Heart no Kuni no Alice: Wonderful Wonder World

The girly but bloody otome game re-imagining of Lewis Carroll's classic fantasy novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland with bishounen characters and added romance.

A parody of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland where Alice is smart and non-doormatlike.

In this story, Alice is not all what she seems. She is practical, strong, yet darkly cynical. Instead of the tradition story, Alice is kidnapped unwillingly by a mysterious (yet somewhat bishie-looking) man with bunny ears into a place call Heartland. Stuck in Heartland due to a trick by the mysterious bunny eared man, she meets the residents of this world. Along the way, Alice meets Blood, handsome mafia leader; Ace, the psycho yet charming knight and more... What should Alice do in such a world!?

(Source: MU)

Dupre, Blood Main

Konishi, Katsuyuki Japanese

White, Peter Main

Miyata, Kouki Japanese

Liddell, Alice Main

Kugimiya, Rie Japanese

Ace Main

Hirakawa, Daisuke Japanese

Airay, Boris ing

Sugiyama, Noriaki Japanese

March, Elliot ing

Mogami, Tsuguo Japanese

Monrey, Julius ing

Koyasu, Takehito Japanese

Tweedle Dum ing

Fukuyama, Jun Japanese

Tweedle Dee ing

Fukuyama, Jun Japanese

Vivaldi ing

Kaida, Yuuko Japanese

Ooba, Hideaki Director

QuinRose Theme Song Performance, Original Creator

Hattori, Kenji Animation Director

Hirasawa, Akihiro Background Art

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Feb 26, 2015

Erysa

Recommended

Heart no Kuni no Alice... Where do I start.

So, techniquely we have.. Alice, this Kingdom of hearts (whatever it's called –her dream world), absurdity (a lot of it) and yes a bunch of handsome men and rabbits surrounding the girl. Pretty funny for start.
Funny and crazy.. There is, I think, ONE phrase in the film that probably describes it perfectly. "This is a circus", a faceless says. A circus indeed.
If you are already familiar with the concept of Alice in Wonderland, then you already know that the story Lewis Carol fantasized, is quite ABSURD. Having read the original script and seen the ... animated and live-action films featuring his story I have to it there was not even one as close to craziness as this one..

And I thought I've seen quite a few in the anime world already.. I was probably wrong. :P
As soon as the film started I found myself wondering what the hell was going on and at the same time laughing my ass off. I was lost. xD ittedly, the story is a lot different from the original Alice in Wonderland, staying close only to the visual novel and manga (as I learned after some research), creating a whole new story and maintaining only the Therefore, we have: Alice who seems to be perfectly sane (in comparison to the original Alice whose imagination runs wilder that it should xD), the Hatter named Bloody Dupre who is more mysterious than mad (and very hot I have to confess), the Chesire cat Boris Airey who is like a visual kei singer, quite absurd (as he has to be) and quite fond of guns. On his first appearance we see him shine and ire his Kalashnikov automatic AK- 47.
Oookay.. Imagine a little girl having to deal with that. Thank God, our Alice is not a little girl. She is old enough to deal with him. She is actually old enough to have an impact on men. What can I say... White Rabbit, Peter White, is to blame for everything. She didn't actually follow him into a hole and fell. He is the one that dragged her in?! He has an obvious likeness towards her. The moment she enters this crazy world he confesses his love for her and kisses her. (Go Usagi-san)
Following them, a bunch of other characters appear. Nightmare Gottshalk who is based on the Caterpillar and is quite the devil's advocate, the Queen of this world named Vivaldi, a beautiful woman that also has a habit of ordering the beheading of others for ridiculous reasons and Julius Monrey a clockmaker and a very charming but cynical man who is supposed to represent Time. We also have the March Hare on the game, Elliot March, the Knave of Hearts, Ace as well as Tweedle Dee and Dum who suddenly grow up at some point and then return to being youngsters. (WTF xD :P)

In general the film is pretty interesting. It gradually builds up the story and the background while the biggest question one may have is not why everything is so absurd, but who the bad guy is. Vivaldi seems to be kind deep inside since she cares for her little brother. Ace drops out of the game when he realizes he plays the ‘bad guy’ act. So.. who is the bad guy?

This answer was given to me quite unexpectedly. Who would have imagined? And what exactly does it mean? It’s probably up to us to interpret it. Following the heart. Following the mind. What path should one choose? Decide between dream and reality. A huge decision. Gottshalk sarcastically says that it’s only a choice that will determine whether Alice lives or dies. Monrey, on the other hand, advises her not to rush it, because even if she doesn’t decide on her own, life will. No matter what the real answer is, Alice is attached to a vial… Her vial. Throughout the film this seems to be an important item. An item that will help her decide if she stays or not. In the end she loses it… Or not?

What path should one choose?
What does your heart say?

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Jan 28, 2024

nullings

Mixed Feelings

I’m an anime-only watcher and enjoyed the movie quite much. The last scene with the “reveal” to one of the movie’s mysteries kinda spoiled the ending for me, though. Besides that and the imo ugly character designs, I have no major complaints, however.

The main issue I gathered from the other reviews, that being the story structure, was actually a positive for me. Isn’t it kind of the point of Alice inspired media that nothing makes sense? That’s how I see it anyway. Therefore, I didn’t mind story elements lacking an introduction or explanation, plot threads leading seemingly nowhere, etc. They augmented the madness and nonsense ... of it all, I think.

This story structure, where time and place changes constantly, (new) characters come and go, and you don’t know what’s going on most of the time, was one of two aspects that reminded me very strongly of the two original books by Carroll. The other one was the characters’ hostile, harmful, or inconsiderate behaviour towards Alice. To me, both these aspects are the main reasons the Alice books are so unique.

In that sense, I think most people who like the books/stories for the same reasons as me are going to have an enjoyable time with this movie. That being said, the aforementioned “reveal” at the end really puts a damper on things, at least for me. It’s possible that you won’t mind it at all, that to you, it’s just going to be another plot thread we don’t see the conclusion of. I didn’t like it because it was aiming to lead the story into a specific direction, to turn it into kind of a conspiracy narrative, and since I’ve appreciated the chaotic aimlessness of the story so far, that was obviously a problem for me.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Nov 30, 2021

Mini_Mochi

Not Recommended

Um.. Where to begin other than I made it about 30 mins into the movie before I decided to drop it. There was no plot. The scenes looked like someone in editing decided to add cool effects, cool pictures, and random parts they animated together. It literally jumps from a scene with her sister to a scene with her running away with Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dumb. There's never context (in the part with her sister, she tells her “you wanna play a board game…A card game? I’ll go fetch something” As Alice tells her AFTER SHE RUNS AWAY “No I don’t want to ... play any games”) What seems to be the first scene is like 25 mins in. It is definitely a mess. Looks like the scenes got misplaced (I was questioning if I was even watching the correct thing). The characters were designed really well & voice cast well. Tbh I think this would do good as an Anime much better compared to the movie, maybe oneday someone/some company will revisit this.

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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