'Tokidoki Bosotto Russia-go de Dereru Tonari no Alya-san' Reveals Additional Staff, Second Promo

by Hyperion_PS
Jun 26, 11:11 AM | 13 Comments

The official website of the Tokidoki Bosotto Russia-go de Dereru Tonari no Alya-san (Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian) television anime revealed additional staff and a second promotional video on Wednesday. The television anime is scheduled to air on July 3 at 11:30 p.m. on Tokyo MX, followed by 23 other stations.

Staff
Prop Design: Ran Naruse ("Oshi no Ko" animation director), Kyouko Nagata (Sewayaki Kitsune no Senko-san)
Chief Animation Director: Tomoya Atsumi (Kawaii dake ja Nai Shikimori-san), Katsuhiro Kumagai (Osananajimi ga Zettai ni Makenai Love Comedy), Ai Kikuchi (Yoru no Kurage wa Oyogenai), Yurika Sako (Hangyakusei Million Arthur 2nd Season), Ken Itakura (Null Peta), Majiro (Shiro Seijo to Kuro Bokushi), Masato Katsumata (Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu), Osashimimaru (Yuru Camp△ Season 3)
Art Design: Yumi Ishihara (Mononogatari), Hiroki Matsumoto (Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Tensai-tachi no Renai Zunousen)
Sound Effects: Youko Sakurai (Mahou Shoujo ni Akogarete)
Opening Theme Director: Saori Tachibana (Kawaii dake ja Nai Shikimori-san)
Ending Theme Director: Takafumi Kuwano (Akuyaku Reijou Level 99)

Alya, voiced by Sumire Uesaka (Ijiranaide, Nagatoro-san), is performing the opening theme "1-Ban Kagayaku Hoshi." Alya will also be performing different song covers for the ending themes each week. The promotional video below previews Alya's cover of KAF and ZOOKARADERU's Himitsu no Kotoba (Secret Word) collaborative song, a song released in April 2023 to celebrate the anime adaptation.

Ryouta Itou (Kawaii dake ja Nai Shikimori-san) is directing and handling the series composition at Doga Kobo. Yuuhei Murota (Love Live! School Idol Project) is both designing the characters and serving as the chief animation director. Hiroaki Tsutsumi (Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san) is composing the music.

The anime adapts Sun Sun Sun's romantic comedy light novel, which began 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 eighth volume went on sale on February 1.

Saho Tanamachi began serializing a manga adaptation on the Magazine pocket app in October 2022. Kodansha published the fourth volume on April 9, and the fifth volume is scheduled to be released on August 7.

Yen Press licensed the light novel in English in April 2022. The fourth volume went on sale in October 2023, and a short story volume was released on March 19. The fifth volume is scheduled to be released on August 20.

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Source: animate Times

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@zero-r I liked the character designs in this title, but it is difficult for me to draw any conclusions due to the fact that this work is unknown to me and I first learned of its existence after the anime was announced. But I will only be glad if both adaptations can become something more and “give roots”, if you know what I mean, going beyond the boundaries of just another romantic show for one season.

Did Shikimori have any special problems due to high expectations? I liked manga and anime, although they weren't my cup of tea.

Jun 27, 11:11 PM by RobertBobert

@zero-r Make Heroine definetily has what it takes to be strong from a production standpoint. Shōtarō Kitamura is a relatively new name in the industry, but his episodes on Kaguya-sama and Overtake shows he knows what he's doing.

And in general, A-1 seems to be really trying to push it as a priority, given how many in-house staff members it has.

Jun 27, 10:10 PM by Oongbuh

@IzayoiSk Frankly, the one with actually most potential to become big is Make Heroine ga Oosugiru!. As far as romantic comedies based on LNs go, it is much better than Roshidere (and yes, I'm reading both LNs). Right now, Roshidere has the upper-hand mainly because of its popularity, but I wouldn't be surprised if Make Heroine ga Oosugiru! ends up outshining it later on.

Now looking at each other PVs, both series look great as far production values go (different styles, but great nevertheless). Still, I got to say that Make Heroine ga Oosugiru! direction (scene composition, camera angle and movements, photography) and actual animation work (character movement) is way better than what I have seen in Roshidere so far.

Also, the hype for Roshidere will probably hurt it as expectations will be higher (never a good thing). This is what happened to Shikimori's Not Just a Cutie (hyped to the end of earth, just to fall fat in its face)...

Jun 27, 2:59 PM by zero-r

@IzayoiSk National issues aside, I've already miss the powerful school LN adaptations since the end of Oregairu, Bokutachi, and Rabbit-senpai's transition to films. By the way, is the original novel published by Dengeki Bunko? I could be wrong, but almost all high school anime these days are adaptations of rom-com manga.

Jun 27, 10:46 AM by RobertBobert

Welp there goes my ability to resist. It's even airing on july 3 so its getting the jump on all the others.

People have been hyping it up all this time so I'm gonna be really disappointed if its not as good as they say. Still not entirely sure how or why though
And apparently they decided to pull some kindof stunt with the ed.

Jun 27, 10:33 AM by CocoaGalaxy

@RobertBobert I think so, if the key scenes are well storyboarded with the animation to go with it + a catchy OP + compelling characters for the romcom genre. There's a way it could create a buzz.

I can see a scene from the anime creating a meme in Russia.

Jun 27, 4:41 AM by IzayoiSk

@YourAverageHater An established archetype of appearance and mentality. For some reason, the Japanese associate Russians with mystery and complexity, and therefore portray them with external markers corresponding to such a mentality. You may also have probably noticed that this archetype quite often and generally initially had strange characters of mysterious origin such as clones, genetically modified people, spirits, etc. Compare this to the fact that American characters are more likely to be portrayed as blond tomboys with explosive tempers.

Jun 27, 2:33 AM by RobertBobert

Okay, what's up with russian girls being depicted with white/grey hair, when did that start?

Jun 27, 1:44 AM by YourAverageHater

Well this is great news. I was already looking forward to this anime. Seeing the staff certainly got me even more excited.

Jun 27, 12:24 AM by Horizon248

@IzayoiSk Do you think this has the potential to be the next big high school hit?

Jun 26, 11:58 PM by RobertBobert

As a person who studied Russian in the past as well as has a grandfather who was a Russian interpreter, this looks more than interesting to me.....

Jun 26, 7:26 PM by MalchikRepaid

Studio Dogakobo will have 2 anime that will dominate the summer season.

Jun 26, 2:40 PM by IzayoiSk

Can't wait for this masterpiece . Hopefully the studio has adapted the ecchi scenes well !!!!