They Were Eleven

They Were Eleven
Cover of the 2019 reissued collected edition
11人いる！ (Jūichinin Iru!)
Genre	Science fiction, suspense[1]
Manga
Written by	Moto Hagio
Published by	Shogakukan
English publisher	NA: Denpa
Magazine	Bessatsu Shōjo Comic
Demographic	Shōjo
Original run	September 1975 (1975-09) – November 1975 (1975-11)
Volumes	1
Manga
Zoku Jūichinin Iru! Higashi no Chihei, Nishi no Towa
Written by	Moto Hagio
Published by	Shogakukan
English publisher	NA: Denpa
Magazine	Bessatsu Shōjo Comic
Demographic	Shōjo
Original run	December 1976 (1976-12) – February 1977 (1977-02)
Volumes	1
Live-action television film
Directed by	Tōru Minegishi
Written by	Mamoru Sasaki
Music by	Ryōhei Hirose
Original network	NHK
Released	January 2, 1977 (1977-01-02)
Runtime	45 minutes
Anime film
Directed by	Satoshi Dezaki Tsuneo Tominaga
Written by	Toshiaki Imaizumi Kazumi Koide
Music by	Yasuhiko Fukuda
Studio	Magic Bus
Licensed by	NA: Central Park Media (expired)
Released	November 1, 1986 (1986-11-01)
Runtime	91 minutes
Stage plays
They Were Eleven Axel: June 25, 2004 – July 11, 2004 Axel: December 26, 2008 – January 12, 2009 Studio Life: February 5, 2011 – March 27, 2011 Studio Life: January 10, 2013 – January 20, 2013 Studio Life: May 18, 2019 – June 2, 2019 Sequel manga series Studio Life: February 28, 2013 – April 7, 2013 Morning Musume '16: June 11, 2016 – June 26, 2016
Audio drama
Produced by	Yoshiaki Imanishi Shima Yoshida
Written by	Hikari Onodera
Released	September 25, 2013 (2013-09-25)
Episodes	8
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They Were Eleven (Japanese: 11人いる！, Hepburn: Jūichinin Iru!) is a Japanese science fiction manga series written and illustrated by Moto Hagio. It was serialized in three issues of Shogakukan's Bessatsu Shōjo Comic magazine in 1975. The following year, it won the 21st Shogakukan Manga Award in the combined shōjo and shōnen category. The series has inspired a live-action television film, an anime film, multiple stage plays, and an audio drama CD. It also inspired a sequel manga series, Zoku Jūichinin Iru! Higashi no Chihei, Nishi no Towa (続・11人いる！東の地平・西の永遠, "They Were Eleven, Continued: Horizon of the East, Eternity of the West"), serialized in Bessatsu Shōjo Comic magazine from 1976 to 1977. They Were Eleven was originally licensed in English by Viz Media and published in the manga anthology Four Shōjo Stories in 1996. The series and its sequel have been licensed by Denpa for a new English-language release in 2022. The anime film was originally licensed in English by Central Park Media, but it was discontinued in 2004.