Tokyo Alice (東京アリス, Tōkyō Arisu) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Toriko Chiya. It was serialized in Kodansha's josei manga magazine Kiss from October 25, 2005,[1] to August 25, 2015.[2] Its chapters were collected in 15 tankōbon volumes.[3] A live-action drama premiered in Japan from August 25, 2017, and ran for 12 episodes; it was later released internationally on Amazon Prime Video in 2019.[4]
| Tokyo Alice | |
First tankōbon volume cover
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| 東京アリス (Tōkyō Arisu) | |
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| Genre | Romance, slice of life |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Toriko Chiya |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| Magazine | Kiss |
| Demographic | Josei |
| Original run | October 25, 2005 – August 25, 2015 |
| Volumes | 15 |
| Television drama | |
| Directed by |
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| Written by | Kumiko Asō |
| Original network | Amazon Prime Video |
| Original run | August 25, 2017 (2017-08-25) – November 10, 2017 (2017-11-10) |
| Episodes | 12 |
Individual chapters of the series are numbered as shopping, such as "Shopping: 1".Vol. 1
Volume 4 reached the 18th place on the weekly Oricon manga chart[23] and, as of February 23, 2009, has sold 68,715 copies;[24] volume 5 reached the 15th place and, as of November 15, 2009, has sold 32,259 copies;[25] volume 6 reached the 19th place[26] and, as of November 21, 2010, has sold 69,800 copies;[27] volume 7 reached the 22nd place and, as of July 3, 2011, has sold 69,064 copies;[28] volume 8 reached the 15th place and, as of February 19, 2012, has sold 48,887 copies;[29] volume 10 reached the 23rd place and, as of January 20, 2013, has sold 58,779 copies;[30] volume 11 reached the 33rd place and, as of July 20, 2013, has sold 55,090 copies;[31] volume 12 reached the 35th place and, as of January 19, 2014, has sold 49,663 copies;[32] volume 13 reached the 33rd place[33] and, as of July 20, 2014, has sold 48,126 copies.[34]
It was nominated for Best Shōjo Manga at the 38th Kodansha Manga Awards.[7]