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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: 401 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 19 votes (sub:13, dub:6)
 Excellent: 53 votes (sub:32, dub:20, raw:1)
 Very good: 89 votes (sub:56, dub:28, raw:2, Fre.sub:2, Spa.dub:1)
 Good: 112 votes (sub:76, dub:26, ?:2, raw:2, Spa.sub:2, Por.sub:1, Rus.sub:1, Ger.sub:1, Dut.sub:1)
 Decent: 56 votes (sub:40, dub:13, raw:2, ?:1)
 So-so: 29 votes (sub:18, dub:9, Spa.sub:2)
 Not really good: 13 votes (sub:8, dub:5)
 Weak: 18 votes (sub:10, dub:8)
 Bad: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Awful: 2 votes (sub:1, dub:1)
 Worst ever: 6 votes (sub:4, dub:2)
Seen in part or in whole by 779 users, rank: #761
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.8816 (Good-.11), std. dev.: 1.9434, rank: #1954
Weighted mean: 6.8401 (Good-.15), rank: #1794
Bayesian estimate: 6.85702 (Good-.14), rank: #1550
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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Related releases:
    Alien 9 (DVD) 2003-07-08 (from $4.99)
    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 (Ep. 2,4)

Storyboard:
Hiroshi Nishikiori (ep 2)
Jiro Fujimoto (ep 1)
Katsushi Sakurabi (ep 3)
Kazunori Iwakura (OP)
Yasuhiro Irie (ep 1,4)

Music: Kuniaki Haishima

Original Manga: Hitoshi Tomizawa

Character Design: Yasuhiro Irie

Art director:
Junichi Higashi
Jyunichi Higashi

Animation director:
Kazunori Iwakura
Yasuhiro Irie
Yasuhisa Kato (ep 3)

Sound director: Yoshikazu Iwanami

Director of Photography: Masaru Takase

Producer:
Nobuhiro Osawa (GENCO)
Yuji Matsukura (J.C.STAFF)

3DCGワーク: Kazushige Nishida (ep 2-4)

Color design: Mayumi Tanahashi

Creature Design: Kazunori Iwakura

Editing: Shigeru Nishiyama

Finish Check:
Mayumi Tanahashi (ep 3,4)
Mie Marumo (ep 2)
Miwako Suzuki (ep 3,4)

In-Between Animation:
Akie Hayakawa (ep 1)
Akie Okamoto (ep 1)
Chieko Miyakawa (ep 1)
Chika Ueno (ep 1)
Hideo Nakamura (ep 4)
Hiromi Suzuki (ep 1)
Hiroyuki Terao (ep 2)
Kazue Aoki (ep 1)
Kazuhiko Yano (ep 2,4)
Kiyomi Ishiwata (ep 2,4)
Kouyou Uetani (ep 4)
Kyouko Takeuchi (ep 4)
Makoto Iino (ep 4)
Mariko Aikawa (ep 1)
Masahiro Sakato (ep 2-4)
Masato Onoda (ep 2)
Mitsuzumi Yoshino (ep 1)
Munehiro Tada (ep 1)
Nishiki Itaoka (ep 2,4)
Norihito Ogawa (ep 4)
Noriko Kai (ep 1)
Noriko Sugiyama (ep 1)
Ryosuke Kimiya (ep 4)
Satoshi Takahashi (ep 1)
Satoshi Tezuka (ep 2-4)
Satsuki Muramatsu (ep 1)
Shigeki Kimoto (ep 2-4)
Soichi Higuchi (ep 1)
Takayuki Abe (ep 1-3)
Takehiko Kageyama
Takeyoshi Omagari (ep 4)
Tatsuo Arai (ep 1)
Teppei Taketani (ep 1)
Tomoe Sahashi (ep 1,3)
Tsuyoshi Morita (ep 1)
Yohei Nakano (ep 4)
Yoshinao Suzuki (ep 1)
Youko Ozone (ep 1)
Yuichiro Hayashi (ep 2)
Yuichiro Yamada
Yukie Watanabe (ep 1)
Yumiko Kitajima (ep 1)
Yuuki Ukai (ep 1)

