They Were Eleven
Seen it?1986 | 91 min | Animation, Romance, Science Fiction, Thriller
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With little lasting buzz, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for comic book readers and anime fans. Comic-book roots, so expect big stakes and bigger set pieces. Sits nicely alongside Memories or Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1. It's anime, with all the big emotions and big action that comes with it.
- The mood
- Tense, warm and romantic.
- The pace
- Moves at a clip, at 1 hr 31 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in Japanese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
- Skip it if you can't get past animation (your loss).
A group of students from the Cosmo Academy are about to take their final exam: surviving for over fifty days in a derelict ship. But when they arrive, they discover that instead of ten students, there are eleven. One of them doesn't belong there...
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerSolid
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 20K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Tsuneo Tominaga, Satoshi Dezaki
- Akira KamiyaTadatos "Tada" Lane
- Michiko KawaiFrolbericheri Frol
- Hideyuki TanakaKing Mayan Baceska
- Toshio FurukawaDoricas Soldam IV
- Tessyo GendaGanigas "Ganga" Gagtos
- Hirotaka SuzuokiAmazon Carnais
- Norio WakamotoVidmenir "Knu" Knume
- Michihiro IkemizuGlenn "Thickhead" Groff
- Kozo ShioyaDolph "Rednose" Tasta
- TARAKOToto