Maaya Sakamoto Joins Haikara-san ga Tooru Anime Film 2nd Part as Russian Countess Lalissa
Highly-anticipated "Big Romance in Tokyo" will open in Japan on October 19, 2018

The official website for the two-part all-new anime feature film based on Waki Yamato's classic shoujo manga Haikara-san ga Tooru (Here Comes Miss Modern) announced today that 38-year-old voice actress/singer Maaya Sakamoto plays Lalissa, a new character who appears in its second part "Tokyo Dai Roman" (Big Romance in Tokyo).
Lalissa is the wife of Sasha Mikhaylov, a Russian count who has lived in exile in Japan. The count is exactly like Shinobu Ijuin, the protagonist Benio's fiancé who has been missing in action.
Lalissa and Sasha
【追加キャスト情報解禁】
— 劇場アニメ『はいからさんが通る』公式 (@haikara_anime) 2018年7月13日
「後編 〜花の東京大ロマン〜」より登場する、日本へ亡命してきた少尉そっくりの旧ロシア貴族、サーシャ・ミハイロフ侯爵の夫人 "ラリサ" 役に、
坂本真綾さん
が、決定いたしました!!!
詳細⇒https://t.co/d8c2tjEBN8 #はいから #坂本真綾 pic.twitter.com/uLfRg9gsW1
Maaya Sakamoto:
"She has held an important secret by herself, which she cannot reveal to anyone. Lalissa is totally
opposite from Benio, who has a free mind. I first thought she played a role disliked by all audience
in the story..., but after reading the script, I realize she is neither a bad person or mean, she just
tries to live her life as much as she can."
【追加キャスト情報解禁】
— 劇場アニメ『はいからさんが通る』公式 (@haikara_anime) 2018年7月13日
坂本さんはラリサについて、
「だれにも言えない重大な秘密をひとりで抱えています。」
とコメント。
消息不明となった少尉と瓜二つなサーシャ。ラリサが隠している秘密とは?
後編は10月19日(金)公開予定です。
詳細⇒https://t.co/d8c2tjEBN8 #はいから #坂本真綾 pic.twitter.com/052VU2ckvn
The second part "Tokyo Dai Roman" (Big Romance in Tokyo) is set to be released in Japan on October 18,
2018. It will animate until the last chapter of the manga, which didn't cover in the TV anime in the late 1970s.
You can check some scenes from the second part in the web CM for the first part's DVD/Bly-ray.
Key visual for the second part
【後編KV&主題歌情報解禁!!】
— 劇場アニメ『はいからさんが通る』公式 (@haikara_anime) 2018年5月29日
これは最初の恋。
そして、最後の恋。
後編主題歌は #竹内まりや さん作詞・作曲による、早見沙織5枚目のNEWシングル『新しい朝』(ヨミ:あたらしいあした)に決定いたしました!!#はいから#早見沙織 #宮野真守 #櫻井孝宏#中井和哉 #梶裕貴 #瀬戸麻沙美 pic.twitter.com/hh1cw7eUNu
The first part "Benio, Hana no Junana-sai" (Benio, Radiant 17 Years Old) was released in Japan on November
11, 2017, then in the United States and Canada in Japanese audio with English subtitles on June 8, 2018,
under the title Haikara-San: Here Comes Miss Modern Part One.
Source: "Haikara-san ga Tooru" anime film official website
© Waki Yamato, Kodansha/Movie "Haikara-san ga Tooru" Production Committee
© Waki Yamato/Kodansha