Introduction
Mikan Sakura is a normal 10-year-old girl. Optimistic, energetic, and overall a very sweet child, Mikan is the complete opposite of the aloof, intelligent, and somewhat cold-hearted, Hotaru Imai. Despite their glaring differences, the two girls have been best friends for a very long time. So when Hotaru suddenly transfers to Alice Academy, a prestigious school in the city, her best friend is devastated—especially when she hears of the horrible rumors regarding the academy's harsh treatment of students. Beset with worry, Mikan runs away to see her best friend!
Upon her arrival, Mikan learns of "Alices," individuals gifted with various supernatural abilities, and that the school is an institution built by the government to train and protect them. Discovering that she has her own unique powers, Mikan enrolls in the academy, and, after a lot of trouble, finally reunites with Hotaru.
Gakuen Alice is a heartwarming comedy that follows Mikan and her friends' adventures in the academy, as well as their attempt to uncover the mysteries surrounding the problematic, fire-wielding student Natsume Hyuuga.
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Audience reviews
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OtakuSenpaiiiii
I have seen a lot of school anime in my life time and I don't think most of them come close to being as good as Gakuen Alice
A total of 5 things make Gakuen Alice stand out above the rest
Handling A large cast of characters
Most super power school anime struggle with the characterization of many characters, there's two major reasons why; when the writers make template for these characters they get attached to their characters and when tasked with writing those characters into the story, they fail to convey the character's personality properly because they've already do it in their heads, the second thing is dividing attention between the large cast. depending on the type of story you want to tell how you divide the attention is important, In romance anime, the focus is split between 2 m…
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Story: Throughout the anime there isn’t really much of a story since it's mostly different events happening in each episode. But there are some episodes that are 2-3 episodes of story. Those stories I find are really important to future character development.
Art: As expected of an anime that was made in the early 2000s, the art design was so so. All the characters no matter how old they were or whether they were male or female, they all had large eyes. You really can’t blame the animators because of the lack of technology at the time. Otherwise the art design is that at the point where you can’t stand it.
Sound: The music that is played matched perfectly with each scene. Since Gakuen Alice is pretty much a slice of life, it’s best to play music that isn’t dramatic but at the same time n…
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This review is coming from someone who has read nearly all the manga and watched the anime.
I DO RECOMMEND READING THE MANGA AFTER WATCHING THE ANIME AS IT GIVES SO MUCH MORE DEPTH TO THE STORY. THIS IS NOT TO SAY THAT THE ANIME AS A STANDALONE SERIES IS NOT GOOD.
Story: 6/10
In relativity to the manga the story within the anime definitely isn't good. However, even as its own unit, the story of the Gakuen Alice anime isn't that good either. It has a storyline; it's not like a monster of the day story that has no character development ever, but it does have a lot of meaningless parts of the show (that aren't anime-original). I think it's mostly due to the fact that the anime was short and wasn't able to get into the really gritty stuff that it lacks so much of the story component.
Art: 7/…
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i Love watching anime. everytime i finish watching 1 complete series of anime, i will search for a new 1. I probably have seen over thousand anime. and its kinda hard to find really interesting 1.
I believe this anime is a HIDDEN gem. LOL. The storyline pretty Interesting. it takes me 3 episode to fall in love with this "Alice Academy". i love the face mimic(art) of main Character (Mikan Sakura) and i found its funny, silly,adorable and cute.
My first impression for tis anime actually is not tat good cos tis anime label as pg13 which mean its for kids. But the storyline really surprise me cos its much better than most of adult-like anime outside there.
As a conlusion,This is
Really Awesome anime tat you should not miss watching until the last episode.=)
Read at the sourceaiYuki
*NO SPOILERS*
Gakuen Alice, or Alice Academy is an anime that was adapted from the same name manga. But in this review I will only concentrate on the anime with just a few digressions on the manga that will help me complete my review.
1.) STORY (6/10)
I don't want to include the story summarie here because there is already a synopisi written up there. But all in all, if you watch this anime, the story is going to be interesting and easy to follow. It's a typical "going to a school were everybody has magic powers" story and "being the special girl in school, that is somehow connect to everything" story. The only problem here is that it was poorly done and badly brought to us. The real and whole story of this anime that was adapted from the manga is actually great, but the anime had to lit…
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I Laughed, Cried, Wanted something (or someone) to Hug, And episode after episode, i could not wait until i saw the next.
Gakuen Alice is true-ly a masterpiece.
