Welcome to the Classroom of the Elite 3rd Season Volume 2 [Blu-ray]

Synopsis

The first-year arc finally comes to an end. The third season of the wildly popular school apocalypse series "Welcome to the Classroom of the Elite" is finally airing!

With over 8.4 million copies sold! MF Bunko J's wildly popular School Apocalypse will see the long-awaited third season of the anime begin airing in January 2024! The original work is the smash-hit light novel "Welcome to the Classroom of the Elite" by the wildly popular creative duo of Shogo Kinugasa and Shunsaku Tomose, whose series has sold over 8.4 million copies (including e-books). The manga adaptation is currently being serialized in Comic Alive! The first season of the anime aired in 2017 and was a huge hit. The second season aired in 2021, and now the third season, marking the finale of the first-year arc, is finally airing! With the start of the third semester, Ayanokoji and his friends have been promoted from Class D to Class C and are heading off on a school trip. There, they will be taking a special test called the "Mixed Training Camp," a joint test for all grades. They will have to cooperate with students from other classes who they had previously considered enemies in order to achieve high scores. And most importantly, the rule that any group that does not reach the borderline will be expelled terrifies the entire class. The turbulent third semester is about to begin!

The all-star staff has reunited! L'Arche will once again be in charge of animation production! Kishi Seiji and Hashimoto Hiroyuki, who co-directed the first season, will serve as general directors, and Ninshouji Yoshito will once again be director! In addition to Kazeno Hayato from Season 2, Shigenobu Yasushi, who worked as a screenwriter on Season 2, will be joining the team as series composition director! Morita Kazuaki will continue to be in charge of character design! L'Arche will be in charge of animation production! The rock-solid staff that brought great success to the anime adaptations up to Season 2 have brought the story of the turbulent third semester to life!

A stellar cast of voice actors, including Chiba Shoya, Hidaka Rina, Kito Akari, and Taketatsu Ayana, have reunited! The main character, Ayanokoji Kiyotaka, will be played by Chiba Shoya, who voiced Shin'ei Nouzen in "86," Sakayanagi Arisu, will be played by Hidaka Rina, who voiced Claire Kageno in "I Want to Be the Strongest in the World!"

Horikita Suzune will be played by Kito Akari, who voiced Kamado Nezuko in "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba," and other stellar voice actors have been cast once again! Additionally, a stellar cast of leading voice actors has been assembled, including Yurika Kubo, Ayana Taketatsu, Ryota Osaka, Toshiki Iwasawa, Nao Toyama, Yohei Azagami, Masaaki Mizunaka, Rie Takahashi, Yuichiro Umehara, and Soma Saito!

First-run bonuses include an outer case with original character design by Shunsaku Tomose and a digipack with original character design by Kazuaki Morita!

Each volume also includes bonus footage! A must-have Blu-ray and DVD set for fans will be released in four volumes!

[First Press Bonus] 1. Outer case with original illustration by character designer Tomose Shunsaku 2. Digipack with original illustration by character designer Morita Kazuaki 3. Special booklet

[Bonus Items] 1. Web preview 2. Uncredited ending 3. Audio commentary

[Number of Episodes] Episodes 5-7

[Story Summary] Tokyo Advanced Nurturing High School is a dream school that boasts a 100% college advancement and employment rate, and provides points equivalent to 100,000 yen each month. However, in reality, it is a meritocratic school where only a select few students with excellent grades receive preferential treatment.

In the third semester, Ayanokoji and his friends are promoted from Class D to Class C and head off on a school trip. There, they will take part in a special exam called "Mixed Training Camp," which is held jointly for all grades. As the name suggests, the exam is divided into groups separated by gender, with students from multiple classes always mixed together, and the exam is graded on a group-by-group basis.

The group is now faced with a situation where they will have to cooperate with students from other classes who have previously been their enemies in order to achieve high scores. And most of all, they are terrified by the rule that any group that does not reach the borderline will be expelled. The turbulent and eventful third semester is about to begin!

[Main Staff] ◆ Original Story: Shogo Kinugasa (MF Bunko J "Welcome to the Classroom of the Elite" / Published by KADOKAWA) ◆ Character Design: Shunsaku Tomose ◆ Director in Chief: Seiji Kishi x Hiroyuki Hashimoto ◆ Director: Yoshito Ninshouji ◆ Series Composition: Yasushi Shigenobu, Hayato Kazeno ◆ Character Design: Kazuaki Morita ◆ Art Setting: Satoru Hirayanagi ◆ Art Director: Hirofune Hane ◆ Prop Design: Tomohito Hirose, Sugako Nakano ◆ Color Design: Dairo Kaguchi ◆ CG Director: Tomohiro Hirayama ◆ Director of Photography: Naoki Serizawa ◆ Editing: Yukie Oikawa ◆ Music: Yokoyama Katsu, Kana Hashiguchi ◆Sound Director: Satoki Iida ◆Sound Effects: Iki Okuda ◆Animation Production: Lerche ◆Production: Welcome to the Classroom of the Elite 3 Production Committee

[Main Cast] ◆Kiyotaka Ayanokoji: Shoya Chiba ◆Arisu Sakayanagi: Rina Hidaka ◆Suzune Horikita: Akari Kitou ◆Kikyou Kushida: Yurika Kubo ◆Megumi Karuizawa: Ayana Taketatsu ◆Yosuke Hirata: Ryota Osaka ◆Rokusuke Koenji: Toshiki Iwasawa ◆Honami Ichinose: Nao Toyama ◆Masayoshi Hashimoto: Yohei Azagami ◆Sho Ryuen: Masaaki Mizunaka ◆Hiyori Shiina: Rie Takahashi ◆Manabu Horikita: Yuichiro Umehara ◆Nagumo Miyabi: Saito Soma

(c) Kinugasa Shougo, Published by KADOKAWA / Welcome to the Classroom of the Elite 3 Production Committee

Contents (from the "Oricon" database)

Tokyo Advanced Nurturing High School boasts a 100% college entrance and employment rate, and is a meritocracy where only the most accomplished students receive preferential treatment. In the third semester, Ayanokoji and his friends are promoted to Class C and head off to a forest school. In order to score highly on the special exam, they must cooperate with students from other classes who have previously been their enemies. Most frightening of all, they are shocked by the rule that groups that do not reach the borderline will be expelled. A turbulent and eventful third semester begins now! 4935228211340