The anime series Classroom of the Elite has unveiled a brand-new calendar illustration for February 2026. 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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