Fushigi no Kuni no Alice (ふしぎの国のアリス, Fushigi no Kuni no Arisu) is an anime adaptation of the 1865 novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland which ran on the TV Tokyo network and other local stations across Japan from October 10, 1983 to March 26, 1984. The series was a Japanese-German co-production between Nippon Animation, TV Tokyo and Apollo Films. The series consists of 52 episodes, however, only 26 made it to the US.
In the English language, this series is generally overshadowed by the success of Disney's 1951 feature film version of the story; however, the anime series was quite popular in various European countries, in Israel, in the Philippines, in Latin America, in Iran, and in the Arabic-speaking world. The series was also dubbed into Hindi by the national film development board of India and telecast on Doordarshan in the early 1990s.
A young girl named Alice follows a White Rabbit into a hole, only to find herself in Wonderland, where she meets many interesting characters, including the mysterious Cheshire Cat and the terrible Queen of Hearts.
The beginning of the series adheres more closely to the original novel, whereas later episodes adapt the sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Through the Looking-Glass, starting with episode 18.
One departure from the books is that Alice returns to the real world at the end of each episode, and goes back to Wonderland at the beginning of the next episode. These transitions between the two worlds are depicted as dream-like, and it usually takes Alice a moment to notice her surroundings have changed.
Music
The series uses two pieces of theme music for the original Japanese version. The Japanese opening song is called "Yumemiru Wonderland (夢みるワンダーランド Dreaming Wonderland)", and the Japanese ending song is called "NAZO NAZO yume no kuni (ナゾナゾ夢の国 Mysterious Dreamland)", both sung by the Japanese vocalist Tarako (also the voice actress for Alice).
Disco-style theme music used in European dubs is composed by Christian Bruhn, originally with German lyrics, "Alice im Wunderland".
Episodes
Alice in Wonderland
Alice's Family
Down the Rabbit Hole
The Pool of Tears
The Caucus Race
The White Rabbit's House (Big Alice)
Humpty Dumpty
The Big Puppy
The Forest of No Name
The Crows
Advice from a Caterpillar
Looking for the Eggs
Pig and Pepper
Tweedledee and Tweedledum
The Lion and the Unicorn
The Croquet Party
Cheshire Cat
The Oysters
The Lobster Quadrille
The Mad Tea Party
Circus Land
The Trial
The Weeping Mockturtle
The Foot Tax
Runaway Benny
The Secret of Greenland
Through the Looking-Glass
Alice in the Mirror
The Queen's Picnic
Bird's of a Feather (The Shy Duck)
Washing Day
Wool and Water
Alice and the Dawson Twins
The White Rabbit Leaves Wonderland
The Strange Trainride
The Corkscrew Mouse
The Weathermakers
The Giant Kangaroo
The Balloon Ride
Cloudland
An Unpleasant Guest
The Little Flute Player
The Honey Elephants
Little Bill in Love
The Pearl of Wisdom
The Fixit Pixie
The Family Portrait
The Magic Potion
Octopus (The Vanished Light Fairy)
All Things Nice (Many Colored Candles)
The Non-Birthday
Monkey Business (The Chimpanzee's Child)
The Knight's Battle
Queen Alice
Characters
Alice (アリス Arisu) voiced by TARAKO & Aya Beher (Tagalog GMA): In contrast to her novel counterpart, she is depicted with red hair instead of blonde, a hat, and a red and white short neck top dress similar in design to her Disney counterpart's blue and white dress. She appears younger due to her anime design (as this is the same case with Dorothy's anime depiction in the anime adaptation of the Wizard of Oz)
Benny Bunny (ベニー) voice by Masako Nozawa: Alice's rabbit companion in her adventures throughout Wonderland. Found when Alice buys a magic hat in an old shop, Benny turns out to be the nephew of the White Rabbit, so he gets along fairly well with most of the Wonderlanders. He is always uncomfortable whenever they have to go to the Jabberwocky though, as the dragon is set on making rabbit stew out of him. He is also the only character in the series not originating from Lewis Caroll's stories.
