A TV anime adaptation of A Misanthrope Teaches a Class for Demi-Humans will premiere in January 2026. A teaser trailer and teaser visual have been released.
The staff and cast include:
Staff
• Director: Akira Iwanaga (The Morose Mononokean Season 1)
• Series composer: Katsuhiko Takayama (The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash)
• Character designer: Maiko Okada (Mother Of The Goddess’ Dormitory)
• Animation production: asread.
Cast
• Toshiki Masuda as Rei Hitoma
• Sora Amamiya as Kyoka Minazuki
• Saori Onishi as Isaki Ohgami
• Maria Naganawa as Sui Usami
• Rui Tanabe as Tobari Haneda
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A Misanthrope Teaches a Class for Demi-Humans (Jingai Kyoushitsu no Ningengirai Kyoushi) started in June 2022 as an MF Bunko J light novel series written by Kurusu Natume and illustrated by Sai Izumi (both are given the original character designer credit), with a manga following the same year. Yen Press describes the light novels’ premise as:
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.
The light novel series has four volumes as of February 2025.
Source: A Misanthrope Teaches a Class for Demi-Humans anime website
