Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube

{{Infobox animanga/Header

| image = Jigoku Sensei Nūbē 1.png

| caption = First {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volume cover, featuring Meisuke Nueno (front), Makoto Kurita (right), Kyouko Inaba (top right), and Hiroshi Tateno (left)

| ja_kanji = 地獄先生ぬ〜べ〜

| ja_romaji = Jigoku Sensei Nūbē

| genre = {{ubl|Action{{cite web|script-title=ja:「地獄先生ぬ～べ～」2025年に新アニメ化！PVや原作者2人のお祝いコメント到着|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/583093|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=July 21, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240721022121/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/583093|archive-date=July 21, 2024|language=ja|date=July 21, 2024|url-status=live}}|Comedy horror{{cite news|last=Chapman|first=Paul|title=Japanese Fans Rank Top 5 "Most Traumatizing" Manga|url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2015/08/30-1/japanese-fans-rank-top-5-most-traumatizing-manga|access-date=July 22, 2018|website=Crunchyroll|date=August 30, 2015|archive-date=November 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108135442/http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2015/08/30-1/japanese-fans-rank-top-5-most-traumatizing-manga|url-status=dead}}|Dark fantasy{{cite web|script-title=ja:ダークファンタジーまとめ|url=https://akiba-souken.com/anime/matome/dark/|publisher=Kakaku.com|website=Akiba Souken|date=February 26, 2021|access-date=April 15, 2021|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240821071909/https://akiba-souken.com/anime/matome/dark/|archive-date=August 21, 2024}}}}

}}

{{Infobox animanga/Print

| type = manga

| author = Shō Makura

| illustrator = Takeshi Okano

| publisher = Shueisha

| demographic = {{Transliteration|ja|Shōnen}}

| imprint = Jump Comics

| magazine = Weekly Shōnen Jump

| first = August 24, 1993

| last = May 11, 1999

| volumes = 31

| volume_list = List of Jigoku Sensei Nūbē chapters

}}

{{Infobox animanga/Video

| type = tv series

| director = Yukio Kaizawa

| producer =

| writer = Sukehiro Tomita

| music = BMF

| studio = Toei Animation

| network = ANN (TV Asahi)

| first = April 13, 1996

| last = August 7, 1997

| episodes = 49

| episode_list = List of Jigoku Sensei Nūbē episodes

}}

{{Infobox animanga/Video

| type = film

| director = Junji Shimizu

| producer = Hiroyuki Sakurada

| writer = Sukehiro Tomita

| music =

| studio = Toei Animation

| released = July 6, 1996

| runtime = 48 minutes

}}

{{Infobox animanga/Video

| type = film

| title = Jigoku Sensei Nūbē: Gozen 0 toki Nūbē Shisu

| director = Yukio Kaizawa

| producer = Hiroyuki Sakurada

| writer = Takao Koyama

| music =

| studio = Toei Animation

| released = March 8, 1997

| runtime = 45 minutes

}}

{{Infobox animanga/Video

| type = film

| title = Jigoku Sensei Nūbē: Kyoufu no Natsu Yasumi! Asashi no Uni no Gensetsu

| director = Junji Shimizu

| producer = Hiroyuki Sakurada

| writer = Yoshiyuki Suga

| music =

| studio = Toei Animation

| released = July 12, 1997

| runtime = 38 minutes

}}

{{Infobox animanga/Video

| type = ova

| director = Yukio Kaizawa

| producer = Takehiko Shimatsu

| writer =

| music = Masamichi Amano

| studio = Toei Animation

| first = June 1998

| last = May 1999

| runtime = 30 minutes each

| episodes = 3

| episode_list =

}}

{{Infobox animanga/Print

| type = manga

| title = Jigoku Sensei Nūbē Neo

| author = Shō Makura

| illustrator = Takeshi Okano

| publisher = Shueisha

| demographic = {{Transliteration|ja|Seinen}}, {{Transliteration|ja|shōnen}}

| magazine = {{ubl|Grand Jump Premium {{noitalic|(2014)}}|Grand Jump {{noitalic|(2014–2018)}}|Saikyō Jump {{noitalic|(2016–2018)}}}}

| first = May 28, 2014

| last = December 5, 2018

| volumes = 17

| volume_list =

}}

{{Infobox animanga/Video

| type = drama

| director = {{ubl|Noriyoshi Sakuma|Kenji Ikeda}}

| producer =

| writer = {{ubl|Magi|Tomoharu Sato}}

| music =

| studio = Nippon Television

| network = NNS (Nippon TV)