The White Rabbit: Benny's jittery uncle and one of the Queen of Hearts' associates. He has white fur as his name implies, and often worries about being late for his duties.
The Cheshire Cat (チェシャキャット Cheshire) voice by Issei Futamata: A striped cat with the power to vanish himself and others. In most versions, the Cheshire Cat is portrayed as a smart aleck. In here, he's a bit of a bumbler.
The Queen of Hearts (ハートの女王) : The usual instigator of the current adventure's problem, the Queen shares the same Rubenesque figure of her Disney counterpart. She wears a yellow dress and has a sloping, pointed nose, a contrast to her counterpart's flat face and red and black gown. Another difference that separates her from most other depictions of the character is that she is the most human out of all of them; she can be reasoned with, and while she does threaten with beheadings, she usually only sends offenders to the dungeon for a few days.
The King of Hearts: The Queen of Hearts' pushover husband and a good friend of Humpty Dumpty.
The Jabberwocky: A moody giant dragon living in a castle, beyond the forest. A loner of sorts, he doesn't like visitors that much and usually keeps to himself. Now and then he seems vaguely bent on cooking Alice's rabbit companion Benny Bunny. But he is in the end more grumpy than dangerous, and seems good-natured all in all. Sometimes ends up helping Alice with her troubles. It is possibly hinted at in "The Little Flute Player" that he may have had a lover in the past.
The Caterpillar (キャタピラ): Ostensibly the wisest out of all of the Wonderlanders, the Caterpillar can also be considered the sanest or most normal real-world-wise. Usually found in an area filled with mushrooms, the Caterpillar smokes from his hooka while listening to the different woes of the Wonderlanders. Alice usually comes to him for advice, which has developed into the two of them having a close friendship.
White King and White Queen: The other monarchy in Wonderland, while the White King likes to take a snooze, his wife is fixated on playing croquet.
Duchess: Rarely seen without The Cook, she has a piglet as a child whom gets casually thrown about.
Walrus: A devoted friend of The Carpenter, he is rarely seen without him and was introduced at first as a villain.
Humpty Dumpty voice by Shōzō Iizuka : An irritable living egg who often seen walking on a wall and refuses to believe that he is an egg. Though he would wobble on the wall sometimes, he's often fortunate not to fall and shatter.
Mad Hatter: The hatted man who's fond of putting up tea parties.
March Hare: The Mad Hatter's closest companion at the tea party.
Dormouse: Another tea party attendee. The Dormouse is often asleep and therefore aloof. Although he receives a lot accidental abuse from other characters, he never complains. He also seemingly does not do anything besides dozing, although he is seen playing cymbals on one occasion.
Dodo: An elderly, eccentric Dodo who has shown to have dabbled in magic, he was among the characters whom Alice met while participating in the Caucus Race.
Mock Turtle: A sensitive Wonderlander that doesn't take much to get him upset. He is usually seen without the Gryphon unlike in the book.
The Lion and the Unicorn: Two animals who used to fight like in their nursery rhyme at first, but then became friends. They are rarely seen in the show. The Lion is a bit of a coward like his counterpart in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and the Unicorn can screw his horn back on when it comes off.
Ceria voice by: Kumiko Mizukura and Aya Beher (Tagalog GMA): She is the Sister of Alice making arguing & quarrelling, she is depicted ponytail brown hair instead of blue tank top skirt with ribbon and yellow collar short sleeves dress with knee tight white bloomers, white cream stocking and black maryjane shoes. (but still unaccredited she not part of Liddell sister's).
Mother or Lorina Hannah Liddell voice by Yoshiko Matsuo: she is Alice's mother.
Father or Henry George Liddell voice by Akio Nojima he is Alice's father.
UK VHS releases
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (VC1176): Released: October 1, 1990.
Episodes: Alice's Family, Down the Rabbit Hole.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: Vol. 2 (VC1188): Released: October 1, 1990.
