Alien Nine

Infobox animanga/Header
name = Alien Nine


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ja_name = エイリアン9
ja_name_trans = Eirian 9
genre = Science fictionInfobox animanga/Manga
title = Alien 9
author = Hitoshi Tomizawa
publisher = Akita Shoten
demographic = Seinen
magazine = Young Champion
first = 1998
last = 1999
volumes = 3 [Ann manga|id=1582. Accessed 2007-02-19.] Infobox animanga/Manga
title = Alien 9 Emulators
author = Hitoshi Tomizawa
publisher = Akita Shoten
demographic = Seinen
magazine = Champion Red
first = 2003
last = 2003
volumes = 1 [Ann manga|id=3854. Accessed 2007-04-29.] Infobox animanga/OVA
title = Alien 9
director = Jiro Fujimoto (Ep. 1)
Yasuhiro Irie (Eps. 2-4)
studio = J.C.Staff
episodes = 4 [Ann anime|id=784. Accessed 2007-02-19.]
released = 13 May 2001
runtime = 30 minsnihongo|"Alien Nine"|エイリアン9|Eirian 9 is a manga series by Hitoshi Tomizawa, which was later adapted into an anime series. The manga was serialized in Akita Shoten's "Young Champion" magazine, spanning 3-volumes.

In 2003, Tomizawa released a 1-volume sequel to the series called "Alien 9 Emulators".

Story

Yuri Otani, a rather melancholic 12-year-old, has just arrived in sixth grade and has (begrudgingly) joined the "Alien Party", a team whose primary objective is to capture any otherworldly aliens that may appear on campus. To make matters even worse for Yuri, the only way that capturing the aliens can be made possible is to adjoin with a "Borg", a symbiotic lifeform whose sole purpose is to protect their host, incapacitate, and ultimately capture other aliens, using anything available to their arsenal (which includes, but is not limited to: Borgs, inline roller blades, knee pads, and lacrosse sticks.) Yuri is not alone in her tribulations, for she has two other Alien Party member friends - Kasumi and Kumi.

Characters

;nihongo|Yuri Otani|大谷ゆり|Otani Yuri|"Seiyū": Juri Ihata:A quiet girl, who was voted by her 6th-grade classmates to be their representative on the Alien Party. Yuri is very reluctant to merge with her Borg.

;nihongo|Kumi Kawamura|川村くみ|Kawamura Kumi|"Seiyū": Kaori Shimizu:The most independent member of the Alien Party, and a 6th-grade student. She has been a member of the Student Council for years and has assisted her widowed mother in her writing activities as well as an above average number of chores for a student her age. In the manga, she is attacked by an alien and is revived by somehow becoming part-alien.

;nihongo|Kasumi Tōmine|遠峰かすみ|Tōmine Kasumi|"Seiyū": Noriko Shitaya:A talented sixth-grade student, who is talented in piano, ballet, chess, robotics competitions and roller skating. She is the most enthusiastic member of the Alien Party. Kasumi has a brother, whom she greatly loved and who was sent to a private school abroad. In the manga, after being taken in by a Yellow Knifealien, she becmes part Yellow Knife herself.

;nihongo|Megumi Hisakawa|久川めぐみ|Hisakawa Megumi|"Seiyū": Aya Hisakawa:The teacher and counsellor in charge of the Alien Party.

;nihongo|Miyu Tamaki|珠木美佑|Tamaki Miyu|"Seiyū": Manami Nakayama:A sixth-grade student and Yuri's good friend and classmate.

;nihongo|Borg|ボウグ|Bōgu|"Seiyū": Ryūsei Nakao:A symbiotic lifeform, whose sole purpose is to protect their host, incapacitate, and ultimately capture other aliens, using anything available to their arsenal. Borgs feed on the waste of their hosts.

Anime

The series was later adapted in 2001 into an anime OVA series, which spanned a total of 4 episodes. It has been broadcast by the anime television network Animax across its respective networks worldwide, including East Asia and its English-language networks in Southeast Asia and South Asia. In Southeast Asia, it was broadcast by AXN Asia before being handed over to ANIMAX Asia. The anime was licensed and released in North America by Central Park Media, with the series being aired across the region on Comcast's Select On Demand service.

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*Series composition: Sadayuki Murai
*Character design: Yasuhiro Irie
*Creature design: Kazunori Iwakura
*Art director: Jun'ichi Higashi
*Sound director: Yoshikazu Iwanami
*Music: Kuniaki Haishima
*Photography director: Masaru Takase
*Directors: Jirō Fujimoto (Vol.1), Yasuhiro Irie (Vol.2 - Vol.4)
*Animation production: GENCO, J.C.Staff
*Production: Alien 9 Production Committee (Bandai Visual, TV Tokyo Media Net, Nippon Columbia, AT-X, GENCO)

References

External links

* [http://www.jcstaff.co.jp/sho-sai/e9-shokai/eirian9-shokai.htm Official site] jp icon
* [http://www.centralparkmedia.com/alien9/ Central Park Media's official "Alien Nine" website]