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Alien Nine (special)

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©2001 Hitoshi Tomizawa, Akita Shoten/"Alien 9" Committee.


[ adapted from Alien Nine (manga) ]

Alternative title:
Alien 9
エイリアン9 (Japanese)
異形特攻學園 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Themes: alien
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary: Otani Yuri, much to her disgust, has been elected by her class for alien fighting duty. Together with Tonime Kasumi, who joined the alien fighter simply for the sake of doing so, and Kawamura Kumi, who became and alien fighter to avoid the responsibility of yet another year of class presidency, she must defend her school from periodic alien attacks. Introspection, fear, anxiety and friendship await Yuri as she is forced to stare life itself in the mouth in her chaotic coming of age.
Video:
User Ratings: 440 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 20 votes (sub:14, dub:6)
 Excellent: 60 votes (sub:38, dub:21, raw:1)
 Very good: 97 votes (sub:62, dub:31, raw:2, Fre.sub:2)
 Good: 126 votes (sub:87, dub:29, raw:2, Spa.sub:2, ?:2, Dut.sub:1, Por.sub:1, Ger.sub:1, Rus.sub:1)
 Decent: 60 votes (sub:43, dub:14, raw:2, ?:1)
 So-so: 30 votes (sub:20, dub:8, Spa.sub:2)
 Not really good: 14 votes (sub:9, dub:5)
 Weak: 20 votes (sub:12, dub:8)
 Bad: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Awful: 2 votes (dub:1, sub:1)
 Worst ever: 7 votes (sub:4, dub:3)
Seen in part or in whole by 839 users, rank: #747
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.896 (Good-.10), std. dev.: 1.9384, rank: #1967
Weighted mean: 6.854 (Good-.14), rank: #1917 (seen all: 6.89 / seen some: 6.31 / won't finish: 5.44)
Bayesian estimate: 6.869 (Good-.13), rank: #1610
Running time: 30 minutes
Episode titles: We have 4
Vintage:
2001-05-13 (AT-X special broadcast)
2001-06-25 to 2002-02-25
Releases: We have 4
Opening Theme:
#1: "Flower Psychedelic: Kasumi Tomine Version" by Noriko Shitaya
#2: "Flower Psychedelic: Kumi Kawamura Version" by Kaori Shimizu
#3: "Flower Psychedelic: Yuri Otani Version" by Juri Ihata
Ending Theme:
"rebirth" by en avant
Links: We have 1
Comment:
A four part TV special, broadcast bi-monthly. Also released as an OAV.
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DVD
    Alien 9 (DVD) 2003-07-08 (from $7.49)
    Alien 9 - Ultimate Collection DVD + Graphic Novels 1-3 (DVD) 2003-10-28 (from $18.74)
Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 
Director:
Jiro Fujimoto (ep 1)
Yasuhiro Irie (eps 2-4)
Screenplay:
Sadayuki Murai (eps 1, 3)
Seishi Minakami (eps 2, 4)
Original Manga: Hitoshi Tomizawa
Character Design: Yasuhiro Irie
Sound Director: Yoshikazu Iwanami
Director of Photography: Masaru Takase
Producer:
Nobuhiro Osawa (GENCO)
Yuji Matsukura (J.C.STAFF)

3DCGワーク: Kazushige Nishida (eps 2-4)
Color design: Mayumi Tanahashi
Creature Design: Kazunori Iwakura
Finish Check:
Mayumi Tanahashi (eps 3-4)
Mie Marumo (ep 2)
Miwako Suzuki (eps 3-4)
Music Production: Shunichi Uemura
Recording: Hideki Matsunaka (eps 2-4)
Recording Adjustment: Nobuhira Hirano (ep 1)
Series Planning: Sadayuki Murai
Sound Effects: Masaru Urahata
Sound Production: Toru Nakano (eps 2-4)
Theme Song Lyrics: en avant (OP,ED)
Theme Song Performance:
Juri Ihata (OP #1)
Kaori Shimizu (OP #2)
Noriko Shitaya (OP #3)
アシスタント・プロデューサー:
Katsumichi Umezawa
Mitsuhiro Matsuo
デジタル撮影:
Kazushige Nishida (ep 1)
Masaru Takase (eps 2-4)
Mikio Nakade (eps 1-3)
Rikiya Hirooku (ep 1)
Toyomitsu Nakajo (ep 1)
パソコン画面作成: Masaru Takase (ep 1)
作曲: en avant (OP,ED)
共同プロデューサー:
Seiji Suzuki
Taro Maki
制作担当: Jun Katou
編曲: en avant (OP,ED)
美術: Makiko Hirasawa (eps 3-4)
背景:
Aya Shimizu (ep 1)
Eri Nakamura (ep 1)
Hirofune Hane (eps 2, 4)
Hiroko Sato (ep 1)
Kenya Shimizu (ep 3)
Makiko Hirasawa (eps 1, 3-4)
Masato Itou (eps 3-4)
Noriko Ikehata (eps 2, 4)
Ritsuko Murakami (eps 3-4)
Sadako Minamisawa (eps 3-4)
Shizuko Nakata (ep 1)
Sho Itomitsu (ep 1)
Sotaro Hori (ep 1)
Tomoko Takahashi (ep 1)
Toshiharu Iijima (eps 1, 3)
Toshiyuki Tokuda (ep 1)
Tsuneo Ozeki (eps 3-4)
Yoshiro Kajiwara (eps 1, 3)
色指定: Mayumi Tanahashi
製作プロデューサー:
Hitoshi Yagi
Shigehiro Tanaka
Shunji Namiki
音響制作担当: Yuko Ueda
 
