'Tokidoki Bosotto Russia-go de Dereru Tonari no Alya-san' Unveils Main Staff, Additional Cast

by Vindstot
Sep 24, 2023 5:36 AM | 32 Comments

The Sneaker Bunko 35th Anniversary Festa! event revealed the main staff, three additional cast, and a teaser visual (pictured) for the Tokidoki Bosotto Russia-go de Dereru Tonari no Alya-san (Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian) television anime on Sunday.

Staff
Director: Ryouta Itou (Kawaii dake ja Nai Shikimori-san)
Character Design, Chief Animation Director: Yuuhei Murota (Love Live! School Idol Project)
Producer: Ryou Kobayashi (Idol MV by YOASOBI)
Studio: Doga Kobo

Cast
Yuki Suou: Wakana Maruoka (Shijou Saikyou no Daimaou, Murabito A ni Tensei suru)
Maria Mikhailovna Kujou: Yukiyo Fujii (Komi-san wa, Comyushou desu.)
Ayano Kimishima: Saya Aizawa (Engage Kiss)

Kouhei Amasaki (High Score Girl) and Sumire Uesaka (Ijiranaide, Nagatoro-san) are starring as Masachika Kuze and Alisa Mikhailovna Kujou, respectively.

Tokidoki Bosotto Russia-go de Dereru Tonari no Alya-san, also known as Roshidere, adapts Sun Sun Sun's romantic comedy light novel, which they began writing on the Shousetsuka ni Narou website in May 2020. Kadokawa released the first volume in February 2021 under its Sneaker Bunko imprint, featuring illustrations by Momoco. The seventh volume went on sale on September 1.

Saho Tanamachi began serializing a manga adaptation on the Magazine pocket app in October 2022. Kodansha published the second volume on June 8.

Official site: https://roshidere.com/
Official X (Twitter): @roshidere

Source: Press Release

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Really glad it's Doga Kobo.

Oct 4, 2023 9:01 AM by MegamiRem

@RobertBobert Yeah you might be right.

Sep 30, 2023 12:37 PM by Limonene

@Limonene I think it’s too late to talk about this since about 2014. Even without the war, we were guaranteed to have drama with this among the politically active folks in Eastern Europe. I’ll just remind you of the drama the sketches with Ukraine and Belarus in Hetalia caused back in the day. By the way, does anyone else remember this show?

Sep 30, 2023 12:29 PM by RobertBobert

@RobertBobert Yes, of course, the Japanese do not really care for what is happening in Europe and I don't blame them for it because it has nothing to do with their lives. I just thought that Russian-themed anime might have been a bit popular in post-Soviet countries if not the current political situation.

Sep 30, 2023 11:15 AM by Limonene

@Limonene I don’t think you will really argue that Russians and Russia are, to put it mildly, not very popular in Poland, lol. But if we abstract from Russian-Polish relations, then I don’t think that it will be so hot in Japan. Maybe some Americans will try to cancel anime on Twitter or ANN and anime feminists will whine about it the same way they whined about Shield Hero ignoring MeToo, I don't know. But the Japanese usually don't care much about such things unless it directly concerns them. For example, some Russian bloggers interviewed Japanese friends and it was basically “they said on TV that Putin has gone crazy, but that’s none of my business".

Sep 30, 2023 10:35 AM by RobertBobert

@RobertBobert Lmao what, you're jumping to conclusions really fast here. I never said I hated on Russian culture or anything, I just agreed now is not the best time for promoting it. I think the series won't reach the public as widely as it would have before the war. Am I in the wrong here?
Personally I do not think we should cancel everything that is Russian just because of this but many people think otherwise.

Sep 30, 2023 10:24 AM by Limonene

@MantasB Never in history is there a good time for polish bruv

Sep 26, 2023 5:21 AM by user17244149

@Adnash, yes, you are right, I hope so too!

Sep 25, 2023 3:17 AM by Memore

@RobertBobert, thanks for explaining.

Sep 25, 2023 3:16 AM by Memore

@Rhapsody- That's what I'm worried about. I was moderately positive when I heard about Suki na Ko ga Megane wo Wasureta. Good and fresh looking animation, rather alright concept... but dunno, it didn't click with me, and I noticed it rather fast. I wonder if this anime will feel any different.

Sep 25, 2023 1:07 AM by Adnash

If it is another one of the recent wave of "one trait rom-com" animes we've been getting in recent years like Suki na Ko ga Megane then I'll pass

Sep 24, 2023 11:25 PM by Rhapsody-

While I'm not a fan of this genre, this series looks promising! It'll be fun to hear a Slavic language in an anime, with said language playing rather important role in this show's plot. I don't know if I will like this anime, since - like I said before - it's not my cup of tea, but who knows? It's worth of giving it a try.

Memore said:
yes, she likes Russia and also studied here in a university.

Oh, really? That sounds great. So the seiyuu that's gonna voice the main character speaking Russian from time to time had actual contact with Russian culture and language. Sounds very cool and promising. This anime will surely benefit from that.

Sep 24, 2023 10:22 PM by Adnash

@Memore Because you are talking to a politically active Polish user here. This reminds me of the recent Zom100 thread, where one dude complained about the appearance of a German character, because in his head "all Germans are Nazis."

Sep 24, 2023 9:39 PM by RobertBobert

@robotman12 It's all moe. Just not in such a distinctly moe-focused style.

Sep 24, 2023 9:37 PM by RobertBobert

@Kikugi It's not just a matter of language, but also the need to represent the desired type and characteristics of the character.

Sep 24, 2023 9:36 PM by RobertBobert

Pretty excited to watch this, I love the Light Novel and I just hope Doga Kobo can deliver.

Sep 24, 2023 4:10 PM by RobinHSR

@Limonene, why is there politics theme? I don't understand.

Sep 24, 2023 1:41 PM by Memore

Studio: Doga Kobo

SOLD!

Sep 24, 2023 1:33 PM by AdrianRubinsky

The age of baka has ended, prepare yourself, for the age of Дурачок is here.