| first = October 11, 2014

| last = December 13, 2014

| episodes = 10

| episode_list =

}}

{{Infobox animanga/Print

| type = manga

| title = Jigoku Sensei Nūbē S

| author = Shō Makura

| illustrator = Takeshi Okano

| publisher = Shueisha

| demographic = {{Transliteration|ja|Shōnen}}

| magazine = Saikyō Jump

| first = August 3, 2018

| last = April 1, 2021

| volumes = 4

| volume_list =

}}

{{Infobox animanga/Print

| type = manga

| title = Jigoku Sensei Nube Kai

| author = Shō Makura

| illustrator = Takeshi Okano

| publisher = Shueisha

| demographic = {{Transliteration|ja|Shōnen}}

| magazine = Saikyō Jump

| first = May 2, 2025

| last = scheduled

| volumes =

| volume_list =

}}

{{Infobox animanga/Video

| type = tv series

| director = Yasuyuki Ōishi

| producer =

| writer = Yoshiki Ōkusa

| music = Evan Call

| studio = Studio Kai

| licensee = Remow

| network = ANN (TV Asahi)

| first = July 2025

| last = scheduled

| episodes =

| episode_list =

}}

{{Infobox animanga/Other

| title = Spin-off

| content =

Reibaishi Izuna (2007–2016)

}}

{{Nihongo|Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube|地獄先生ぬ〜べ〜|Jigoku Sensei Nūbē}} is a Japanese manga series written by Shō Makura and illustrated by Takeshi Okano. It was serialized in Shueisha's Shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from August 1993 to May 1999, with its chapters collected in 31 {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volumes. The series follows Meisuke Nueno, aka Nūbē, the homeroom teacher for Class 5–3 at Dōmori Elementary. More than a teacher, however, he is a skilled exorcist, protecting the town of Dōmori from supernatural threats with strength borrowed from a powerful demon sealed in his left hand—a technique he calls the Demon's Hand. A 49-episode anime television series by Toei Animation was broadcast on TV Asahi from April 1996 to August 1997. Three movies and three original video animation (OVA) episodes were released. A new anime television series adaptation produced by Studio Kai is set to premiere in July 2025.

A spin-off story for Izuna Hazuki the itako-girl, Reibaishi Izuna: The Spiritual Medium, was serialized in Oh Super Jump and later in Super Jump from July 2007 to October 2011. A sequel to the spin-off, titled Reibaishi Izuna: Ascension was published from November 2011 to June 2016. In May 2014, a direct manga sequel has started with the premise of ten years having passed, with Kyoko becoming a teacher at the Dōmori Elementary and Nūbē returning to the school from Kyushu. The manga finished in December 2018. A sequel titled Jigoku Sensei Nūbē S was published in Saikyō Jump from August 2018 to April 2021.

By July 2024, the overall manga franchise had over 29 million copies in circulation.

Plot

{{Main|List of Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube characters{{!}}List of Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube characters}}

What seems like a normal day at Dōmori Elementary is disrupted by some weird phenomenon, usually targeting one of Nūbē's own students. Nūbē is forced into action, most often using the power of the Demon's Hand to assist in solving the problem, but occasionally the solution lies either in another of his spiritual weapons, or somehow reasoning with or appeasing the threatening entity. By the end, things always seem to get back to normal, with Nūbē and his students having learned something from the experience. Most of the series retains an episodic formula, forgoing an overarching storyline in favor of more character-driven action, although there are several recurring antagonists throughout, as well as some longer story arcs towards the end of the series.

Media

=Manga=

{{Main|List of Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube chapters{{!}}List of Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube chapters}}