Some people drop the anime because of it's childish element. But let me say this once, IT. IS. NOT. CHILDISH. There are so many dark moments in this anime, that will honestly tear you to pieces and make you cry. If you have a heart that is, and I am pretty strong when it comes to that stuff, but this anime broke that barrier. On-wards to the Review!
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Story: 10/10
Honestly, what goes on in the first TWO episodes will probably make people drop this anime, but if you get past that...you'll love this anime. It has really dark spots in the anime, and really isn't meant towards the 'shoujo' group. It's towards everyone so if you're a…
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"Alice" is ability. People who have "alice" are gathered in Gakuen Alice for...various purpose. (I will not go into that, please enjoy the story)
After finishing both the manga and anime of GA, here is my review.
Gakuen Alice(GA) is a school themed comedic shoujo manga/anime. I'm not sure why it is not given the "mystery" genre but whatever. The cover of the anime and the name might fool you thinking that the story will be childish but in reality it isn't. The story is more interesting and...complicated than you can imagine. The characters are interesting with different alices/abilities. The characters are not over 9000 or I might say their abilities are quite weak. This makes the story very funny.
The anime version GA actually skipped quite alot of the darker part of the story and al…
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(6) Story- It wasn't all that good. I expected it to be better but there wasn't any romance which was quiet disappointing.In the manga it was much better so I do think that they should have put the romance in the anime too, that way they would get more viewers.
(7) Art- Art was pretty good
(6) Sound- no comment
(8) Character- I really liked the characters especially Hotaru. She was my favourite! The "cool" type. Mikan was great too, just that clumsy and stupid part of her annoyed me. Out of the male characters I really liked tsubasa. He seemed pretty cool.
(5) Enjoyment- I kinda enjoyed it but again, they really needed to put romance in the story T_T
(7) Overall- The manga was better ...
~Blue T.T (bad mood today T_T)
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Just a short review. I actually watched GA ages ago but since it's such a great anime i thought i'd encourage more people to watch it.
It honestly is a great anime. It's definitely up there in my anime list. The art, sure it isn't the best. It may even look childish to some but to be honest, it doesn't matter how old you are, you're still going to enjoy this anime. It has a light, humorous feeling to it that can reallybrighten up your day. The character development is magnificent! I love the characters so much ~ i actually think that out of all the animes i've watched, GA characters are some who have, how to say, made me entertained the most. I've always remembered them - they are so unique! There wasn't much of a plot in my opinion but the character development made up for it. Also, if y…
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gakuen Alice is, on my view is all about mikan sakura who went to Alice academy in order to reunite with her best friend hotaru. but instead on just seeing her, she ended up transferring as well, and encountered so many student, she then discovered Alice academy was not any ordinary school.ALICE ACADEMY is an institute gathering students with an unusual ability! after that she's now discovering how her ability of nullification can be helpful with others.
on the other side, she became friend with natsume, who is really not sociable with other students....except with his bestfriend, ruka. a youthful blossoming of love can be seen in this anime!! and surely can be enjoyed with everyone^_^
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I remember being 11 and being madly in love with Gakuen Alice. Recently reminiscing about that love I decided to re-watch the series.
Oh how the love is lost. Don't get me wrong, it was a charming series. But art is a huge factor
for me when I watch anime, and GA's art was a big disappointment. It all looked so... lazily done.
The ending wasn't very enjoyable either. The journey there wasn't too bad of a ride though.
This is definitely one of those cases where, in my opinion, the manga is a lot better than the
anime.
A lot.
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i really like this anime first of all the anime that i liked...the story of Mikan and Natsume are so great that i could even die in the romance...i wish there is a season 2 in this anime i know it will be really popular if higuchi-sama will make a season 2...
i like this since i was 9 years old....the day that i watched this in the tv in abs-cbn....the ending of Gakuen in manga is getting closer i cant wait to see it i wish Natsume wont die...im really looking forward to this anime....wish that Mikan and Natsume will leave happily ever after....number one anime of all...wish that the author will amke a season 2 in this anime it will trully be popular if the author will make a seson 2...anyway....
Mikan Sakura is an orphan who lives in the country side of Japan. When her best friend, Hot…
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I've just watched finish Gakuen Alice ; I wasn't keen on watching it at first since I thought it's all kid-like looking and not really my type...but I watched it anyways and boy, am I impressed!
A lot of people prefer the manga better than the anime saying the story is more deep and there are more kissing scenes and what not - but honestly, I am pretty glad they decided to end it that way with less dark and deep scenes because hey, i'm sure there are still lots of 10 year olds that watch these movies and it would be pretty cruel to show them how evil the real story is, right?
