Thursday, January 11, 2007
Alice Academy
Ok..ok...here i go blabbing about anime again...i've got a new fav anime n its seriously awesome..totally worth checking out...it can so make a non anime fan into a total otaku(anime fanatic)....i still like Ranma1/2 but the animation's kinda sucky now....the drawing is really horrid...Ranma 1/2's manga is nice but the anime is somewhat disappointing nowadays...so back to the anime I was talking about...Alice Academy...enjoy!!!
*p/s: I do not own Alice Academy.(just typing this in case ppl decide to sue me...you never know...)And i was gonna type the suimmary for the show myself...but i kinda wasted a whole lot of time fiddling with my blog settings so i just copy pasted frm Wikipedia. Wikipedia's extremely useful...u can look up anything...check it out.
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Gakuen Alice or Alice Academy is the story of a 10-year old girl, Mikan Sakura, who is devastated when her best friend, Hotaru Imai, transfers to a special school for "genius" kids in Tokyo and runs away from home to seek out her dear friend, and soon finds that the school Hotaru transferred to, Alice Academy, is specifically for children who have special powers called "Alices". After a teacher at Alice Academy, Narumi, discovers that Mikan has a unique Alice, she is admitted into the school. The story is primarily about Mikan and her experiences at the academy.
In the story there are many types of Alices. The five main types of Alices are:
Potential Types - Alices that are super powers (flying, mind reader, illusion, etc)
Technology Types - Alices that are based on technology and research fields
Physical Types - Alices based on the body of humans, animals, and other living things;
Special Ability Types - Alices that don't exactly fit in the three types of Alices above; and
Dangerous Types - Alices that may be one of the above but are considered dangerous.
Every Alice is of one of four shapes, that specify how much of it can be used and how often.
Childhood Alice: They start out as an Alice but grow up to be an ordinary adult.
Diffuse: The Alice is always available, but at a relatively low power level.
Intermittent: The Alice can only be used for a short period at any time, but at a relatively high power level.
Limitless: The Alice can be used as often and as much as desired, but each use impacts against the user's own life and can kill them if overused.
Here's pictures of the four main characters in Alice Academy.
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CHARACTERS
Mikan Sakura (佐倉蜜柑, Sakura Mikan)
10
Female
Alice-Nullification(cancellation of other Alices)
is the protagonist of the story. She is an energetic, good-natured girl, but time and again, her clumsiness lands her into trouble. She is an orphan who used to live with her grandfather in the country. When she was in second grade, Hotaru transferred to her school from the city and had a hard time fitting in with the others due to her being a genius. At first, Mikan didn't really want to be friends with Hotaru, but when they entered a dance competition and won it together she decided to be Hotaru's best friend. From then on, she cared deeply about Hotaru and they were both as close as sisters, even though their personalities are the exact opposite. When she heard that her school was going to be demolished, she led a protest to stop it, since it contained so much memories of her and Hotaru. However, no one joined her. (This section is elaborated in the anime more than in the manga.)
She was shocked to hear that Hotaru was moving back to the city to go to an academy for young 'geniuses' like her. When she heard rumors that students were like slaves in Alice Academy (which, she felt, was a possibility since they gave money to parents for sending their children to the school), Mikan left her grandfather and her home to go after Hotaru by herself. She was then accepted to Alice Academy by Narumi-sensei and could attend Alice Academy with Hotaru and many other children with extraordinary powers. While she makes friends later on, she is initially accepted with skepticism by her classmates, with whom friendship she was to win as an "entrance exam" into the Academy. This is emphasised all the more by the fact that she does not initially know what her Alice is. Thrown together with several confident classmates who have already been in the system for a while, she asks what the audience would -- "How are people with Alices different? We are all human, aren't we?" While she is below average in academics and the school's star ranking system, she has strong willpower and a happy-go-lucky attitude. Her "Alice," or magical ability, is the power to nullify the Alice of others, which is the reason why the Academy administration keeps an eye on her. Seems to be a very up-an-at-it person, much to annoyance of her down-to-earth friend, Hotaru. She's the only girl that Natsume called by her first name. She was originally a 'No Star'(the lowest rank in the academy's star-ranking system), but moved on to being a 'One Star' after her combined effort with Sumire rescued (more or less) Natsume .
Here's pics of Mikan.
Hotaru Imai (今井 蛍, Imai Hotaru)
10
Female
Alice - Invention
Hotaru Imai is Mikan's best friend. She is extremely intelligent and rational. During the story, though she may appear to be rather cold and indifferent on the surface, it is apparent that she genuinely cares for Mikan. Her keen observations of Mikan's mistakes and shortcomings leaves others wondering if they are really best friends. Although she was raised by her parents and is a super-genius, she is a bit mean, especially towards Mikan. She assumes a big-sister role to Mikan and is sometimes the voice of reason to her. Her Alice is that of Invention, and during her time at the country with Mikan and her grandfather, she created many strange but useful inventions, often made to look like animals. She went to Alice Academy partly because they gave out money and she wanted to pay her old school's dues so it wouldn't be demolished. As an Alice, her parents were state-bound to enrol her in the Academy. So to an extent, they probably got tired of evading the government, too. She wanted to go for the position of 'Honor Roll Student' so she could go home to visit Mikan and her parents.
