Alice & Zoroku
Alice & Zoroku is a Japanese manga series by Tetsuya Imai. It began serialization from October 2012 in Tokuma Shoten's seinen manga magazine Monthly Comic Ryū. It has been collected in thirteen tankōbon volumes. The manga won the Japan Media Arts Festival's New Face Award in 2013. An anime television series adaptation by J.C.Staff aired from April to June 2017.
Summary
The existence of humans with supernatural powers is kept a dark secret, hidden from the outside world save a research facility created to understand the principles behind these people, known as 'Dreams of Alice'. The story centers around Sana, an orphan girl belonging to the research facility as an experimental test subject, and nicknamed "Red Queen" due to her immense power despite her youth and childlike demeanour. After a narrow escape from the research facility, she wanders to the city of Shinjuku and meets an old man named Zouroku Kashimura, who kindly takes her in after sympathising with her story. Soon, he adopts her as his granddaughter as they grow close during their time together, be it during dangerous situations when trying to evade the research facility and everyday troubles of Sana growing to know the outside world better.
Media
Manga
The manga series began serialization from the December 2012 issue of Tokuma Shoten's seinen manga magazine Monthly Comic Ryū published on October 19, 2012. It has been collected in thirteen tankōbon volumes. The manga won the Japan Media Arts Festival's New Face Award in 2013. The series moved to online-only serialization when Comic Ryū changed formats on June 19, 2018. The series is licensed in English by Seven Seas Entertainment.
Anime
An anime television series adaptation by J.C.Staff aired on April 2, 2017, with an extended 44-minute first episode and ended on June 25, 2017. It is directed by Katsushi Sakurabi and written by Fumihiko Takayama, with character designs by Kazunori Iwakura and music by To-Mas Soundsight Fluorescent Forest. It was simulcasted by Crunchyroll and Funimation provided the English dub. The series ran for 12 episodes. The series' opening theme is "Wonder Drive" by Oresama, and the ending theme is "Chant" by Toi Toy Toi.