Kadokawa announced on Sunday the television anime adaptation of VTuber Kurusu Natsume's debut light novel series A Misanthrope Teaches a Class for Demi-Humans (Jingai Kyōshitsu no Ningen-girai Kyōshi: Hitoma-sensei, Watashi-tachi ni Ningen o Oshiete Kuremasu ka......?), which will premiere in January 2026. Kadokawaalso revealed a teaser promotional video, teaser visual, main cast, and staff.
The light novels' illustrator Sai Izumi and their manga adaptation's artist Atsu Benino also drew commemorative illustrations for the anime announcement:
The anime will star:
Akira Iwanaga (Kingdom season 2, Arifureta - From Commonplace to World's Strongest) is directing the anime at asread.. Katsuhiko Takayama (Baka and Test - Summon the Beasts two seasons, Protocol: Rain) is in charge of series scripts, and Maiko Okada (Mother of the Goddess' Dormitory) is designing the characters.
Additional staff includes:
- Sub-Character Designers: Hidetsugu Hirayama, Kanako Watanabe, Chika Kojima
- Art Director: Yoh Fujisawa
- Color Key Artist: Chisato Shioda
- Prop Design: Hara Yoshikazu
- Art Setting: Junko Nagasawa
- 3D Director: Yūta Nagaoka
- Compositing Director of Photography: Kenji Takehara
- Editing: Junichi Itou
- Sound Director: Tomohiko Yaginuma
- Sound Production: Zack Promotion
- Music: Makoto Miyazaki
- Music Production: Pony Canyon
Yen Press publishes the light novels in English and describes the story:
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 novels launched with its first volume with illustration by Sai Izumi in February 2022. Kadokawa published the fourth volume on February 25.
Benino's manga adaptation launched in Kadokawa's Shōnen Acemagazine in 2022. The manga ended on July 26, and the fourth and final volume will ship on September 26. Yen Press also publishes the manga in English.
Source: Press release