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	Action[1] Comedy horror[2] Dark fantasy[3]
Manga
Written by	Shō Makura
Illustrated by	Takeshi Okano
Published by	Shueisha
Imprint	Jump Comics
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Jump
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	August 24, 1993 – May 11, 1999
Volumes	31 (List of volumes)
Further information Anime television series Directed by Yukio Kaizawa Written by Sukehiro Tomita Studio Toei Animation Original network ANN (TV Asahi) Original run April 13, 1996 – August 7, 1997 Episodes 49 (List of episodes) Anime film Directed by Junji Shimizu Produced by Hiroyuki Sakurada Written by Sukehiro Tomita Studio Toei Animation Released July 6, 1996 Runtime 48 minutes Anime film Jigoku Sensei Nūbē: Gozen 0 toki Nūbē Shisu Directed by Yukio Kaizawa Produced by Hiroyuki Sakurada Written by Takao Koyama Studio Toei Animation Released March 8, 1997 Runtime 45 minutes Anime film Jigoku Sensei Nūbē: Kyoufu no Natsu Yasumi! Asashi no Uni no Gensetsu Directed by Junji Shimizu Produced by Hiroyuki Sakurada Written by Yoshiyuki Suga Studio Toei Animation Released July 12, 1997 Runtime 38 minutes Original video animation Directed by Yukio Kaizawa Produced by Takehiko Shimatsu Music by Masamichi Amano Studio Toei Animation Released June 1998 – May 1999 Runtime 30 minutes each Episodes 3 Manga Jigoku Sensei Nūbē Neo Written by Shō Makura Illustrated by Takeshi Okano Published by Shueisha Magazine Grand Jump Premium (2014) Grand Jump (2014–2018) Saikyō Jump (2016–2018) Demographic Seinen, shōnen Original run May 28, 2014 – December 5, 2018 Volumes 17 Television drama Directed by Noriyoshi Sakuma Kenji Ikeda Written by Magi Tomoharu Sato Original network Nippon TV Original run October 11, 2014 – December 13, 2014 Episodes 10 Manga Jigoku Sensei Nūbē S Written by Shō Makura Illustrated by Takeshi Okano Published by Shueisha Magazine Saikyō Jump Demographic Shōnen Original run August 3, 2018 – April 1, 2021 Volumes 4 Anime Licensed by Remow Released 2025 – scheduled Spin-off Reibaishi Izuna (2007–2016)

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 Nūbē, 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 by Toei Animation was broadcast on TV Asahi from April 1996 to August 1997. Three movies and three original video animation (OVA) episodes were released. A new anime adaptation is set to premiere in 2025.

A spin-off story for Izuna Hazuki the itako-girl, Reibaishi Izuna: The Spiritual Medium, was serialized in Oh Super Jump and later in Super Jump from July 2007 to October 2011. A sequel to the spin-off, titled Reibaishi Izuna: Ascension was published from November 2011 to June 2016. In May 2014, a direct manga sequel has started with the premise of ten years having passed, with Kyoko becoming a teacher at the Dōmori Elementary and Nūbē returning to the school from Kyushu. The manga finished in December 2018. A sequel titled Jigoku Sensei Nūbē S was published in Saikyō Jump from August 2018 to April 2021.

By July 2024, the overall manga franchise had over 29 million copies in circulation.