Alien Nine (special)

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


Alternative title:
Alien 9
Чужой 9 (Russian)
エイリアン９ (Japanese)
異形特攻學園 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Yuri Otani , much to her disgust, has been elected by her class for alien fighting duty. Together with Kasumi Tonime, who joined the alien fighter simply for the sake of doing so, and Kumi Kawamura, 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.
User Ratings: 617 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 25 votes (sub:18, dub:6, raw:1)
 Excellent: 71 votes (sub:49, dub:21, raw:1)
 Very good: 126 votes (sub:84, dub:36, raw:3, others:3
2 French subtitled
1 Korean subtitled
)
 Good: 183 votes (sub:125, dub:44, ?:4, raw:2, others:8
4 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 German subtitled
1 Dutch subtitled
)
 Decent: 94 votes (sub:60, dub:28, ?:2, raw:2, others:2
1 Russian subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 48 votes (sub:33, dub:13, others:2
2 Spanish subtitled
)
 Not really good: 20 votes (sub:12, dub:8)
 Weak: 32 votes (sub:16, dub:16)
 Bad: 8 votes (sub:8)
 Awful: 2 votes (dub:1, sub:1)
 Worst ever: 8 votes (dub:4, sub:4)
Seen in part or in whole by 1153 users, rank: #1076 (of 10370)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.768 (Good−), std. dev.: 1.907, rank: #5127 (of 10555)
Weighted mean: 6.740 (Good−), rank: #5129 (of 10555) (seen all: 6.77 / seen some: 6.30 / won't finish: 5.47)
Bayesian estimate: 6.754 (Good−), rank: #4719 (of 7997)
Running time: 30 minutes
Episode titles: We have 4
Vintage:
2001-05-13 (AT-X special broadcast)
2001-06-25 to 2002-02-25
Release dates: 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 2
Comment:
A four part TV special, broadcast bi-monthly. Also released as an OAV.
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Alien Nine (Blu-ray) 2026-06-09
    Alien Nine [MediaOCD Exclusive Slipcover] (Blu-ray) 2026-06-09
DVD (Region 1)
    Alien 9 (DVD) 2003-07-08
    Alien 9 - Ultimate Collection DVD + Graphic Novels 1-3 (DVD) 2003-10-28

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director:
Jirō Fujimoto (ep 1)
Yasuhiro Irie (eps 2-4)
Screenplay:
Sadayuki Murai (eps 1, 3)
Seishi Minakami (eps 2, 4)
Storyboard:
Hiroshi Nishikiori (ep 2)
Jirō Fujimoto (ep 1)
Katsushi Sakurabi (ep 3)
Kazunori Iwakura (OP)
Yasuhiro Irie (eps 1, 4)
Unit Director:
Jirō Fujimoto (ep 1)
Katsushi Sakurabi (eps 2-3)
Kazunori Iwakura (OP)
Yasuhiro Irie (ep 4)
Music: Kuniaki Haishima
Original Manga: Hitoshi Tomizawa
Character Design: Yasuhiro Irie
Art Director:
Junichi Higashi
Animation Director:
Kazunori Iwakura (eps 1-3)
Yasuhiro Irie
Yasuhisa Katō (ep 3)
Sound Director: Yoshikazu Iwanami
Director of Photography: Masaru Takase
Producer:
Nobuhiro Ōsawa (GENCO)
Yūji Matsukura (J.C.STAFF)

