Meisuke Nueno, also known as “Nube,” in the anime adaptation of Takeshi Okano and Sho Makura's Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube (Jigoku Sensei Nube) manga. Okiayu is reprising the role from the previous anime in the franchise.

Makura and Okano serialized the original 31-volume manga from 1993 to 1999 in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine. The manga has more than 29 million copies in circulation. The manga was later re-released in 2006 as 20 volumes.

The description on the anime's announcement video describes the story in English:

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.

Makura and Okano published a one-shot manga titled "Jigoku Sensei Nube: Ōmagatoki" in Grand Jump in April 2014, 15 years after the original manga ended. The duo then launched a sequel manga titled Jigoku Sensei Nube Neo in Grand Jump Premium in May 2014. That manga ended in December 2018, and has 17 volumes. The Jigoku Sensei Nube S manga launched in Saikyō Jump in 2018 and has four total volumes. The manga franchise also includes the 10-volume Reibaishi Izuna and 10-volume Reibaishi Izuna Ascension spinoff manga.

The original manga inspired a television anime series in 1996-1997, a video anime series in 1998-1999, and three anime films in 1996 and 1997. The manga also inspired a live-action series adaptation in 2014.

The manga got a new one-shot in the September issue of Shueisha's Saikyō Jump magazine on August 2.

Source: TV Asahi's livestream