They Were 11!

They Were 11! (New edition)

In the distant future, a survival test strands ten space cadets on a derelict spacecraft. Terror strikes when they discover an eleventh member of their crew! Who is the imposter, and what do they want?

Ten elite space cadets, from different races spread across the galaxy, are assigned to board a decommissioned spaceship as their final test. Their orders are to survive as long as they can with what they have. Once in the ship, they find that their crew has gained an eleventh member. Given the circumstances of the cadet selection process and how rushed the exams were, no one can remember the original members well enough to recognize which is the new face nor how they got there.

As the days pass, the eleven must deal with their suspicions of each other as well as the sudden news that the spaceship is in dire straits.

Winner of the 1976 Shogakukan Manga Award, They Were Eleven is heralded as one of the turning points in shojo manga history for its prespectives on the sci-fi genre and gender roles.

Biographical Notes:

Moto Hagio One of the most beloved Japanese comic artists of all time, and has penned dozens of works over a wide range of genres throughout her nearly fifty year-long career. Easily one of the most critically recognized comic artists over the last few decades having won a number of awards, Hagio’s works challenge concepts of gender and humanity. In the realm of science-fiction is a three-time winner of the Seiun Award, the Japanese equivalent of the Hugo Award.

In 2006 she took the Japan SF Grand Prize for her fantasy title Otherworld Barbara. And in 2010 she was recognized by San Diego ComicCon International with an InkPot Award after her release of A Drunken Dream. A national treasure in Japan in 2019 Hagio was recognized as Person of Cultural Merit by the Japanese government.

Title Notes:

Paperback A4-Henkei Size.

Winner of the 1976 Shogakukan Manga Award; the first manga created by a woman to ever win this award. 1,000,000 unit seller in Japan!

This re-release is the first time that the series was released in its entirety in English (original English release was published in 1995 and has been OOP since 2000).

The inspiration for an animated film, live action TV series, multiple stage plays and musicals and the video game Among Us.