Alice in the Country of Hearts Gets Anime Movie

Hit manga and video game, Alice in the Country of Hearts has been adapted into a film.  QuinRose announced that the movie will follow a new story-line, that still fits with the Alice in Wonderland theme that made the series popular.  Along with a note from the developer, who said that the movie could be easily viewed by both the manga readers, and those who've played the game, and that previous knowledge of the game was not required for full enjoyment. The cast list includes Rie Kugimiya as Alice Liddell, with Yuko Kaida as Vivaldi, Jun Fukuyama as both Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum, Tsugou Mogami as Elliot, Katsuyuki Konishi as Blood Dupre, Kouki Miyata as Peter White, Daisuke Hirakawa as Ace, Noriaki Sugiyama as Boris, Akira Ishida as Joker, Tomokazu Sugita as Nightmare, Takehito Koyasu as Julius, and Kenyuu Horiuchi as Mary Gowland.The film is set to open in seven Japanese cities on the 30th of July.


Mamenosuke Fujimaru will began a new manga series entitled Alice in the Country of Joker:The Circus and the Lying Game, which  aired in the  June issue of Monthly Comic Zero-Sum.

Alice in the Country of Hearts Volumes 1-5 have been published by TokyoPop, and the future of Volume 6 is still unknown.  Two more video games, Alice in the Country of Clover, and Alice in the Country of the Joker, have also been released.

For a preview of the movie go to http://quinrose.com/game/alice_h_m/movie.html, or click the picture below. All pictures are copyrighted to QuinRose. Source:ANN