Gakuen Alice | |
![]() The cover of the first volume of Gakuen Alice as published by Hakusensha featuring Sakura Mikan | |
学園アリス (Gakuen Arisu) | |
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Genre | Supernatural comedy |
Manga | |
Written by | Tachibana Higuchi |
Published by | Hakusensha |
English publisher | |
Magazine | Hana to Yume |
Demographic | Shōjo |
Original run | 19 February 2003 – 20 June 2013 |
Volumes | 31 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Takahiro Omori |
Produced by |
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Written by | Masashi Yokoyama |
Music by | Makoto Yoshimori |
Studio | Group TAC |
Licensed by | |
Original network | NHK BS-2 |
Original run | 30 October 2004 – 14 May 2005 |
Episodes | 26 |
Video game | |
Gakuen Alice ~Doki Doki Fushigi Taiken~ | |
Developer | Kids Station |
Publisher | Kids Station |
Genre | Adventure |
Platform | Game Boy Advance |
Released | November 18, 2004 |
Video game | |
Gakuen Alice ~Kira Kira Memory Kiss~ | |
Developer | Kids Station |
Publisher | Kids Station |
Genre | Adventure |
Platform | PlayStation 2 |
Released | February 10, 2006 |
Video game | |
Gakuen Alice: Waku Waku Happy Friends | |
Developer | Kids Station |
Publisher | Kids Station |
Genre | Adventure |
Platform | Nintendo DS |
Released | April 19, 2007 |
Gakuen Alice (Japanese: 学園アリス, Hepburn: Gakuen Arisu), also known as Alice Academy or Alice School, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tachibana Higuchi, serialized in the shōjo manga magazine Hana to Yume from issue 19 of 2002 to issue 14 of 2013. It was adapted into an anime series produced by Aniplex and Group TAC which originally premiered on NHK BS-2. It spanned twenty-six episodes that aired between October 30, 2004 and May 14, 2005. The anime was translated and dubbed into English by the anime television network Animax and broadcast on networks throughout Asia. At Anime Expo 2008, The Right Stuf International announced that its Nozomi Entertainment division had licensed Gakuen Alice for the North American market.
In 2015, a spin-off called Kageki no Kuni no Alice (歌劇の国のアリス), was started. It takes place a few months from the end of Gakuen Alice, and features a new set of characters. The plot follows Andou Hikari, who is searching for her brother, who was taken away when she was a child due to his having an Alice. She eventually takes advantage of a one in a lifetime opportunity, for normal people to join an Alice music academy, hoping to find her brother. Since its release, Gakuen Alice has gained cult hit status and is considered by critics to be one of the best in the shojou and magical girl genre.[1][2]