NHK announced that the fourth
season of the Welcome to Demon School anime, Iruma-kun (Mairimashita!
Iruma-kun), based on the manga by Osamu Nishi, will premiere
in April 2026. The series will be broadcast again through NHK
Educational, maintaining the continuity of its previous installments.
International
availability
Crunchyroll confirmed that it will
simulcast the new season for multiple regions, including North America,
Latin America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, the CIS, and India.
In addition, the platform will also offer English dubbing after its premiere,
as in previous seasons.
Journey
of its seasons
The anime's
first season debuted in October 2019 with a total of 23
episodes, being broadcast by NHK Educational and distributed
internationally by Crunchyroll. The second season arrived in April 2021,
while the third premiered in October 2022, both also with
simultaneous streaming and English dubbing.
History
of Iruma
The plot
follows Iruma Suzuki, a kind-hearted 14-year-old boy whose life
changes drastically when his parents sell him to demons. To his surprise, the
demon who acquires him decides to adopt him as his grandson and sends him to a
peculiar school of demons. There, Iruma will have to face a myriad
of strange situations while trying to keep his human identity a secret.
About
the manga
The
original manga, written and illustrated by Osamu Nishi, began
serialization in Akita Shoten's Weekly Shōnen Champion magazine
in March 2017. Since then, the play has amassed a large fan base in Japan and
abroad, cementing itself as one of the most beloved supernatural comedies in
the shōnen genre.
