Heart no Kuni no Alice: Wonderful Wonder World

I am a big fan of just about anything Alice in Wonderland related. I throughly enjoyed reading the Heart no Kuni no Alice magna, and was very excited to watch the movie adaptation. However, I was throughly disappointed.

There is essentially no plot whatsoever throughout the course of this film. The scenes jump quickly and offer little explanation to the events going on. There is also absolutely no character development, so if someone unfamiliar with the series were to watch, they would be utterly lost.

Also, the film wastes a lot of time on pointless scenes. For example, in the opening, they continually showed cards ... turning over on themselves, or in one particular scene, characters were in an elevator for ten minutes with little to no dialogue between them. Although these scenes may have been an attempt at artistic effect, they fell flat, particularly considering the rushed nature of the film (the pointless scenes easily could have been replaced with more plot-filled ones).

The art itself was quite nice, but cheesy music and cut scenes (such as the changing from day to night) ruined this for me slightly.

Overall, I did not find the Heart no Kuni no Alice film enjoyable to watch. Although it had a lot of potential, it did not deliver.

I feel like Heart no Kuni no Alice is the epitome of what being on drugs feels like. I've never read the manga (though I am curious to check it out), so I can only speak for this movie, but good god, what a mess.

Now, don't get me wrong, I enjoyed a lot of different parts of this, but the general feeling you get is that you find yourself constantly murmuring "what the fuck" under your breath as time passes and you feel like you've made no progress, nor have you learned anything. The beginning itself messes up your concept of time altogether, because it ... feels like nothing ever really connects.

I do have to give credit where it's due. The characters themselves aren't bad, I actually enjoyed how they were all quite darker than I initially expected. I can even say I enjoy the world that was created. I just feel like this should have been a series, not a movie, maybe then they would have had more time to explain things. But then again, if the goal was to make you feel as lost as Alice in Wonderland must have felt (not this Alice though), then they did an amazing job.

At the end, I couldn't help but laugh at the whole experience. And I mean really giggle my heart out. I think this is the type of thing you need to watch with friends so you can poke fun at the whole experience (and some alcohol to make things even funnier will also do the trick). It's not bad, but it's not good either. I guess you could call it just another weird dream you had that you laugh about when you wake up.

"Say, did you know... that every game has rules?'"
This is the main point of the movie, a constant game with rules that aren't even explained.
I've seen flashbacks, flash- forwards, dreams and hallucinations but there was one thing it didn't have: common sense.

When the producers made this I'm sure the whole way through they thought the same thing: "What just happened?" and honestly,... I'm still thinking that.

Story: 2
Like I said before, this story doesn't make any sense, there simply is no story, my advice is to read the manga first, because the base isn't even given in this movie.
(Although the manga and the movie ... are both different stories the base is the same so it should help you figure things out a bit more).

Art: 8
The art was the only thing that really urged me to watch further because even though it makes no sense everything is drawn so wonderfully and happy that you can't help but smile when seeing the surroundings of Heartland.

Sound: 5
I didn't hear anything extroadinary but the opening was intruiging, like the song says: "It's an enchanting trap with no escape in sight" the song says it all.

Character: 3
There is no backgroundstory of where she met them and barely what they are like, some even pop up in the middle of the story with no introduction while Alice seems to know them very well.
There are even characters who don't know what role they are playing (if you see Ace you'll know what I mean).

Enjoyment: 4
I have to give them some credit for the use of fitting seiyuu's and design but if you compare it to the story and character development itself I was more confused than awed.

Overall: 4
I've tried my best to keep up with this beautiful designed world but the plot simply wouldn't let me, maybe people who played the game will be the only ones who'll fully understand it,... on the other hand, I don't think anyone will understand this work of strange animation.

I LOVED the Heart no Kuni no Alice manga and games. When I found this, I was super excited to see my favorite characters come to life. Well, it failed. For one thing, it had almost nothing to do with the manga or games. They don't even explain that THE TERRITORIES HATE EACH OTHER AND ARE AT WAR! Seriously, how could you leave that out? And anyway, there are a ton of pointless scenes that make no sense and the plot is non-existent. This movie had sooo much potential, but sadly failed at what it was trying to do. It's nearly impossible to follow this ... non-existent plot. I was very disappointed with this movie.

I am a fan of Heart no Kuni no Alice: Wonderful Wonder World manga. I have been looking forward to the anime adaptation since I caught wind of its making....

....and I am thoroughly disappointed with the outcome.

