Ali Project
Ali Project is a Japanese rock band with a strong Japanese aristocrat-style image, consisting of Arika Takarano and Mikiya Katakura.
The band's work is divided into two styles, which lead singer/lyricist Arika Takarano has termed White Alice for the band's light, cheerful and/or refreshing songs, and Black Alice for songs that take on a darker and more mysterious tone.
Career
They made their indie debut in the charts in 1988 as Ari Project with their album "Fantastic Garden". The album was later included in Tatsumi Takayuki's book Philosophy of Progressive Rock, which led to the band being classified under the progressive rock genre. Takarano later endorsed this description.Four years later in 1992 they changed their name and made their major debut with their single "Fall in love, maiden". Notably, Japan's phonetic system meant the band's Japanese pronunciation was unchanged, giving 2=アリ the potential to refer to Ant, a shortened Alice, or a shortened Arika.
Most of their records are released by Toshiba-EMI, Victor Entertainment and Tokuma Japan. The band is notable in the anime community for having their songs featured in several anime productions, including Noir, Rozen Maiden, Kamichama Karin, .hack//Roots, Linebarrels of Iron, Code Geass, Phantom -Requiem for the Phantom-, Fate/Extra, Shigofumi, Another, ''Katanagatari, Rakudai [Kishi no Cavalry], and Irina: [The Vampire Cosmonaut]. Additionally, Mikiya Katakura has also provided the soundtrack to several anime series, such as Kaibutsu Oujo and Avenger''.