Kadokawa has confirmed that the Jingai Kyoushitsu no Ningen-girai Kyoushi: Hitoma-sensei, Watashi-tachi ni Ningen o Oshiete Kuremasu ka……? (A Misanthrope Teaches a Class for Demi-Humans/ 人外教室の人間嫌い教師 ヒトマ先生、私たちに人間を教えてくれますか……? ) light novel series by Kurusu Natsume will be adapted into a TV anime, and it will premiere in January 2026.
A teaser promotional video and visual have been released, along with illustrations by Izumi Sai, the illustrator for the novels, and Benino Atsu, the artist behind the manga adaptation.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ePbPaguNY4]
Iwanaga Akira is directing the anime at Asread studios, and the anime will star:
- Madusa Toshiki as Rei Hitoma
- Amamiya Sora as Kyoka Minazuki
- Ounishi Saori as Isaki Ogami
- Naganawa Maria as Sui Usami
- Tanabe Rui as Tobari Haneda
Kadokawa published Kurusu’s first novel, with illustrations by Izumi, in February 2022 and the fourth novel in February 2025.
Manga artist Benino started the manga adaptation in August 2022 in Kadokawa’s Shonen Ace magazine, and Kadokawa published the manga’s first tankoubon volume in March 2023 and the third volume in July 2024. The manga’s fourth and final volume is scheduled for release on September 26th, 2025.
Yen Press publishes both the novel series and manga adaptation in English under the name A Misanthrope Teaches a Class for Demi-Humans. It has released the first two novels in the series, and it will release the manga’s second volume on December 16th, 2025. Yen Press describes the novel’s story below:
“I’m Rei Hitoma, a self-professed misanthrope thanks to some past trauma. Just when I thought my new teaching job in the mountains would provide a chill, rejuvenating environment, it turns out that this school is actually for demi-humans who want to become full-fledged human beings! There’s a mermaid, a werewolf, a rabbit, and a bird…all of whom are now my charges. It’s my duty to teach them about humankind—and maybe in the process, I’ll learn a few things myself. This isn’t an alternate world or a case of reincarnation. It’s just the story of a teacher at a somewhat peculiar school and his students who are striving to become human.”