Written by Shō Makura and illustrated by Takeshi Okano, Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube was serialized in Shueisha's Shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from August 24, 1993,{{cite web|script-title=ja:地獄先生ぬ～べ～：連載30周年大感謝祭PVで置鮎龍太郎が“ぬ～べ～”に真倉翔＆岡野剛が選ぶ傑作選 24時間限定全巻無料も|url=https://mantan-web.jp/article/20230823dog00m200026000c.html|website=Mantan Web|access-date=August 23, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230823180956/https://mantan-web.jp/article/20230823dog00m200026000c.html|archive-date=August 23, 2023|language=ja|date=August 24, 2023|url-status=live}} to May 11, 1999.{{efn|It finished in the magazine's 24th issue of 1999,{{cite web|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M543353|script-title=ja:週刊少年ジャンプ 1999年表示号数24|language=ja|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs|access-date=May 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200523073412/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M543353|archive-date=May 23, 2020|url-status=live}} released on May 11 of that same year.{{cite magazine|title=Contents|url=https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1175757127|magazine=Weekly Shōnen Jump|publisher=Shueisha|issue=22–23|year=1999|access-date=June 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230823182833/https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1175757127|archive-date=August 23, 2023|language=ja|no-pp=y|page=Table of contents|quote={{lang|ja|次号, No.24は 5月11日火発売!!}}|url-status=live}}}} Shueisha collected its 276 chapters in 31 {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volumes, released from January 11, 1994,{{cite web|script-title=ja:地獄先生ぬーべー 1|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-871456-3&mode=1|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=May 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020721084943/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-871456-3&mode=1|archive-date=July 21, 2002|language=ja}} to September 3, 1999.{{cite web|script-title=ja:地獄先生ぬーべー 31|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-872757-6&mode=1|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=May 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020721090400/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-872757-6&mode=1|archive-date=July 21, 2002|language=ja}}

==Spin-offs and other series==

A spin-off story for Izuna Hazuki the itako-girl, titled Reibaishi Izuna: The Spiritual Medium, started in Shueisha's Seinen manga magazine Super Jump in the August 2007 issue.{{cite web|title=New Manga from Jigoku Sensei Nube Starts in Oh SUPER JUMP|url=https://www.comipress.com/news/2007/07/22/2337.html|website=ComiPress|access-date=May 5, 2019|date=July 22, 2007|archive-date=December 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211228045533/https://www.comipress.com/news/2007/07/22/2337.html|url-status=live}} The series was transferred to Super Jump on September 8, 2010.{{cite web|script-title=ja:「霊媒師いずな」スージャンに移籍、次号松本次郎が始動|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/37343|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=May 5, 2019|language=ja|date=September 8, 2010|archive-date=December 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211228045523/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/37343|url-status=live}} It ran in the magazine until its suspension on October 12, 2011.{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|title=Shueisha to Launch, Relaunch 3 Manga Mags in 2011–2012|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-07-05/shueisha-to-launch-relaunch-3-manga-mags-in-2011-2012|website=Anime News Network|access-date=May 5, 2019|date=July 5, 2011|archive-date=January 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190119151509/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-07-05/shueisha-to-launch-relaunch-3-manga-mags-in-2011-2012|url-status=live}} Ten {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volumes were published by Shueisha between August 4, 2008,{{cite web|script-title=ja:霊媒師いずな 1|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-859723-2|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=May 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090826045856/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-859723-2|archive-date=August 26, 2009|language=ja}} and December 2, 2011.{{cite web|script-title=ja:霊媒師いずな 10|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-858777-6|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=May 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120102130504/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-858777-6|archive-date=January 2, 2012|language=ja}}

The manga was then transferred to Shueisha's Grand Jump,{{cite web|title=Shueisha Starts Semi-Monthly Manga Mag for Grown-Ups|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-09-18/shueisha-starts-semi-monthly-manga-mag-for-grown-ups|website=Anime News Network|access-date=May 5, 2019|date=September 18, 2011|archive-date=November 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126014250/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-09-18/shueisha-starts-semi-monthly-manga-mag-for-grown-ups|url-status=live}} renamed as Reibaishi Izuna: Ascension, starting on November 16, 2011.{{cite web|script-title=ja:新青年誌グランドジャンプ本日創刊、新連載7作スタート|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/59694|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=May 5, 2019|language=ja|date=November 16, 2011|archive-date=April 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419162933/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/59694|url-status=live}} It was transferred to Grand Jump Premium on August 27.{{cite web|script-title=ja:梅澤春人、グラジャンPで浦島太郎題材の読切|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/124628|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=May 5, 2019|language=ja|date=August 27, 2014|archive-date=December 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211228045523/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/124628|url-status=live}} The manga finished on June 22, 2016.{{cite web|script-title=ja:グランドジャンプPREMIUM 7月号大好評発売中！平松伸二「そしてボクは外道マンになる」新連載第2回＆「LICENSE」移籍連載＆寺田克也巻中カラー特別読切！|url=http://grandjump.shueisha.co.jp/news/2016/06/160622premium.html|website=Grand Jump Web|publisher=Shueisha|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160625121050/http://grandjump.shueisha.co.jp/news/2016/06/160622premium.html|archive-date=June 25, 2016|language=ja|date=June 22, 2016}} Ten {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volumes were published between April 19, 2012,{{cite web|script-title=ja:霊媒師いずな Ascension 1|url=https://www.s-manga.net/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-879341-2|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=May 5, 2019|language=ja|archive-date=May 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505024248/https://www.s-manga.net/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-879341-2|url-status=live}} and December 2, 2016.{{cite web|script-title=ja:霊媒師いずな Ascension 10|url=https://www.s-manga.net/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-890558-7|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=May 5, 2019|language=ja|archive-date=May 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505024400/https://www.s-manga.net/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-890558-7|url-status=live}}

