This is a list of all Jigoku Sensei Nūbē episodes that have aired in Japan. The opening theme is Baribari Saikyou No. 1 (lit. The No. 1 Greatest Hard-Worker) by Feel So Bad. From episodes 1-29, the first ending theme is Mienai Chikara ~Invisible One~ (lit. Unseen Power ~Invisible One~) by B'z. From episodes 30–47, the second ending theme is Spirit by Pamelah. For episode 48, the third ending theme is Baribari Saikyou No. 1. For the OVAs, the opening theme is News na Gakkou (lit. School News) by Sigetaka Takayama & Himawari Kids while the ending theme is Hurt by Cash.
Episodes
| EP# | Title | Airdate | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The terrifying new school term! The mysterious demon claw" Transliteration: "Kyōfu no Shingakuki! Nazo no Oni no Te" (Japanese: 恐怖の新学期! 謎の鬼の手) | April 13, 1996 (1996-04-13) | |
| A new school term begins; Hiroshi's heart is attacked by a Yōkai, so Nube must save his life. | |||
| 2 | "Toilet Hanako has appeared~!" Transliteration: "Toire no Hanako-san ga Detā'!" (Japanese: トイレの花子さんが 出たぁ〜っ!) | April 20, 1996 (1996-04-20) | |
| Nube, Kyoko and Hiroshi investigate a ghost that appears in the bathroom. | |||
| 3 | "Can't stop spreading rumors! the five-tongued horror!" Transliteration: "Uwasabanashi wa Yamerarenai! Oshaberi-yōkai - Kyōfu no Go-mai-jita!" (Japanese: うわさ話はやめられない! おしゃべり妖怪·恐怖の五枚舌!) | April 27, 1996 (1996-04-27) | |
| A talkative youkai makes everybody hate Miki because of her harsh rumors. NOTE: In this episode, Most of Nube's students find out about the oni no te, previously, only Kyoko and Hiroshi knew about it. | |||
| 4 | "Do Not Use!? The kappa in the horizontal bars" Transliteration: "Shiyō Kinshi!? Kappa no Deru Tetsubō" (Japanese: 使用禁止!? 河童の出る鉄棒) | May 4, 1996 (1996-05-04) | |
| A Kappa tries to stop the horizontal bars being used because there is a bomb. | |||
| 5 | "The school's Seven Mysteries - Demon of the 13th step" Transliteration: "Gakkō no Nanafushigi Ma no Jūsan-kaidan" (Japanese: 学校の七不思議 魔の13階段) | May 11, 1996 (1996-05-11) | |
| Katsuya meets a troubled boy who makes him cross the 13th step. | |||
| 6 | "Nube dies!? The strongest rival: Youko Tamamo" Transliteration: "Nūbē Shisu!? Saikyō no Raibaru - Yōko Tamamo" (Japanese: ぬ〜べ〜死す!? 最強の敵·妖狐玉藻) | May 18, 1996 (1996-05-18) | |
| A Kitsune, Yoko Tamamo, tries to kill Hiroshi to get his skull and become human. Nube attempts to save Hiroshi but falls in a dark warehouse and is slashed by Yoko Tamamo. | |||
| 7 | "Demon's Hand vs. Flame Ring Tail" Transliteration: "Oni no Te VS Hiwao no Jutsu" (Japanese: 鬼の手VS火輪尾の術) | May 25, 1996 (1996-05-25) | |
| Nube fights Yoko Tamamo to save Hiroshi, despite his injury and blood loss. If Nube attempted to save Hiroshi, it is Hiroshi who will save and takes care of Nube with loving hug as the latter suffers in injury and blood loss. This is the sequel to episode 6 (ぬ〜べ〜死す!? 最強の敵·妖狐玉藻). | |||
| 8 | "UFO invasion! Aliens sighted in Warabemori" Transliteration: "Yufō Shūrai! Uchūjin Dōmori-chō ni Arawaru" (Japanese: UFO襲来! 宇宙人童守町に現る) | June 1, 1996 (1996-06-01) | |
| Shuichi meets Hiroshi, Kyoko, Miki and Katsuya to witness a UFO. | |||
| 9 | "Huge panic in class 5-3! 6-foot neck woman" Transliteration: "Go-nen San-kumi Dai-Panikku! Kyonyū Rokurokubi" (Japanese: 5年3組大パニック! 巨乳ろくろ首) | June 8, 1996 (1996-06-08) | |
| Miki gains the ability to stretch her neck and spy on her friends. | |||