The storyline and character/story development in the manga was solid and enjoyable. The anime is a total spastic, rushed mess of chaos. It starts off in the middle of a scene. Now, thats not a bad thing in itself, BUT in this case, it was. Even thought I have read the manga, I was totally confused. Where was it? What was happening? Why were Alice and the Twins being ... chased? It was never brought up again what was going on.

On top of this, we are introduced the characters in a list-like fashion, not as Alice meets them and learns about them.

Plot: nonexistant....wonderland is not supposed to make sense, yes, but its supposed to be rhyme with reason, ordered chaos, not just running around showing up here and there for no reason at all.

A few scenes ring true to what the manga storyline told, and had the rest of the manga been followed, this might have been more of a success.

Also, for some reason I do not understand, the makers decided to make this a movie, not an episodic show. An episodic show makes more sense for the storyline. Everything ended up being too rushed in the movie.

Overall, I don't recommend anyone watch this if they have NOT read the manga first. Absolutely nothing will make sense at all. For those that have read it, the movie still wont make that much sense, but it makes up a bit for the complete lack of character introductions and development.

Like everyone else is saying this movie really has no plot at all, if anything Please read the Manga version of this before you even try to watch this movie. the story in the movie skips around way to much, and there is no character development. The manga is nothing like this it flows so much better.

Story gets a 3 because you can't understand what the heck is going on unless you have read the manga before

Art gets a 10 because the style actually is really good.

Sound 10 you can't complain about the sound it's good.

Characters 10 because they are all the same from the ... manga as well.

Enjoyment 4 because you really don't understand it, there are clear time waste scenes in it

overall 4 because of the story.

I read the manga and loved it. When I saw that there was a movie adaptation, I was ecstatic. After reading some reviews, I figured it was a movie that fans would enjoy, but understand why people who haven't read the manga (or played the games maybe) wouldn't enjoy it. But, no. I was wrong. Horribly wrong.
*Note: I'm using 1 as the minimum.

Story: 1/10
The story was...non-existent. No, I take that back, it was just all over the place. I feel like, whoever made this film, tried to piece in a bit of all of the spin-off mangas to "Alice in the Country of Hearts".

Art: 4/10
I ... simply didn't like it. It looked similar to the art by the artist who did "Alice in the Country of Clover: The Cheshire Cat Waltz". It was different from the parent manga's art and it just looked weird and out-of-place.

Sound: 7/10
I liked the voice actors. The characters sounded like how I imagined. The sound effects were fitting (not like there's much to say about them). The music was okay. Some of it didn't fit in the situation the characters were in, but maybe that's just me. Overall, it was nothing special.

Character: 7/10
Well this is sad. The main thing I enjoyed about the manga was the characters. They were fun and likable. In this movie, they were dull. Heck, you don't even get to see most of them for a long time. The characters that were shown the most were Alice (of course), Blood, Vivaldi, and Joker and Peter for an even shorter time. You have the Bloody Twins in the beginning, but we only see them for one or two more short scenes later in the film. Julius was barely in the movie at all! Gowland and Cheshire had little appearance as well. Then, my biggest problem for characters, was Ace. Sure, he had a lot of screen time at the end and a bit at the ball, but his fun side wasn't shown at all! I mean it was shown a little at the ball, but that's it. A whole 1-2 minutes of it. That's not to say they shouldn't show his serious and psychotic sides, but COME ON! The first reason I came to love Ace was how fun he could be despite how depressed he is. They didn't even show how easily he gets lost. It was mentioned when Alice introduced the characters, but that's it. Another thing about her introduction about Ace: While she tells about him, he's seen cooking some meat over a fire he made in the castle, but it's not explained. Those who read the manga would know that he camps out if he doesn't make it to his destination before nightfall. Nope, all the viewers get is, "He gets lost easily. He even gets lost in the castle." (or something along the lines of that).

Enjoyment: 2/10
It was boring and bothersome. There's one more thing I haven't mentioned that is always talked about in reviews: the pointless scenes. There are so many pointless scenes. I'll start with the scene changes with cards. In the beginning, the something would become a card, cards would rain, shuffle, spread, a card would flip over, it will reveal a scene, and then zoom into it. It was really long for a scene change. Then there was a mini segment in the beginning that pretty much told the basis of the story with cut-outs of the characters. It was cute, but unneeded. Then we have the infamous elevator scenes. What happens is a long segment cutting to the number of floors and them changing and cutting back to the doors in which you could see what the floor looked like. Rinse and repeat. No dialogue throughout. This happens again, only with two characters in the elevator and very few words are mumbled. Then a shorter version of the second elevator scene. It's just...why?

