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The “MF Bunko J Natsu no Gakuensai 2024″ (MF Bunko J Summer School Festival 2024) livestream event on Sunday revealed that the Classroom of the Elite anime will receive a fourth season, which will cover the first semester of the Classroom of the Elite: Year 2 (Yōkoso Jitsuryoku Shijō Shugi no Kyōshitsu e 2-nen Sei Hen) light novels.

The first season premiered in July 2017, and was simulcast by Crunchyroll and Funimation, with the latter also streaming an English dub.

The second and third seasons adapted the original story’s complete first-year-student arc. The second season premiered in July 2022, and was streamed by Crunchyroll under the title Classroom of the Elite II. The third season premiered on January 3 and aired for 13 episodes, concluding the first-year arc, and was also streamed by Crunchyroll as it aired in Japan.

Kadokawa published the first volume of the original light novel series in May 2015, and Seven Seas is releasing the novel series and its manga adaptation in English. The Classroom of the Elite: Year 2 (Yōkoso Jitsuryoku Shijō Shugi no Kyōshitsu e 2-nen Sei Hen) light novels are a sequel to the main light novel series, and the first novel volume debuted in Japan in January 2020 as the 15th overall book in the series. Seven Seas is also releasing the sequel novels in English.

The franchise has sold over 9.5 million copies worldwide, including digital copies.

Sources: Press release, MF Bunko J Natsu no Gakuensai 2024 livestream

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