The TV anime Classroom of the Elite Season 4 is set to premiere in April 2026. As previously announced, Crunchyroll will stream the new season as it airs. Alongside the announcement, the production team has unveiled the main cast, staff details, a key visual, and the first promotional video.
Official Trailer:
Key Visual:

NEW CAST:
Minako Sato as Tsubasa Nanase
Hiroya Egashira as Kazuomi Housen
Momoko Seto as Ichika Amasawa
Shinnosuke Tokudome as Takuya Yagami
Iori Saeki as Sakurako Tsubaki
Shogo Sakata as Riku Utomiya

In addition, the November edition of the Classroom of the Elite calendar illustration project features Honami Ichinose and Arisu Sakayanagi has been released:

STAFF:
Director: Noriyuki Nomata
Series Composition: Kou Shigenobu
Script: Ko Shigenobu, Kyoko Katsuya
Character Design: Maki Kono
Art Director: Hirofune Hane
Music: Masaru Yokoyama, Kana Hashiguchi
Animation Production: Lerche
Classroom of the Elite is adapted from the light novels published under the MF Bunko J label. These novels are authored by Syogo Kinugasa, with illustrations provided by Tomoseshunsaku.
Crunchyroll describes the series as follows:
Kiyotaka Ayanokoji has just enrolled at Tokyo Koudo Ikusei Senior High School, where it’s said that 100% of students go on to college or find employment. But he ends up in Class 1-D, which is full of all the school’s problem children.
What’s more, every month, the school awards students points with a cash value of 100,000 yen, and the classes employ a laissez-faire policy in which talking, sleeping, and even sabotage are permitted during class.
One month later, Ayanokoji, Horikita, and the students of Class D learn the truth of the system in place within their school…
Source: Comic Natalie
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