| 10 | "Evil spirits run amok! Hard-working children take care" Transliteration: "Akki Ōabare! Doryoku-suru Ko wa Goyōjin" (Japanese: 悪鬼大暴れ! 努力する子はご用心) | June 15, 1996 (1996-06-15) | |
| Akira is constantly attacked by a demon who ruins his works. | |||
| 11 | "Scoop! Nube engaged to a snow woman!?" Transliteration: "Sukūpu! Nūbē ga Yukionna to Kon'yaku!?" (Japanese: スクープ! ぬ〜べ〜が雪女と婚約!?) | June 22, 1996 (1996-06-22) | |
| Nube and Yukime meet again after a long time; she tries to freeze him and take him with her to the mountains. | |||
| 12 | "Picnic of terror! Riddle of the north-eastern pass" Transliteration: "Kyōfu no Ensoku! Kimon-Tōge no Nazo" (Japanese: 恐怖の遠足! 鬼門峠の謎) | June 29, 1996 (1996-06-29) | |
| After a picnic, the school bus is attacked by a youkai. | |||
| 13 | "The classroom transforms into a lethal weapon!? The monster sword is Tamonba's curse" Transliteration: "Kyōshitsu ga Kyōki ni Henshin!? Yōtō Hatamonba no Noroi" (Japanese: 教室が凶器に変身!? 妖刀はたもんばの呪い) | July 6, 1996 (1996-07-06) | |
| Katsuya steals money from a shrine, now the sword from that temple turns into a youkai trying to kill sinful people, including Katsuya. | |||
| 14 | "2 Kyoukos!? Horror of the Doppelganger" Transliteration: "Kyōko ga Futari!? Dopperugengā no Kyōfu" (Japanese: 郷子が2人!? ドッペルゲンガーの恐怖) | July 13, 1996 (1996-07-13) | |
| Kyoko's doppelganger flees and Nube must find it before Kyoko dies. | |||
| 15 | "Yukime returns! The great midsummer refrigeration plan" Transliteration: "Yukime Ritānzu! Manatsu no Reitō Daisakusen" (Japanese: ゆきめリターンズ! 真夏の冷凍大作戦) | July 20, 1996 (1996-07-20) | |
| Yukime returns, but this time, with plans of live as a human, causing problems to Nube, and risking her life at the end trying to save the life of a girl trapped in a fire. | |||
| 16 | "Can't use the Demon's Hand!! Stranger in the old school building" Transliteration: "Oni no Te Shiyō Funō!! Kyūkōsha no Kaijin" (Japanese: 鬼の手使用不能!! 旧校舎の怪人) | July 27, 1996 (1996-07-27) | |
| In an attempt to save Makoto, Nube ends up possessed by a powerful youkai making impossible for him to use his Oni no te. | |||
| 17 | "Poolside romance...the 4-course spectre" Transliteration: "Pūrusaido no Romansu...Dai-Yon-Kōsu no Yūrei" (Japanese: プールサイドのロマンス...第4コースの幽霊) | August 3, 1996 (1996-08-03) | |
| Kyoko gets swimming lessons from the pool ghost. | |||
| 18 | "Youko Tamamo's come-back! The giant fish beneath the campus!!" Transliteration: "Fukkatsu no Raibaru Tamamo! Kōtei ni Hisomu Kyodai Kaigyo!!" (Japanese: 復活の妖狐·玉藻! 校庭に潜む巨大怪魚!!) | August 10, 1996 (1996-08-10) | |
| A giant fish youkai attacks the school and Nube and Youko Tamamo allies to defeat it. | |||
| 19 | "Slice'n'dice demon! The strongest pair's love pursuit!!" Transliteration: "Renzoku Kirisaki-ma! Saikyō Pea Ai no Dai-Tsuiseki!!" (Japanese: 連続切り裂き魔! 最強ペア愛の大追跡!!) | August 17, 1996 (1996-08-17) | |
| Nube and Yukime pursuit a demon who is killing the love pairs in Doumori. | |||
| 20 | "Time slip into the past! Nube's secret revealed!!" Transliteration: "Kako e no Taimu Surippu! Mita zo Nūbē no Himitsu!!" (Japanese: 過去へのタイムスリップ! 見たぞぬ〜べ〜の秘密!!) | August 24, 1996 (1996-08-24) | |
| Nube travels into the past trying to prevent Minako-sensei's death. | |||
| 21 | "God's clash! I will accept judgement!!" Transliteration: "Kami to no Gekitotsu! Sabaki o Ukeru No wa Ore da!!" (Japanese: 神との激突! 裁きを受けるのは俺だ!!) | August 31, 1996 (1996-08-31) | |
| After Katsuya accidentally kills a fish from God's lake, God's messenger tries to kill him as a punishment. | |||
