The light novel series Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian, known originally as Tokidoki Bosotto Russia-go de Dereru Tonari no Alya-san, is now on track for an anime adaptation as Kadokawa revealed back in March 2023. With a lot of the details coming up last year, the official site previously set an April 2024 debut was pushed back to a July 2024 debut, noting that it was being done to make the show more enjoyable.
With a July 3rd, 2024 premiere date set for it, Crunchyroll also announced their pickup of the series for their summer 2024 lineup. It’ll debut the same day and will be available to subscribers in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, and CIS.
With the fifth episode set for a July 31st, 2024 release, we now have our first preview of the episode:
The show has set Ryota Itoh to direct it and work on the scripts for it. Yuhei Murota is working on the character designs and serving as the chief animation director with Doga Kobo handling the production.
The Japanese cast includes:
- Sumire Uesaka as Alisa Mihairovuna Kujō
- Kōhei Amasaki as Masachika Kuse
- Wakana Maruoka as Yuki Suō
- Yukiyo Fujii as Masha
- Saya Aizawa as Ayano Kimishima
- Maki Kawase as Chisaki Sarashina
- Kaito Ishikawa as Touya Kenzaki
- Ikumi Hasegawa as Sayaka Taniyama
- Yoshino Aoyama as Nonoa Miyamae
- Kōdai Sakai as Takeshi Maruyama
- Taichi Ichikawa as Hikaru Kiyomiya
The novel series has six volumes as of April 2023 with Yen Press bringing them out in English. A manga adaptation got underway in October 2022 with Saho Tenamachi handling it.
Check out the official site and Twitter.
Plot Concept: Alisa Mikhailovna Kujou is Seiren Private Academy’s “solitary princess.” She’s a half-Russian beauty with silver hair, at the top of her class, student council accountant, and…completely unapproachable. For some reason, she’s also taken on the responsibility of reprimanding the slacker who sits next to her in class. Masachika Kuze is constantly frustrating her by falling asleep, forgetting his textbooks, and just being an overall unexemplary student. Or at least, that’s how it looks from the outside. She may put on a tough act, but she doesn’t mind Masachika as much as others would think. She even lets him call her by her nickname, Alya. Anyone hearing the comments she mutters in Russian under her breath might know how she really feels, but since none of her classmates understand the language, she’s free to say whatever she likes! Except…there is one person who knows what she’s saying. Masachika eavesdrops on her embarrassing revelations, pretending to be clueless, all the while wondering what her flirtatious comments actually mean!
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