Classroom of the Elite is an anime television series adapted from the light novels of the same title written by Shōgo Kinugasa and illustrated by Shunsaku Tomose. The third season of the series was announced in March 2022, with Lerche returning to produce from the previous two seasons.[1] The season is directed by Yoshihito Nishōji, with Kishi and Hashimoto returning as chief directors, and Morita as the character designer. Yasushi Shigenobu joined Hayato Kazano as the scriptwriter. Masaru Yokoyama and Kana Hashiguchi are composing the music. The season will adapt the remaining volumes of the first-year arc, and was scheduled to be released sometime in 2023, but was delayed to January 2024,[1][2] which eventually aired from January 3 to March 27, 2024.[3] The opening theme song is "Minor Piece", performed by ZAQ, while the ending theme is "Konsei Dai Kakumei" (今世大革命, "The Great Revolution of this World"), performed by Yui Ninomiya.[4]
| Classroom of the Elite | |
|---|---|
| Season 3 | |
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| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Release | |
| Original network | AT-X |
| Original release | January 3 – March 27, 2024 |
| Season chronology | |
Episodes edit
| No. overall | No. in season | Title [5][a][b] | Directed by [5] | Written by [5] | Storyboarded by [5] | Original air date [6] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | 1 | "The Strongest Principle of Growth Lies in the Human Choice."[Quote 1] Transliteration: "Nanika o Erabu Koto Koso ga, Seichō no Saidai no Kate to Naru." (Japanese: 何かを選ぶことこそが、成長の最大の糧となる。) | Masaru Kanamori | Yasushi Shigenobu | Yoshiaki Okumura, Masaki Kitamura | January 3, 2024 |
| 27 | 2 | "Man Is Wolf to Man."[Quote 2] Transliteration: "Hito ni Totte, Hoka no Ningen wa Dōmōna Ōkami no Yōna Monoda." (Japanese: 人にとって、他の人間は獰猛な狼のようなものだ。) | Susumu Yamamoto | Yasushi Shigenobu | Yuusuke Saito, Yuichi Itou | January 10, 2024 |
| 28 | 3 | "We Never Forget What We Endeavor to Forget."[Quote 3] Transliteration: "Wasuretai Koto Hodo, Wasureru Koto wa Dekinai." (Japanese: 忘れたいことほど、忘れることはできない。) | Yuuki Nagasawa | Ukyō Kodachi | Yuusuke Saito, Shūichirō Semura | January 17, 2024 |
| 29 | 4 | "To Work You Have the Right, But Not to the Fruits Thereof."[Quote 4] Transliteration: "Anata ni Dekiru no wa Jibun no Mokuteki no Tame ni Kōdō Suru Koto Made de, Sono Kekka o Nozomu yō ni Suru Koto wa Dekinai." (Japanese: あなたにできるのは自分の目的のために行動することまでで、その結果を望むようにすることはできない。) | Hideki Tonokatsu | Kyōko Katsuya | Hiromitsu Kanazawa | January 24, 2024 |
| 30 | 5 | "Fortune Favors the Bold."[Quote 5] Transliteration: "Unmei wa Yūkiaru Mono wo Tasukeru." (Japanese: 運命は勇気ある者を助ける。) | Masaru Kanemori | Ukyō Kodachi | Haruki Nekusu | January 31, 2024 |
| 31 | 6 | "It Is Better to Receive an Injury than to Inflict One."[Quote 6] Transliteration: "Aku wo Okonau Yori mo, Sono Aku ni Kizutsuke Rareru Hou ga Ii." (Japanese: 悪を行うよりも、その悪に傷つけられる方が良い。) | Takuma Suzuki | Kyōko Katsuya | Yuusuke Saito, Shūichirō Semura | February 7, 2024 |
| 32 | 7 | "People Will Do Anything, No Matter How Absurd, In Order to Avoid Facing Their Own Souls."[Quote 7] Transliteration: "Hito wa Mizukara no Honshitsu to Mukiau no o Yokeru Tamenara, Don'na Orokana Okonai Nimote o Somete Shimau." (Japanese: 人は自らの本質と向き合うのを避けるためなら、 どんな愚かな行いにも手を染めてしまう。) | Nana Fujiwara | Yasushi Shigenobu | Hiromitsu Kanazawa | February 14, 2024 |
| 33 | 8 | "Those Who Cannot Remember the Past are Condemned to Repeat It."[Quote 8] Transliteration: "Kako o Kaeriminu Mono wa Sore o Kurikaeshi, Sabakareru." (Japanese: 過去を顧みぬ者はそれを繰り返し、裁かれる。) | Takuma Suzuki | Yasushi Shigenobu | Hirokazu Hisayuki, Yuusuke Saito | February 21, 2024 |
