Jigoku Sensei Nube (2025)

In Doumori, an imbalance of spiritual forces threatens to plunge the small city into complete chaos. Thankfully, for the students of Doumori Elementary School, new teacher and exorcist Meisuke "Nube" Nueno is determined to prevent the malignant spirits—known as youkai—from accomplishing their evil deeds.

The first student who catches Nube's attention is transfer student Hiroshi Tateno, who displays inexplicable outbursts of anger, often lashing out at his classmates. When they find out that Hiroshi is possessed by a youkai, Nube manages to free his student thanks to the demonic power sealed in his left hand. However, a youkai hiding behind the appearance of doctor Kyousuke Tamano bursts onto the scene and quickly abducts Hiroshi.

Helped by his student Kyouko Inaba and his expertise in the occult, Nube quickly uncovers Kyousuke's sinister plans. Rushing to Hiroshi's rescue, Nube will show once more that he will stop at nothing to protect his beloved students against all supernatural threats.

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Nueno, Meisuke Main

Okiayu, Ryoutarou Japanese

Hosokawa, Miki Main

Kurosawa, Tomoyo Japanese

Inaba, Kyouko Main

Suzaki, Aya Japanese

Tateno, Hiroshi Main

Shiraishi, Ryouko Japanese

Kurita, Makoto Main

Kokido, Shiho Japanese

Kimura, Katsuya Main

Iwasaki, Ryouta Japanese

Yukime Supporting

Kakuma, Ai Japanese

Tamamo, Kyousuke Supporting

Morikawa, Toshiyuki Japanese

Takahashi, Ritsuko Supporting

Endou, Aya Japanese

Nakajima, Noriko Supporting

Touyama, Nao Japanese

Nishizawa, Nobutaka Producer

Ooishi, Yasuyuki Director

Nagura, Yasushi Sound Director

Yoshimura, Ai Episode Director, Storyboard

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Nov 13, 2025

LemonadeSamurai

Recommended

Preliminary (5/13 eps)

Basically a modern. re-imagining of the 1990s series, the episodes are almost identical to the original series minus some changed scenes that would've made more sense in the 1990s (like a kid using an IPad instead of reading a book)

The story follows a man named Nube who is a teacher at the elementary school and must protect it from supernatural threats though the means of his sealed demon hand with every episode being a villain of the day format

The updated animation by studio Kai works great and it's still enjoyable

HOWEVER it loses the horror aspect the original had in tone and aesthetic, ... if you watched the original you'd understand what I mean.

The original just seemed much scarier and creepier despite it being borderline identical in scene compared to the original series minus the updated visuals

I still highly recommend you watch it because Nube is an incredible and fun series if you're interested in the supernatural and Japanese folklore.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Oct 11, 2025

Chamin99

Mixed Feelings

(Spanish review on my list)

Many years ago, when watching anime on YouTube was possible, I watched this anime with my brother, and I remember quite enjoying the ghost stories and the adventures of Professor Nube, a kind, financially strapped guy with no luck in love.

Today, nearly 15 years later, with more than 800 animes watched, they're now ghost stories that have been seen multiple times, with cliché characters and episodic situations from an anime adapted to fit our times.

The anime isn't bad, but it's not particularly special either. It's a time-wasting series that tries to teach you values ​​with each episode and make you a ... better person, but with a much younger target audience (shonen). For you, a 30-year-old otaku who's been watching anime your whole life, it won't carry any weight and won't provide you with anything more than run-of-the-mill entertainment about ghost stories and children learning Japanese values.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Sep 24, 2025

Chuy_diazz

Not Recommended

This is a modernized shell of that '90s classic.

I didn't watch the original series, but there's no denying it's a classic, even today. Thinking it would be treated like a classic and that they'd do a good job, I decided to give it a chance. In the end, they just gave me a reimagining of the story, with no defined plot and flat, charisma-free characters. You could have titled this "My Poor Teacher vs. the Neighborhood Demons," and I would have enjoyed it more.
The first two episodes are an introduction to Nube's world. It shows you Nube in his dual roles as teacher and exorcist, ... his relationship with the students, the main "villain," and what fights are like in this world. What happens in those two episodes is completely thrown out the window in the other 11 episodes and they start telling stories no one asked for. Nube, in his role as a teacher, is comic relief about how he's always short on money, but beyond that, Nube has no depth. As an exorcist, your job is simply to hit something with your hand and explain to the demon on duty. This becomes repetitive by the middle of the season and tiresome by the end. The students are flatter than the earth in the mind of a flat-earther. None of them develop, explore, or have anything to contribute.
They're just there to be magnets for the demons that Nube will have to exorcise. If you replace them with plants, the story ends up benefiting. The "Villain" appears at the beginning and leaves, saying "I'll be back," and when he does, he ends up being more like Nube's boyfriend than her rival. I don't mind them being boyfriend and girlfriend, I mind that their romance wasn't developed on screen. That was the last good thing they had, and they decided not to exploit it. The fights went on sabbatical. They don't exist, they don't exist, it's just running from the demon the entire episode, and at the end, Nube will arrive to deliver a slap capable of exorcising even the most stubborn demon. There are no fights, no rituals, no chants, no tools, no strategies, just exorcising slaps.

The idea of ​​a remake is to allow the original story to be known by new audiences with a technological update on the technical side. If you're going to use a '90s classic to talk to me about being eco-friendly, the importance of trash, and the power of friendship, you didn't need to tarnish the name of a franchise when you could have just as easily created a new one and ruined it with this terrible level of production.

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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