Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian Season 2 Teaser Debuts, Delayed to 2027
The season keeps its announced creative team and moves to 2027, and Kadokawa pairs the teaser with a 5.5 million copy circulation figure for the novels, the scale the adaptation is now carrying.
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Kadokawa showed a new teaser video at KyoMAF on Sunday for the second season of Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian. The season was previously slated to debut this year but was delayed to 2027 to improve quality. Hiroshi Haraguchi directs at Doga Kobo, replacing Ryota Itoh, with Yuka Yamada on series scripts. The novels have 5.5 million copies in circulation worldwide.
The season was previously slated to debut this year, and the delay to 2027 is tied to quality, with the staff framed as the reason. Hiroshi Haraguchi, who directed episode 4 of the first season, moves up to director at Doga Kobo, replacing Ryota Itoh. Yuka Yamada, who wrote episode 6, takes over series scripts, also replacing Itoh. Yuhei Murota returns as character designer and Seong Min Kim is assistant director.
The second season continues from the light novel's fourth volume. The first season ran 12 episodes after a July 2024 debut, and the books sit at 5.5 million copies worldwide including digital.
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