They Were Eleven (Japanese: 11
They Were Eleven | |
![]() Cover of the 2019 reissued collected edition | |
11 (Jūichinin Iru!) | |
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Genre | Science fiction, suspense[1] |
Manga | |
Written by | Moto Hagio |
Published by | Shogakukan |
English publisher | |
Magazine | Bessatsu Shōjo Comic |
Demographic | Shōjo |
Original run | September 1975 – November 1975 |
Volumes | 1 |
Manga | |
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Written by | Moto Hagio |
Published by | Shogakukan |
English publisher |
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Magazine | Bessatsu Shōjo Comic |
Demographic | Shōjo |
Original run | December 1976 – February 1977 |
Volumes | 1 |
Live-action television film | |
Directed by | Tōru Minegishi |
Written by | Mamoru Sasaki |
Music by | Ryōhei Hirose |
Original network | NHK |
Released |
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Runtime | 45 minutes |
Anime film | |
Directed by |
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Written by |
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Music by | Yasuhiko Fukuda |
Studio | Magic Bus |
Licensed by | (expired) |
Released |
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Runtime | 91 minutes |
Stage plays | |
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Audio drama | |
Produced by |
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Written by | Hikari Onodera |
Released | September 25, 2013 |
Episodes | 8 |
Story
editTen young space cadets are put onto a decommissioned spaceship as their final test. If they pass this test, their lifelong dreams of being valued people in their respective societies will come true. Their orders are to survive as long as they can with what they have. Once they arrive at the ship, they find that their crew has gained an eleventh member—and no one can remember the original lineup well enough to recognize which of them is the newcomer.
As the days pass, the eleven cadets must deal with their suspicions of each other as well as the sudden knowledge that the spaceship is in a decaying orbit around a star, which is causing the temperature on the ship to rise. With this rise in temperature, a sickness begins to spread among the crew as they work to stabilize their orbit and determine who among them is the spy.
Media
editManga
editThey Were Eleven was serialized in the September, October, and November issues of Shogakukan's Bessatsu Shōjo Comic magazine in 1975.[2][3][4] Shogakukan collected the individual chapters, along with three unrelated short stories by Hagio, into a single bunkoban volume published on July 20, 1976.[5][6] Shogakukan has since reissued They Were Eleven several times: in 1978,[7] 1986,[8] 1994,[9] 2007,[10] and 2019.[11] Viz Media originally licensed the series for an English-language release in North America, published in the now out-of-print anthology Four Shōjo Stories in 1996.[12] In 2021, Denpa re-licensed the series for publication in the third quarter of 2022.[13][14] They Were Eleven is also licensed by Ediciones Tomodomo in Spain[15] and by Japonica Polonica Fantastica in Poland.[16]
Sequel
editA sequel manga series, titled Zoku Jūichinin Iru! Higashi no Chihei, Nishi no Towa (
Live-action film
editA 45-minute live-action television film adaptation of the manga was broadcast in Japan on January 2, 1977, as part of the NHK's Shōnen Drama Series.[2][23][24] The film's screenplay was written by Mamoru Sasaki. It starred Taizō Sayama as Tada and the Takarazuka Revue's Haruka Yamashiro as Frol.[2]
Anime film
editA 91-minute anime film adaptation of the manga was released in Japan on November 1, 1986.[25][26] It was licensed by Central Park Media in North America and released on VHS with English subtitles in the early 1990s.[27] It was re-released on VHS with a newly produced English dub in 1996 and on DVD with dual language audio tracks in 2004.[28] Central Park Media discontinued their home video release in 2004.[29] The New York company MYC & Associates liquidated the anime license in 2009.[30]