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Fushigi no Kuni no Alice ふしぎの国のアリス Fushigi no Kuni no Arisu is an anime adaptation of the 1865 novel Alice s Adventures in Wonderland which ran on the TV Tokyo network and other local stations across Japan from October 10 1983 to March 26 1984 The series was a Japanese German co production between Nippon Animation TV Tokyo and Apollo Films The series consists of 52 episodes however only 26 made it to the US Fushigi no Kuni no Aliceふしぎの国のアリス Fushigi no Kuni no Arisu GenreFantasy adventure isekaiAnime television seriesDirected byShigeo KoshiTaku SugiyamaProduced byShigeo EndoWritten byMarty Murphy English Version Music byReijirō KorokuChristian Bruhn English Version StudioNippon AnimationOriginal networkTV TokyoOriginal runOctober 10 1983 March 26 1984Episodes52In the English language this series is generally overshadowed by the success of Disney s 1951 feature film version of the story however the anime series was quite popular in various European countries in Israel in the Philippines in Latin America in Iran and in the Arabic speaking world The series was also dubbed into Hindi by the national film development board of India and telecast on Doordarshan in the early 1990s Contents 1 Overview 2 Music 3 Episodes 3 1 Alice in Wonderland 3 2 Through the Looking Glass 4 Characters 5 UK VHS releases 6 External linksOverview EditA young girl named Alice follows a White Rabbit into a hole only to find herself in Wonderland where she meets many interesting characters including the mysterious Cheshire Cat and the terrible Queen of Hearts The beginning of the series adheres more closely to the original novel whereas later episodes adapt the sequel to Alice s Adventures in Wonderland Through the Looking Glass starting with episode 18 One departure from the books is that Alice returns to the real world at the end of each episode and goes back to Wonderland at the beginning of the next episode These transitions between the two worlds are depicted as dream like and it usually takes Alice a moment to notice her surroundings have changed Music EditThe series uses two pieces of theme music for the original Japanese version The Japanese opening song is called Yumemiru Wonderland 夢みるワンダーランド Dreaming Wonderland and the Japanese ending song is called NAZO NAZO yume no kuni ナゾナゾ夢の国 Mysterious Dreamland both sung by the Japanese vocalist Tarako also the voice actress for Alice Disco style theme music used in European dubs is composed by Christian Bruhn originally with German lyrics Alice im Wunderland Episodes EditAlice in Wonderland Edit Alice s Family Down the Rabbit Hole The Pool of Tears The Caucus Race The White Rabbit s House Big Alice Humpty Dumpty The Big Puppy The Forest of No Name The Crows Advice from a Caterpillar Looking for the Eggs Pig and Pepper Tweedledee and Tweedledum The Lion and the Unicorn The Croquet Party Cheshire Cat The Oysters The Lobster Quadrille The Mad Tea Party Circus Land The Trial The Weeping Mockturtle The Foot Tax Runaway Benny The Secret of Greenland Through the Looking Glass Edit Alice in the Mirror The Queen s Picnic Bird s of a Feather The Shy Duck Washing Day Wool and Water Alice and the Dawson Twins The White Rabbit Leaves Wonderland The Strange Trainride The Corkscrew Mouse The Weathermakers The Giant Kangaroo The Balloon Ride Cloudland An Unpleasant Guest The Little Flute Player The Honey Elephants Little Bill in Love The Pearl of Wisdom The Fixit Pixie The Family Portrait The Magic Potion Octopus The Vanished Light Fairy All Things Nice Many Colored Candles The Non Birthday Monkey Business The Chimpanzee s Child The Knight s Battle Queen AliceCharacters EditAlice アリス Arisu voiced by TARAKO amp Aya Beher Tagalog GMA In contrast to her novel counterpart she is depicted with red hair instead of blonde a hat and a red and white short neck top dress similar in design to her Disney counterpart s blue and white dress She appears younger due to her anime design as this is the same case with Dorothy s anime depiction in the anime adaptation of the Wizard of Oz Benny Bunny ベニー voice by Masako Nozawa Alice s rabbit companion in her adventures throughout Wonderland Found when Alice buys a magic hat in an old shop Benny turns out to be the nephew of the White Rabbit so he gets along fairly well with most of the Wonderlanders He is always uncomfortable whenever they have to go to the Jabberwocky though as the dragon is set on making rabbit stew out of him He is also the only character in the series not originating from Lewis Caroll