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Shimada Alice, from All-Stars University Team. ## Personality Gender: Female Age: 13 Appearance: Alice is a pale-skinned girl with hazel eyes, and shoulder-length light brown hair with side ponytails tied with black ribbons. When competing in sensha-dō she wears her university's uniform, tank jacket and mini skirt. At the Boko Museum, she is seen wearing frilly, feminine attire and carrying a pink handbag. Personality: Alice is a very shy girl. She seems to be be quite intelligent, and to take her responsibilities extremely seriously for a child of her age. She is shown to have a keen tactical mind and is a very skilled fighter. Perhaps because she's so very shy, she appears to be quite cold at first but she warms up once she better knows the people around her. She does not know much about friendship. She herself does not appear to have many friends, even from her tank crew. She may also lack social skills, both as a result of her being held in high regard and set apart as a child prodigy, as well as from being ostracised by the rest of the university students due to her age. Hobby: She is fan of Boko. Boko is a beaten up bear, it is characterized for being weak, but always having strength to never give up. "Hang in there Boko!" ―Alice Shimada "I'll fight, I'll fight, I'll fight for sure. Watch me beat up those jerks. I'll fight, it's the right thing to do, I'll do it with a high spirit, I'll do it resolutely." ―Boko's tag line Additional Information: She is Overall Tank Commander of All-Stars University Team. She skipped grades to reach university for this purpose, which has had the side effect of leaving her relatively lonely in the university environment. She personally commands a Centurion Mk. I A41 Tank. Although she abstains from participating directly for the majority of the battle, preferring to coordinate the university forces from a distance. However, in the final stages of battle, when the University Select Team numbers are dwindling, Alice personally joins the match and leads her tank into battle. She proves to be an incredibly skilled commander, overcoming a Chi-Ha-Tan ambush, defeating Turtle and Anteater Teams in a high speed chase, and taking out Rabbit Team, Mallard Team and the CV-33 before rendezvousing with the Bermuda Trio for the showdown against the Nishizumi sisters. Like Miho, Alice is a fan of Boko, and she accepts the challenge of fighting Oarai if Chiyo, in the case of a win, becomes the sponsor of the Boko Museum, which is about to close because of lack of funding. Alice uses a hand-held radio (as opposed to the in-built radio in her tank) when communicating exclusively with the members of the Bermuda Trio. Alice fights her battles "heads up": viewing the battle while standing in the hatch of the tank, rather than through the vision slits. She is the one of only eight tank commanders shown to adopt this posture. Through use of hand signals and, evidently, her feet, Alice commands her entire tank crew without speaking. She is only rarely seen to use her tank's radio handset during the heat of battle. Alice personally accounts for ten tanks incapacitated during the match against the Oarai Compound Team, the highest total in the match. During a practice match, Alice commanded a white M4 Sherman. Alice's university residence dorm is devoid of Boko paraphernalia save for a small set of pocket-sized bears. From the telephone set, her dorm room is number 204. While Alice is 13-years-old, she skipped grades and is in university instead of middle school. In the drama CD, it is revealed that Alice likes frilly clothes. Alice considers Boko to be her one true love. As shown in the "Alice War!" OVA , Alice suffers from motion sickness. Her mom name is Shimada Chiyo. She is the current head of the Shimada Style. Chiyo is a beautiful pale-skinned woman with long, light brown hair tied with a black ribbon, and hazel eyes. Her appearance is a lot less cold and her manner more friendly than Shiho Nishizumi. Physically she bears a striking resemblance to her daughter, Shimada Alice. Chiyo is a very calm and refined woman who seems very intelligent. She is dedicated to being the best, and to her family's sensha-dō style being recognized as superior to all others.