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== History ==

== History ==

In Japan in the mid 90's, a special breed of low-budget TV drama was born (and died). To those who even know of them, these shows are known as area code dramas, because for a certain time slot, several regions of Japan got their own unique drama that the other regions did not get to see, and each of these dramas was named after the telephone area code of its broadcasting station. The area code drama was the brainchild of Kenji Kasai (笠井一二, that's probably the wrong reading) of Antinos Records. (Antinos is the prefix 'anti' plus 'sony' spelled backwards, purportedly.[http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%94%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%91%E3%83%B3#.E3.82.A2.E3.83.B3.E3.83.86.E3.82.A3.E3.83.8E.E3.82.B9.E3.83.AC.E3.82.B3.E3.83.BC.E3.83.89])  

In Japan in the mid 90's, a special breed of low-budget TV drama was born (and died). To those who even know of them, these shows are known as area code dramas, because for a certain time slot, several regions of Japan got their own unique drama that the other regions did not get to see, and each of these dramas was named after the telephone area code of its broadcasting station. The area code drama was the brainchild of Kenji Kasai (笠井一二, that's probably the wrong reading) of Antinos Records. (Antinos is the prefix 'anti' plus 'Sony' spelled backwards, purportedly.[http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%94%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%91%E3%83%B3#.E3.82.A2.E3.83.B3.E3.83.86.E3.82.A3.E3.83.8E.E3.82.B9.E3.83.AC.E3.82.B3.E3.83.BC.E3.83.89])  

''Alice 6'' is Area Code Drama 054. It was broadcast in Shizuoka by TV Shizuoka. It is also set in Shizuoka, and was shot at famous locations such as [[Wikipedia:Miho_no_Matsubara|Miho Beach]], [[Wikipedia:Sunpu_Castle|Sumpu Park]], Tokiwa Park, and [[Wikipedia:Shuzenji_Romney_Railway|Niji no Sato]]. At least one episode makes references to Shizuoka lore.

''Alice 6'' is Area Code Drama 054. It was broadcast in Shizuoka by TV Shizuoka. It is also set in Shizuoka, and was shot at famous locations such as [[Wikipedia:Miho no Matsubara|Miho Beach]], [[Wikipedia:Sunpu Castle|Sumpu Park]], Tokiwa Park, and [[Wikipedia:Shuzenji Romney Railway|Niji no Sato]]. At least one episode makes references to Shizuoka lore.

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== Characters and Cast ==

== Characters and Cast ==

Miki is the unspoken leader of the group, and if you're looking for a main character, she might be it. She's played by Yukiko Morikawa (森川友紀子), who had a fairly pronounced lisp.

Miki is the unspoken leader of the group, and if you're looking for a main character, she might be it. She's played by Yukiko Morikawa (森川友紀子), who had a fairly pronounced lisp.

*Masatsugu Shoko　（真次　祥子）

*Masatsugu Shoko　（真次　祥子）

Shoko is the youngest member of the group, and the most Alice-like. She has a bad sense of humor. This is one of the first roles of Rina Komine (小嶺麗奈), who went on to become a pretty successful actress and model. In fact, she starred in a movie called ''August in the Water'' that very same year.[http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B0%8F%E5%B6%BA%E9%BA%97%E5%A5%88] This is the character after whom [[Shoko Masatsugu] was named in the anime.

Shoko is the youngest member of the group, and the most Alice-like. She has a bad sense of humor. This is one of the first roles of Rina Komine (小嶺麗奈), who went on to become a pretty successful actress and model. In fact, she starred in a movie called ''August in the Water'' that very same year.[http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B0%8F%E5%B6%BA%E9%BA%97%E5%A5%88] This is the character after whom [[Shoko Masatsugu]] was named in the anime.

*Oh Reika　（王　麗華）

*Oh Reika　（王　麗華）

Reika carries a capacious bag with a seemingly endless supply of snacks, compared by her fellows to the magical pocket of [[Wikipedia:Doraemon|Doraemon]]. Played by Tomoko Okada (岡田智子). This character shares a name with [[Reika Yamamoto]] of the anime.

Reika carries a capacious bag with a seemingly endless supply of snacks, compared by her fellows to the magical pocket of [[Wikipedia:Doraemon|Doraemon]]. Played by Tomoko Okada (岡田智子). This character shares a name with [[Reika Yamamoto]] of the anime.

