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エイリアン9
エイリアン9 (Alien Nine)
Genre	Coming of age
OVA Alien Nine
Directed by	Jiro Fujimoto (Ep. 1) Yasuhiro Irie (Eps. 2-4)
Studio	J.C.STAFF
No. of episodes	4 + Special
Release dates	13 May 2001

Alien Nine (エイリアン9) is a manga by Hitoshi Tomizawa serialised in the seinen magazine Young Champion. Some of the comic's artwork has been featured in Takashi Murakami's superflat exhibitions.

In 2001 an anime adaptation by J.C.STAFF and GENCO was produced as a four episode OVA. This OVA was directed by Yuri Fujimoto and written by Sadayuki Murai. English versions of both were released in North America by Central Park Media in 2003. While it may seem childish and cutesy at first, featuring eleven year olds roller skating around trying to catch aliens, like the later Narutaru there is a darker and more serious subtext waiting to surface.

Plot Summary

Yuri is totally bummed. She just started 6th grade and has been elected to capture and eliminate the aliens that are constantly invading the school.

Yuri may be scared of her new position, but she isn't alone. To help her is Kasumi and the Kumi who both volunteered for their positions in this strange alien party. But why would the school send 6th graders to fight the alien menace? And will their borgs be enough to help them win? Introspection, fear, anxiety and friendship await Yuri as she is forced to stare life itself in the mouth in her chaotic coming of age.

Characters

• Yuri Otani - Yuri was elected by her class, to be a part of the Alien Party but she doesn't want to be a part of it as she finds aliens gross amongst other things. The only thing she finds good out of the Party is that she met Kumi and Kasumi. But being afraid of just about every alien leaves most of the work in catching the aliens left to Kumi and Kasumi.

• Kumi Kawamura - Kumi is the most independent of the group. She has been elected class president every year since first grade and decided to join the Alien Party so she didn't have that responsiblity. Kumi is often found protecting Yuri from aliens she's scared of.

• Kasumi Tomine - Kasumi is the most energetic of the group. She joined the Alien Party because she thinks it's fun, but Kasumi despite her happy go lucky sprit feels lonely as her brother is away studying abroad.

• Miyu - Close friend of Yuri, Miyu is often there to support Yuri when she needs someone to talk to that is not involed in the Alien Party.

• Megumi Hisakawa - Organizer of the Division 9 Elementary Schools's Alien Party, she is resposible for Yuri, Kasumi and Kumi. Megumi has to train the girls to deal with the alien threat, but she seems to be hiding something from the party.

• Borgs - The Borgs are symbiotic alien used as helmets by the Alien Party, they survive by eating the waste material produced from their hosts body (sweat).

External links

• J.C.STAFF Alien 9 site (Japanese)
• Central Park Media Alien Nine site
• ANN page
• Alien 9 Unofficial Website

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