Classroom of the Elite TV Anime Gets 5th Season
The fifth season will continue adapting the second-year arc of the light novels, following the fourth season's coverage of the first semester.
Reporting from 3 sources: Anime News Network, Comic Natalie, Anime Corner.
Kadokawa announced on June 24 that production on a fifth season of the Classroom of the Elite television anime has been green-lit, immediately after the fourth season finale aired. The fourth season, titled Classroom of the Elite: Year 2, covered the first semester of the characters' second year and ran for 16 episodes. A new key visual featuring protagonist Kiyotaka Ayanokouji was released alongside the announcement. The cast from previous seasons reprised their roles, with new first-year students voiced by Minako Sato, Hiroya Egashira, Momoko Seto, Shinnosuke Tokudome, Iori Saeki, and Shogo Sakata. Noriyuki Nomata directed the fourth season at Larche, with Yasushi Shigenobu handling series composition and scripts alongside Kyoko Katsuya. Maki Kono designed the characters. The first season premiered in 2017, and the second and third seasons adapted the complete first-year arc. Crunchyroll streamed the fourth season as it aired in Japan, including an English dub. Further details on the fifth season's broadcast period have not yet been announced.
The fourth season of Classroom of the Elite premiered on April 1, 2026, with a 90-minute special that bundled the first four episodes. It aired on AT-X, Tokyo MX, BS NTV, and other networks, and Crunchyroll simulcast the season with an English dub. The new key visual for the fifth season is black-themed and shows Ayanokouji with his hand on his face, looking forward. Staff from the fourth season are expected to return, including director Noriyuki Nomata at Larche, series composer Yasushi Shigenobu, and character designer Maki Kono. The music was composed by Masaru Yokoyama and Kana Hashiguchi at Lantis. The opening theme was Eir Aoi's "MONSTER" and the ending was ZAQ's "Liar Veil." The first season of the anime aired in 2017, and the second and third seasons completed the first-year arc. The light novel series by Shogo Kinugasa, with original character designs by Shunsaku Tomose, continues to be published under MF Bunko J. The production committee for the fifth season has not been detailed, but the fourth season was produced by the Classroom of the Elite 4 Production Committee.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 3 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
Sources
- Anime News Network News Classroom of the Elite TV Anime Gets 5th Season
- Comic Natalie 「よう実」5th Season制作決定！綾小路収めた真っ黒な描き下ろしビジュアル公開
- Anime Corner Classroom of the Elite Season 5 Announced