Allison (light novels)

Allison
Allison light novel volume 1.
アリソン (Arison)
Genre	Adventure
Light novel
Written by	Keiichi Sigsawa
Illustrated by	Kouhaku Kuroboshi
Published by	MediaWorks
Demographic	Male
Imprint	Dengeki Bunko
Original run	March 10, 2002 – May 10, 2004
Volumes	4
Game
Developer	MediaWorks
Publisher	MediaWorks
Genre	Sound novel
Platform	Nintendo DS
Released	December 7, 2006
Manga
Written by	Keiichi Sigsawa
Illustrated by	Hiroki Haruse
Published by	ASCII Media Works
Demographic	Shōnen
Magazine	Dengeki Comic Gao! (former) Dengeki Daioh
Original run	July 27, 2007 – December 27, 2008
Volumes	2
Other
Lillia and Treize (second novel series) Meg and Seron (third novel series) Allison & Lillia (anime)

Allison (アリソン, Arison^?) is a Japanese light novel series by Keiichi Sigsawa, with illustrations by Kouhaku Kuroboshi. There are three Allison novels, with the third split into two volumes, published by MediaWorks under their Dengeki Bunko label. The first novel was released on March 10, 2002, and the last novel was published on May 10, 2004. There is a follow-up series of light novels called Lillia and Treize which were released between March 2005 and April 2007. There is also an Allison sound novel for the Nintendo DS which was released on December 7, 2006. A manga adaptation by Hiroki Haruse started serialization in the shōnen manga magazine Dengeki Comic Gao! on July 27, 2007, also published by MediaWorks. The manga ended serialization in Dengeki Comic Gao! on January 27, 2008, but continued serialization in MediaWorks' seinen manga magazine Dengeki Daioh on March 21, 2008. An anime adaptation based on both the Allison and Lillia and Treize novels, known as Allison & Lillia, aired between April and October 2008.

Allison is an adventure series set in a world containing one continent (extending roughly from the Equator to 60 degrees North latitude) which is divided down the center by a towering mountain range and a huge river. The industry and technology of the world are roughly equivalent to Europe in the 1930s. Due to the geography, two cultures developed on either side of the divide, and at the time the story begins, the cultures have been at war on and off for hundreds of years. The bloodiest conflict yet began thirty-five years before the start of the story; both sides are so exhausted by the conflict that an uneasy armistice is signed after some five years of fighting. Aside from a brief conflict over the jurisdiction of the river, resulting in the formation of a buffer zone on either side, this peace has largely been unbroken. The east side of the world is known as Roxche (ロクシェ, Rokushe^?), though formally the region's name is the Roxcheanuk Confederation. The entire region comprises sixteen countries which all speak a common language. The west side is known as Sou Beil (スー･ベー･イル, Sū Bē Iru^?), though formally the region's name is the Allied Kingdoms of Bezel Iltoa. The region comprises the two kingdoms of Bezel and Iltoa which both serve to bring together a small number of countries under a common language different than that of the eastern region. There are far more blond-haired people in the West than the East.