Gakuen Alice
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The cover of the first volume of Gakuen Alice as published by Hakusensha featuring Sakura Mikan
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学園アリス (Gakuen Arisu) |
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| Genre | Comedy, Supernatural, Romance, Drama |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Higuchi Tachibana |
| Published by | Hakusensha |
| English publisher | |
| Demographic | Shōjo |
| Magazine | Hana to Yume |
| Original run | 19 February 2003 – 20 June 2013 |
| Volumes | 31 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Takahiro Omori |
| Music by | Makoto Yoshimori |
| Studio | Group TAC, Aniplex |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | NHK BS-2 |
| Original run | 30 October 2004 – 14 May 2005 |
| Episodes | 26 |
| Game | |
| Gakuen Alice ~Doki Doki Fushigi Taiken~ | |
| Developer | Kids Station |
| Publisher | Kids Station |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Platform | Game Boy Advance |
| Released | November 18, 2004 |
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| Gakuen Alice ~Kira Kira Memory Kiss~ | |
| Developer | Kids Station |
| Publisher | Kids Station |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Platform | PlayStation 2 |
| Released | February 10, 2006 |
| 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, was serialized in the shōjo manga magazine Hana to Yume. 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, 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.
Mikan Sakura grew up with her grandfather in the Japanese countryside. When her best friend, Hotaru, transfers to a prestigious school in Tokyo, Mikan follows her. The school is actually an elite Academy for gifted people with "Alices," an ability that is unique depending on the individual being. Once Mikan arrives at the gates of the school, she encounters an Alice teacher named Narumi, gets enrolled due to a series of events, and is told that she possesses a rare Alice. Despite her initial view of the so-called greatness to the school, Mikan slowly discovers that beneath the grand facade of the Academy, there is a never-ending stream of lies and buried secrets. The school's increasingly manipulative and sinister actions towards her make it a dangerous place to be. Little does Mikan know that her enrollment in Alice Academy set the gears in motion to an even greater tragedy. As she discovers the reality of the "Alices", she also unfolds her heritage and how it is connected to the academy. As the mystery of the academy draws her into an endless pit of misery and series of trials to survive, she also discovers the how the strength of friendship is important to her and guides her to her destiny.
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