History Anime / FushigiNoKuniNoAlice

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''Alice in Wonderland'' (''Fushigi no Kuni no Arisu'') is an anime (coproduced with West Germany) adaptation of the novel ''Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland'' which ran on the Japanese Creator/TVTokyo network (co-production by affiliate station TV Osaka) from March 26, 1983 to October 10, 1984. The series was a Japanese-German coproduction between Creator/NipponAnimation and Apollo Films. The series consists of 52 episodes, however, only 26 made it to the U.S.

In the English language, this series is generally overshadowed by the success of Creator/{{Disney}}'s [[WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland 1951 feature film version of the story]]; however, the anime series was quite popular in various European countries (such as France), Israel, in Latin America, Iran, and in the Arabic-speaking world. The English dub was telecast in Canada in the 1980s on the provincial public broadcaster TV Ontario, and the French dub on Radio-Canada (the French-language CBC). The series was also dubbed in Hindi by the national film development board of India and telecasted on Doordarshan in the early 1990s.
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!''Fushigi no Kuni no Alice'' provides examples of:
* AbusiveParents: The Duchess (and the Cook's?) piglet endures much abuse, being thrown about willy nilly and is subject to living in a household where pots and pans are thrown about.
* AdaptedOut: Bandersnatch and Jubjub Bird are not seen, or even mentioned. The Red Queen is mentioned (when her nephew who seems to be the "Beamish Boy" from the Jabberwocky poem takes off after a fleeing Jabberwock), but not seen.
* AdaptationDyeJob: Alice has been portrayed as a blonde and a brunette in the original illustrations. This adaptation opts to make her a redhead.
* AlliterativeName: Benny Bunny, Alice's pet rabbit who was invented for this series.
* BigFancyCastle: The Queen of Hearts' castle is so big, it has passageways to other countries as seen in a filler episode in which Alice visits Australia.
* ButtMonkey: Little Bill. If there is a problem that needs to be solved, just call him. Even if you have to drag him kicking and screaming to it.
* CainAndAbel: The Queen of Hearts and her sister, the Queen of Spades. One episode reveals that the Queen of Spades threatened to invade Wonderland if it ever snowed during the summer. Which she does when Alice accidentally breaks a weather house controlling Wonderland's weather.
* CanonForeigner: Again, Benny Bunny.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Little Bill's lady lizard friend in "Little Bill in Love" only appears once, so nobody knows how that relationship lasted. The Gryphon also only made a singular episode in "Lobster Quadrille", along with the crab who was among those in the Caucus Race.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: In a realm full of them, the croquet-obsessed White Queen is often the most blatantly out there.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: Alice's curiosity leads her into all sorts of predicaments.
* DownTheRabbitHole: Only during the first episode and a few after it. The rest of the series has Alice primarily fading out our world and into Wonderland in the blink of an eye.
* FantasticRacism: Speciesism crops up now and then, in particular with the cold blooded and other not so warm and fuzzy type creatures (crows, sometimes rodents and insects).
* {{Filler}}: In this case, it was necessary due to the episodic nature of this version of the story[[note]]Which is ironic, considering that while there are a few episodic anime series, most of them have serialized stories.[[/note]]. That, and the fact that it was going for two 26-episode story arcs.
* TheHermit: Jabberwock might fit this bill, living in a huge castle behind the woods, at the end of a craggy pathway. He will come out now and then though, to chase other Wonderlanders (who steal his blue flowers or when craving rabbit stew), show up at the odd social event (whilst unintentionally scaring everyone), and sometimes, to help Alice. Otherwise he's a bit of an introvert, content to stay home and cook (whilst badly singing) or try to sleep.
* {{Jerkass}}: The Wonderlanders' treatment of Humpty Dumpty as he's hanging by his bowtie from a tree, actively placing bets on whether he'll fall or not, does seem rather cruel.
* LargeAndInCharge: The Queen of Hearts naturally.
* {{Leitmotif}}: Mysterious music is played whenever something remotely dangerous, mysterious or anticipating in an action; a bouncy theme is played for comedic moments even, and especially for, the expense of other characters.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Wonderland is *very* well populated; seldom are all characters in one episode. Several aren't seen until several episodes later, with no explanation.
* MoodSwinger: Jabberwock is notoriously moody (he is sometimes the BigBad, other times he helps Alice), and The Queen of Hearts may count.
* NamedByTheAdaptation: Alice's sister is named Celia.
* NoAntagonist: Outside the occasional tertiary villain, villains do not generally call Wonderland home. If there is a character acting as a BigBad for one episode, they might help out in another.
* OnlySaneMan: Often Alice, but she just as often jumps right into the madness. Uncharacteristically, the Queen of Hearts also often fulfills this role.
* PepperSneeze: Thanks to The Cook's affinity for overusing it in her dishes.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Arguably, the King and Queen of Hearts. The King leads the charge to try and save his old friend Humpty Dumpty from a gruesome end, and the Queen of Hearts actively participates in the daily goings-on of the Wonderlanders (whether the Wonderlanders like it or not is another story, though).
* ScoobyDoobyDoors: There was a hilarious scene that lasted a whole minute during the second episode in the hall of doors, which involved the White Rabbit tricking Alice into going through one door while he exits through another, and the two of them running into each other and twirling around, arms linked, unable to stop themselves.
* SeldomSeenSpecies: There are a few of them, notably Spiny Lobsters in "Lobster Quadrille." There are what appear to be (non speaking) Raccoon Dogs, and Platypus appear in a filler episode where Alice visits Australia; Ocean Sunfish are also seen when she made another trip to the ocean.
* SeriesContinuityError: Occasionally characters are introduced to another they may have met in a previous episode.
* SuddenNameChange: The Tove, a badger-type creature that burrows itself underground with a corkscrew shaped nose are called "Screw Mice" here.
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In the English language, this series is generally overshadowed by the success of Creator/{{Disney}}'s [[Disney/AliceInWonderland 1951 feature film version of the story]]; however, the anime series was quite popular in various European countries (such as France), Israel, in Latin America, Iran, and in the Arabic-speaking world. The English dub was telecast in Canada in the 1980s on the provincial public broadcaster TV Ontario, and the French dub on Radio-Canada (the French-language CBC). The series was also dubbed in Hindi by the national film development board of India and telecasted on Doordarshan in the early 1990s.