s stories The White Rabbit Benny s jittery uncle and one of the Queen of Hearts associates He has white fur as his name implies and often worries about being late for his duties The Cheshire Cat チェシャキャット Cheshire voice by Issei Futamata A striped cat with the power to vanish himself and others In most versions the Cheshire Cat is portrayed as a smart aleck In here he s a bit of a bumbler The Queen of Hearts ハートの女王 The usual instigator of the current adventure s problem the Queen shares the same Rubenesque figure of her Disney counterpart She wears a yellow dress and has a sloping pointed nose a contrast to her counterpart s flat face and red and black gown Another difference that separates her from most other depictions of the character is that she is the most human out of all of them she can be reasoned with and while she does threaten with beheadings she usually only sends offenders to the dungeon for a few days The King of Hearts The Queen of Hearts pushover husband and a good friend of Humpty Dumpty The Jabberwocky A moody giant dragon living in a castle beyond the forest A loner of sorts he doesn t like visitors that much and usually keeps to himself Now and then he seems vaguely bent on cooking Alice s rabbit companion Benny Bunny But he is in the end more grumpy than dangerous and seems good natured all in all Sometimes ends up helping Alice with her troubles It is possibly hinted at in The Little Flute Player that he may have had a lover in the past The Caterpillar キャタピラ Ostensibly the wisest out of all of the Wonderlanders the Caterpillar can also be considered the sanest or most normal real world wise Usually found in an area filled with mushrooms the Caterpillar smokes from his hooka while listening to the different woes of the Wonderlanders Alice usually comes to him for advice which has developed into the two of them having a close friendship White King and White Queen The other monarchy in Wonderland while the White King likes to take a snooze his wife is fixated on playing croquet Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum Two chubby twin brothers who sometimes fight like in their nursery rhyme Duchess Rarely seen without The Cook she has a piglet as a child whom gets casually thrown about Walrus A devoted friend of The Carpenter he is rarely seen without him and was introduced at first as a villain Humpty Dumpty voice by Shōzō Iizuka An irritable living egg who often seen walking on a wall and refuses to believe that he is an egg Though he would wobble on the wall sometimes he s often fortunate not to fall and shatter Mad Hatter The hatted man who s fond of putting up tea parties March Hare The Mad Hatter s closest companion at the tea party Dormouse Another tea party attendee The Dormouse is often asleep and therefore aloof Although he receives a lot accidental abuse from other characters he never complains He also seemingly does not do anything besides dozing although he is seen playing cymbals on one occasion Dodo An elderly eccentric Dodo who has shown to have dabbled in magic he was among the characters whom Alice met while participating in the Caucus Race Mock Turtle A sensitive Wonderlander that doesn t take much to get him upset He is usually seen without the Gryphon unlike in the book The Lion and the Unicorn Two animals who used to fight like in their nursery rhyme at first but then became friends They are rarely seen in the show The Lion is a bit of a coward like his counterpart in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and the Unicorn can screw his horn back on when it comes off Ceria voice by Kumiko Mizukura and Aya Beher Tagalog GMA She is the Sister of Alice making arguing amp quarrelling she is depicted ponytail brown hair instead of blue tank top skirt with ribbon and yellow collar short sleeves dress with knee tight white bloomers white cream stocking and black maryjane shoes but still unaccredited she not part of Liddell sister s Mother or Lorina Hannah Liddell voice by Yoshiko Matsuo she is Alice s mother Father or Henry George Liddell voice by Akio Nojima he is Alice s father UK VHS releases EditAlice s Adventures in Wonderland VC1176 Released October 1 1990 Episodes Alice s Family Down the Rabbit Hole Alice s Adventures in Wonderland Vol 2 VC1188 Released October 1 1990 Episodes The Pool of Tears The Caucus Race External links EditFushigi no Kuni no Alice at IMDb Alice in Wonderland anime at Anime News Network s encyclopedia Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w 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