Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube

Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Meisuke Nueno (front), Makoto Kurita (right), Kyouko Inaba (top right), and Hiroshi Tateno (left)
地獄先生ぬ〜べ〜
(Jigoku Sensei Nūbē)
Genre
Manga
Written byShō Makura
Illustrated byTakeshi Okano
Published byShueisha
ImprintJump Comics
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Jump
Original runAugust 24, 1993May 11, 1999
Volumes31
Further information
Anime television series
Nube
Directed byYukio Kaizawa
Written bySukehiro Tomita
Music byBMF
StudioToei Animation
Original networkANN (TV Asahi)
Original run April 13, 1996 August 7, 1997
Episodes49
Anime film
Directed byJunji Shimizu
Produced byHiroyuki Sakurada
Written bySukehiro Tomita
StudioToei Animation
ReleasedJuly 6, 1996
Runtime48 minutes
Anime film
Jigoku Sensei Nūbē: Gozen 0 toki Nūbē Shisu
Directed byYukio Kaizawa
Produced byHiroyuki Sakurada
Written byTakao Koyama
StudioToei Animation
ReleasedMarch 8, 1997
Runtime45 minutes
Anime film
Jigoku Sensei Nūbē: Kyoufu no Natsu Yasumi! Asashi no Uni no Gensetsu
Directed byJunji Shimizu
Produced byHiroyuki Sakurada
Written byYoshiyuki Suga
StudioToei Animation
ReleasedJuly 12, 1997
Runtime38 minutes
Original video animation
Directed byYukio Kaizawa
Produced byTakehiko Shimatsu
Music byMasamichi Amano
StudioToei Animation
Released June 1998 May 1999
Runtime30 minutes each
Episodes3
Manga
Jigoku Sensei Nūbē Neo
Written byShō Makura
Illustrated byTakeshi Okano
Published byShueisha
Magazine
  • Grand Jump Premium (2014)
  • Grand Jump (2014–2018)
  • Saikyō Jump (2016–2018)
Original runMay 28, 2014December 5, 2018
Volumes17
Television drama
Directed by
  • Noriyoshi Sakuma
  • Kenji Ikeda
Written by
  • Magi
  • Tomoharu Sato
StudioNippon Television
Original networkNNS (Nippon TV)
Original run October 11, 2014 December 13, 2014
Episodes10
Manga
Jigoku Sensei Nūbē S
Written byShō Makura
Illustrated byTakeshi Okano
Published byShueisha
MagazineSaikyō Jump
Original runAugust 3, 2018April 1, 2021
Volumes4
Manga
Jigoku Sensei Nube Kai
Written byShō Makura
Illustrated byTakeshi Okano
Published byShueisha
MagazineSaikyō Jump
Original runMay 2, 2025 – present
Volumes2
Manga
Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube Plus
Written byShō Makura
Illustrated byTakeshi Okano
Published byShueisha
MagazineShōnen Jump+
Original runMay 14, 2025June 25, 2025
Volumes1
Anime television series
Directed byYasuyuki Ōishi
Written byYoshiki Ōkusa
Music byEvan Call
StudioStudio Kai
Licensed byRemow
Original networkANN (TV Asahi)
Original run July 2, 2025 – present
Episodes23
Spin-off

Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube (地獄先生ぬ〜べ〜, Jigoku Sensei Nūbē) is a Japanese manga series written by Shō Makura and illustrated by Takeshi Okano. It was serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from August 1993 to May 1999, with its chapters collected in 31 tankōbon volumes. The series follows Meisuke Nueno, aka Nube, the homeroom teacher for Class 5–3 at Dōmori Elementary. More than a teacher, however, he is a skilled exorcist, protecting the town of Dōmori from supernatural threats with strength borrowed from a powerful demon sealed in his left hand—a technique he calls the Demon's Hand.

A 49-episode anime television series, produced by Toei Animation, titled in English simply as Nube, was broadcast on TV Asahi and its affiliates from April 1996 to August 1997. Three movies and three original video animation (OVA) episodes were released. A second anime television series adaptation, produced by Studio Kai, aired in split-cours on the same network, with the first cours aired from July to September 2025, and the second cours premiered in January 2026.

A spin-off manga series focused on Izuna Hazuki, the itako-girl, Reibaishi Izuna: The Spiritual Medium, was serialized from 2007 to 2011, with a sequel, Reibaishi Izuna: Ascension, published from 2011 to 2016. Other manga sequels to the main series have been released: Jigoku Sensei Nūbē Neo (2014–2018); Jigoku Sensei Nūbē S (2018–2021); Jigoku Sensei Nube Kai (since 2025); and Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube Plus (2025).

By December 2025, the overall manga franchise had over 31 million copies in circulation.