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* NoAntagonist: Outside the occasional tertiary villain, villains do not generally call Wonderland home. If there is a character acting as a Big Bad for one episode, they might help out in another.
* NoNameGiven: Averted. Alice's sister is named Celia.

''Alice in Wonderland'' (''Fushigi no Kuni no Arisu'') is an anime adaptation of the novel ''Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland'' which ran on the Japanese Creator/TVTokyo network (co-production by affiliate station TV Osaka) from March 26, 1983 to October 10, 1984. The series was a Japanese-German coproduction between Creator/NipponAnimation and Apollo Films. The series consists of 52 episodes, however, only 26 made it to the U.S.

In the English language, this series is generally overshadowed by the success of Creator/{{Disney}}'s [[Disney/AliceInWonderland 1951 feature film version of the story]]; however, the anime series was quite popular in various European countries, Israel, in Latin America, Iran, and in the Arabic-speaking world. The English dub was telecast in Canada in the 1980s on the provincial public broadcaster TV Ontario. The series was also dubbed in Hindi by the national film development board of India and telecasted on Doordarshan in the early 1990s.

''Alice in Wonderland'' (''Fushigi no Kuni no Arisu'') is an anime adaptation of the novel ''Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland'' which ran on the Japanese Creator/TVTokyo network (co-production by affiliate station TV Osaka) from March 26, 1983 to October 10, 1984. The series was a Japanese-German coproduction between Creator/NipponAnimation and Apollo Films. The series consists of 52 episodes, however, only 26 made it to the U.S..

