Gakuen Alice

Gakuen Alice:

    Mikan is a girl full of vitality living in a local town. She followed her best friend Hotaru who had moved, and she finally reached to Alice Gakuen. But it was a special school that only those who had special abilities called “Alice” could enter. She managed to enter the school, but she was embarrassed by the special environment. What would her school days become?

General Info:

Episodes; 26.

Langauge; Japanese with English subs.

Review:

    I really did like this anime quite a bit. Normally, I'm not a huge fan of the younger heroines and other characters, and I like to look at the pretty boys - bad me - but for this anime it actually added to the whole comedy of it all. I do have to say I love the addition of Tsubasa, which definitely helped develop the relationship between Ruka (who is called Luca in the manga), Natsume, and Mikan. Along with this, he has some wise words and some freaking cool powers.
    There is a little bit of action in here with Natsume's job and also just what is generally expected of an anime with supernatural powers. The action is not the dominant point of the anime. The dominant point of the anime is it's comedic side, so a little action and a little romance is sprinkled in to add to the experience and make it more realistic. Well, perhaps the action isn't terribly realistic, but the little crushes are.

    The general idea of the anime - a school for kids with special powers - is a tad cliche, but they add some unique things, like the festival and unique powers of some kids, which definitely kicks cliche's ass. 

    If I could have added anything to the anime, I would have wished they had more to Natsume's side job. A couple more fighting scenes or something? I'm not sure, though I'm sure such is in the manga.

    As for the romance bit of it, it's slow and subtle, becoming more pronounced towards the end. If you're looking for some kisses and hand-holding - this is not the anime, but if you like the blushy faces and fits of unknown jealousy (yes, episode 19, I'm talking to you) then you will definitely like this.

Must Watch Episodes:

    My favourite episodes to this series were

-Episode 16: Special Ability class' festival maze.

-Episode 19: Somatic Type class' festival play.

Can you guess where I liked the anime best?

Rating:

I would give it 4 our of 5 stars. * * * *