They Were 11...
Originally created as a comic strip by female artist/writer Moto Hagio, They Were 11 trades on Japanese folklore for its inspiration, Kenji Miyazawa, considered by many the Jules Verne of Japan, once wrote a famous ghost story about eleven children who learned a monster was among them...
They Were 11 is one of my favorite titles. There's a few action scenes, but, there's a lot more talking and the characters spend a great deal of time just looking at each other with suspicion. It's a great story and it creates an overwhelming sense of paranoia that isn't resolved until the very end. As panic sweeps through the cadets, there is some violence, but, no one dies. There is one shower scene, but, no actual naughty bits. I used to have the subtitled VHS version. I enjoyed this title so much that I repurchased it on DVD. I gave They Were 11 a 4 out of 5.
In the distant future, ten cadets of the prestigious COSMO ACADEMY prepare for their rigorous final exam: an ultimate survival test that sets them adrift in a derelict spaceship for 53 days. During the journey, however, the group of students--composed both of humans and aliens--discover they are actually a group of eleven. One of them does not belong on board! From that moment, the cadets are plunged into mystery. They are unprepared for the anomaly in their mission, and see their lives hanging in the balance. Accusations run rampant as they scrutinize one another for just the right-- or wrong--move. It is a tense situation ripe for bursting and in an explosive climax, it does just that!
Originally created as a comic strip by female artist/writer Moto Hagio, THEY WERE 11 trades on Japanese folklore for its inspiration, Kenji Miyazawa, considered by many the Jules Verne of Japan, once wrote a famous ghost story about eleven children who learned a monster was among them. Now the legend has been brought forward to the distant future... but the intrigue is just as dramatic. Can you identify the impostor before time runs out?
They Were 11 is one of my favorite titles. There's a few action scenes, but, there's a lot more talking and the characters spend a great deal of time just looking at each other with suspicion. It's a great story and it creates an overwhelming sense of paranoia that isn't resolved until the very end. As panic sweeps through the cadets, there is some violence, but, no one dies. There is one shower scene, but, no actual naughty bits. I used to have the subtitled VHS version. I enjoyed this title so much that I repurchased it on DVD. I gave They Were 11 a 4 out of 5.