In the English language, this series is generally overshadowed by the success of Creator/{{Disney}}'s [[Disney/AliceInWonderland 1951 feature film version of the story]]; however, the anime series was quite popular in various European countries, Israel, in Latin America, Iran, and in the Arabic-speaking world. The series was also dubbed in Hindi by the national film development board of India and telecasted on Doordarshan in the early 1990s.

''Alice in Wonderland'' (''Fushigi no Kuni no Arisu'') is an anime adaptation of the novel ''Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland'' which ran on the Japanese [[Creator/TVTokyo]] network (co-production by affiliate station TV Osaka) from March 26, 1983 to October 10, 1984. The series was a Japanese-German coproduction between Creator/NipponAnimation and Apollo Films. The series consists of 52 episodes, however, only 26 made it to the U.S..

''Alice in Wonderland'' (''Fushigi no Kuni no Arisu'') is an anime adaptation of the novel ''Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland'' which ran on the Japanese network TV Osaka from March 26, 1983 to October 10, 1984. The series was a Japanese-German coproduction between Creator/NipponAnimation and Apollo Films. The series consists of 52 episodes, however, only 26 made it to the U.S..

* Leitmotif: Mysterious music is played whenever something remotely dangerous, mysterious or anticipating in an action; a bouncy theme is played for comedic moments even, and especially for, the expense of other characters.

* TheHermit: Jabberwock might fit this bill, living in a huge castle behind the woods, at the end of a craggy pathway. He will come out now and then though, to chase other Wonderlanders (who steal his blue flowers or when craving rabbit stew), show up at the odd social event (whilst unintentionally scaring everyone), and sometimes, to help Alice. Otherwise he's a bit of an introvert, content to stay home and cook (whilst badly singing) or try to sleep.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Wonderland is *very* well populated; seldom are all characters in one episode. Several aren't seen until several episodes later, with no explanation.

* FantasticRacism: Speciesism crops up now and then, in particular with the cold blooded and other not so warm and fuzzy type creatures (crows, sometimes rodents and insects).
* NoAntagonist: Outside the occasional tertiary villain, villains do not generally call Wonderland home. If there is a character acting as a Big Bad for one episode, they might help out in another.

* PepperSneeze: Thanks to The Cook's affinity for overusing it in her dishes.
* AbusiveParents: The Duchess (and the Cook's?) piglet endures much abuse, being thrown about willy nilly and is subject to living in a household where pots and pans are thrown about.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Little Bill's lady lizard friend in "Little Bill in Love" only appears once, so nobody knows how that relationship lasted. The Gryphon also only made a singular episode in "Lobster Quadrille", along with the crab who was among those in the Caucus Race.
* BigFancyCastle: The Queen of Hearts' castle is so big, it has passageways to other countries as seen in a filler episode in which Alice visits Australia.
* Leitmotif: Mysterious music is played whenever something remotely dangerous, mysterious or anticipating in an action; a bouncy theme is played for comedic moments even, and especially for, the expense of other characters.
* MoodSwinger: Jabberwock is notoriously moody (he is sometimes the BigBad, other times he helps Alice), and The Queen of Hearts may count.
* AdaptedOut: Bandersnatch and Jubjub Bird are not seen, or even mentioned. The Red Queen is mentioned (when her nephew who seems to be the "Beamish Boy" from the Jabberwocky poem takes off after a fleeing Jabberwock), but not seen.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: Alice's curiosity leads her into all sorts of predicaments.

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Little Bill's lady lizard friend in "Little Bill in Love" only appears once, so nobody knows how that relationship lasted. The Gryphon also only made a singular episode in "Lobster Quadrille", along with the crab who was among those in the Caucus Race. The Cheshire Cat also has apparently permanently disappeared somewhere in the middle of the series.

* TheHermit: Jabberwock might fit this bill, living in a huge castle behind the woods, at the end of a craggy, rocky pathway. He will come out now and then though, to chase other Wonderlanders (who steal his blue flowers or when craving rabbit stew), show up at the odd social event (whilst unintentionally scaring everyone), and sometimes, to help Alice. Otherwise he's a bit of an introvert, content to stay home and cook (whilst badly singing) or try to sleep.