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This Boy Can Fight Aliens! (OAV)

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Alternative title:
Kono Danshi, Uchū-jin to Tatakaemasu. (Japanese)
この男子、宇宙人と戦えます。 (Japanese)
Themes: yaoi
Plot Summary: When aliens suddenly invade the world, Earth seems to be fighting a losing battle until Arikawa, one of the defense command staff, accidentally discovers a young man lying on a hill. Tests soon prove the impossible: this one teenager, Kakashi, has the power to defeat the attackers. Unfortunately, Kakashi has also lost his memory, and with it the knowledge of how to actually use his power. Moving Kakashi in with himself and his own commander, Shiro, Arikawa accidentally starts a strange triangle of emotions and relationships. A triangle that threatens the fate of the planet as Kakashi begins to question his own motivations.
User Ratings: 85 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Excellent: 5 votes (dub:3, sub:2)
 Very good: 7 votes (sub:5, dub:2)
 Good: 27 votes (sub:19, dub:8)
 Decent: 18 votes (sub:11, dub:7)
 So-so: 10 votes (sub:6, dub:4)
 Not really good: 7 votes (dub:5, sub:2)
 Weak: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Bad: 1 vote (dub:1)
 Awful: 3 votes (sub:2, dub:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 177 users, rank: #4133 (of 9763)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.153 (Decent), std. dev.: 1.9128, rank: #6958 (of 9909)
Weighted mean: 6.239 (Decent+), rank: #6651 (of 9909) (seen all: 6.32 / won't finish: 2.43)
Bayesian estimate: 6.404 (Decent+), rank: #5625 (of 7492)
Running time: 28 minutes
Vintage: 2011-10-10
Ending Theme:
"Toumei Nostalgia (透明ノスタルジア;Transparent Nostalgia)" by Akiko Shikata
Review:
This Boy Can Fight Aliens! Blu-Ray (Aug 14, 2012)
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North American Anime, Manga Releases, August 12-18 (Aug 14, 2012)
Sentai to Release This Boy Can Fight Aliens in English (Mar 22, 2012)
Kono Danshi Anime DVD Gets Second Installment (Mar 21, 2012)
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Kono Danshi, Uchū-jin to Tatakaemasu. Anime Launches (Aug 19, 2011)
Interview:
Interview: Soubi Yamamoto (Mar 28, 2012)
Press Release:
Section23 Films Announces August Slate (May 15, 2012)
Other article:
Shelf Life - Season Finale (Oct 8, 2012)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    This Boy Can Fight Aliens! (Blu-ray) 2012-08-14 (from $17.02)
DVD (Region 1)
    This Boy Can Fight Aliens! (DVD) 2012-08-14 (from $12.01)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Soubi Yamamoto
Screenplay: Soubi Yamamoto
Original creator: Soubi Yamamoto

Theme Song Performance: Akiko Shikata
Ryōhei Kimura as Kakashi

Daisuke Hirakawa as Shiro
Toshiyuki Toyonaga as Arikawa

Hideyuki Hayami as Haruka
Megumi Han as Toru
Yoshiyuki Shimozuma as Yamamura

Kaori Ohashi
Keiko Hara 
Suzune Okabe
Takanori Nagai
Takuya Kodama
Yasuhiro Watanabe  (渡部康大)
Yoshimi Komiyama
Yui Hatano
Yuka Miyamoto
Yutaka Taharabaru
Japanese companies
Production: CoMix Wave Films
English staff
English cast
ADR Director: Janice Williams
Translation: Kaoru Bertrand
Executive producer:
David Del Rio
Eiichi Takahashi
John Ledford

Audio Engineer: Brent Marshall
BD Authoring: David Williams
DVD Authoring: Neal Barnes
Media Coordinator: Janice Williams
Production Assistant:
E.W. Rector, III
Jessica Williams
Kayla King
Production manager: Joey Goubeaud
Sound Design & Mix: Brent Marshall
Subtitle Script & Timing:
Dwayne Jones
Janice Williams
Technical Assistant: Michael Olesch
Blake Shepard as Kakashi

David Matranga as Shiro
Greg Ayres as Arikawa

Brittney Karbowski as Toru
Christopher Patton as Yamamura
Clint Bickham as Haruka
English companies
Distributor: Section23 Films
Internet Streaming:
HIDIVE (Subtitled & Dubbed)
The Anime Network
Licensed by: Sentai Filmworks
Production: Seraphim Digital

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