A new calendar illustration for December has been released for Classroom of the Elite. The anime’s fourth season will be directed by Noriyuki Nomata at Lerche and is scheduled to premiere in April 2026 on Crunchyroll.
Calendar Illustration:

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: @youkosozitsu
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