Alice in Borderland

This article is about the manga. For the 2020 television series based on it, see Alice in Borderland (TV series).

Alice in Borderland
今際の国のアリス (Imawa no Kuni no Arisu)
Genre	Supernatural horror Survival Suspense
Manga
Written by	Haro Aso
Published by	Shogakukan
English publisher	NA Viz Media
Imprint	Shōnen Sunday Comics
Magazine	Shōnen Sunday S (November 25, 2010 – March 25, 2015) Weekly Shōnen Sunday (April 8, 2015 – March 2, 2016)
Original run	November 25, 2010 – March 2, 2016
Volumes	18
Further information Manga Alice in Borderland: Side Stories Written by Haro Aso Published by Shogakukan Magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday Original run July 11, 2012 – February 4, 2015 Original video animation Directed by Hideki Tachibana Produced by Tomohiko Iwase Hiro Torimitsu Ryō Ōyama (1) Written by Ryōsuke Nakamura Music by Hiroaki Tsutsumi Studio Silver Link Connect Licensed by BI MVM Entertainment NA Sentai Filmworks Released October 17, 2014 – February 18, 2015 Episodes 3 Manga Alice on Border Road Written by Haro Aso Illustrated by Takayoshi Kuroda Published by Shogakukan Imprint Sunday GX Comics Magazine Monthly Sunday Gene-X Original run August 19, 2015 – February 19, 2018 Volumes 8 Manga Alice in Borderland: Retry Written by Haro Aso Published by Shogakukan Imprint Shōnen Sunday Comics Magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday Original run October 14, 2020 – January 20, 2021 Volumes 2
Live-action series
Alice in Borderland (2020)

Alice in Borderland (Japanese: 今際の国のアリス, Hepburn: Imawa no Kuni no Arisu) is a Japanese manga series written and drawn by Haro Aso. The manga was first published in a Shōnen manga magazine called Shōnen Sunday S from November 2010 to March 2015. After that, it was moved to another magazine called Weekly Shōnen Sunday, where it was published until March 2016. All the chapters were later put together into 18 comic books.

​The manga also has a spin-off series called Alice in Borderland: Retry and another spin-off called Alice on Border Road which is about new characters in a different city.

Plot

​The story is about a young man named Ryohei Arisu who doesn't have a job and is not happy with his life. He spends most of his time with his friends, Daikichi Karube and Chōta Segawa. One day, a mysterious light appears, and they find themselves in an empty Tokyo. They are forced to play dangerous games to survive.

​The main characters look for a place called "the Beach," which is a safe place for players led by a person called the "Mad Hatter." They believe that if they collect all the playing cards from the games, they will be able to leave. ​After a big game at "the Beach," the game masters tell the survivors that this was just the first part of the games. Now they must face even harder challenges against strong enemies called "face cards" to escape Borderland.

Volumes

Alice in Borderland

No.	Original release date	Original ISBN	English release date	English ISBN
1	April 18, 2011	ISBN 978-4-09-122819-2	March 15, 2022	ISBN 978-1-9747-2837-4
2	September 16, 2011	ISBN 978-4-09-123269-4	March 15, 2022	ISBN 978-1-9747-2837-4
3	January 18, 2012	ISBN 978-4-09-123444-5	June 21, 2022	ISBN 978-1-9747-2855-8
4	July 18, 2012	ISBN 978-4-09-123779-8	June 21, 2022	ISBN 978-1-9747-2855-8
5	October 18, 2012	ISBN 978-4-09-123897-9	September 20, 2022	ISBN 978-1-9747-2856-5
6	January 18, 2013	ISBN 978-4-09-124171-9	September 20, 2022	ISBN 978-1-9747-2856-5
7	May 17, 2013	ISBN 978-4-09-124304-1	December 20, 2022	ISBN 978-1-9747-2857-2
8	August 16, 2013	ISBN 978-4-09-124363-8	December 20, 2022	ISBN 978-1-9747-2857-2
9	December 18, 2013	ISBN 978-4-09-124514-4	March 21, 2023	ISBN 978-1-9747-2858-9
10	March 18, 2014	ISBN 978-4-09-124580-9	March 21, 2023	ISBN 978-1-9747-2858-9
11	June 18, 2014	ISBN 978-4-09-124667-7	June 20, 2023	ISBN 978-1-9747-2859-6
12	October 17, 2014	ISBN 978-4-09-125308-8	June 20, 2023	ISBN 978-1-9747-2859-6
13	December 18, 2014	ISBN 978-4-09-125416-0	September 19, 2023	ISBN 978-1-9747-2860-2
14	February 18, 2015	ISBN 978-4-09-125560-0	September 19, 2023	ISBN 978-1-9747-2860-2
15	May 18, 2015	ISBN 978-4-09-125837-3	December 19, 2023	ISBN 978-1-9747-2861-9
16	September 18, 2015	ISBN 978-4-09-126206-6	December 19, 2023	ISBN 978-1-9747-2861-9
17	January 18, 2016	ISBN 978-4-09-126698-9	March 19, 2024	ISBN 978-1-9747-2862-6
18	April 18, 2016	ISBN 978-4-09-127097-9	March 19, 2024	ISBN 978-1-9747-2862-6

Alice on Border Road

No.	Release date	ISBN
1	January 18, 2016	ISBN 978-4-09-157431-2
2	April 18, 2016	ISBN 978-4-09-157444-2
3	August 19, 2016	ISBN 978-4-09-157457-2
4	January 19, 2017	ISBN 978-4-09-157471-8
5	June 19, 2017	ISBN 978-4-09-157488-6
6	November 17, 2017	ISBN 978-4-09-157505-0
7	January 19, 2018	ISBN 978-4-09-157510-4
8	March 19, 2018	ISBN 978-4-09-157516-6

Alice in Borderland: Retry

No.	Release date	ISBN
1	December 11, 2020	ISBN 978-4-09-850365-0
2	February 18, 2021	ISBN 978-4-09-850388-9

Original video animation

The manga was made into a three-episode anime series called an original video animation (OVA). It was produced by Silver Link and Connect and directed by Hideki Tachibana. The first episode came with a special version of the 12th manga vol on October 17, 2014. The second episode was sold with the 13th manga vol on December 18, 2014. The third and final episode came with the 14th manga vol on February 18, 2015. The opening song is "NEXTAGE," which was performed by the Japanese girl idol group i☆Ris.

Live action show

Main article: Alice in Borderland (TV series)

An eight-episode TV show was made by Netflix and directed by Shinsuke Sato. It first came out on December 10, 2020, in over 190 countries at the same time. The show stars Kento Yamazaki as Ryohei Arisu and Tao Tsuchiya as Yuzuha Usagi. In December 2020, it was announced that there would be a second season, which came out on December 22, 2022. In September 2023, it was announced that there would be a third season. It is planned to be shown on September 25, 2025, and will have a new story that is not in the manga.