She also tends to be fairly "sassy" through the variety of things she either does to bully Mikan, or punish others who bully her. She has some goofy points, though; her constant eating habits and her greedy side that causes her make inventions such as those that need a toll payment. Hotaru breaks the fourth wall by teaching the audience about her inventions. The other characters see her explaining her inventions to apparently no one. She has the same Alice as a middle school boy, although he is a 'Two Star' and she is a 'Three Star' (the second-highest star rank in the Academy, next to 'Specials' like Natsume). She also has an older brother who is one of the "principal students" or student council president of the middle school division. She also knows that both Natsume and Ruka have crushes on Mikan. An enterprising student, she is not above blackmail, most particularly of Ruka -- she takes pictures of him showing his gentler side, probably to cater to the girls (and some guys) in the school, who would buy them. She does not only take photos of him, though -- when a returning alumni and current famous actor, Reo, shows up, she makes sure she is at a vantage point to get good photos. She complains that the effect is, however, rather ruined when Mikan somehow falls into Reo's path.
Hotaru
Hotaru n Mikan
Hotaru
Natsume Hyuuga (日向 棗, Hyūga Natsume)
10
Male
Alice-Fire
Natsume is a genius and ditches class frequently throughout the story. He is thoroughly unhappy with the school, and is suspicious of the intentions of adults. It seems that he is involved in top-secret missions for the academy. He is paired up as Mikan's "partner" by the their mostly-absent class teacher, Narumi. He possesses the Alice of Fire, and is classified into the Dangerous ability type. Generally moody and silent, but seems to have softened only to Mikan. He also has feelings for her, and this is evident when he throws an apple at Mikan's head on the stage, when she was about to kiss Ruka for the play. This is Natsume's first real sign he likes Mikan. Later on, in episode 20 of the anime, during the "Last Dance", Natsume notices that his friend Ruka likes Mikan, so being the good friend that he is, he pushed Ruka towards Mikan and left the two behind. His past remains veiled, although during the anime, there are hints that his family perished in a fire that burned down the village, which may have been due to Natsume's fire Alice. In the manga, through Ruka's narration, however, the fire that burned the entire village was caused by his sister, who had the same fire Alice, but he took the rap for her. His father was injured in this incident, but not seriously. Throughout the story, he constantly suffers from conscience pangs, and seems to be in a dilemma being concerned with the danger he puts people close to him in (Persona seems to threaten to harm his friends, and possibly his sister, currently kept captive by the man, if he neglects his duty of using his Alice for the Academy's business/political purposes.). A physical illness due to frequent use of his Alice also troubles him -- his Alice is of the Unlimited form, which drains his life span every time he uses it. Natsume kisses Mikan on the lips in volume 9 of the manga, during the Christmas party.
Natsume(can u see the earring...its an Alice control device...meant to control his Alice but its darn cool,aint it?)
Natsume is so hot!!!
Natsume
And more Natsume. (haha....i'm such a Natsume fan!!)
Natsume using his Alice.
Ok..ok...one last Natsume pic.
Ruka Nogi (乃木流架, Nogi Ruka)
10
Male
Alice-Animal Pheromone(ability to attract animals)
Ruka is Natsume's childhood friend and often referred by Mikan throughout the story as "Ruka-pyon". He has a gentle and pleasant personality that balances out that of Natsume's. His animal pheromone Alice allows him to get cozy with animals, a fact that he is embarrassed about and is often blackmailed over -- Hotaru has pictures taken of him showing his affinity towards animals and him wearing girl's clothes. Despite this, he often carries a rabbit with him. Also has affections for Mikan proven when he was ready to get kissed by her in a play although he usually stays away from girls. (In the manga, this seems to have been a last-minute change to the script done by Narumi-sensei; Ruka seems more confused than expectant in this scene.) The kissing scene was ended, however, when an apple thrown by Natsume comes into play. After the play, it was evident that he wanted to be Mikan's "Last Dance" partner but he was too shy to ask her. The upperclass girls who were jealous of Mikan didn't help at all, either, but Mikan and Ruka did end up dancing some time during the festival. In the manga, Ruka only kisses Mikan once on the cheek.
Ruka's really cute too.Here's a pic.
Ruka blushing.(hehe^.^)
Ruka n Natsume.
Ruka
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There's actually a whole lot of other characters but I decided to only put the four most important characters.I'm a total Mikan n Natsume fan and i totally think that they are so meant for each other.Natsume likes Mikan but Mikan is sadly, absolutely clueless...here are some pics of Natsume n Mikan:
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Well...I'm signing off...hope this post didnt bore you guys... ^.^ P/S: I might not update my blog too often so sorry !!!!
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