Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian Key Visual, April 2024 Premiere Revealed

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The Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian anime adaptation has gotten a key visual and an April 2024 release window. There’s also a birthday visual featuring the titular Alya and her sister Masha, as well as character visuals for the siblings and protagonist Masachika Kuze.

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 eight volumes (including a short story collection) as of September 2023.

Yen Press describes the light novels 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!

Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian was originally a short story that began publication on Shousetsuka ni Narou in 2020. A Kodansha-published manga adaptation by Saho Tenamachi began in October 2022.


Staff

• Director: Ryouta Itou (Shikimori’s Not Just A CutieMy Senpai is Annoying
• 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
Wakana Maruoka as Yuki Suou
Yukiyo Fujii as Maria Mikhailovna Kujou (Masha)
Saya Aizawa as Ayano Kimishima


Source: Press release

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