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© Shou Makura・Takeshi Okano/SHUEISHA・Domori Elementary School Alumni Voice actress Ayana Taketatsu has joined the cast as a Zashiki-Warashi spirit in the ninth episode of the ongoing Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube TV anime series. The ninth episode was released in Japan on August 27, 2025, with the series initially premiering in Japan on July 2, 2025. It features two split cours.
Yasuyuki Oishi (Mayonaka no Occult Koumuin assistant director) is at the helm of the new anime, with Fumito Yamada (Hell’s Paradise Episode 8 director) acting as assistant director, Yoshiki Okusa (The Banished Former Hero Lives as He Pleases co-scriptwriter) serving as series screenwriter, Yu Yoshiyama (Mahoutsukai Precure!! Mirai Days main animator) as character designer, and Atsuko Takahashi (A Nobody’s Way Up to an Exploration Hero costume designer) as assistant character designer.
Additional staff includes Hironori Tanaka and Kijimaru as yokai designers, Takahiro Kagami (Jigoku Sensei Nube OVA Episode 3 co-character designer, Bucchigiri?! character designer) and Yu Yoshiyama as action directors, Hitoshi Tamura (Natsume’s Book of Friends Season 7) as screen designer, and Evan Call (Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End) as music composer. Studio Kai is handling the animation production.
The first cour of Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube made its debut with a special 1-hour premiere on July 2, 2025, featuring the first two episodes back-to-back. The second cour is set to start in January 2026 following a break this fall.
The original Jigoku Sensei Nube manga was penned by Sho Makura and illustrated by Takeshi Okano. It was serialized in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump starting August 24, 1993, running until May 11, 1999. It was later succeeded by Jigoku Sensei Nube NEO and Jigoku Sensei Nube S, along with spin-offs Reibaishi Izuna and Reibaishi Izuna: Ascension. A brief series titled Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube PLUS was published this year between May and June on Shonen Jump+. Another new manga, Jigoku Sensei Nube Kai, debuted in Saikyo Jump on May 2, 2025.
An earlier TV anime, produced by Toei Douga (now Toei Animation), aired from 1996 to 1997. The manga also inspired a ten-episode live-action drama in 2014.
YouTube channel is providing it in “limited territories” that include the U.S. and Canada. 