| 22 | "There's someone behind you! Terror of the spirit photograph!!" Transliteration: "Kimi no Ushiro ni Dareka Iru! Kyōfu no Shinrei Shashin!!" (Japanese: 君のうしろに誰かいる! 恐怖の心霊写真!!) | September 7, 1996 (1996-09-07) | |
| Portions of a ghost appear in the photos of a trip of the 5-3 students. | |||
| 23 | "Mystery of the 0 hours, 0 minutes, 0 seconds!? Seven Mysteries: the opposing mirrors" Transliteration: "0 ji 0 hun 0 byō no Kai!? Awase kagami no Nanafushigi" (Japanese: 0時0分0秒の怪!? 合わせ鏡の七不思議) | September 14, 1996 (1996-09-14) | |
| Kyoko and Miki reflect themselves on an opposing mirrors on the school at midnight showing them olders, now each time they reflect themselves they see each time more and more older. | |||
| 24 | "Devil in a D-cup!! Legend of the love crow" Transliteration: "Mashō no D Kappu!! Ai no Karasu Densetsu" (Japanese: 魔性のDカップ!! 愛のカラス伝説) | September 21, 1996 (1996-09-21) | |
| Miki use the love crow legend for spend all her time with Hiroshi, causing Kyoko to get jealous. | |||
| 25 | "The panic of happiness! The Zashiki Warashi who disappeared between tears" Transliteration: "Shiawase Panikku! Namida ni Kieta Zashiki-warashi" (Japanese: しあわせパニック! 涙に消えた座敷わらし) | October 12, 1996 (1996-10-12) | |
| 26 | "The hair-raising new generation! Mama is a youkai, Papa is a teacher!" Transliteration: "Senritsu no Ni-sei Tanjō! Mama wa Yōkai, Papa wa Sensei!" (Japanese: 戦慄の2世誕生!! ママは妖怪、パパは先生!) | October 19, 1996 (1996-10-19) | |
| Yukime creates a baby that looks like her and Nube and they must stop Yukibe from wreaking havoc in the city. | |||
| 27 | "The teenager's dangerous job!? Izuna, the beauty controlling the sacred beast" Transliteration: "Kogyaru no Kiken na Arubaito!? Reijū o Ayatsuru Bishōjo Izuna" (Japanese: コギャルの危険なアルバイト!? 霊獣を操る美少女いずな) | October 26, 1996 (1996-10-26) | |
| Izuna has kudakitsunes that can perform almost anything. One day, an evil one is born and she needs Nube's help to stop it. | |||
| 28 | "A very curious Xmas...the Kesalan Patharan of happiness" Transliteration: "Yonimo Kimyō na Kurisumasu...Shiawase no Kesaranpasaran" (Japanese: 世にも奇妙なXマス...幸せのケサランパサラン) | November 9, 1996 (1996-11-09) | |
| Miki finds a Kesalan Patharan and decides to breed them for her own use. While at the mall, she must decide whether to use them all to save Nube, Kyoko, Hiroshi, and Makoto from falling to their death. | |||
| 29 | "Enter the Youkai All-Stars! The cursed school festival!!" Transliteration: "Yōkai Ōrusutā Sōtōjō! Norowareta Gakuensai!!" (Japanese: 妖怪オールスター総登場! 呪われた学園祭!!) | November 16, 1996 (1996-11-16) | |
| Nube's class creates a haunted house for a school festival, but it gets scorned by a young gang group who always love to cause a lot of trouble to Domori's populace. Nube then decides to bring in the real spirits for their enjoyment. | |||
| 30 | "After-school terror! The running Ninomiya Kinjirou statue!!" Transliteration: "Hōkago no Kyōfu! Hashiru Ninomiya-Kinjirō-zō!!" (Japanese: 放課後の恐怖! 走る二宮金次郎像!!) | November 23, 1996 (1996-11-23) | |
| Makoto begins to be pursued by the Ninomia Kinjirou statue after he accidentally rips an ancient book. | |||
| 31 | "The eyeball no-one can mention!! Sin of the genius violinist" Transliteration: "Dare ni mo Ienai Medama no Kyōfu!! Tensai Baiorinisuto no Taizai" (Japanese: 誰にも言えない目玉の恐怖!! 天才バイオリニストの大罪) | November 30, 1996 (1996-11-30) | |
| Ai Shinozaki, a great violinist at Doumori begins to have eyeballs appearing on her body because she steals. She must decide to confess or be overtaken by the demon. | |||
