Back in 2021, the 1996 TV anime series Jigoku Sensei Nubei got a bit of a new lease on life with it as part of the spring 2021 season as a renewal presentation in (upscaled) high definition while also getting a Netflix run in Japan. That led to a home video release box that included the three movies and three OVAs in addition to the 49-episode TV series slotted. That release saw an August 4th, 2021 debut where it was priced at 49,800 yen.
We learned this past summer that a new anime adaptation is in the works with plans for a July 2025 debut where Yasuyuki Oishi is directing it with Fumito Yamada assisting from the scripts by Yoshiki Okusa. Yu Yoshiyama is the character designer with Studio KAI on the animation production.
The latest update has come in with a new round of cast additions for the series with:
- Natsumi Fujiwara as Akira Yamaguchi
- Ayahi Takagaki as Shuichi Shirato
- Nao Tōyama as Noriko Nakajima
- Yui Makino as Shizuka Kikuchi
- Shōji Inoyama as Masaru Kaneda
- Miyuri Shimabukuro as Manami Kimura
The newly added cast includes:
- Ai Kakuma as Yukime
- Aya Endō as Ritsuko Takahashi
- Aya Suzaki as Kyoko Inaba
- Ryōko Shiraishi as Hiroshi Tateno
- Ryōta Iwasaki as Katsuya Kimura
- Shiho Kokido as Makoto Kurita
- Tomoyo Kurosawa as Miki Hosokawa
- Toshiyuki Morikawa as Kyosuke Tamamo
- Ryōtarō Okiayu as Meisuke “Nube” Nueno
The It’s Anime channel also posted the announcement video with English subtitles and it’s likely a “big clue” that it’ll be streamed through It’s Anime when it arrives.
Plot Concept: Nube is a clumsy, easygoing, and very kind teacher, but he has a secret under his glove on his left hand. He has a monster hand, and he also has the ability to sense ghosts and evil spirits. So he protects his dear students from these evil spirits with his monster hand, proving to be very powerful.
Previous promos and visuals:
Original series trailer:
