Classroom of the Elite Season 5 was officially announced immediately after the fourth season’s finale premiered. The first 4 episodes released all at once, making for a 90-minute special premiere of the new season. It ran for a total of 16 episodes.
You can see a teaser visual for the new season:
The anime is an adaptation of Shogo Kinugasa’s Classroom of the Elite light novels. The first season premiered in 2017 and had 12 episodes. Season 2 was announced in March 2022, and it ran for 13 episodes in the Summer 2022 anime season. Season 3 was delayed from its original schedule and ended up premiering in January 2024, also getting a total of 13 episodes.
Crunchyroll is streaming the anime, and they describe the story:
Kiyotaka Ayanokoji has just enrolled at Tokyo Koudo Ikusei Senior High School, where it’s said that 100% of students go on to college or find employment. But he ends up in Class 1-D, which is full of all the school’s problem children.
What’s more, every month, the school awards students points with a cash value of 100,000 yen, and the classes employ a laissez-faire policy in which talking, sleeping, and even sabotage are permitted during class.
One month later, Ayanokoji, Horikita, and the students of Class D learn the truth of the system in place within their school…
Source: Classroom of the Elite Official Website
©Syougo Kinugasa,PUBLISHED BY KADOKAWA CORPORATION/YOUZITSU PARTNERS
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