The Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian anime adaptation, which begins airing this April, has received new character visuals, plus more cast and staff information.
The new visuals are for Wakana Maruoka‘s Yuki Suou, an ojou-sama character who aims to be the student council president and is the childhood friend of protagonist Masachika Kuze, and Saya Aizawa‘s Ayano Kimishima, Yuki’s stolid and taciturn attendant. The new cast announcements are:
• Maki Kawase as Chisaki Sarashina
• Kaito Ishikawa as Touya Kenzaki
• Ikumi Hasegawa as Sayaka Taniyama
• Yoshino Aoyama as Nonoa Miyamae
• Koudai Sakai as Takeshi Maruyama
• Taichi Ichikawa as Hikaru Kiyomiya
On the other hand, the newly announced staff includes:
• Art director: Risa Wakabayashi (Kaguya-sama: Love Is War)
• Color designer: Yuka Itou (Shikimori’s Not Just A Cutie)
• Compositing director: Seiichi Sugiura (Saint Cecilia & Pastor Lawrence)
• Music composer: Hiroaki Tsutsumi (Burn The Witch＃0.8)
Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian is based on the Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko light novel series written by Sunsunsun and illustrated by Momoko. The books began in 2021 and have nine volumes (including a short story collection) as of January 2024.
Yen Press describes the light novels’ premise as:
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!
A Kodansha-published manga adaptation by Saho Tenamachi began serialization in 2022. Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian was originally a short story that debuted on Shousetsuka ni Narou in 2020.
Staff
• Director and series composer: Ryouta Itou (Shikimori’s Not Just A Cutie and My Senpai is Annoying director)
• Character designer and chief animation director: Yuuhei Murota (Love Live! Sunshine!!)
• Animation production: Doga Kobo
Cast
• Sumire Uesaka as Alisa Mikhailovna Kujou (Alya)
• Kouhei Amasaki as Masachika Kuze
• Yukiyo Fujii as Maria Mikhailovna Kujou (Masha)
Source: Press release