“Middle-schooler Yuri joins Alien Party to fight aliens with Borg partners, roller blades, and lacrosse sticks.”
Alien 9
エイリアン9
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Based on your preference for character-driven stories with layered emotional arcs, this title's exploration of identity and belonging would deeply resonate. The pacing mirrors series you've rated highly, and its thematic depth aligns with your appreciation for nuanced storytelling...
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Synopsis
Middle-schooler Yuri joins Alien Party to fight aliens with Borg partners, roller blades, and lacrosse sticks.
Soon after entering middle school, Yuri Otani is coerced into joining the "Alien Party," a single-minded group with one goal: capture any alien attempting to enter school grounds. Terrified of aliens her entire life, Otani is anything but thrilled, and to make matters worse, her kit includes a "Borg"—an alien-like creature tasked with ensuring her safety. Despite this, she finds solace in her two partners: the independent and reliable Kumi Kawamura, and the smart and energetic Kasumi Tomine. As the Alien Party works to fend off extraterrestrial threats, will their roller blades and lacrosse sticks be enough to overcome the dire challenges ahead, or will they succumb to fear and suffer the grim consequences of defeat?
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Community consensus
Derived from 39 sampled reviews
What 39 viewers settled on.
Polarized
σ 2.35 · split reception
5.6 pts
Recommenders 8.2 · others 2.6
↑ 5.08
Running avg · Aug 2009 → Aug 2025
- 8 “Alien Nine is something, with its visual style and characters who at first glance look about as interesting as a piece of cardboard with wet paint on it. However, the anime builds its characters...”
- 7 “Alien Nine is certainly worth a watch if only because it is very short and very strange, in an intriguing way. I don't necessarily think it's the best storytelling or writing ever but the mechanics...”
- 8 “At surface level this anime appears to about three girls being recruited into a to club of sorts that stops aliens from attacking the school. Our MC is a reluctant heroine, she didn't want this...”
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- Format 4 × 28′ eps × min
- Total runtime 1h 52m all episodes
- Aired Jun 2001 – Feb 2002
- Source Ova media type
- Rated R 17+ (violence & profanity)
- Ref. BS-1073 catalog
Produced by
- Bandai Visual Producer
- Genco Producer
- MediaNet Producer
- AT-X Producer
- Nippon Columbia Producer
Licensed by
- Central Park Media Licensor
- AnimEigo Licensor