| 34 | 9 | "Extreme Justice Is Extreme Injustice."[Quote 9] Transliteration: "Saikō no hō wa, Saidai no Fusei o Umidasu." (Japanese: 最高の法は、最大の不正を生み出す。) | Haruki Nekusu | Ukyō Kodachi | Haruki Nekusu | February 28, 2024 |
| 35 | 10 | "The First Cause of Absurd Conclusions I Ascribe to the Want of Method."[Quote 10] Transliteration: "Fujōrina Ketsuron ni Itaru Daiichi no Gen'in wa, Kaiketsu no Shudan ga Fusoku Shite Iru Kotoda." (Japanese: 不条理な結論に至る第一の原因は、 解決の手段が不足していることだ。) | Yuuki Nagasawa | Kyōko Katsuya | Hiroyuki Shimazu | March 6, 2024 |
| 36 | 11 | "There Is Only One Rule in Love: Bring Happiness to Those You Love."[Quote 11] Transliteration: "Ai ni wa Tatta Hitotsu no Kimari Shika Nai. Sore wa Aisuru Mono o Kōfuku ni Michibiku Kotoda." (Japanese: 愛にはたったひとつの決まりしかない。それは愛する者を幸福に導くことだ。) | Masaru Kanamori | Yasushi Shigenobu | Goichi Iwahata, Hiroyuki Shimazu, Hiromitsu Kanazawa, Hideki Okamoto | March 13, 2024 |
| 37 | 12 | "Change Your Desires Rather than the Order of the World."[Quote 12] Transliteration: "Yokubō no Tame ni Sekai o Kaeru Node wa Naku, Mazu Onore o Kae yo." (Japanese: 欲望のために世界を変えるのではなく、まず己を変えよ。) | Masaru Kanamori, Yuuki Nagasawa | Kyōko Katsuya | Yuusuke Saito | March 20, 2024 |
| 38 | 13 | "Love Is the Best Teacher."[Quote 13] Transliteration: "Ai wa Mottomo Yoi Kyōshide Aru." (Japanese: 愛は最も良い教師である。) | Hiroyuki Hashimoto | Yasushi Shigenobu | Hiroyuki Hashimoto | March 27, 2024 |
Notes edit
- ^ All English titles are taken from Crunchyroll.
- ^ The episode titles are taken from literature by various European philosophers.
Titles' Quotes edit
- ^ Quoted from George Eliot, Daniel Deronda
- ^ "Homo homini lupus" — Plautus, Asinaria
- ^ "Man vergisst nicht, wenn man vergessen will." — Friedrich Nietzsche, Morgenröte
- ^ "Karmaṇy-evādhikāras te mā phaleṣhu kadāchana" — Srimad Bhagavad Gita
- ^ "Fortes fortuna adjuvat." — Virgil, Aeneis
- ^ "Accipere quam facere injuriam praestat." — Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes
- ^ Quoted from C.G. Jung, Psychology and Alchemy
- ^ Quoted from George Santayana, The Life of Reason: Or, The Phases of Human Progress
- ^ "Summum jus summa injuria." — Cicero, De Officiis
- ^ Quoted from Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan
- ^ "Il n'y a qu'une loi en sentiment. C'est de faire le bonheur de ce qu'on aime." — Stendhal, Journal, 19 June 1805
- ^ "A changer mes desirs que l'ordre du monde." — René Descartes, Discours de la Méthode
- ^ "Amor magister est optimus." — Pliny the Younger, Epistulae
References edit
- ^ a b "Classroom of the Elite TV Anime's Video Announces 2 More Seasons in July 2022 & 2023". Anime News Network. March 6, 2022. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
- ^ "Classroom of the Elite Anime Season 3 Delayed to January 2024". Anime News Network. June 22, 2023. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
- ^ "Classroom of the Elite Anime's 3rd Season Slated for January 3". Anime News Network. November 24, 2023. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
- ^ "Classroom of the Elite Anime's 3rd Season's Video Reveals Theme Song Artists". Anime News Network. December 15, 2023. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
- ^ a b c d "STORY｜TVアニメ『ようこそ実力至上主義の教室へ 3rd Season』公式サイト". you-zitsu.com (in Japanese). Retrieved November 27, 2023.
- ^ "ON AIR｜TVアニメ『ようこそ実力至上主義の教室へ 3rd Season』公式サイト". you-zitsu.com (in Japanese). Retrieved November 27, 2023.
External links edit
- Official website (in Japanese)
- Classroom of the Elite (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia