Ali Project is a Japanese band with a strong Japanese Aristocrat-style image, consisting of Arika Takarano and Mikiya Katakura.

In the band's earlier days, their musical style tended towards light, cheerful and/or refreshing songs. However, the sound has changed in recent times to take on a darker and more mysterious tone. Takarano Arika, lead singer/lyricist, has termed this change as a transition from White Alice (白アリ, Shiro Ari) to Black Alice (黒アリ, Kuro Ari). Though there has been a general shift towards performing songs in the "Black Alice" phase, Ali Project has occasionally sung in the White Alice style as well.

Their songs featured in several anime sequences, most notably in the series ''Anime/{{Noir}}'', ''Anime/RozenMaiden'', ''[[Franchise/DotHack .hack//Roots]]'', ''Manga/LinebarrelsOfIron'', ''Anime/CodeGeass'' and ''VideoGame/FateExtra''. Additionally, Mikiya Katakura has also provided the soundtrack to several anime series, such as ''Manga/PrincessResurrection'' and ''Anime/{{Avenger}}''.

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!!Discography:

* ''Gensou Teien'' (1988/1996)
* ''Gekka no Ichigun'' (1992)
* ''DALI'' (1994)
* ''Hoshi to Tsuki No Sonata'' (1995)
* ''Noblerot'' (1998)
* ''Alipro Mania'' (1999)
* ''jamais vu'' (2000)
* ''Aristocracy'' (2001)
* ''Lento'' (2001)
* ''CLASSICS'' (2001)
* ''EROTIC&HERETIC'' (2002)
* ''Gekkou Shikoushou'' (2003)
* ''Alipro Mania II: Gekkou Shikoushou GIG'' (2004)
* ''Etoiles'' (2004)
* ''Dilettante'' (2005)
* ''Kamigami No Tasogare'' (2005)
* ''Deja Vu ~THE ORIGINAL BEST 1992-1995~'' (2006)
* ''COLLECTION SIMPLE PLUS'' (2006)
* ''Romance'' (2006)
* ''Soubikakei'' (2007)
* ''Psychedelic Insanity'' (2007)
* ''Grand Finale'' (2007)
* ''Kinsho'' (2008)
* ''Keikan Shijin SINGLE COLLECTION PLUS'' (2008)
* ''Poison'' (2009)
* ''La Vita Romantica'' (2010)
* ''Gothic Opera'' (2010)
* ''Han Shinnihon Shugi'' (2010)
* ''QUEENDOM'' (2011)
* ''Les Papillons'' (2011)
* ''Gansakushi'' (2012)
* ''KAIKAI KIKI Ventennale Music, Art Exhibition'' (2013)
* ''Watashi no Bara wo Haminasai'' (2013)
* ''Reijou Bara Zukan'' (2013)
* ''Zettai Ongaku'' (2014)
* ''Ryuukou Sekai'' (2014)
* ''Violetta Operetta'' (2015)
* ''Keraku no Susume'' (2015)
* ''Haramitsu Renge'' (2015)
* ''A-kyuu Kaigenrei'' (2016)
* ''Himiko Gaiden'' (2017)
* ''Chi to Mitsu ~Anthology of Gothic Lolita and Horror'' (2017)
* ''Ai to Makoto ~YAMATO & LOVExxx'' (2017)
* ''Geijutsu Hentairon'' (2018)
* ''Fantasia'' (2019)
* ''Jinsei Bimi Raisan'' (2020)
* ''Belle Époque'' (2021)
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!!Associated Tropes:

* AbductionIsLove: "Seishoujo Ryouiki" and "Beijing Lovers".
* AliceAllusion: "MEGALOPOLIS ALICE", "Atashi ga Alice datta Koro" (When I was Alice), "ALICE Douzai Innocent" (ALICE Innocent of The Same Crime).
* AmazonBrigade: "Teito Otome Kesshitai".
* AnimeThemeSong: They have many singles that have been used for anime as either Openings or Endings. ''Anime/{{Avenger}}'' have '''''all''''' its music made by them, while the Creator/{{Clamp}} manga ''Manga/{{Wish}} only had a musical video with the band's song ''Wish'', which was made for it.
* AristocratsAreEvil: "Shoujo Kizoku" (Aristrocrat Girl).
* AuthorTract: Mentions of blue eyes are present in many of Arika's lyrics. She seems to have a thing for them.
* ButterflyOfDeathAndRebirth: Mentioned in a few songs, along with poisonous moth scales. Special mention goes to "Papillon Rinne" which is about someone going through many {{reincarnation}}s and compares it to a butterfly's metamorphosis and birth.
* {{Catgirl}}: The cover of ''La Vita Romantica'' and in music video of "Hizamazuite Ashi o Oname".
* CherryBlossoms: The aptly titled "Sakura No Hana Wa Kuruizaki" (The Cherry Blossoms Are Blooming Madly).
* CostumePorn: Watch [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tKzo0DEkto any]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58qkitkREew Ali]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGwcn07fy08 Project]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVvlMiseFyQ music]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6I-Z99kEPc video]] or [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSdgOmvUhA0 live.]] Arika's outfits are incredible.
* CoverVersion: Strings album of the band mostly features cover of both their and other artists' songs. Recent albums also include these.
* CreepyChild: "Senritsu no Kodomo-tachi," whose title appropriately means "Children Of Fear."
* CreepyDoll: Several in the "Kyoumu Densen" music video. It comes with the territory of being the opening for ''Literature/{{Another}}''.
* DarkerAndEdgier: The "Black Alice" songs.
* DrivenToSuicide: The lovers in "Narcisse Noir." Also a case of TogetherInDeath.
* ElegantGothicLolita: Arika, at times.
* EmptyEyes: Applied in the song "Yomi no Tasogare no, Utsuronaru Aoki Hitomi no" (literally: Nightscape Twilight, Blank Blue Eyes.)
--> It's okay if this place is the Land of Dead\\
Mutually into our '''''blank blue eyes'''''\\
''(several lines later)...''\\
This place is below the ground of The Land of Dead\\
Because our four '''''blank blue eyes'''''
* FemmeFatale: A lot of Black Alice songs are sung from the point of view of one. The album "Ryuukou Sekai" includes a song named after this.
* FemmeFatalons: Arika in the music video for "Kitei No Tsurugi" and in the red costume for "Troubadour."
* TheFourGods: In "Shijinjuu Kaigoroshi."
* GratuitousEnglish
* GratuitousForeignLanguage: "Hibotan" or its original title "Fei Hong De Mu Dan" is half-Japanese, half-Mandarin Chinese. Also in the song "Arabiya Layla Gendan" (Arabian Night Song) Arika says two lines in Arabic. "Keijijouteki na, Chou ni Naru"(Metaphysically, becoming a butterfly) uses two sentences in Greek. Though it may not sound quite right to a native speaker, it's pretty good for a Japanese.
* GratuitousFrench: "Nous Deux C'est Pour La Vie," a version of "La Vie en Rose", ''Etoiles'' "Après Un Rêve" (After a Dream) and ''Kamigami no Tasogare'''s "Je te Veux" are entirely in French. "Après le Noir" (After the Black) and "Lolita in the Garret" have a few sentences in French too.
* {{Homage}}: Arika pays homage to several novels as follows:
** To ''Literature/WutheringHeights'' with "Arashigaoka"
** To ''Literature/ParadiseLost'' with "Rakuen Soushitsu"
** To ''[[Literature/ArabianNights 1001 Arabian Nights]]'' with "Arabiya Layla Gendan"
** To ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde'' with "Yasei Souseiji"
** ''Kamigami no Tasogare'''s "Je te Veux* is a lyrical version of Erik Satie's song of the same name.
* HotLibrarian: The cover of Kinsho.
* IKissYourFoot: "Hizamatsuite Ashi o Oname," which translates to "Kneel down and lick my feet."
* IntercourseWithYou: "Hoshi Furu Yoru no Tenmongaku -BEDSIDE ASTRONOMY-."
* LadyOfWar: A lot of recent songs have military overtones, but all are elegant and told from the perspective of a female warrior.
* LighterAndSofter: The "White Alice" songs.
* LoveHurts: Many of their songs are about tragic love, StarCrossedLovers or lovers that felt in despair for or because of their affair.
* LoveTriangle: "Narcisse Noir"'s narrator likes her brother's best friend, but he and her brother like each other and she wants her brother to be happy.
* LyricalDissonance: "Jinsei Bimi Raisan" sounds very beautiful, but when you read the lyrics, it's about eating until you're sick with hints of cannibalism. Also "Strawberry Pie no Otabe" has surprisingly sweet music, but its lyrics has hints of LoveMartyr and Yandere.
* MayDecemberRomance: "Lolita In The Garret" is about a painter and his child model's affair.
* MsFanservice: Arika, particularly in the bands videos and on their album covers.
* NostalgicMusicBox: In the beginning of "Outeki Ketsuzoku." While it sounds like it doesn't fit with the rest of the song, the lyrics ''are'' about genealogy, so it works.
* TheOphelia: The narrator of the very accurent "Ophelia Ibun".
* OurElvesAreDifferent: In "Elf no Musume wa Chijou ni Ori," elves live in the sky. The titular elf PrincessProtagonist is cast out for [[InterSpeciesRomance falling in love with a human]], who [[CantArgueWithElves the rest of her people look down on.]]
* PimpedOutDress: See CostumePorn above.
* PirateGirl: At least [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAz3jPSpCho one video]] has Arika as one. Songs "Takarajima" and "Kaizoku Oujo" are also about a pirate.
* PrecisionFStrike: "Gokushoku Ichidai Onna" has two.
* ReincarnationRomance: The narrator of "Papillon Rinne" muses that despite the many past lives, they would be able to find again that special person and feel they have met before. "Rokudou Rinne Survival" is also same.
* SillyLoveSongs: Many of the "White Alice" songs are about love...when [[LoveHurts it's not hurting]].
* SeenItAll: The narrator of "Gokushoku Ichidai Onna" is a type 3. There's also implications of a SeenItAllSuicide too.
* SnowMeansDeath: "Kami No Yuki", possibly "Yuki No Hitohira", "La calèche ~Haru no Yuki" and "Yuugetsu Renka".
* SnowMeansLove: "Yuki No Hitohira."
* SocialDarwinist: "Shoujo Kizoku".
* SoloSideProject: Mikiya Katakura released two albums as a solo, "Lento" and "Tsuki no Hikari" and composed soundtracks of few animes. Arika released few books and magazines as herself, and used to manage a costume design brand named "Shoujo Kizoku".
* SomethingAboutARose: Roses and rose metaphors are spread in many songs, moreso in those made for Anime/RozenMaiden.
* SplitPersonality: Most of the black Alice and White Alice songs have opposite perspectives (almost like they are sung by two different people.) Not to mention the song "Yasei Souseiji" in which the narrator has two personalities "Jekyll and Hyde" who want to cancel each other out.
** In Hyde's (the other personality) case:
--> Cannot go back to being a whole one

