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Alice & Zoroku
Cover of the first manga volume
アリスと蔵六
GenreFantasy, Magical girl[1]
Manga
Written byTetsuya Imai
Published byTokuma Shoten
English publisher
MagazineMonthly Comic Ryū
DemographicSeinen
Original run2012 – present
Volumes7
Anime television series
Directed byKatsushi Sakurabi
Produced byShin Taniguchi
Takahiro Ishiyama
Hirotsugu Ogisu
Hirotaka Kaneko
Masato Yukita
Written byFumihiko Takayama
Music byTo-Mas
StudioJ.C.Staff
Licensed by
Original networkTokyo MX, KBS, SUN, BS11, AT-X
English network
Original run April 2, 2017 – June 25, 2017
Episodes12 (List of episodes)

Alice & Zoroku (アリスと蔵六, Arisu to Zōroku) is a Japanese manga series by Tetsuya Imai. It began serialization from December 2012 in Tokuma Shoten's seinen manga magazine Monthly Comic Ryū. It has been collected in seven tankōbon volumes. The manga won the Japan Media Arts Festival's New Face Award in 2013. An anime television series adaptation by J.C.Staff aired from April to June 2017.

Summary

The existence of humans with supernatural powers is kept a dark secret, hidden from the outside world save a research facility created to understand the principles behind these people, known as 'Dreams of Alice'. The story centers around Sana, an orphan girl belonging to the research facility as an experimental test subject, and nicknamed "Red Queen" due to her immense power despite her youth and childlike demeanour. After a narrow escape from the research facility, she wanders to the city of Shinjuku and meets an old man named Zouroku Kashimura, who kindly takes her in after sympathising with her story. Soon, he adopts her as his granddaughter as they grow close during their time together, be it during dangerous situations when trying to evade the research facility and everyday troubles of Sana growing to know the outside world better.

Characters

Sana Kashimura (樫村 紗名, Kashimura Sana)
Voiced by: Hitomi Ōwada[3] (Japanese); Sarah Wiedenheft[4] (English)
A girl with the ability to teleport and create anything she can imagine, Sana was being studied at a secret research facility until she decided to escape. She eventually crosses paths with Zouroku, who decides to take her in. Sana is also called the Red Queen (赤の女王, Aka no Joō) due to her immense power despite her being only a child.
Zouroku Kashimura (樫村 蔵六, Kashimura Zōroku)
Voiced by: Akio Ōtsuka[3] (Japanese); John Swasey[4] (English)
A rather grumpy old man with a mysterious past. He works as a florist and is Sanae's grandfather. He eventually takes Sana into his home as well.
Sanae Kashimura (樫村 早苗, Kashimura Sanae)
Voiced by: Aki Toyosaki[3] (Japanese); Tia Ballard[4] (English)
Zouroku's granddaughter, Sanae lives under his care due to the death of her parents and became something of an older sister to Sana.
Asahi Hinagiri (雛霧 あさひ, Hinagiri Asahi)
Voiced by: Natsumi Fujiwara[3] (Japanese); Brittney Karbowski[4] (English)
A Dream of Alice and Yonaga's older twin sister. She was friends with Sana in the research facility but now works to take her back. She can materialize any object connected to a chain.
Yonaga Hinagiri (雛霧 よなが, Hinagiri Yonaga)
Voiced by: Akari Kitō[3] (Japanese); Brittany Lauda[4] (English)
A Dream of Alice and Asahi's younger twin sister. She was friends with Sana in the research facility but now works to take her back. She can materialize a bow and arrow.
Shizuku Ichijō (一条 雫, Ichijō Shizuku)
Voiced by: Ami Koshimizu[3] (Japanese); Anastasia Muñoz[4] (English)
Naito's assistant, who also happens to be Dream of Alice. She has access to a storeroom containing 666 different weapons and items (including 13 grimoires) which she can materialize at any time. She is a Naicho agent.
Ryū Naitō (内藤 竜, Naitō Ryū)
Voiced by: Hōchū Ōtsuka[3] (Japanese); Chuck Huber[4] (English)
An old acquaintance of Zouroku who works for the government as a Naicho operative and is interested in seeing whether Dreams of Alice can coexist with humans.
Noriko Yamada (山田 のり子, Yamada Noriko)
Voiced by: Yūki Hirose[3] (Japanese); Madeleine Morris[4] (English)
A tech specialist who works with Naito and Ichijo to track Dreams of Alice.
Miriam C. Tachibana (ミリアム・Ｃ・タチバナ, Miriamu C Tachibana)
Voiced by: Mamiko Noto[3] (Japanese); Colleen Clinkenbeard[4] (English)
Also known as "Minnie C.", Minnie is a former United States Marine Corps second lieutenant and a Dream of Alice. Her husband was killed in action during a tour of Iraq. She voluntarily works with the research facility to retrieve Sana. She can materialize a pair of giant arms that resemble of her husband's. In exchange for shrinking their size, Minnie can increase the number of arms she materializes and can even make them invisible to the naked eye. Her major goal in working with the research facility is to hopefully find a way to bring her husband back from the dead.
Kōichi Kitō (鬼頭 浩一, Kitō Kōichi)
Voiced by: Masaya Matsukaze[3] (Japanese); Christopher Wehkamp[4] (English)
The director of the research facility secretly studying Dreams of Alice.
Cleo (クレオ, Kureo)
Voiced by: Shū Uchida[3] (Japanese); Ryan Reynolds[4] (English)
A Dream of Alice being studied in the research facility who was with Kitō when he and the Hinagari twins were searching for Sana. He is bright and calm. He creates whatever he is able to draw (e.g. Zoroku's car, cardboard robot in the car). He is seen constantly drawing. He does not like Minnie C.
Hatori Shikishima (敷島羽鳥, Shikishima Hatori)
Voiced by: Shū Uchida[3] (Japanese); Felecia Angelle[4] (English)
Hatori Shikishima is an elementary school student with a troubled home life. After failing to get into a prominent school, her mother turns emotionally neglectful towards Hatori and her parents begin to constantly argue, which Hatori blames herself for. Hatori discovers her Dream of Alice can manipulate her environment and her parents to her desires.
Ayumu Miho (美浦 歩, Miho Ayumu)
Voiced by: Minami Takahashi[3] (Japanese); Apphia Yu[4] (English)
Ayumu Miho is Hatori's best friend and classmate and a good athlete in soccer. At first she enjoys Hatori's strange powers and the two play pranks and have fun, but she becomes more concerned about Hatori as her personality begins to change.

