You don't learn much about them or their motivations. This is one time when it might of been a good idea to lengthen the movie and add greater depth to the characters. I have no idea how to obtain a copy of this anime. I taped it off the Sci-fi channel on a Saturday night at midnight. However, when they are actually on the ship, they discover that there is an eleventh person on board.
Suspicion abounds and the crew members begin to try to finger the eleventh member.
A main part of the story dealt with gender issues and it tried to explain the good and bad aspects of each gender, but I do not think it did a very good job of this. Since I'm a woman, it made me very depressed. Also, I'm not a huge fan of science fiction in general, so it really wasn't my cup of tea. The manga version of They Were 11 can be ordered through Viz Comics . It is not listed on their online catalog, but is listed on the main catalog sent through the mail.