Of course, the three models decide to run towards the gunshot sounds, and are soon captured in a net trap laid by a band of feral children reminiscent of Peter Pan's lost boys. They are bound and led to the children's citadel or perhaps their pole structure, where they are tried and sentenced to death. Miki appeals the sentence, offering a display of black magic. The locals are impressed by her sorcery, but then Juri and Michiru run into the citadel/pole structure to rescue the other three, reverting the locals to their previous pissed off and death-dispensing attitude. Once they are good and rescued, the five models promptly fall down a hole.

Of course, the three models decide to run towards the gunshot sounds, and are soon captured in a net trap laid by a band of feral children reminiscent of Peter Pan's lost boys. They are bound and led to the children's citadel or perhaps their pole structure, where they are tried and sentenced to death. Miki appeals the sentence, offering a display of black magic. The locals are impressed by her sorcery, but then Juri and Michiru run into the citadel/pole structure to rescue the other three, reverting the locals to their previous pissed off and death-dispensing attitude. Once they are good and rescued, the five models promptly fall down a hole.

===Chapter 4: Ama No Hagoromo===

===Chapter 4: Ama No Hagoromo===

The hole is some kind of magical wormhole which whisks them out to the ocean and changes their clothes at the same time. There they decide to take off their sashes and prance around on the beach for a while. After a good prance, they go to retrieve their sashes, but find them missing. Following the scent of roasting fish brings them to a fisherman who has stolen their sashes. The fisherman says he will not return the sashes unless they perform a variety show for his entertainment. They do, so he does. The five Alices then walk, a la [[Wikipedia:Doraemon|Doraemon]], through an Anywhere Door which presently appears. (This episode is a corruption of the [[Wikipedia:Hagoromo_(play)|Hagoromo Densetsu]].)

The hole is some kind of magical wormhole which whisks them out to the ocean and changes their clothes at the same time. There they decide to take off their sashes and prance around on the beach for a while. After a good prance, they go to retrieve their sashes, but find them missing. Following the scent of roasting fish brings them to a fisherman who has stolen their sashes. The fisherman says he will not return the sashes unless they perform a variety show for his entertainment. They do, so he does. The five Alices then walk, a la [[Wikipedia:Doraemon|Doraemon]], through an Anywhere Door which presently appears. (This episode is a corruption of the [[Wikipedia:Hagoromo (play)|Hagoromo Densetsu]].)

===Chapter 5: The Dark Labyrinth===

===Chapter 5: The Dark Labyrinth===

The Alices find themselves in a long subterranean tunnel. The door disappears. They wander through the tunnel to a large cavern that contains a large Buddha statue. Each of the five models disappears one by one. Shoko, who has been having flashbacks to her childhood and generally doubting herself, is the last to disappear. '''/!\CONJECTURE/!\''' This episode ''might'' be loosely based on Lawrence Durrell's book of the same title. (end conjecture zone)

The Alices find themselves in a long subterranean tunnel. The door disappears. They wander through the tunnel to a large cavern that contains a large Buddha statue. Each of the five models disappears one by one. Shoko, who has been having flashbacks to her childhood and generally doubting herself, is the last to disappear. '''/!\CONJECTURE/!\''' This episode ''might'' be loosely based on Lawrence Durrell's book of the same title. (end conjecture zone)

===Chapter 6: Another Me, Another World===

===Chapter 6: Another Me, Another World===

Reika has been whisked to a rural fishing town in the 1960's, where she finds a doppelganger of herself living a life she's never lived. She confronts the doppelganger and convinces her she is fake, and is then magically whisked back to the bus and joyously reunited with the waiting Shoko.

Reika has been whisked to a rural fishing town in the 1960s, where she finds a doppelganger of herself living a life she's never lived. She confronts the doppelganger and convinces her she is fake, and is then magically whisked back to the bus and joyously reunited with the waiting Shoko.

===Chapter 7: The Dome===

===Chapter 7: The Dome===

Miki, Juri, and Michiru come to in a terraformation dome on planet Reticle 19 in the Saggitarius star system. There they meet the dome's last inhabitant, Hecorne Kai, who awaits the return of his daughter Lunica. Miki does some sleuthing, mostly by directing questions at the dome's computer system, and finds out that '''WOAH HUGE SPOILERS''' wouldn't want to spoil that for you!  

Miki, Juri, and Michiru come to in a terraformation dome on planet Reticle 19 in the Saggitarius star system. There they meet the dome's last inhabitant, Hecorne Kai, who awaits the return of his daughter Lunica. Miki does some sleuthing, mostly by directing questions at the dome's computer system, and finds out that '''WOAH HUGE SPOILERS''' wouldn't want to spoil that for you!