Kadokawa announced on Thursday that the Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian anime (based on the light novels by Sunsunsun with illustrations by Momoco) will return for a second season in 2026. Along with the announcement, they revealed a new teaser visual and introduced the new staff working on the season.

Hiroshi Haraguchi, who directed episode 4 of the first season, will now take over as director for season two, replacing Ryota Itoh, at the animation studio Doga Kobo. Yuka Yamada, who wrote the script for episode 6 of season one, will now be in charge of the overall series composition, also taking over from Itoh. Yuhei Murota will return as the character designer.

It has also been stated that the second season will continue the story from volume 4 of the light novel series. The first season of the anime aired in July 2024, with Crunchyroll streaming it as it aired, including an English dub.

The voice cast includes returning and new:

• Sumire Uesaka as Alisa “Alya” Mikhailovna Kujō
• Kohei Amasaki as Masachika Kuze
• Yukiyo Fujii as Maria “Masha” Mikhailovna Kujō
• Wakana Maruoka as Yuki Suō
• Saya Aizawa as Ayano Kimishima
• Maki Kawase 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

Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian light novels are published by Yen Press, and the story is described 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.com, X/ Twitter