A teaser trailer for the upcoming anime also unveiled the main cast.
The fantasy comedy light novel series A Misanthrope Teaches a Class for Demi-Humans (Jingai Kyōshitsu no Ningen-girai Kyōshi) by the popular VTuber Natsume Kurusu is getting an anime adaptation. The newly opened official website and social media accounts of the series announced that the series will air in January 2026. The main cast and ending theme song has also been revealed in the new teaser trailer of the anime.
A Misanthrope Teaches a Class for Demi-Humans anime cast, staff, and other details
The main cast of the anime consists of:
- Rei Hitoma voiced by Toshiki Masuda
- Kyoka Minazuki voiced by Sora Amamiya
- Isaki Ohgami voiced by Saori Onishi
- Sui Usami voiced by Maria Naganawa
- Tobari Haneda voiced by Rui Tanabe
Sora Amamiya, Saaori Onishi, Maria Naaganawa, and Rui Tanabe will perform the series’ ending theme song ‘Ningen COME TRUE’ as their respective characters. Akira Iwanaga directs the anime at studio asread. Katsuhiko Takayama handles series composition while Maiko Okada designs the characters. Makoto Miyazaki is composing the music for the upcoming show.
The anime is adapted from the light novel series written by VTuber Natsume Kurusu and illustrated by Sai Izumi. It also has a manga adaptation by Atsu Benino.
Natsume Kurusu is a popular VTuber under the NIJISANJI company. She is a part of the Mananatsu trio along with Mashiro Meme and Naraka. The VTuber shared the anime adaptation’s news on her official X (formerly Twitter) account and thanked her fans for making this possible. The original novel series is published in English by Yen Press, and describes the story 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.