Overall: 2/10
Pointless scenes, jumbled story, dull representations of characters, cheesy art, and no conclusion. I don't recommend this waste of time.

I love the Heart No Kuni No Alice games and the manga, so when I heard the movie was coming out, I was incredibly excited. However, I was incredibly disappointed. The movie jumps forwards and backwards a lot, so it is very confusing to follow. Also, there is basically no plot at all-I just watched the movie and I really can't tell you what the point of it all was.
Overall, the most disappointing thing about this movie was how it had so much potential and fell flat on its face. This movie wasted all of the amazing, funny, interesting characters from the manga and ... game. No one character is fleshed out, not even Alice. The plot of the manga is completely ignored, and the plot of the movie is just a jumbled mess. I spent the entire movie waiting for the story to begin or go somewhere recognizable, and it never did. There was so much material to work with, and yet this movie managed to discard all of that and be, honestly, terrible.
If you are a fan of Heart No Kuni No Alice manga or game, or even just good movies in general, do not watch this movie. Its a bad movie, boring, confusing, and a complete waste of time. The art was occasionally pretty, but that is really the only nice thing I can say about it.

Story Rating : 4/10

I'm sorry to say this but the story is pretty fucked up to be honest.. I mean what the hell is even the main conflict of this story?! That Alice doesn't know how to come back home?! Heck she didn't even do that much to find a way to go back home!! Plus it's not even stated who the hell is the main 'villain' in this fucked up story. They didn't even explain the first few minutes about how Alice is running from a random reason. The scenes keeps on freaking skipping scene per scene! Heck! I don't even know what's happening ... anymore. I know that this in fact is a movie so not all of it are going to be explain but why not just explain what the hell is going on instead of jumping from one scene to another. I know that this is based on Alice in Wonderland but I think they're just using those change of scenes as an excuse that this is based on Alice in Wonderland.

Art Rating : 4/10

Is it me or their body and head are not even proportioned with each other? It's pretty awkward watching it.. I mean like come on! Their body is way bigger than it's supposed to be.. And their hair!! Man their hair!! Some of the characters' hair volume are pretty big but some of them doesn't even have a volume in their hair. Apart from the body proportion their expression is pretty dull their saying some things that needs to be expressed a little bit more specially their eyes.. TIt's pretty dull in my opinion.. I think that the game's art style is way better than the anime's

Sound Rating 4/10

Yes the opening music and the ending music is pretty cool but again is it me or their some of their voices doesn't even suit the characters' appearance and emotions?? let's take tweed'e dum's voice. His voice doesn't even suit his appearance! He looks like a teenage boy but his voice is way squeaky it could even pass as a kid's voice! Their voices lacks emotions and feelings that's why it sounded way off.

Character Rating 2/10

Why 2/10?? Well it doesn't focus on the main character at all! Hell! The story doesn't even focus on anyone! Not a single flashback or explanation are shown in this movie! Plus why the hell is she explaining who's who and what's their personality and such?? Didn't the know the rule SHOW DON"T TELL? Instead of wasting their time explaining why can't the just show what kind of person they are??

Enjoyment rating: 2/10

2/10 because I was really confused on what was happening.. I didn't even enjoy it the tiniest bit it didn't answer my questions and stuff.. I was really bored and confused the entire time.. The words "What??" "How??" "What the hell is happening??" "What the hell just happened??" keeps on running through my head even after I finished the movie.


Overall Rating: 3.2

This movie is really a disappointment in my opinion.. I was really excited to watch this because of the game but it didn't even went up to my expectations..

Um.. Where to begin other than I made it about 30 mins into the movie before I decided to drop it. There was no plot. The scenes looked like someone in editing decided to add cool effects, cool pictures, and random parts they animated together. It literally jumps from a scene with her sister to a scene with her running away with Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dumb. There's never context (in the part with her sister, she tells her “you wanna play a board game…A card game? I’ll go fetch something” As Alice tells her AFTER SHE RUNS AWAY “No I don’t want to ... play any games”) What seems to be the first scene is like 25 mins in. It is definitely a mess. Looks like the scenes got misplaced (I was questioning if I was even watching the correct thing). The characters were designed really well & voice cast well. Tbh I think this would do good as an Anime much better compared to the movie, maybe oneday someone/some company will revisit this.