Alien Nine
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At a typical elementary school in Japan, yearly chores are being distributed. Yuri and 3 other students are chosen to be the beneficiaries of the alien hats for the year. Alien hats?! Yuri's sentiments, exactly. Despite her misgivings, she and her classmates must round up stray aliens that have escaped from a crashed spaceship -- with the help of the alien hats, of course.
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Figure 17
While transporting bio-weapon lifeforms, Agent DD, member of an alien police force, is forced to crash land on Earth. Amidst the chaos of the crash, a bio-weapon escapes and DD is forced to fight it, while accidentally activating a Liberus, a liquid battle suit. Tsubasa, a shy girl, unwillingly comes into contact with the Liberius and is thereafter forced to fight for the survival of Earth.
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add recAlien Nine and Figure 17 both tell the tale of a young girl who ends up having to join with a symbiotic life form and defend a given area from aliens. Each follows the development of this girl as she attempts to come to terms with the new life this means for her.
Although Alien 9 is a much more in-your-face kind of headf**k, there is definitely something dark about Figure 17.
Alien 9 features a group of schoolgirls forced to team up with some frog like alien hats to defeat some nasty extraterrestrisal baddies. Figure 17 is a much more developed show, and focusses on the relationship between the main schoolgirl and her battle alien.
Both shows have a sugary sweet exterior, with a very dark inside. Don't be fooled be the cutesy animation style, be prepared for some sci-fi/horror.
Shadow Star Narutaru
Alt titles: Narutaru
- TV (13 eps)
- 2003
While visiting her grandparents on a remote island, Shiina Tamai, our young protagonist, inadvertently finds a strange star shaped creature, which she names Hoshimaru. This creature, while seemingly harmless and unusual, holds many secrets. As Shiina and her new friend Akira soon find out, their creatures are much more than they seem to be...and against their will, they are thrown into a dangerous and hostile situation of trying to save the world from others who would use their dragonets to enslave it.
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add recWithout revealing too much of the plot, it is hard to say why these two anime are so similar. Let it be enough that anything that you may find remotely cute or charming about the series' nonhuman characters will not last long. These are two very, very creepy anime.
I want to thank the other users here for making the recommendation between these two series. I saw Narutaru a few years ago, and love the darkness of a seemingly innocent series. I didn't think anything could come close to giving me the same feeling, but Alien Nine hit the spot!
Neither series is for the faint of heart, and do not be decieved by the cute animation as these are certainly not for kids.
Both series are based around kids getting power through a creature/alien becoming partners with them. Starting out looking at their lives, friendships and then their "discovery", both series soon take a turn to the darkness.
Don't expect anything to be explained at the end,just enjoy the openness that allows you to fill in the blanks yourself.
If you enjoyed Alien Nine, i would bet on you enjoying Shadow Star Narutaru.
Both shows use deception to trick the viewer, while at first seemingly cute and nice, both are in fact very dark.
Both shows deal with the emotional and psychological pain of mere youngsters, forced into using bizzare alien beings.
Where Narutaru is much darker than it's frog headed counterpart, Alien Nine certainly isn't easy going.
Both end without much explanation but do carry on from thier respective Manga, if your looking for a taster in the wierd, one of these shows will be for you.
FLCL
Alt titles: Furi Kuri
Naota Nanbada is a boring young boy who leads a boring life in a boring town. His older brother has left for America, and the closest he comes to any excitement is when his deadbeat dad has too much sake. But things change one day when a bizarre girl zooms up to him on a scooter and smacks him in the face with her guitar. What's more, once Naoto returns home he discovers that this strange woman has arrived ahead of him and moved in! Not only does she constantly engage in perverted activities with Naota's father and flirt with the young man himself, but she also claims to be an alien who is searching for the ‘Pirate King.' Now, Naota must learn to live with this new intruder, deal with an odd government agent who sports exceptionally large eyebrows and the mysterious Medical Mechanica, and come to terms with the fact that there are a variety of robots and weapons emerging out of his head - amongst other things. Perhaps boring wasn't so bad after all...
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add recFuri Kuri is such a great anime. But aside from that, it stays with the same feeling as Alien Nine. It's also just as random and weird. If you liked Alien Nine, you will LOVE FLCL.
Both of these animations explore the experiences of adolescence and coming of age, by the use of fantastic, surreal and absurdist metaphor. However both do so in very different ways.
While Alien 9 looks at the bodily changes of girls entering puberty, FLCL deals with adolescent changes in male psychology, including the sadness of loss, and existential angst.
Rest assured that these ideas are deeply buried within an array of absurd and fantastic chaos! Not quite the very dark sense of humour we find in Alien 9.
Di Gi Charat
- TV (16 eps x 5 min)
- 1999
One day, Dejiko, Puchiko and the strange ball-shaped Gema-Gema crash land their UFO in the middle of Akihabara. Without a single yen to their name they have nowhere to go, but following an unexpected and generous offer from the manager of a nearby store, the trio begin working at the shop in exchange for renting the room upstairs. Alongside Dejiko’s self-confessed rival Rabi-en-Rose, as well as a mysterious bear that has mastered the ability to appear happy, sad, depressed and angry all at once, the insanity is only just beginning! From shooting window shoppers with Dejiko’s Laser Eye Beam and the appearance of a bizarre farting impostor, to a sudden attack on the city by Godzilla, life at Gamers is certainly livening up.
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add recHere is another show that, like Alien Nine, is fairly random and odd. Di Gi Charat is very different, but extremely funny. If you enjoyed one of these series, you should like the other.
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Alt titles: Evangelion
In the future, a devastating event known as Second Impact destroyed Tokyo as we know it, giving rise to the current day Tokyo III, a city under siege by mysterious lifeforms known only as Angels. Mankind's only defense are Evangelions, man-made machines piloted by Rei, Shinji, and Asuka, all who are the tender age of fourteen. The fate of Japan and the entire world now lie with these children, though they might not have the power to save the most important thing of all: each other.
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add recSchool children forced to fight aliens. Neon Genesis Evangelion puts the children the the Eva's while Alien Nine gives the children Alien hats. Whinny characters and a physiological feel to them both. If you liked one you'll like the other.
There are many similarities between Evangelion and Alien 9. In both students forced to fight against strange unknown enemies that seem to connect with humans on a subconcious level. The weapons used, have more to them then you'd think as well. Main characters are also similar, scared/cry easily types. There is also a mind f@*k factor that both have. If you liked Alien 9, then I'm sure you'll like Evangelion as well.
