Series synopsis
Alien Nine, also known as エイリアン９ is a Japanese animation action & adventure sci-fi & fantasy television series that premiered on Tubi on June 25, 2001. It ended on February 25, 2002. It stars Juri Ihata, Kaori Shimizu, Noriko Shitaya and Aya Hisakawa.
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.
Premise
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.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Juri Ihata as Yuri Otani (voice)
- Kaori Shimizu as Kumi Kawamura (voice)
- Noriko Shitaya as Kasumi Tomine (voice)
- Aya Hisakawa as Megumi Hisakawa (voice)
- Akira Ishida as Yellow Knife (voice)
- Ryusei Nakao as Borg (voice)
- Sara Nakayama as Miyu Tamaki (voice)
- Chinatsu Kasahara as Mino-San (voice)
Supporting cast
- Rei Sakuma as Principal (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 4 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 4 | June 25, 2001 | February 25, 2002 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
9th Elementary Anti-Alien Squad Yuri has to fight aliens invading her school, and must wear some kind of yucky alien helmet... |
June 25, 2001 |
| 2 |
Boredom, Spaceship and Overgrowth When Yuri arrives at school, she finds a weird huge mushroom-like thing in the playground. |
September 25, 2001 |
| 3 |
Summer Vacation, Borg and Death Summer vacations have come at last, but Yuri is depressed. She still hates fighting aliens… |
November 25, 2001 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Tubi |
|---|---|
| First aired | June 25, 2001 |
| Last aired | February 25, 2002 |
| Runtime | 29 minutes |
| Status | Ended |