The newest main trailer and additional cast members have been revealed for the upcoming A Misanthrope Teaches a Class for Demi-Humans TV anime series, which is expected to premiere in Japan on January 10, 2026.
The latest trailer also showcases the anime’s main opening theme song “Ningen” by Masayoshi Oishi.
The four new cast members (from left to right below) announced for the series include:
- • Honoka Inoue as Mirai Haruna
- • Kazuhiko Inoue as Shiro Karasuma
- • Makoto Ishii as Satoru Hoshino
- • Ai Kayano as Yuki Saotome
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They join a previously announced voice cast that consists of:
- • 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
- • Manami Numakura as Karin Ryuzaki
- • Misato Fukuen as Machi Nezu
- • Reina Ueda as Neneko Kurosawa
- • Yui Ishikawa as Aoi Wakaba
- • Yui Horie as Maki Okonogi
Akira Iwanaga (The Morose Mononokean Season 1) is directing the anime series, with Katsuhiko Takayama (The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash) as series composer and Maiko Okada (Mother Of The Goddess’ Dormitory) as character designer. Asread is in charge of the animation production.
The light novel series is written by Nijisanji VTuber Natsume Kurusu and illustrated by Sai Izumi (both are given the original character designer credit). It was published by Media Factory’s MF Bunko J imprint on February 25, 2022 and has released four volumes as of February 2025.
A manga adaptation by Atsu Benino was published from August 2022 to July 2025.
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Yen Press licensed the A Misanthrope Teaches a Class for Demi-Human light novel series and manga for English release. It describes the main synopsis of the light novels 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.
Sources: A Misanthrope Teaches a Class for Demi-Humans Official Twitter (2), Anime News Network
