#Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian Highlights Mariya in Latest Character PV Trailer

A new character PV trailer has been released for the upcoming Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian TV anime series, which highlights Alya’s older sister and second year student council secretary Mariya “Masha” Mikhailovna Kujou. The anime is set to premiere in Japan on July 3, 2024. 

Ryota Ito (Shikimori’s Not Just A Cutie, My Senpai is Annoying director) is directing the anime series and writing the screenplay. Other staff include Yuhei Murota (Love Live! Sunshine!!) as character designer and chief animation director, Risa Wakabayashi (Kaguya-sama: Love Is War) as art director, Yuka Ito (Shikimori’s Not Just A Cutie) as color designer, Seiichi Sugiura (Saint Cecilia & Pastor Lawrence) as compositing director, and Hiroaki Tsutsumi (Burn The Witch＃0.8) as music composer. Doga Kobo is in charge of the animation production. 

Meanwhile, the anime’s main voice cast includes: 

• • Sumire Uesaka as Alisa Mikhailovna Kujou (Alya)
• • Kohei Amasaki as Masachika Kuze
• • Yukiyo Fujii as Maria Mikhailovna Kujou (Masha)
• • Wakana Maruoka as Yuki Suou
• • Saya Aizawa as Ayano Kimishima
• • Maki Kaweas as Chisaki Sarashina
• • Kaito Ishikawa as Touya Kenzaki
• • Ikumi Hasegawa as Sayaka Taniyama
• • Yoshino Aoyama as Nonoa Miyamae
• • Kodai Sakai as Takeshi Maruyama
• • Taichi Ichikawa as Hikaru Kiyomiya

The light novel series is written by Sunsunsun and illustrated by Momoko. It was first published by Kadokawa Shoten’s Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko imprint on February 27, 2021. Eight volumes have been released in total as of February 2024, including a short story collection. A manga adaptation from Kodansha by Saho Tenamachi was launched on October 29, 2022. The series began as a series of short stories on Shousetsuka ni Naro in May 2020. 

Yen Press is releasing the Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian light novels in English and will also produce an audiobook adaptation of the series. It describes the main synopsis 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!

Source: Roshidere Official Anime Twitter

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