A one-shot chapter Jigoku Sensei Nūbē: Ōmagatoki was published in Grand Jump on April 2, 2014.{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|title=Jigoku Sensei Nube Manga Returns in One-Shot 15 Years Later|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-03-19/jigoku-sensei-nube-manga-returns-in-one-shot-15-years-later|website=Anime News Network|access-date=May 5, 2019|date=March 19, 2014|archive-date=January 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125021442/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-03-19/jigoku-sensei-nube-manga-returns-in-one-shot-15-years-later|url-status=live}} A to sequel to the original series, Jigoku Sensei Nūbē Neo, started in Grand Jump Premium on May 28, 2014.{{cite web|last=Hanashiro|first=Emma|title=Jigoku Sensei Nube Neo Manga Series to Start in May|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-04-03/jigoku-sensei-nube-neo-manga-series-to-start-in-may|website=Anime News Network|access-date=May 4, 2019|date=April 3, 2014|archive-date=February 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227044135/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-04-03/jigoku-sensei-nube-neo-manga-series-to-start-in-may|url-status=live}} It was transferred to Grand Jump on July 16 of the same year.{{cite web|script-title=ja:「地獄先生ぬ～べ～NEO」グラジャンに移籍|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/121329|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=May 4, 2019|language=ja|date=July 16, 2014|archive-date=December 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211228045519/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/121329|url-status=live}} Jigoku Sensei Nūbē Neo was simultaneously serialized in Shueisha's {{Transliteration|ja|shōnen}} manga magazine Saikyō Jump from August 5, 2016, to June 1, 2018.{{cite web|script-title=ja:「地獄先生ぬ～べ～」の十数年後描く「ぬ～べ～NEO」、最強ジャンプでも連載|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/197181|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=May 5, 2019|language=ja|date=August 5, 2016|archive-date=May 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505035441/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/197181|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:ジャンプ増刊（２０１８年７月号） - 最強ジャンプ７／５号|url=https://www.kinokuniya.co.jp/f/dsg-04-4910299380782|website=Kinokuniya|access-date=August 24, 2023|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230824002326/https://www.kinokuniya.co.jp/f/dsg-04-4910299380782|archive-date=August 24, 2023|language=ja|url-status=live}} The series finished on December 5, 2018.{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=Jigoku Sensei Nube Neo Manga Ends on December 5|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-11-21/jigoku-sensei-nube-neo-manga-ends-on-december-5/.139741|website=Anime News Network|access-date=November 21, 2018|date=November 21, 2018|archive-date=January 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125022858/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-11-21/jigoku-sensei-nube-neo-manga-ends-on-december-5/.139741|url-status=live}} Shueisha collected its chapters in seventeen {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volumes, released from October 3, 2014,{{cite web|script-title=ja:地獄先生ぬ〜べ〜NEO 1|url=https://www.s-manga.net/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-880256-5|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=November 12, 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201112001348/https://www.s-manga.net/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-880256-5|archive-date=November 12, 2020|language=ja|url-status=live}} to January 4, 2019.{{cite web|script-title=ja:地獄先生ぬ〜べ〜NEO 17|url=https://www.s-manga.net/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-881710-1|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=November 12, 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201112001353/https://www.s-manga.net/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-881710-1|archive-date=November 12, 2020|language=ja|url-status=live}}

