Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e 3rd Season

Classroom of the Elite III / ようこそ実力至上主義の教室へ 3rd Season / Welcome to the Classroom of the Elite / You-jitsu 3rd Season / You-zitsu 3rd Season

Genres: Drama, Psychological, School, Suspense
Themes: Psychological, School
Studios: Lerche
Producers: AT-X, Bandai Namco Music Live, Crunchyroll, Kadokawa, Kadokawa Media House, Movic, Sammy, Studio Hibari
Rating: 7.95 / 10
Rank: #752
Popularity: #513
Users Listed: 480,623
Users Scored: 241,030
NSFW: No
Last Updated: 09/01/2024
Aired: January 3, 2024 – March 27, 2024 (Winter)
Type: tv
Source: Light Novel
Age Rating: PG 13
Episodes: 13
Broadcast: Wednesday at 22:30 (JST)

Synopsis:

The third installment of *Classroom of the Elite* continues the exploration of a hyper-competitive academic environment where students are evaluated purely on their abilities. This season delves deeper into the complex dynamics between the elite students of Advanced Nurturing High School, examining how they navigate ambition, collaboration, and the blurred lines of morality in pursuit of societal dominance.

The narrative follows a core group of students as they participate in increasingly intricate challenges designed to test their skills and strategic thinking. Character relationships are tested under pressure, revealing hidden motivations and evolving alliances within the classroom walls. With a focus on psychological maneuvering and calculated risk, the series offers a thought-provoking look at how talent, privilege, and the pursuit of excellence shape individual destinies in a world obsessed with meritocracy. Expect sharp dialogue, strategic gameplay, and nuanced character development as these students strive to climb the ranks.

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Episodes:

Episode 1: The Strongest Principle of Growth Lies in the Human Choice. (Aired: 01/03/2024)
Episode 2: Man Is Wolf to Man. (Aired: 01/10/2024)
Episode 3: We Never Forget What We Endeavor to Forget. (Aired: 01/17/2024)
Episode 4: To Work You Have the Right, but Not to the Fruits Thereof. (Aired: 01/24/2024)
Episode 5: Fortune Favors the Bold. (Aired: 01/31/2024)
... and 8 more episodes

Characters:

