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Classroom of the Elite

Original title: Yôkoso jitsuryoku shijô shugi no kyôshitsu e
  • TV Series
  • 2017–
  • TV-14
  • 24m
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
20K
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POPULARITY
1,339
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Eric Vale, Trina Nishimura, Justin Briner, Felecia Angelle, Bryn Apprill, and Kristi Rothrock in Classroom of the Elite (2017)
When Kiyotaka enters an elite government-sponsored high school, he finds out just how merit-based this education system is.
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When Kiyotaka enters government-sponsored elite high school, he finds out just how merit-based this education system is.When Kiyotaka enters government-sponsored elite high school, he finds out just how merit-based this education system is.When Kiyotaka enters government-sponsored elite high school, he finds out just how merit-based this education system is.

  • Creator
    • Shogo Kinugasa
  • Stars
    • Justin Briner
    • Felecia Angelle
    • Brandon McInnis
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.7/10
    20K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    1,339
    127
    • Creator
      • Shogo Kinugasa
    • Stars
      • Justin Briner
      • Felecia Angelle
      • Brandon McInnis
    • 80User reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 17 nominations total

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    Justin Briner
    • Kiyotaka Ayanokoji…
    • 2017–2024
    Felecia Angelle
    Felecia Angelle
    • Suzune Horikita
    • 2017–2024
    Brandon McInnis
    Brandon McInnis
    • Ken Sudo…
    • 2017–2024
    Aaron Dismuke
    Aaron Dismuke
    • Kanji Ike…
    • 2017–2024
    Bryn Apprill
    • Kei Karuizawa…
    • 2017–2024
    Sarah Wiedenheft
    • Kikyo Kushida
    • 2017–2024
    Dallas Reid
    • Yosuke Hirata
    • 2017–2024
    Shoya Chiba
    • Kiyotaka Ayanokoji…
    • 2017–2024
    Akari Kitô
    • Suzune Horikita
    • 2017–2024
    Nao Tôyama
    Nao Tôyama
    • Ichinose Honami…
    • 2017–2024
    Ayana Taketatsu
    • Karuizawa Kei…
    • 2017–2024
    Ryôta Ôsaka
    • Hirata Yousuke…
    • 2017–2024
    Yurika Kubo
    • Kikyo Kushida
    • 2017–2024
    Rina Hidaka
    • Sakayanagi Arisu…
    • 2017–2024
    Christopher Wehkamp
    Christopher Wehkamp
    • Rokusuke Koenji…
    • 2017–2024
    David Matranga
    David Matranga
    • Manabu Horikita
    • 2017–2024
    Trina Nishimura
    Trina Nishimura
    • Arisu Sakayanagi…
    • 2017–2024
    Masaaki Mizunaka
    • Ryuuen Kakeru…
    • 2017–2024
    • Creator
      • Shogo Kinugasa
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    8Tasteless_Critic_Takes

    The second season really improved the show

    Classroom of the Elite is yet another anime where the MC seems to be smarter than most of our world leaders and the student council has more power than a government. As per usual with these kinds of anime they are very over the top but undoubtedly heavily enjoyable despite the ropy and absurd plot.

    I really enjoy the show, as I often do with anime I think the fanservice is a tad too much, moreso in Season 1, but it improved in this aspect in the second season.

    The show is certainly enjoyable for people who like manipulative characters, a bit like Johan Liebert from Monster or Kategiri Yuuichi from Tomodachi Game, and despite most other characters being rather stagnant and bland or unlikeable and way too evil for a highschooler, this achieves the effect it aims for by making Ayanokoji way more likeable. I enjoy the worldbuilding of the academy and the idea of a "points system" which it introduces makes it a very nice blend between a Drama and Highschool anime. I also like how you may sometimes take a step back from conventional school concepts and see the characters engage in a more real-world activity.

    Overall, the show is really fun to watch, I've also heard good things about the Light Novels so they'd probably have my recommendation as well. Overall around 7.8/10 but we'll up it to an 8 for IMDB!
    10rahulbepari-78542

    Need season-2

    I really want the season-2 of this anime , I want to see next ,please make season-2 ,thank you .
    10abdortx

    A masterpiece

    One of the greatest shows ever i really loved it hope it gets a second season
    8Abontamu-32179

    It is actually good

    This show is really underrated but it is understandable. First off, the sequel has taken very long. Also, the anime has so many generic tropes that makes it predictable especially in the early episodes. The series is like a mind game series that rests on intelligence and brains throughout the first season. It would have been better only if they did not implement some of the usual high-school clichés we've seen in anime so many times. However, the anime managed to turn things around halfway through. It became brilliant, fast paced and mysterious. The cliffhangers left me anticipating for more and the plot became unpredictable. Its such a pity the sequel never came when the ending of the first season was so impressive.
    9yollotrollo

    Really really good

    I don't really know in which specific category of anime this series belongs but it is a weird mixture of romance, drama, and scholarly animations. In summary, it is about a student that wants to transform a classroom of useless people into the best one of its school. This is done by a system of points in which every classroom gains a certain amount of points depending on how they perform on certain tests. These points accumulate and, depending on your amount of points, the classroom gets a specific denomination from A to D that can be related to socioeconomic classes, being A the best one and D the lowest one.

    The strong points of this series and the reason that I liked it a lot are its characters (especially the MC) and the plot twists that it presents. The characters are really dynamic and all of them have complex personalities that make them extremely interesting. Then, the story manages to create an interesting story that grabs you from the first episode with an unexpected plot-twist until the end where the MC shows how intelligent he really is and what his intentions are.

    But, not everything is good with this anime specifically for its ending. The problem with it is that it is an open ending that leaves almost no answer for anything that the series was building towards. This is an issue as there is any confirmation of a second season.

    In conclusion, the Classroom of the elite is a really good series with amazing characters and an engaging story. But, this story gets cut halfway and it ends up incomplete. So, if you want to watch it keep in mind that you will be left with no real conclusion and with almost every question without an answer.

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      The first episode was streamed online on Abema TV on 01.07.2017. The regular television broadcast started on 12.07.2017. Also the first episode received an early screening at a special event held at Science Museum Science Hall in Chiyoda, Tokyo on 24.06.2017.
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    • Release date
      • July 12, 2017 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Official sites
      • Official site (Japan)
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    • Languages
      • English
      • Portuguese
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      • German
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • Chào Mừng Đến Lớp Học Đề Cao Thực Lực
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      • Lerche
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