3DCG Work: Kazushige Nishida (eps 2-4)
Advertising:
Norihisa Oki
Tetsuya Tsuchihashi
Assistant producer:
Katsumichi Umezawa
Mitsuhiro Matsuo
Background Art:
Aya Shimizu (ep 1)
Eri Nakamura (ep 1)
Hirofune Hane (eps 2, 4)
Hiroko Satō (ep 1)
Hisaharu Iijima (eps 1, 3)
Kenya Shimizu (ep 3)
Makiko Hirasawa (eps 1, 3-4)
Masato Itō (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)
Sōtarō Hori (ep 1)
Tomoko Takahashi (ep 1)
Toshiyuki Tokuda (ep 1)
Tsuneo Ōzeki (eps 3-4)
Yoshio Kajiwara (eps 1, 3)
Color Coordination: Mayumi Tanahashi
Color design: Mayumi Tanahashi
Creature Design: Kazunori Iwakura
Digital Paint:
Akiko Uchida (eps 2-4)
Eiko Matsushima (ep 4)
Emiko Ueno (ep 4)
Izumi Hirose (ep 4)
Junko Mizuno (eps 1, 4)
Kan Onoshima
Kazu Doi (eps 1, 4)
Kazuomi Koga (eps 1-3)
Kyōsuke Ishikawa (J.C. STAFF; eps 1-4)
Mariko Saizawa (ep 1)
Mariko Shimokawa (eps 1, 4)
Maya Muranaga (eps 2-4)
Mayumi Tanahashi (ep 4)
Mie Marumo (eps 1, 3-4)
Mieko Maruyama (ep 4)
Mika Funahashi (J.C. STAFF; eps 1-4)
Mika Sugawara (ep 4)
Mitsuko Ito (ep 1)
Miwako Suzuki (eps 1-2, 4)
Miyuki Ishida (eps 1-3)
Sayaka Tsuda (ep 4)
Sayo Motegi (eps 1, 4)
Takayoshi Ishikawa (eps 1, 4)
Tomomi Andō
Yuka Yamakoshi (ep 1)
Yukiko Itō (eps 2-3)
Yuri Okada (ep 4)
Digital Photography:
Kazushige Nishida (ep 1)
Masaru Takase (eps 2-4)
Mikio Nakade (eps 1-3)
Rikiya Hirooku (ep 1)
Toyomitsu Nakajō (ep 1)
Editing: Shigeru Nishiyama
Finish Check:
Emi Marumo (2)
Mayumi Tanahashi (eps 3-4)
Mie Marumo (ep 2)
Miwako Suzuki (eps 3-4)
In-Between Animation:
Akie Hayakawa (ep 1)
Akie Okamoto (ep 1)
Chieko Miyakawa (ep 1)
Chinatsu Ueno (ep 1)
Hideo Nakamura (ep 4)
Hiromi Suzuki (ep 1)
Hiroyuki Terao (ep 2)
Kazue Aoki (ep 1)
Kazuhiko Yano (eps 2, 4)
Kiyomi Ishiwata (eps 2, 4)
Kouyou Uetani (ep 4)
Kyōko Takeuchi (ep 4)
Makoto Iino (ep 4)
Mariko Aikawa (ep 1)
Masahiro Sakato (eps 2-4)
Masahito Onoda (Studio Live; ep 2)
Mitsuzumi Yoshino (ep 1)
Munehiro Tada (ep 1)
Nishiki Itaoka (eps 2, 4)
Norihito Ogawa (ep 4)
Noriko Kai (ep 1)
Noriko Sugiyama (ep 1)
Ryōsuke Kimiya (ep 4)
Satoshi Takahashi (ep 1)
Satoshi Tezuka (eps 2-4)
Satsuki Muramatsu (ep 1)
Shigeki Kimoto (eps 2-4)
Sōichi Higuchi (ep 1)
Takayuki Abe (eps 1-3)
Takehiko Kageyama
Takeyoshi Omagari (ep 4)
Tatsuo Arai (ep 1)
Teppei Taketani (ep 1)
Tomoe Sahashi (eps 1, 3)
Tsuyoshi Morita (ep 1)
Yohei Nakano (ep 4)
Yōko Ozone (ep 1)
Yoshinao Suzuki (ep 1)
Yuichiro Hayashi (Studio Live; ep 2)
Yūichirō Yamada
Yūki Ukai (ep 1)
Yukie Watanabe (ep 1)
Yumiko Kitajima (ep 1)
In-Between Check:
Hiroki Okamoto
Nobuko Ogino
Takako Kōno
Key Animation:
Akie Hayakawa (eps 2-3)
Hideki Hashimoto (ep 1)
Hidenori Fukuoka (ep 2)
Hidenori Hasaka (eps 2-3)
Hidetoshi Sano (eps 3-4)
Hirofumi Masuda (ep 4)
Hiroko Oguri (eps 2-3)
Hiroshi Sanuki (eps 2-4)
Hiroyuki Okuno (ep 1)
Kayoko Nabeta (ep 1)
Kazunori Iwakura
Keiji Ishihara (ep 3)
Keiko Kawashima (OP)
Ken Ōtsuka (eps 2, 4)
Kunihiro Abe (OP; ep 1)
Mamoru Abiko (eps 1-2)
Manabu Fukazawa (ep 3)
Masahiro Fujii (ep 2)
Masaki Nakaya (ep 4)
Masanori Osawa (ep 3)
Masumi Morishita (eps 2-3)
Misao Abe
Munenori Nawa (OP; ep 3)
Naoki Aisaka (eps 3-4)
Naoto Hosoda (ep 2)
Nozomu Abe (ep 3)
Ryōtarō Akao (ep 3)
Satoshi Ishino (ep 2)
Satoshi Nishimura (ep 3)
Shigeki Sunada (ep 1)
Shinichi Miyamae (eps 1-2)
Shūichi Kaneko (ep 1)
Shūji Sakamoto (ep 4)
Sōichirō Matsuda (eps 2-4)
Tadashi Shida (eps 3-4)
Takahiro Tanaka (ep 4)
Takao Abo (OP; ep 1)
Takashi Maruyama (eps 3-4)
Takayuki Gorai (eps 1-2)
Takehiro Hamatsu (eps 1-2)
Tetsuya Ishikawa (ep 2)
Tomoe Sahashi (ep 2)
Tomohiro Takayama (eps 3-4)
Wataru Abe (ep 2)
Yoshinobu Andō (ep 1)
Yūichi Takahashi (eps 2-4)
Yūichi Tanaka (eps 1, 3)
Yūko Watabe (ep 3)
Music Arrangement: en avant (OP,ED)
Music Composition: en avant (OP,ED)
Music producer: Shunichi Uemura
Planning:
Hirokuni Maeyama
Kazumi Kawashiro
Kazuto Imanishi
Takayuki Yanagisawa
Production manager: Jun Katou
Production producer:
Hitoshi Yagi
Shigehiro Tanaka
Shunji Namiki
Recording: Hideki Matsunaka (eps 2-4)
Recording Adjustment: Nobuhira Hirano (ep 1)
Series Planning: Sadayuki Murai
Sound Effects: Masaru Urahata
Sound Producer: Tōru Nakano (eps 2-4)
Sound Production Manager: Yuko Ueda
Theme Song Lyrics: en avant (OP,ED)
Theme Song Performance:
Juri Ihata (OP #1)
Kaori Shimizu (OP #2)
Noriko Shitaya (OP #3)
パソコン画面作成: Masaru Takase (ep 1)
共同プロデューサー:
Seiji Suzuki
Tarō Maki
協力: Hitoshi Tomizawa
美術: Makiko Hirasawa (eps 3-4)
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
Ryūsei Nakao as Borg