I STILL hope for a season 2 though =(
Anyways, the story, I LOVED THE STORY. Although, it ain't anything new or spectacular, it's still interesting! I do wish for to have an alice of my own =( Looking at those alic…
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Story - 8: I really thoroughly enjoyed the story of this anime. The plot really "takes you back" to a time when you truly loved your best friend. (Not in any weird, ecchi sort of way. You just loved them and desired to always be near them.) Everyone has that friend that moves away, but most of them don't have super-power-like abilities. In fact, I don't really think any of them do... but that's besides the point. This fantasy/realistic work is quite amazing, especially if you continue it with the manga. (It gets even better!) The love between Mikan and Hotoru is simply fantastic, and it brings tears to your eyes. Once must first allow themselves to get out of their own head and accept this is a child's anime. However, not-so childish themes are involved. It's something for everybody. Reall…
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This is one of my favorite animes. I felt I had to write a review because if I can convince at least one person to watch this anime I will be thrilled.
I'm not going to go into the story line because it's absolutely ridiculous to do that in a REVIEW. You can read about the story line anywhere, a review is supposed to be YOUR OPINION of something.
I loved this anime because of it's absolutely hilarious main character and story line. The characters are so original and very easy to fall in love with. The art is very well done. The music I love!! The opening theme is always stuck in my head and sometimes I watch an episode just to listen to it. Yeah, it's that catchy.
Overall, this is such a fun anime to watch. I've watched it twice, which I usually never do. It's no award winning masterpi…
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Gakuen Alice has an interesting premise and a charming first episode which lulls you into the belief that you are in for a special treat. Cute characters, slapstick comedy, magic, and elementary kids give you a distinct Harry Potterish feel. However in the end though that special treat ends up tasting like it was dropped in the mud.
As I mentioned the premise is interesting though quite farfetched. There are plenty of familiar themes and if you have watched school comedies (really who hasn’t practically all of them take place in school) there won’t be anything all that groundbreaking. The story overall has some inconsistencies and major annoyances and flaws that make it when taken in its entirety not very good. Despite its cutesy look and comedy, Gakuen Alice does deal with some serious t…
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This anime is amazing! It was the anime that brought back my hobbies on watching anime. I've seen these anime aired on ABS-CBN (Philippines). I got to watch it due to it's interesting trailer.
Upon watching Alice academy, It always made me cracked out of laughter and sometimes *kilig* (I don't know the English term for that). Back then, It became my favorite anime, I waited for it everyday and as time went along, I grew to like it even more!
So mush for that, I really wish that they will make a second sequel on the Anime.
That would attract more otakus out there ^^
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This is one of my favorite Animes. I believe that the storyline in itself is wonderful and the all the dramatic twists and comedy in the show make it even more interesting.
The enjoyment starts right at the beginning when the catchy theme song starts and the cut artwork starts to appear. Before you know it you'll be singing along! Once the episode starts you will automatically be stuck to the T.V. and laugh at all the bits of humor inside. However, there is some really good drama in it which just adds to why you can't wait to see the next episode.
Watching all the students use their Alices is really enjoyable and adds a magical touch to it. However, besides from that there is no really other magic things and there's not to much fantasy so it is quite down to earth apart from the Alices.…
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This anime was recommended to me a while back but I didn't get the chance to watch it until now, and I'm sure glad I remembered to! Before watching it, I thought it would just be a normal school anime, the last thing I was expecting was the twist added by the characters' "Alices", which are like superpowers.
I didn't have trouble enjoying this anime; it's fun and entertaining right off the bat. I was especially charmed by Natsume's character, but was a little disappointed that more wasn't explained about his background and current "situation". I'm sure the manga does a better job, so there's always that to look forward to.
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Ah, Gakuen Alice. Rumours of liscensing, slow fansubs, and various other series distracted me from watching it for quite some time. However, promises of hyperactive shoujo fun kept me wanting to watch it, and indeed I did. Unfortunately, the show did not quite live up to my expectations.
The storyline is at first very intriguing. A young girl named Mikan tracks down her best friend in her new boarding school, only to find out that the school is made for students with alices, special powers that range from classic (levitaion) to bizarre (rapid hair growth). Not only that, but she herself has an alice and soon enters the school. The rest of the series deals mainly with Mikan trying to find her place in her new enviornment, making friends, and generally having wacky elementary school hijinks…
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