They Were Eleven

They Were Eleven

1986 · 91 min · JA · NR · 6.6 (31 votes)
Dir. Satoshi Dezaki, Tsuneo Tominaga · Starring Akira Kamiya, Michiko Kawai, Hideyuki Tanaka, Toshio Furukawa, Tessyo Genda, Hirotaka Suzuoki
AnimationRomanceScience FictionThriller

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...

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This classic anime offers a tense, claustrophobic journey into psychological uncertainty. It's a steady burn of paranoia and suspicion, wrapped in a retro-futuristic sci-fi aesthetic. Expect a deep dive into themes of trust and identity, making for a thought-provoking, atmospheric watch.

tensemysteriousparanoidpsychologicalclaustrophobicsteadyclassic anime aestheticsci-fi mysterypsychological thrillerspace opera elementstrustparanoiaidentitysurvivalotherness
futurespacecraftcyborgtelepathyexambased on comicalienimpostorbased on mangaanimebetsucomi
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