Another series, Jigoku Sensei Nūbē S, was serialized in Saikyō Jump from August 3, 2018,{{cite web|script-title=ja:最強ジャンプ公式サイト|url=https://www.shonenjump.com/j/saikyo/index.html|website=shonenjump.com|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=May 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921043501/https://www.shonenjump.com/j/saikyo/index.html|archive-date=September 21, 2018|language=ja}} to April 1, 2021.{{cite tweet|user=Takeshi_Okano|author=Takeshi Okano|number=1377457832430235649|script-title=ja:本日(4/1)は「地獄先生ぬ〜べ〜S」最新話が掲載されている最強ジャンプ5月号の発売日です！|language=ja|date=April 1, 2021|access-date=December 27, 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240721022803/https://x.com/Takeshi_Okano/status/1377457832430235649|archive-date=July 21, 2024|url-status=live}} This is a sequel to Jigoku Sensei Nūbē Neo.{{cite web|script-title=ja:「地獄先生ぬ～べ～」第3部にあたる最強ジャンプ連載の「S」1巻発売|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/322376|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=May 5, 2019|language=ja|date=March 4, 2019|archive-date=July 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200723162301/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/322376|url-status=live}} Shueisha collected its chapters in four {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volumes, released from March 4, 2019,{{cite web|script-title=ja:地獄先生ぬ～べ～S 1|url=https://www.s-manga.net/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-881778-1|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=May 5, 2019|language=ja|archive-date=July 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725084225/https://www.s-manga.net/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-881778-1|url-status=live}} to June 4, 2021.{{cite web|script-title=ja:地獄先生ぬ～べ～S 4|url=https://www.s-manga.net/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-882752-0|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=October 8, 2021|language=ja|archive-date=October 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008111727/https://www.s-manga.net/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-882752-0|url-status=live}}

Another series by Makura and Okano, titled Jigoku Sensei Nube Kai, is set to start in Saikyō Jump on May 2, 2025.{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube Reveals More TV Anime Cast, New Manga Launching in May|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-03-23/hell-teacher-jigoku-sensei-nube-reveals-more-tv-anime-cast-new-manga-launching-in-may/.222753|website=Anime News Network|access-date=March 23, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250323135745/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-03-23/hell-teacher-jigoku-sensei-nube-reveals-more-tv-anime-cast-new-manga-launching-in-may/.222753|archive-date=March 23, 2025|date=March 23, 2025|url-status=live}}

=Anime=

{{Main|List of Jigoku Sensei Nūbē episodes{{!}}List of Jigoku Sensei Nūbē episodes}}

A 49-episode anime television series adaptation, produced by Toei Animation, was broadcast on TV Asahi between April 13, 1996, and August 7, 1997.{{cite web|script-title=ja:地獄先生ぬ～べ～ - 作品ラインナップ - 東映アニメーション|url=http://lineup.toei-anim.co.jp/ja/tv/tv_nube/|publisher=Toei Animation|access-date=May 4, 2019|language=ja|archive-date=September 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927110315/http://lineup.toei-anim.co.jp/ja/tv/tv_nube/|url-status=live}} The opening theme is {{Nihongo|"Bari Bari Saikyou no. 1"|バリバリ最強No.1}} by Feel So Bad. The first ending theme is {{Nihongo|"Mienai Chikara -Invisible One-"|ミエナイチカラ～Invisible One～}} by B'z, and the second ending is "Spirit" by Pamelah.{{cite web|script-title=ja:主題歌／挿入歌|url=http://lineup.toei-anim.co.jp/ja/tv/tv_nube/song/|publisher=Toei Animation|access-date=May 4, 2019|language=ja|archive-date=July 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724223841/http://lineup.toei-anim.co.jp/ja/tv/tv_nube/song|url-status=live}}

