Jûichi-nin iru! (1986)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Directors:

Satoshi Dezaki
Tsuneo Tominaga

Writers:

Moto Hagio (comic)
Toshiaki Imaizumi (screenplay)

Release Date:

1992 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Drama | Mystery | Romance | Sci-Fi

Plot:

A group of students from the Cosmo Academy are about to take their final exam: surviving for over fifty days in a derelict ship...

Plot Keywords:

Exam | Academy | Anime | Manga | Futuristic

Cast

Akira Kamiya	...	Tada
Michiko Kawai	...	Frol
Hideyuki Tanaka	...	King
Toshio Furukawa	...	Fourth
Tesshô Genda	...	Ganga
Hirotaka Suzuoki	...	Amazon
Norio Wakamoto	...	Knu
Michihiro Ikemizu	...	Thickhead
Kôzô Shioya	...	Rednose
Tarako	...	Toto
Tsutomu Kashiwakura	...	Chako
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Steve Blum	...	Rednose, Amazon, King (voice: English version) (as Steven Jay)
Dorothy Elias-Fahn	...	Toto (voice: English version) (as Dorothy Melendrez)
Dean Elliott	...	Ganga (voice: English version)
Michael Forest	...	Elder (voice: English version) (as Alfred Thor)
Dougary Grant	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
David Hayter	...	Fourth (voice: English version) (as Sean Barker)
Curtis Jones	...	Tada (voice: English version)
Wendee Lee	...	Frol (voice: English version)
Mona Marshall	...	Tada's Mother (voice: English version) (as Sally Evans)
Daran Norris	...	Instructor #2 (voice: English version) (as Justin Shyder)
Dean Ricca	...	Chako (voice: English version) (as Dean Allen)
Joe Romersa	...	Knu (voice: English version)
Skip Stellrecht	...	Thickhead (voice: English version) (as Hank Malloy)
Barry Stigler	...	Indtructor #1 (voice: English version) (as Gil Starberry)
Paul St. Peter	...	Narrator (voice: English version) (as George C. Cole)
Dan Woren	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version) (as Jackson Daniels)

Also Known As:

11 People! (literal English title)
There Are 11! (informal literal English title)
They Were 11

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Spain:7

Company:

Kitty Films

Trivia:

According to translator Matt Thorn, in the revised edition of the manga, it is implied that there are female cadets, but that Tada's group is an all male group. In the original, it was implied that the academy accepted only males. Moto Hagio made this change for rather obvious reasons.

What a great movie...

This is classic anime at it's finest. I first saw this when it was released in 1992 on VHS and have loved the film ever since. I've only ever seen it a hand full of times but, even now the animation is still slick and the music is still great and compliments the action and suspense really well. A very well written sci-fi piece based on Moto Hagio's manga of the same name. In the far future, after a harsh era of war, a peace is settled among the planets of the galaxy and as a commemoration of the peace, an institution is set up to train and educate the galaxy's future leaders. The story focuses on a group of young applicants looking to enter the Cosmo Academy that are set to take the final entry exam...life on board a ship for 53 days with just the 10 of them. But, there's a catch...somehow there's been an extra member that's Zanuck on board the ship. Also, the test lasts for the entire 53 days without outside interference but, in case of a real emergency they can push a panic button and a rescue ship is sent immediately though the applicants fail the test. Paranoia and panic grip the members but, a common goal brings all the applicants together even though there is an air of distrust among them. One by one, accidents happen only to seemingly pinpoint one member, Tada, who has a sort of sixth sense that guides him. He is the only one that can tell the members are telling the truth about their real names and application numbers but, can't prove to the others who he says he is. But, Tada just wants to pass the exam like everyone else, right? Tempers flare, tensions run high and in the end it may end up a free for all. But, there are other mysteries to contend with as well as the eleventh member...for example: what is Tada's connection with the ship being used for the test? What about the conductor vines growing like mad in the ship's engine room? And who else on the ship has telepathy as strong (or stronger) than Tada? Everyone has a story and it's only a matter of time before it will come out. Will the applicants put away their own distrust and work together as a team to pass the exam or will their pride get in the way? Watch this movie and find out.