Media

Manga

The manga series began serialization from December 2012 in Tokuma Shoten's seinen manga magazine Monthly Comic Ryū. It has been collected in seven tankōbon volumes. The manga won the Japan Media Arts Festival's New Face Award in 2013.[citation needed] The series moved to online-only serialization when Comic Ryū changed formats on June 19, 2018.[5]

Anime

An anime television series adaptation by J.C.Staff aired on April 2, 2017 with an extended 44-minute first episode[6][3] and ended on June 25, 2017. It is directed by Katsushi Sakurabi and written by Fumihiko Takayama, with character designs by Kazunori Iwakura and music by To-Mas Soundsight Fluorescent Forest.[7] It was simulcasted by Crunchyroll[8] and Funimation provided the English dub.[9] The series ran for 12 episodes.[10] The series' opening theme is "Wonder Drive" by Oresama, and the ending theme is "Chant" by Toi Toy Toi.[11]

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References

  1. ^ "Alice & Zouroku". Seven Seas. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
  2. ^ "Animax Asia to Air Alice & Zouroku, This Art Club Has a Problem!". Anime News Network. March 30, 2017. Retrieved April 1, 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Alice & Zouroku Anime's Promo Video Reveals April 2 Premiere". Anime News Network. March 9, 2017. Retrieved March 9, 2017.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Funimation Announces English Dub Casts for The Silver Guardian, Alice & Zoroku Anime". Anime News Network. May 4, 2017. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
  5. ^ Ressler, Karen (May 18, 2018). "Comic Ryū Magazine Moves Online". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
  6. ^ "Alice to Zouroku Manga About Girl With Mysterious Power Gets TV Anime". Anime News Network. November 8, 2016. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
  7. ^ "Alice & Zouroku Anime's Videos Reveal Cast, Staff, April Premiere". Anime News Network. February 8, 2017. Retrieved April 2, 2017.
  8. ^ "Crunchyroll Streams Alice & Zoroku, The World Yamizukan, World Fool News Part II Anime". Anime News Network. April 2, 2017. Retrieved April 2, 2017.
  9. ^ "Funimation to Dub Akashic Records, Clockwork Planet, Silver Guardian, Alice & Zoroku Anime". Anime News Network. April 12, 2017. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
  10. ^ "BD/DVD".
  11. ^ "Alice & Zouroku Anime's Promo Video Reveals April 2 Premiere". Anime News Network. March 9, 2017. Retrieved April 25, 2017.
  12. ^ アリスと蔵六 - TOKYO MX (in Japanese). Tokyo MX. Retrieved April 2, 2017.
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