In-Between Check:
Hiroki Okamoto
Nobuko Ogino
Takako Kawano

Key Animation:
Akie Hayakawa (ep 2,3)
Hideki Hashimoto (ep 1)
Hidenori Fukuoka (ep 2)
Hidenori Hasaka (ep 2,3)
Hidetoshi Sano (ep 3,4)
Hiroko Oguri (ep 2,3)
Hiroshi Masuda (ep 4)
Hiroshi Sanuki (ep 2-4)
Hiroyuki Okuno (ep 1)
Kayoko Nabeta (ep 1)
Kazunori Iwakura
Keiji Ishihara (ep 3)
Keiko Kawashima (OP)
Ken Ootsuka (ep 2,4)
Kunihiro Abe (ep 1,OP)
Mamoru Abiko (ep 1,2)
Manabu Fukazawa (ep 3)
Masahiro Fujii (ep 2)
Masaki Nakaya (ep 4)
Masanori Osawa (ep 3)
Masumi Morishita (ep 2,3)
Misao Abe
Munenori Nawa (ep 3,OP)
Naoki Aisaka (ep 3,4)
Naoto Hosoda (ep 2)
Nozomu Abe (ep 3)
Ryotarou Akao (ep 3)
Satoshi Ishino (ep 2)
Satoshi Nishimura (ep 3)
Shigeki Sunada (ep 1)
Shinichi Miyamae (ep 1,2)
Shuichi Kaneko (ep 1)
Shuuji Sakamoto (ep 4)
Soichiro Matsuda (ep 2-4)
Tadashi Shida (ep 3,4)
Takahiro Tanaka (ep 4)
Takao Abo (ep 1,OP)
Takashi Maruyama (ep 3,4)
Takayuki Gorai (ep 1,2)
Takehiro Hamatsu (ep 1,2)
Tetsuya Ishikawa (ep 2)
Tomoe Sahashi (ep 2)
Tomohiro Takayama (ep 3,4)
Wataru Abe (ep 2)
Yoshinobu Ando (ep 1)
Yûichi Takahashi (ep 2-4)
Yuichi Tanaka (ep 1,3)
Yuuko Watabe (ep 3)

Music producer: Shunichi Uemura

Planning:
Hirokuni Maeyama
Kazumi Kawashiro
Kazuto Imanishi
Takayuki Yanagisawa

Recording: Hideki Matsunaka (ep 2-4)

Recording Adjustment: Nobuhira Hirano (ep 1)

Series Planning: Sadayuki Murai

Sound Effects: Masaru Urahata

Sound Producer: Toru Nakano (ep 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

デジタル仕上:
Akiko Uchida (ep 2-4)
Eiko Matsushima (ep 4)
Emiko Ueno (ep 4)
Izumi Hirose (ep 4)
Junko Mizuno (ep 1,4)
Kan Onoshima
Kazu Doi (ep 1,4)
Kazuomi Koga (ep 1-3)
Kyousuke Ishikawa
Mariko Saizawa (ep 1)
Mariko Shimokawa (ep 1,4)
Maya Muranaga (ep 2-4)
Mayumi Tanahashi (ep 4)
Mie Marumo (ep 1,3,4)
Mieko Maruyama (ep 4)
Mika Funabashi
Mika Sugawara (ep 4)
Mitsuko Ito (ep 1)
Miwako Suzuki (ep 1,2,4)
Miyuki Ishida (ep 1-3)
Sayaka Tsuda (ep 4)
Sayo Motegi (ep 1,4)
Takayoshi Ishikawa (ep 1,4)
Tomomi Andou
Yuka Yamakoshi (ep 1)
Yukiko Itou (ep 2,3)
Yuri Okada (ep 4)

デジタル撮影:
Kazushige Nishida (ep 1)
Masaru Takase (ep 2-4)
Mikio Nakade (ep 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

協力: Hitoshi Tomizawa

宣伝:
Norihisa Oki
Tetsuya Tsuchihashi

演出:
Jiro Fujimoto (ep 1)
Katsushi Sakurabi (ep 2,3)
Kazunori Iwakura (OP)
Yasuhiro Irie (ep 4)

編曲: en avant (OP,ED)