Ayanokouji, Kiyotaka (Main) - Voice Actors: Chiba, Shouya, Briner, Justin, Sover, Yoann, Almeida, Lucas, Castañeda, Arturo
Horikita, Suzune (Main) - Voice Actors: Kitou, Akari, Angelle, Felecia, Chetail, Adeline, Nogueira, Bruna, Ángeles, Jessica
Amikura, Mako (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ayase, Yuu, Stefane, Mayara, Connors, Amber Lee, Doang, Geneviève
Asahina, Nazuna (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Amamiya, Sora, Mellon, Trisha, Santos, Wallquiria, Olea, Vanessa, Bescht, Valérie
Ayanokouji, Atsuomi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Masutani, Yasunori, Moreno, Sérgio, Tichit, Jean-Rémi
Beppu, Ryouta (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Dubuis, Jessy, Kobayashi, Daiki, Walker, Kiba
Chabashira, Sae (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Satou, Rina, Ravel, Camille, Costa, Shallana, Jara, Betzabé
Hamaguchi, Tetsuya (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Laurent, Arnaud
Hasebe, Haruka (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tatsumi, Yuiko, Moore, Alex, Mamèche, Samira, Guilen, Nathalia, Patlán, Olga
Hashimoto, Masayoshi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Azakami, Youhei, Tindle, Austin, Tomi, Stevie, Peiter, Fernando, Mejía, Pablo
Hirata, Yousuke (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Oosaka, Ryouta, Bourlé, Bastien, Magno, Carloz, Navarro, Luis, Reid, Dallas
Hondou, Ryoutarou (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Lecordier, Louis, Torres, Jesse, Kogure, Kouseki
Horikita, Manabu (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Umehara, Yuuichirou, Dussaut, Nicolas, Sauer, André, Paredes Caballero, Daniel, Matranga, David
Hoshinomiya, Chie (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kanemoto, Hisako, Cappia, Amanda, Thuilier, Coralie
Ibuki, Mio (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Komatsu, Mikako, Guedes, Mari, Marchi, Jamie, Aceves, Miriam, Verry, Clotilde
Ichinose, Honami (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Touyama, Nao, Heller, Karl-Line, Tavares, Amanda, Rothrock, Kristi, Olcort, Yetzary
Ikari, Momoko (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kanazawa, Mai, Moura, Arianne, Gévart, Sarah
Ike, Kanji (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Abe, Daiki, Dismuke, Aaron, Gutton, Rémi, de Barros, Guilherme, Montor, Brandon
Inogashira, Kokoro (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Shimoji, Shino, Campos, Clara, Infante, Elizabeth, Lauzeray Gishi, Anna
Ishizaki, Daichi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hose, Yuichi, Roberts, Aaron, Sarpaux, Morgan, Nunes, Reginaldo, Domínguez Pineda, Carlos
Kamuro, Masumi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sakura, Ayane, Tirado, Jeannie, de Barros, Marcela, García, María, Berger, Justine
Kaneda, Satoru (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Horikawa, Homare, Fort-Junca, Benoît
Kanzaki, Ryuuji (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Wakayama, Akihisa, Bernal, Alberto, Mendonça, Fernando, Dubuis, Jessy
Karuizawa, Kei (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Taketatsu, Ayana, Apprill, Bryn, Doang, Geneviève, Custodi, Stephany, Malvárez, Wendy
Katsuragi, Kouhei (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hino, Satoshi, Roullier, Philippe, Marques, Glauco, Estrada, Héctor
Kinoshita, Minori (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nakano, Saima
Kiriyama, Ikuto (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yamashita, Seiichirou, Fort-Junca, Benoît, Henrique, Celso, Velázquez, Alan Fernando
Kitou, Hayato (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nozuyama, Yukihiro, Machado, Leno, Huber, Nick, Chometowski, Igor
Kobashi, Yume (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kaho, Narumi, Hamed, Marisol, Moura, Arianne, Hauguel, Amandine
Kouenji, Rokusuke (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Iwasawa, Toshiki, Wehkamp, Christopher, Herlin, Simon, Silva, Dláigelles, Velázquez, Ferso
Kushida, Kikyou (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kubo, Yurika, Wiedenheft, Sarah, Orsat, Alice, Vasconcellos, Juliana, González, Nycolle
Manabe, Shiho (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tomita, Miyu, Ponce Trapala, Irene, Cunha, Maitê, Ravel, Camille
Mashima, Tomonari (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sugisaki, Ryou, Williams, Kent, Ávila, Cassiano, Roullier, Philippe
Matsushita, Chiaki (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tazawa, Masumi, Verry, Clotilde, Ortiz, Gabriela, Karbowski, Brittney, Bac, Juju
Miyake, Akito (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Suzuki, Ryouta, Cruz, Jordan Dash, Sarpaux, Morgan, Hermeto, Renato, de León, Miguel
Miyamoto, Soushi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Miyagi, Kazuki, Taieb, Sydney
Mori, Nene (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Honizumi, Rina, Stefane, Mayara, Verry, Clotilde
Moriyama, Susumu (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kaneko, Makoto, Rusape, Belsheber, Tomi, Stevie, Aragão, Tadeu
Nagumo, Miyabi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Saitou, Souma, Baulain, Sébastien, Rossatto, Raphael, Tarsha, Nazeeh H., Martínez, Eduardo
Nishino, Takeko (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Shimada, Aino
Onodera, Kayano (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ruis, Carolina, Hauguel, Amandine
Ryuuen, Kakeru (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Mizunaka, Masaaki, Sangregório, Bruno, Vale, Eric, Méyère, Bruno
Sakagami, Kazuma (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yamamoto, Kanehira, Ribeiro, Marco, Chometowski, Igor
Sakayanagi, Narumori (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Miyamoto, Mitsuru, Tiraboschi, Armando, Dendievel, Benoît
Sakayanagi, Arisu (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hidaka, Rina, Lauzeray Gishi, Anna, Guarnieri, Isabella, Nishimura, Trina, Aguilar, Montserrat
Sakura, Airi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ichimichi, Mao, Giudice, Michelle, Medel, Jennifer, Clark, Leah, Hauguel, Amandine
Satou, Maya (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Lynn, Rojas, Michelle, Targin, Suelen, Ravel, Camille
Shibata, Sou (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ishikawa, Kaito, Herlin, Simon, Rodrigues, Gabs, Salguero Ruiz, Roberto
Shiina, Hiyori (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Takahashi, Rie, Laux, Veronica, Viguier, Lou, Shibata, Juliana, Moreno, Mónica
Shinohara, Satsuki (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kouda, Saori, Olmedo, Adriana, Christian, Luci, Stteger, Luana, Hauguel, Amandine
Shiranami, Chihiro (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Shiraki, Nao, Verry, Clotilde, Iecker, Carolina, Zavala Arteaga, Ginette
Sotomura, Hideo (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kawabe, Shunsuke, Granja, João Victor, Méyère, Bruno
Sudou, Ken (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Takeuchi, Eiji, McInnis, Brandon, Laurent, Arnaud, Loureiro, Leandro, Sánchez, Javi, Meyer, Jermain
Sumida, Makoto (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ichikawa, Aoi, Baugus, Bryson, Baulain, Sébastien, Galvão, Felipe
Tachibana, Akane (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kohara, Konomi, Yu, Apphia, Verry, Clotilde, Haruno, Mari, Ollivier, Lion
... and 8 more characters