** In Jekyll's (the real personality) case:
--> I can't go back to being two of me

** Then later on the narrator praises the two personalities:
-->His name is Hyde\\
More beautiful than anyone else\\
Then the name is Jekyll\\
More precious than anything else
* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: There are few soundtracks of some Anime that have very similar structure and tune of the band's songs.
** A track from Manga/FutureDiary named "To Surpass The Fear of Murder" is basically an instrumental version of the band's song "Junkyousha no Yubi"
** A piano version of the track "I AM" from Manga/{{Parasyte}} sounds very similar to the band's 2014 tour "Ryuukou Sekai Kansen" opening instrumental song.
* SymphonicMetal: Katakura (composer) made the song "Kaizoku Oujo" in this style as a request from Arika.
* TheTragicRose: "Yameru Soubi" and "Soubi Kakei".
* {{Tsundere}}: The narrator of "Kinjirareta Asobi".
* {{Valkyries}} - The narrator of the Gothic Opera version of "Kishi Otome" is one
* WarriorPoet: "Troubadour".
* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: The narrator of "Mirai No Eve" is [[{{Fembot}} an android]] that falls in love.
* WhiteShirtOfDeath: Mentioned in "Sengoku Girl."
* WordSaladTitle: Some of the longer titles come off as this.
* YamatoNadeshiko: The narrator of "Ai To Makoto" says she is one, but the rest of the lyrics paint her more as a LadyOfWar. The narrator of "Ai To Makoto" may be the "SilkHidingSteel female who worries about and protects the family honor" type of YamatoNadeshiko.
* {{Yandere}}: The song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aHN0iQY7UY "Salomatic Lunatic"]] looks like what might be going through [[Manga/FutureDiary Yuno's]] brain. [[ShiverAndShake Brr...]]
** For minor examples, "Beijing Lovers", "schism" and (surprisingly) "Rose Moon".
* {{Yukionna}}: Album "QUEENDOM" includes a song named after this.
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