| 32 | "And then, everyone disappears! Red demon-girl in the library!!" Transliteration: "Soshite Dare mo Inakunaru! Toshoshitu no Akai Kai-Shōjo!!" (Japanese: そして誰もいなくなる! 図書室の赤い怪少女!!) | TBA | |
| A girl's spirit begins attacking the students of 5-3 because of a missing book that used to be her favorite. | |||
| 33 | "Appears Shoukera on the window! Ritsuko-sensei's maximum crisis" Transliteration: "Shōkera ga Mado kara Nozoku! Ritsuko-sensei Saidai no Kiki!!" (Japanese: しょうけらが窓からのぞく! リツコ先生最大の危機!!) | TBA | |
| Mamoru Kazama, a student of Ritsuko sensei's class is sent to the hospital after he sees a dancing demon on top of his house. Ritsuko sensei feels she must protect him and stays with him in the face of danger. | |||
| 34 | "Now, the forbidden past is revealed! Secret origin of the Demon's Hand!!" Transliteration: "Ima Akasareru Kindan no Kako! Oni no Te Tanjō no Himitsu!!" (Japanese: 今明かされる禁断の過去! 鬼の手誕生の秘密!!) | TBA | |
| One day, Nube's demon hand begins to overtake his body and Tamamo, Hiroshi, and Kyoko must travel to the past to find the solution before Nube becomes an Oni. | |||
| 35 | "Daidarabochi is my cautive! Miki-chan's Dream Town!!" Transliteration: "Daidarabotchi wa Watashi no Toriko! Miki-chan no Dorīmu Taun!!" (Japanese: ダイダラボッチは私の虜! 美樹ちゃんのドリームタウン!!) | TBA | |
| Miki realizes one day that buildings are being moved after she says where she wants them. No one else notices because they are already "accustomed" to the new arrangement. She ends up wishing Domori Elementary away and it's up to her to save the school. | |||
| 36 | "Secret lessons at midnight! The music room's dangerous temptation!!" Transliteration: "Mayonaka no Maruhi Ressun! Ongakushitsu no Kiken na Yūwaku!!" (Japanese: 真夜中の㊙レッスン! 音楽室の危険な誘惑!!) | TBA | |
| Kyoko bets with Miki that she will learn to play the piano in one week. Kyoko ends up going to secret midnight lessons thinking it's a dream. Her weariness begins to show and it concerns Miki and Nube. | |||
| 37 | "Forgotten for 20 years!? The blood-stained notebook of prophecy!!" Transliteration: "Nijū-nen Mae no Wasuremono!? Chi ni Somatta Yogen Nōto!!" (Japanese: 20年前の忘れ物!? 血に染まった予言ノート!!) | TBA | |
| Makoto stumbles upon a 20-year-old agenda once owned by a student who forgot everything. The student ends up drowning and the spirit comes back to help Makoto. Shortly, the spirit begins to try to kill Makoto and have him discover his body. | |||
| 38 | "What!? First date with the rival? Yukime's long, hot day!!" Transliteration: "E'! Raibaru ga Hatsu-Dēto? Yukime no Atsukute Nagai Ichinichi!!" (Japanese: エッ! ライバルが初デート? ゆきめの熱くて長い一日!!) | TBA | |
| Yukime upsets Zashiki Warashi, so the Zashiki Warashi brings good luck to Nube by having Ritsuko sensei ask Nube on a date and making Yukime jealous. | |||
| 39 | Transliteration: "Shi no Soko kara no Fukushū! Deru ka? Oni to Yōko no Gattai-Ōgi!!" (Japanese: 死の底からの復讐! 出るか? 鬼と妖狐の合体奥義!!) | TBA | |
| Shuichi's turtle that went down the drain comes back as a monster that Tamamo thinks will be satisfied if Shuichi is sacrificed. | |||
| 40 | "Burning sailor suit! Izuna's heart cannot be concealed!!" Transliteration: "Sērā-fuku ga Moechau! Kakushikirenai, Izuna no Hāto!!" (Japanese: セーラー服が燃えちゃう! 隠しきれない、いずなのハート!!) | TBA | |
| Izuna begins to spontaneously burst into fire at random times. She must relieve her stress that has built up or else she will perish. | |||