Juri Ihata as Yuri Otani
Kaori Shimizu as Kumi Kawamura
Noriko Shitaya as Kasumi Tomine

Aya Hisakawa as Megumi Hisakawa
Manami Nakayama as Miyu Tamaki
Ryusei Nakao as Borg

Akira Ishida as Yellow Knife (ep 4)
Chinatsu Kasahara as Mino-san (ep 3)
Kazuhito Suzuki as Manabu Namiki (ep 2)
Kouichi Nagano as Kasumi's Father (eps 1, 4)
Kunihiro Kawamoto as Yasui (安井) (ep 3)
Mami Fukai as Committee Chairman (ep 1)
Masami Toyoshima as Kumi's Mother (eps 1, 4)
Miku Kuryuu as Announcer
Rei Sakuma as
Principal
Tomoya Hironaka (ep 2)
Yuko Kato as
Shionozaki-sensei (ep 3)
Yuri's Mother (eps 1-2, 4)
Yuko Sanpei as Hiroshi Iwanami (ep 2)
Japanese companies 
Broadcaster: AT-X
デジタル仕上:
J.C. Staff
Production I.G (eps 1, 4)
ポストプロダクション: Tokyo Laboratory
仕上協力:
E&G Film (ep 2)
Idea Factory (ep 2)
Keystone (ep 1)
Production I.G (ep 3)
Tatsunoko Production (ep 4)
動画:
J.C. Staff (eps 1-4)
Nakamura Production (ep 4) 
Studio Cockpit (ep 1)
Studio Gash (ep 1)
Studio Live (eps 2, 4)
動画協力:
A-Line (eps 1-2)
Dogakobo (eps 1-2)
F.A.I. International (ep 3)
Front Line (eps 1-3)
GAINAX (eps 1-3)
Last House (ep 4)
Magic Bus (eps 2-4)
Nakamura Production (eps 2-3)
Nendai Animation (ep 4)
Office AO (eps 1-2)
Oriental Light and Magic
SHAFT (ep 2)
Studio Cockpit (eps 2, 4)
Studio Gash (ep 2)
Studio Hibari (eps 2-4)
Studio Live (eps 1, 3)
Studio Takuranke (ep 1)
Studio Wombat (eps 1, 3)
Tamazawa Animation House (ep 1)
Trans Arts Co. (ep 2)
Xebec (ep 1)
背景:
J.C. Staff (ep 4)
Kusanagi (ep 1)
Studio Easter (eps 1, 3-4)
製作: AT-X
録音スタジオ: HALF H・P STUDIO
音響制作: HALF H・P STUDIO
音響効果: Rakuonsha
English staff 
English cast 
ADR Director: Tom Wayland
Translation: Kathleen Westlake
Executive producer: John O'Donnell
ADR Recording & Mixing: Verne Vennard
Associate producer: Tom Wayland
Dubbing Coordination: Ross Lefko
Dubbing Supervision: Tom Wayland
DVD Coordination:
Mike Chin
Ross Lefko
In-House Production: Justin Sevakis
In-House Production Manager: Tim Werenko
Script Adaptation: Tom Wayland
 
Debora Rabbai as Kumi Kawamura
Kelly Ray as Yuri Otani
Zoe Fries as Kasumi Tomine

Jimmy Zoppi as Kumi's Borg
Joshua Popenoe as Yuri's Borg
Rachael Lillis as Miyu Tamaki
Tristan Goddard as Kasumi's Borg
Veronica Taylor as Megumi Hisakawa

Lynna Dunham as Yuri's Mom
Michael Alston Baley as Yellow Knife
Suzy Savoy as Principal
Tim Werenko as Boat Man
Tom Wayland as Kasumi's Brother

English companies 
Audio Post Production Services: Central Park Media
Distributor: U.S. Manga Corps
Licensed by: Central Park Media
Subtitles: Captions, Inc.
Korean staff 
Korean companies 
(none)
 
Broadcaster: Animax Korea
Korean cast 
(none)

French cast 
French staff 
Producer: Carlo Levy
(none)
French companies 
DVD Distribution: Dybex
Dutch staff 
Dutch companies 
Executive producer: Carlo Levy
 
Broadcaster: Canal +
Distributor: Dybex
Dutch cast 
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff 
Chinese (Taiwan) companies 
(none)
 
Chinese (Taiwan) cast 
(none)
 
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