Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian 2nd Season Anime Debuts in 2026
Kadokawa announced on Thursday that the second anime season of writer Sunsunsun and artsit Momoco's Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian (Tokidoki Bosotto Russia-go de Dereru Tonari no Alya-san) light novel series will premiere in 2026, and also revealed the new staff and first teaser visual.Hiroshi Haraguchi, the first season's episode 4 director, will direct the second season replacing Ryota Itoh, at Dōga Kōbō. Yuka Yamada, who wrote the script for episode 6, is now in charge of series scripts, also replacing Itoh. Yūhei Murota is again designing the characters.The first anime season debuted in July 2024. Crunchyroll streamed the anime as it aired, and also streams an English dub.The anime stars:Alya (as voiced by Sumire Uesaka) performed the first season's opening theme song "Ichiban Kagayaku Hoshi" ("The Brightest Star"). Uesaka (as Alya) performed 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. Yen Press and K MANGA both release the manga in English.Source: Press release