美術: Makiko Hirasawa (ep 3,4)

背景:
Aya Shimizu (ep 1)
Eri Nakamura (ep 1)
Hirofune Hane (ep 2,4)
Hiroko Sato (ep 1)
Kenya Shimizu (ep 3)
Makiko Hirasawa (ep 1,3,4)
Masato Itou (ep 3,4)
Noriko Ikehata (ep 2,4)
Ritsuko Murakami (ep 3,4)
Sadako Minamisawa (ep 3,4)
Shizuko Nakata (ep 1)
Sho Itomitsu (ep 1)
Sotaro Hori (ep 1)
Tomoko Takahashi (ep 1)
Toshiharu Iijima (ep 1,3)
Toshiyuki Tokuda (ep 1)
Tsuneo Ozeki (ep 3,4)
Yoshiro Kajiwara (ep 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 (ep 1,4)

Kunihiro Kawamoto as Yasui (安井) (ep 3)

Mami Fukai as Committee Chairman (ep 1)

Masami Toyoshima as Kumi's Mother (ep 1,4)

Miku Kuryuu as Announcer

Rei Sakuma as
Principal
Tomoya Hironaka (ep 2)

Yuko Kato as
Shionozaki-sensei (ep 3)
Yuri's Mother (ep 1,2,4)

Yuko Sanpei as Hiroshi Iwanami (ep 2)

Japanese companies 

Broadcaster: AT-X

Creation:
GENCO
J.C. Staff

Production:
Bandai Visual
GENCO
J.C. Staff
Nippon Columbia
TV Tokyo Media Net

デジタル仕上:
J.C. Staff
Production I.G (ep 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 (ep 1-4)
Nakamura Production (ep 4)
Studio Cockpit (ep 1)
Studio Gash (ep 1)
Studio Live (ep 2,4)

動画協力:
A-Line (ep 1,2)
Dogakobo (ep 1,2)
F.A.I. International (ep 3)
Front Line (ep 1-3)
GAINAX (ep 1-3)
Last House (ep 4)
Magic Bus (ep 2-4)
Nakamura Production (ep 2,3)
Nendai Animation (ep 4)
Office AO (ep 1,2)
Oriental Light and Magic
SHAFT (ep 2)
Studio Cockpit (ep 2,4)
Studio Gash (ep 2)
Studio Hibari (ep 2,3,4)
Studio Live (ep 1,3)
Studio Takuranke (ep 1)
Studio Wombat (ep 1,3)
Tamazawa Animation House (ep 1)
Trans Arts Co. (ep 2)
Xebec (ep 1)

協力:
Akita Shoten
Animo
Character and Anime Dot Com
COSPA Inc.
Imagica
Yoyogi Animation Gakuin

背景:
J.C. Staff (ep 4)
Kusanagi (ep 1)
Studio Easter (ep 1,3,4)

製作: AT-X

録音スタジオ: HALF H・P STUDIO

音楽制作: Columbia Music Entertainment

音楽協力: Columbia Music Entertainment

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

Producer: Stephanie Shalofsky

ADR Recording & Mixing: Verne Vennard

Associate producer: Tom Wayland

Dubbing Coordinator: Ross Lefko

Dubbing supervisor: Tom Wayland

DVD Coordination:
Mike Chin
Ross Lefko

In-House Production: Justin Sevakis

In-House Production Manager: Tim Werenko

Script Adaptation: Tom Wayland

Special Features:
Justin Sevakis
Ross Lefko
Tim Werenko

 

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 Sinterniklaas as Hiroshi

Michael Alston Baley as Yellow Knife

Suzy Savoy as Principal

Tim Werenko as Boat Man

Tom Wayland as Kasumi's Brother

Becca

Lisa Ortiz

Sharon Becker

English companies 

Audio Post Production Services: Central Park Media

Broadcaster:
Animax Asia
Anime Selects

Distributor: U.S. Manga Corps

Dvd Remastering: Ambient Digital Media, Inc.

Licensed by: Central Park Media

Recording: Beatstreet Studios

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)
 

Licensed by: Proware Multimedia International Co., Ltd.

Chinese (Taiwan) cast 
(none)
 
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