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Alice in Borderland 2020
Alice in Borderland is a Japanese science fiction thriller drama series adapted from the manga by Haro Aso. It began airing on December 10, 2020 and ended with its third season on September 25, 2025, with Shinsuke Sato overseeing all 22 episodes. Sato wrote every episode, with Yasuko Kuramitsu as co-writer for the first season. The show premiered in Netflix and featured Kento Yamazaki and Tao Tsuchiya among its main cast members. These actors portray players caught in a parallel Tokyo where they must survive deadly games. Each game is symbolized by French-suited playing cards, and players' visas expire if they fail, leading to execution. The first season was announced in July 2019 and filmed between August and December 2019. Although the third season wasn’t initially marked as final, Netflix confirmed in a January 2026 article that it concluded the series. The show gained strong viewership across many regions and received favorable reviews from critics. They noted its action scenes, direction, and performances, often comparing it to survival films like Battle Royale (2000) and Cube (1997).
Cast
- Nijirō MurakamiShuntarō Chishiya
- Aya AsahinaHikari Kuina
- Dori SakuradaSuguru Niragi
- Ayaka MiyoshiRizuna Ann
- Sho AoyagiMorizono Aguni
- Riisa NakaMira Kanō
- Yuri TsunematsuAkane Heiya
- Kento KakuRyuji Matsuyama
- Tina TamashiroRei Morikage
- Risa SudouSachiko Makino
- Koji OhkuraTetsu Shimazaki
- Kotaro DaigoNobuaki "Nobu" Hida
- Yūki MorinagaChōta Segawa
- Keita MachidaDaikichi Karube
- Yūtarō WatanabeKōdai Tatta
- Nobuaki KanekoTakeru Danma / Hatter
- Tsuyoshi AbeKeiichi Kuzuryū
- Taisuke MatsushitaShota
- Takehiro OtsukiTamotsu
- Rina KoyamaKonomi
- Mizuki SashideMizuki
- Aya KitaiLily
- Shigemitsu OgiKenji Arisu
- Kyotaro TamuraHajime Arisu
- Yūhei ŌuchidaTakuma
- Hayato IsomuraSunato Banda
- Katsuya MaigumaOki Yaba
- Kina YazakiMomoka Inoue:A member of "the Beach"
- Mizuki YoshidaAsahi Kujō:A member of "the Beach"
- Kosuke KubotaJoe:A member of the Beach and part of the car maintenance team
- Ayaka MinamiSaiko:She is one of the Beach militants
- Kento ShibuyaJun:He is one of the Beach militants
- Ken AokiMakoto:He is one of the Beach militants
- Ippei OsakoSugi:He is one of the Beach militants
Crew
- Director
- Shinsuke Sato
- Writer
- Yoshiki Watabe, Yasuko Kuramitsu, Shinsuke Sato
- Producer
- Akira Morii
- Executive producer
- Kaata Sakamoto
- Cinematography
- Taro Kawazu
- Music
- Yutaka Yamada, Benson Taylor
Details
- Production
- Robot Communications
- Network
- Netflix