Akira Ishida as Yellow Knife (ep 4)
Chinatsu Kasahara as Mino-san (ep 3)
Kazuhito Suzuki as Manabu Namiki (ep 2)
Kōichi 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 (ep 1)
Rei Sakuma as
Principal
Tomoya Hironaka (ep 2)
Yūko Katō as
Shionozaki-sensei (ep 3)
Yuri's mother (eps 1-2, 4)
Yūko Sanpei as Hiroshi Iwanami (ep 2)
Japanese companies
Backgrounds:
J.C. Staff (ep 4)
Kusanagi (ep 1)
Studio Easter (eps 1, 3-4)
Broadcaster: AT-X
Creation:
GENCO
J.C. Staff
Digital Paint: J.C. Staff (eps 1, 4)
In-Between Animation:
J.C. Staff (eps 1-4)
Nakamura Production (ep 4)
Studio Cockpit (ep 1)
Studio Gash (ep 1)
Studio Live (eps 2, 4)
Music Production: Columbia Music Entertainment
Post Production: Tokyo Laboratory
Production:
Bandai Visual
GENCO
J.C. Staff
Nippon Columbia
TV Tokyo Medianet
Recording Studio: HALF H·P STUDIO
Sound Effects: Rakuonsha
Sound Production: HALF H·P STUDIO
デジタル仕上:
J.C. Staff
Production I.G (eps 1, 4)
仕上協力:
E&G Films (ep 2)
Idea Factory (ep 2)
Keystone (ep 1)
Production I.G (ep 3)
Tatsunoko Production (ep 4)
動画協力:
A-Line (eps 1-2)
Dōga Kōbō (eps 1-2)
FAI International (ep 3)
Frontline (eps 1-3)
GAINAX (eps 1-3)
Last House (ep 4)
Magic Bus (eps 2-4)
Nakamura Production (eps 2-3)
Niandai Animation (ep 4)
Office AO (eps 1-2)
OLM
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 Dōgasha (ep 1)
Trans Arts Co. (ep 2)
Xebec (ep 1)
協力:
Akita Publishing
Animo
chara-ani.com
COSPA Inc.
Imagica
Yoyogi Animation Academy
製作: AT-X
音楽協力: Columbia Music Entertainment
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Tom Wayland
Translation: Kathleen Westlake
Executive producer:
John O'Donnell
Justin Sevakis (AnimEigo Blu-ray)
Producer:
David Miranda (AnimEigo Blu-ray)
Stephanie Shalofsky

Additional Translation: Sheldon Drzka (AnimEigo Blu-ray)
ADR Recording & Mixing: Verne Vennard
Associate producer:
Caleb McPhee (AnimEigo Blu-ray)
Tom Wayland
Blu-Ray Authoring: David Miranda (AnimEigo Blu-ray)
Blu-Ray Compression: Justin Sevakis (AnimEigo Blu-ray)
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
International Coordination: Kei Yoshikawa (AnimEigo Blu-ray)
Menu Design: Gary Swarer (AnimEigo Blu-ray)
Packaging Design: Gary Swarer (AnimEigo Blu-ray)
QC Manager: Marc Levy (AnimEigo Blu-ray)
Script Adaptation: Tom Wayland
Special Features:
Justin Sevakis
Ross Lefko
Tim Werenko
Subtitle Editing: Yuri Oliveira Petnys (AnimEigo Blu-ray)
Subtitle Manager: Logan Rebholz (AnimEigo Blu-ray)
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
Blu-ray Production: MediaOCD (AnimEigo Blu-ray)
Broadcaster:
Animax Asia
Anime Selects
Distributor:
MVD Visual (via AnimEigo; United States & Canada)
U.S. Manga Corps
Dvd Remastering: Ambient Digital Media, Inc.
Internet Streaming: Tubi TV
Licensed by:
AnimEigo (2025)
Central Park Media (Expired)
Hanabee Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand)
Recording: Beatstreet Studios
Subtitles: Captions, Inc.
Video Restoration: AstroRes (AnimEigo Blu-ray)
Korean staff
Korean companies
(none)
Broadcaster: Animax Korea
Korean cast
(none)
French staff
French cast
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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