Cast
edit- Tadatos Lane (Tada): Akira Kamiya (Japanese), Curtis Jones (English)
- Frolbericheri Frol (Frol): Michiko Kawai (Japanese), Wendee Lee (English)
- King Mayan Baceska (His Majesty): Hideyuki Tanaka (Japanese), Steven Blum (English)
- Doricas Soldam IV (Fourth): Toshio Furukawa (Japanese), David Hayter (English)
- Ganigus Gagtos (Ganga): Tesshō Genda (Japanese), Dean Elliot (English)
- Amazon Carnias (Amazon): Hirotaka Suzuoki (Japanese), Steven Blum (English)
- Vidminer Knume (Knu): Norio Wakamoto (Japanese), Joe Romersa (English)
- Colonel Glenn Groff (Mule): Michihiro Ikemizu (Japanese), Henry Malloy (English)
- Dolph Tasta (Red nose): Kōzō Shioya (Japanese), Steven Blum (English)
- Toto Ni (Toto): Tarako (Japanese), Dorothy Elias-Fahn (English)
- Chaco Kacka (Chaco): Tsutomu Kashiwakura (Japanese), Dean Allen (English)
Staff
edit- Director: Satoshi Dezaki, Tsuneo Tominaga
- Executive Producer: Hidenori Taga
- Original Story: Moto Hagio
- Planning: Shigekazu Ochiai
- Screenplay: Toshiaki Imaizumi, Katsumi Koide
- Animation Director: Keizo Shimizu
- Character Design: Akio Sugino, Keizo Shimizu
- Effects Director: Kenichi Maejima
- Mechanical Design: Yōichi Yajima
- Art Director: Junichi Higashi
- Cinematography: Nobuo Koyama
- Audio Director: Shigeharu Shiba
- Music Director: Zen Oikawa
- Music: Yasuhiko Fukuda
- Theme Song: "Boku no Honesty", Shinichirō Kawakami
- Producer: Minoru Kotoku
- Production: Magic Bus, Kitty Films
Stage plays
editThey Were Eleven has been adapted into several stage plays in Japan. The first, performed by the all-male acting troupe Axel , ran from June to July 2004;[31] the second, performed by Axel, ran from December 2008 to January 2009;[32] the third, performed by the all-male acting troupe Studio Life , ran from February to March 2011;[33][34] the fourth, performed by Studio Life, ran throughout January 2013;[1][35] and the fifth, performed by Studio Life, ran from May to June 2019.[36][37]
The sequel manga series has also been adapted into two stage plays in Japan: one performed by Studio Life, which ran from February to April 2013,[1][35] and another performed by the female idol group Morning Musume '16, which ran throughout June 2016.[18][38][39]
Audio drama
editAn audio drama adaptation of the manga was produced by the drama CD label E-Star and released in Japan on September 25, 2013. It starred Atsushi Abe as Tada, Kazutomi Yamamoto as Frol, Kōsuke Toriumi as King Mayan Baceska, and Daisuke Kishio as Doricas Soldam IV.[40][41][42]
Reception
editIn 1976, They Were Eleven won the 21st (1975) Shogakukan Manga Award in the combined shōjo and shōnen category.[2][43]
See also
editReferences
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- ^ @denpa_books (March 26, 2021). "And our last new license announcement for this season is Moto Hagio's THEY WERE ELEVEN! -Complete-" (Tweet). Retrieved March 26, 2021 – via Twitter.
- ^ a b Hazra, Adriana (March 27, 2021). "Denpa Licenses Moto Hagio's They Were Eleven Manga". Anime News Network. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
- ^ "¿Quién es el 11º pasajero? de Moto Hagio". Ediciones Tomodomo (in Spanish). Retrieved November 26, 2019.
- ^ "Było ich jedenaścioro". mangarden.pl (in Polish). Retrieved November 26, 2019.
- ^ Thorn, Rachel (2005). "The Moto Hagio Interview". The Comics Journal (269). Seattle: Fantagraphics Books. Archived from the original on January 13, 2016.
- ^ a b Ressler, Karen (April 16, 2016). "Morning Musume Idols Star in Stage Play of Moto Hagio's They Were Eleven Sequel". Anime News Network. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
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- ^ Macdonald, Christopher (October 20, 2003). "January CPM Releases". Anime News Network. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
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External links
edit- They Were Eleven (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- They Were Eleven (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- They Were Eleven at IMDb