In July 2024, it was announced that the manga will receive a new anime television series adaptation.{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube Manga Gets New Anime in 2025|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-07-20/hell-teacher-jigoku-sensei-nube-manga-gets-new-anime-in-2025/.213423|website=Anime News Network|access-date=July 21, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240721021656/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-07-20/hell-teacher-jigoku-sensei-nube-manga-gets-new-anime-in-2025/.213423|archive-date=July 21, 2024|date=July 20, 2024|url-status=live}} The series is produced by Studio Kai and directed by Yasuyuki Ōishi, with Yoshiki Ōkusa handling series composition, Yū Yoshiyama designing the characters, and Evan Call composing the music.{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube TV Anime Reveals 8 More Cast, Full Staff in New Trailer|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-02-28/hell-teacher-jigoku-sensei-nube-tv-anime-reveals-8-more-cast-full-staff-in-new-trailer/.221757|website=Anime News Network|access-date=February 28, 2025|date=February 28, 2025}} It is set to premiere in July 2025 on TV Asahi's brand new {{ill|IMAnimation W|ja|IMAnimation}} programming block.{{cite web|last=Hazra|first=Adriana|title=Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube Anime Reveals Cast, Studio, Summer 2025 Debut|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-12-02/hell-teacher-jigoku-sensei-nube-anime-reveals-cast-studio-summer-2025-debut/.218466|website=Anime News Network|access-date=December 2, 2024|date=December 2, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241202222215/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-12-02/hell-teacher-jigoku-sensei-nube-anime-reveals-cast-studio-summer-2025-debut/.218466|archive-date=December 2, 2024|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube Anime Debuts on TV Asahi's New 'IM Animation W' Block in July|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-12-17/hell-teacher-jigoku-sensei-nube-anime-debuts-on-tv-asahi-new-im-animation-w-block-in-july/.219188|website=Anime News Network|access-date=December 17, 2024|date=December 17, 2024}} Remow licensed the series.{{Cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHqDj3MPD6I|title=Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube {{!}} Teaser Trailer {{!}} EN SUB {{!}} It's Anime #newanime|date=July 20, 2024|access-date=July 21, 2024|publisher=Remow (It's Anime)|via=YouTube}}

=Films=

Three movies have been released. The first movie Jigoku Sensei Nūbē was released on July 6, 1996.{{cite web|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/an/anime_series/5672?display_view=pc&locale=ja|script-title=ja:地獄先生ぬ～べ～|language=ja|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs|access-date=May 4, 2019|archive-date=May 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505164447/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/an/anime_series/5672%3Fdisplay_view%3Dpc%26locale%3Dja|url-status=dead}} A second anime film titled, Jigoku Sensei Nūbē: Gozen 0 toki Nūbē Shisu, premiered on March 8, 1997.{{cite web|title=９７春東映アニメフェア|url=http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/movie/Animfair97/index.html|publisher=Toei Animation|access-date=May 4, 2019|archive-date=February 20, 1999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990220201151/http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/movie/Animfair97/index.html}} The third anime film titled Jigoku Sensei Nūbē: Kyoufu no Natsu Yasumi! Asashi no Uni no Gensetsu premiered on July 12, 1997.{{cite web|script-title=ja:'９７年夏東映アニメフェア|url=http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/movie/97summer/index.html|publisher=Toei Animation|access-date=May 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990218163625/http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/movie/97summer/index.html|archive-date=February 18, 1999|language=ja}}

=Original video animations=

Three OVAs were released. The first OVA Kessen! Yōjin no jutsu VS kabeo was released in June 1998.{{cite web|script-title=ja:地獄先生ぬ～べ～決戦！陽神の術vs壁男|date=June 1998|url=https://www.toei-video.co.jp/special/nube-ova1/|publisher=Toei Animation|access-date=May 4, 2019|language=ja|archive-date=May 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190504231553/https://www.toei-video.co.jp/special/nube-ova1/|url-status=live}} The second OVA Nazonazo nana fushigi BUKIMI chan was released in July 1998.{{cite web|script-title=ja:地獄先生ぬ～べ～なぞなぞ七不思議・ブキミちゃん|url=https://www.toei-video.co.jp/special/nube-ova2/|publisher=Toei Animation|access-date=May 4, 2019|language=ja|date=July 1998|archive-date=December 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203081504/https://www.toei-video.co.jp/special/nube-ova2/|url-status=live}} The third OVA Shijō saidai no gekisen! Zekki raishū!! was released in May 1999.{{cite web|script-title=ja:地獄先生ぬ～べ～史上最大の激戦!絶鬼来襲!!|url=https://www.toei-video.co.jp/special/nube-ova3/|publisher=Toei Animation|access-date=May 4, 2019|language=ja|date=May 1999|archive-date=May 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190504231553/https://www.toei-video.co.jp/special/nube-ova3/|url-status=live}}

=Video games=

A video game was released in Japan on the PlayStation in 1997. Nūbē and Yukime became support characters in the 2006 Nintendo DS game Jump Ultimate Stars, with Hiroshi and Kyoko as help characters. Nūbē later appeared as a playable character in the 2014 PlayStation 3/PlayStation Vita game J-Stars Victory VS.{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|title=Jojo's, Nube Characters Join J-Stars Victory Vs. Game|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-12-11/jojo-nube-characters-join-j-stars-victory-vs-game|website=Anime News Network|access-date=May 5, 2019|date=December 11, 2013|archive-date=January 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120141728/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-12-11/jojo-nube-characters-join-j-stars-victory-vs-game|url-status=live}}

