Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian Anime Gets 2nd Season
Kadokawa revealed on Thursday that the anime of writer Sunsunsun and artist Momoco's Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian (Tokidoki Bosotto Russia-go de Dereru Tonari no Alya-san) light novel series will get a second season. The company revealed a special video announcement. The light novel's artist Momoco and the manga adaptation's artist Saho Tanemachi both drew illustrations to celebrate the anime's second season announcement:The anime's second season will continue from the light novel's fourth volume. The anime stars:Ryota Itoh (My Senpai Is Annoying, Shikimori's Not Just a Cutie) directed the anime at Doga Kobo and was also in charge of the series scripts. Yūhei Murota (Love Live! School idol project) designed the characters and also served as the chief animation director. Ryo Kobayashi was the series producer. Hiroaki Tsutsumi composed the music, and Takeshi Takadera was the sound director. Risa Wakabayashi was the art director.Alya (as voiced by Sumire Uesaka) performs the opening theme song "Ichiban Kagayaku Hoshi" ("The Brightest Star"). Uesaka (as Alya) performs a cover of a different famous song for the ending theme of each episode.Yen Press is releasing the novels in English, and it describes the story: Kadokawa publishes the novels under its Sneaker Bunko imprint. 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