| 41 | "I want to be friends...The mysterious classmate's terrifying true form!!" Transliteration: "Tomodachi ni Naritai...Nazo no Dōkyūsei, Senritsu no Shōtai!!" (Japanese: トモダチニナリタイ...謎の同級生、戦慄の正体!!) | TBA | |
| A model of the human body in a science class inherits a spirit and doesn't realize that he isn't a human being. He wants to become friends with Nube's classmates, but they are terrified of him. | |||
| 42 | "Mommy's a 4-year-old!? Past life memories summon a storm!!" Transliteration: "Kāchan wa Yon-saiji!? Arashi o Yobu Zense no Kioku!!" (Japanese: 母ちゃんは4歳児!? 嵐を呼ぶ前世の記憶!!) | TBA | |
| Hiroshi's mother is reincarnated as a 4-year-old school girl to see him, but Hiroshi doesn't believe it. She was reincarnated for Hiroshi to know the situation before she died. | |||
| 43 | "Yukime dies!! Love melts with the snow..." Transliteration: "Yukime Shisu!! Ai wa Yuki no Kesshō to Kiete..." (Japanese: ゆきめ死す!! 愛は雪の結晶と消えて...) | TBA | |
| Yukime is fooled into thinking that taking a human's soul will turn her into a human. Yukime targets Ritsuko sensei because Yukime wants to have a relationship with Nube. | |||
| 44 | "Don't watch, kids!! Forbidden ghost story: one-hundred tales" Transliteration: "Kodomo wa Micha Dame!! Kindan no Kaidan: Hyaku-Monogatari" (Japanese: 子どもは見ちゃダメ!! 禁断の怪談·百物語) | TBA | |
| A demon takes on the form of Nube and orders every student in the class to tell their scariest stories to aid in opening the portal to the spirit world. | |||
| 45 | "Dream? Illusion? The return of Yukime She loves me, so why is she trying to kill me!?" Transliteration: "Yume? Maboroshi? Fukkatsu no Yukime Koibito yo, Naze Ore no Inochi o Nerau!!" (Japanese: 夢? 幻? 復活のゆきめ 恋人よ、なぜ俺の命を狙う!!) | TBA | |
| 46 | "Targeted heroines! Heart-pounding bath panic!!" Transliteration: "Nerawareta Hiroin-tachi! Dokidoki Ofuro Panikku!!" (Japanese: 狙われたヒロインたち! ドキドキおふろパニック!!) | June 7, 1997 (1997-06-07) | |
| 47 | "Strongest! Greatest! The final enemy! And his name is...God of Poverty!!" Transliteration: "Saikyō! Saidai! Saigo no Teki Sono Na wa...Binbōgami!!" (Japanese: 最強! 最大! 最後の敵 その名は...貧乏神!!) | June 14, 1997 (1997-06-14) | |
| The God of Poverty targets Nube and makes his money vanish so he becomes poor. What both of them don't realize is that everyone that knows Nube loves and cares for him. | |||
| 48 | "Dreams are forever!! The Nube we all love!" Transliteration: "Yume o Itsu made mo!! Daisuki na Bokura no Nūbē!" (Japanese: 夢をいつまでも!! 大好きな僕らのぬ〜べ〜!) | June 21, 1997 (1997-06-21) | |
| Kyoko wakes up one day just to discover that she already becomes a mature woman and her life becomes entirely different than how it should be. She is also shocked by the fact that Hiroshi is already married to Miki. Then she seeks for Nube's help and finds that Nube is in such horrible condition after saving one of his pupil. Kyoko is told that the world she is staying in is a parallel world. Nube then successfully destroys the demon that brings Kyoko to the parallel world. | |||
| 49 | "「Perfect Edition!! The Jigoku Sensei Nu~be~ Ultimate Encyclopedia」" Transliteration: "「Kanzen Hozon-ban!! Jigoku Sensei Nūbē Chō-Hyakka」" (Japanese: 「完全保存版!! 地獄先生ぬ〜べ〜超百科」) | August 7, 1997 (1997-08-07) | |
| A collection/recap of all the episodes(an encyclopedia of demons, spirits, the story of the Oni no te, the romances, etc.) | |||
References
- 地獄先生ぬ～べ～. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on May 5, 2019. Retrieved May 14, 2019.