=Drama=

A ten-episode television drama adaptation was broadcast on Nippon TV from October 11 to December 13, 2014.{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Cyzo Site: Jigoku Sensei Nube Gets Live-Action Show|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-06-02/cyzo-site-jigoku-sensei-nube-gets-live-action-show/.75148|website=Anime News Network|access-date=May 4, 2019|date=June 2, 2014|archive-date=January 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125002701/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-06-02/cyzo-site-jigoku-sensei-nube-gets-live-action-show/.75148|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Nelkin|first=Sarah|title=Live-Action Jigoku Sensei Nube Previewed in Video|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-10-07/live-action-jigoku-sensei-nube-previewed-in-video/.79637|website=Anime News Network|access-date=May 4, 2019|date=October 7, 2014|archive-date=January 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126044247/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-10-07/live-action-jigoku-sensei-nube-previewed-in-video/.79637|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:ストーリー #10|url=http://www.ntv.co.jp/nube/story/10.html|publisher=Nippon TV|access-date=May 5, 2019|language=ja|archive-date=May 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505024421/http://www.ntv.co.jp/nube/story/10.html|url-status=dead}} The cast includes Ryuhei Maruyama as Nūbē, Mirei Kiritani as Ritsuko Takahashi, Mokomichi Hayami as Kyōsuke Tamamo, Mizuki Yamamoto as Izuna Hazuki, Hideki Takahashi as Mugenkai Jikū and Kang Ji-young as Yukime.{{cite web|last=Ressler|first=Karen|title=Live-Action Jigoku Sensei Nube Show's Footage Previewed on TV|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-08-19/live-action-jigoku-sensei-nube-show-footage-previewed-on-tv/.77729|website=Anime News Network|access-date=May 4, 2019|date=August 19, 2014|archive-date=December 31, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201231175840/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-08-19/live-action-jigoku-sensei-nube-show-footage-previewed-on-tv/.77729|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Former Kara Idol Kang Jiyoung Co-Stars in Live-Action Jigoku Sensei Nube TV Show|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-09-04/former-kara-idol-kang-jiyoung-co-stars-in-live-action-jigoku-sensei-nube-tv-show/.78371|website=Anime News Network|access-date=May 4, 2019|date=September 4, 2014|archive-date=January 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126022424/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-09-04/former-kara-idol-kang-jiyoung-co-stars-in-live-action-jigoku-sensei-nube-tv-show/.78371|url-status=live}}

Reception

By December 2014, the manga had 24 million copies in circulation.{{cite web|script-title=ja:地獄先生ぬ～べ～ドラマノベライズ地獄先生、登場!!|url=https://miraibunko.jp/book/978-4-08-321242-0|website=Mirai Bunko|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=September 21, 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210921035130/https://miraibunko.jp/book/978-4-08-321242-0|archive-date=September 21, 2021|language=ja}} By August 2023, the manga (including its spin-offs) had over 28 million copies in circulation;{{cite web|script-title=ja:本日30周年！「地獄先生ぬ～べ～」記念企画続々、マンガ全話にTVアニメも無料公開|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/538045|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=August 23, 2023|language=ja|date=August 24, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230823181922/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/538045|archive-date=August 23, 2023|url-status=live}} and over 29 million copies in circulation by July 2024.{{cite web|script-title=ja:地獄先生ぬ～べ～：26年ぶりアニメ化　2025年に新アニメ　新作読み切りも|url=https://mantan-web.jp/article/20240721dog00m200006000c.html|website=Mantan Web|access-date=July 21, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240721023005/https://mantan-web.jp/article/20240721dog00m200006000c.html|archive-date=July 21, 2024|language=ja|date=July 21, 2024|url-status=live}}

Notes

References

External links

{{Official website|http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/tv/nube/|Official 1996 anime website at Toei Animation}} {{in lang|ja}}
{{Official website|http://www.ntv.co.jp/nube/|Official drama website at Nippon TV}} {{in lang|ja}}
{{Official website|https://nube-anime-global.com|Official 2025 anime website}}
{{Anime News Network|manga|4099|title=Jigoku Sensei Nube}}

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