Kadokawa revealed the character video on Friday for author Sunsunsun and artist Momoco's anime series Alya Sometimes Hides Her Emotions in Russian (Tokidoki Bosotto Russia-go de Dereru Tonari no Alya-san). The video highlights the character Masachika Kuse and reveals that the series will premiere on July 3 and air on 24 channels across Japan.
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The staff will reveal new character videos each week until the show premieres.
Kadokawa also revealed a video featuring Sunsunsun and Sumire Uesaka's appearance at the 2024 Bangkok Book Fair.
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Image via Alya Sometimes hides her emotions on the Russian anime website
© Sunsunsun,Momoco/KADOKAWA/Alya-san Partners
The anime will feature:
Ryota Itoh (My Senpai Is Annoying, Shikimori's Not Just a Cutie) will direct the anime at Doga Kobo and is also in charge of the script series. Yūhei Murota (Love Live! School Idol Project) is designing the characters and serving as animation director. Ryo Kobayashi is the series producer. Hiroaki Tsutsumi is composing the music and Takeshi Takadera is the sound director. Risa Wakabayashi is the art director.
Alya (voiced by Sumire Uesaka) will perform the opening theme song “Ichiban Kagayaku Hoshi” (“Brightest Star”). Uesaka (as Alya) will also perform a cover of another famous song as the ending theme of each episode.
Yen Press is releasing the novel in English and describes the story:
Alisa Mikhailovna Kujou is the “lone princess” of Seiren Private Academy. She was a half-Russian beauty with silver hair, top of her class, the student council accountant, and…completely unapproachable. For some reason, she was also responsible for reprimanding the lazy boy sitting next to her in class. Masachika Kuze often frustrates her by oversleeping, forgetting textbooks, and just being an exemplary student. Or at least, that's how it looks from the outside. She may act tough but she doesn't mind Masachika as much as others think. She even let him call her by her nickname Alya. Anyone who heard the comments she muttered in Russian could tell how she really felt, but since no one in the class understood the language, she was free to say whatever she wanted. whatever you like! Except…there was one person who knew what she was talking about. Masachika eavesdrops on her embarrassing revelations, feigning ignorance, all the while wondering what her flirtatious remarks really mean!
Kadokawa publishes the novels under the Sneaker Bunko label. Saho Tenamachi (Shōsetsu no Kami-sama; Itsuka, Nemuri ni Tsuku Hi) launched a manga adaptation in October 2022 on Kodansha's Magazine Pocket app.
Source: Press release
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