Staff:

Fukuda, Anju (Producer)
Iizuka, Aya (Producer)
Ikemoto, Akihito (Producer)
Kurosu, Nobuhiko (Producer)
Muramatsu, Yuuki (Producer)
Nemoto, Yuuka (Producer)
Ogata, Mitsuhiro (Producer)
Sotokawa, Akihiro (Producer)
Tokumura, Kenichi (Producer)
Yoshie, Terushige (Producer)
Hashimoto, Hiroyuki (Director, Episode Director, Storyboard)
Kishi, Seiji (Director)
Nishouji, Yoshihito (Director)
Iida, Satoki (Sound Director)
Fujiwara, Nana (Episode Director)
Kanamori, Masaru (Episode Director)
Nagasawa, Yuuki (Episode Director)
Nekusu, Haruki (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Shiina, Mako (Episode Director)
Suzuki, Takuma (Episode Director)
Tonokatsu, Hideki (Episode Director)
Yamamoto, Susumu (Episode Director)
Katsuya, Kyouko (Script)
Kodachi, Ukyou (Script)
Shigenobu, Kou (Script, Series Composition)
Hisayuki, Hirokazu (Storyboard)
Itou, Yuuichi (Storyboard)
Iwahata, Gouichi (Storyboard)
Kanazawa, Hiromitsu (Storyboard)
Kitamura, Masaki (Storyboard)
Matsune, Masato (Storyboard)
Okamoto, Hideki (Storyboard)
Okumura, Yoshiaki (Storyboard)
Saitou, Yuusuke (Storyboard)
Semura, Shunichirou (Storyboard)
Shimazu, Hiroyuki (Storyboard)
100-kai Outo (Theme Song Composition, Theme Song Arrangement, Theme Song Lyrics)
Ninomiya, Yui (Theme Song Performance, Theme Song Lyrics)
ZAQ (Theme Song Performance, Theme Song Composition, Theme Song Lyrics, Theme Song Arrangement, Inserted Song Performance)
Aoyagi, Masayuki (Planning)
Campos, Fábio (ADR Director)
Dendoujiku (Animation Director)
Fujita, Ayano (Animation Director)
Fukuhara, Keiji (Animation Director)
Hane, Hirofune (Art Director)
Hasegawa, Yoshinori (Associate Producer)
Hashiguchi, Kana (Music)
Hashimori, Yuka (Animation Director)
Higuchi, Hiromi (Animation Director, Key Animation)
Hirayanagi, Satoru (Background Art)
... and 57 more staff

News:

North American Anime & Manga Releases for April (03/31/2025)
'Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e' Fourth Season Announced (08/31/2024)
Winter 2024 Simulcast List [Update 2/3] (01/02/2024)
PV Collection for Dec 18 - 24 (12/25/2023)
Winter 2024 Preview (12/22/2023)
PV Collection for Nov 6 - 12 (11/12/2023)
Crunchyroll Announces Premiere Lineup for Anime NYC 2023 (10/19/2023)
'Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e' 2nd Season Airs in July 2022, 3rd Season in 2023 (03/06/2022)

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