Alien Stage (, stylized in all caps as ALIEN STAGE) is a 2022 South Korean dystopian musical web series created by South Korean animator Vivinos in collaboration with Naver Corporation-owned Studio Lico. An official anime adaptation has been announced.
Premise After aliens invaded Earth, humans have become the aliens' pets, slaves, and entertainment. Humans are raised in a facility where they are trained to sing and are experimented upon, in preparation for the Alien Stage competition, in which aliens pit them against each other in a series of music battles. The winner advances to the next 'round', while the loser is killed on stage for the audience to watch.
The series contains very little spoken dialogue, except in Round 1, wiege and KARMA; instead, each episode features an original song by the characters as part of their performance, along with flashbacks to fill out their backstory interspersed through what is happening on stage.
Characters
Mizi (; ): Mizi is a 22-year-old (in post-timeskip 29) pink-haired female contestant of Alien Stage. Mizi is the most outgoing and positive of the contestants. Raised in Anakt Garden, she became fast friends and later lovers with Sua, until Sua's demise against her in the first round of Alien Stage. She is romantically paired with Sua. Sua (; ): Sua is a 23-year-old black-haired female contestant of Alien Stage. VIVINOS described her as an elusive yet "bold" participant. She and Mizi became fast friends, and eventually, lovers in Anakt Garden until Sua's death in her round against Mizi. Till (l ): Till is a 21-year-old (in post-timeskip 28) grey-haired male contestant of Alien Stage. He has a mother called Io. A deleted tweet by VIVINOS mentioned that Till is the most sensitive, delicate and timid among all the participants. His shy nature was especially present in his childhood when Till admits to have drawn Ivan a lot but felt too embarrassed to show it to him. While being shy, he's also one of the most rebellious and aggressive characters among the main characters, which often led him to get hurt by the aliens. Till has unrequited feelings for Mizi until the timeskip. Ivan (; ): Ivan is a 22-year-old male contestant of Alien Stage. He has black hair with black eyes that have a red pupil in the centre. He is also the tallest character in Alien Stage, standing at 6'1/186 cm. He is known for his charismatic and mysterious personality. He has unrequited feelings for Till. Hyuna (; ): Hyuna is a 27-year-old brown-haired female contestant of Alien Stage. She had a brother, Hyunwoo. Hyuna has an outgoing and carefree personality, and a rebellious nature similar to Till. She sacrificed herself for Luka, shielding him from a bullet which would have been for him. Luka (; ): Luka is a 30 year old (in post-timeskip 37) blonde male contestant of Alien Stage. He was the 49th ALNST season winner and has won Alien Stage many times before, thus becoming a fan favorite. He's often seen as cold and unfriendly. He has a chronic heart condition which makes his fingertips purple.
Episodes The first teaser for Alien Stage was released on September 5, 2022. Two days later, the first episode of Alien Stage was released.
Production Development On September 7, 2022, Vivinos premiered her short-form web animation series Alien Stage, where eight contestants are forced to participate in an intergalactic music competition with a death game format. By June 2025, the series had been viewed millions of times on YouTube, with the then-latest episode receiving ten million alone.
On July 2, 2026, it was announced during Anime Expo that the series would be getting an official anime adaptation.
Animation While previous animations on VIVINOS' channel were made by VIVINOS herself, the series was announced to be produced in collaboration with QMeng of Studio Lico.
Music Studio Lico produced and released the soundtrack for every episode. Similar to VIVINOS' other self-made animations, the vocals for Alien Stage are entirely sourced from Korean youtaite singers for each character's track.
Additional content
Additional content regarding the characters and series including comics, text posts, and production logs are posted on VIVINOS' official YouTube, X, Instagram, and Patreon accounts.
An art book was released on South Korea, topping the bestselling charts. Tokyopop released an English-language art book for the series, titled Alien Stage: The Art Book.
Original soundtrack Parts 1 to 8, during Alien Stage
Parts 9 and 10, after Alien Stage
Remix albums +List of remix albums and year of release Album Details Alien Stage 1st Anniversary Remix Pt. 1 Released: September 17, 2023 Label: Studio Lico Formats: Digital download, streamingAlien Stage 1st Anniversary Remix Pt. 2 Released: December 21, 2023 Label: Studio Lico Formats: Digital download, streamingAlien Stage 2nd Anniversary Remix Pt. 1 Released: October 7, 2024 Label: Studio Lico Formats: Digital download, streamingAlien Stage 2nd Anniversary Remix Pt. 2 Released: October 8, 2024 Label: Studio Lico Formats: Digital download, streamingAlien Stage 2nd Anniversary Remix Pt. 3 Released: October 17, 2024 Label: Studio Lico Formats: Digital download, streaming
Singles +List of singles and year of release Title Year Artist(s) "My Clematis" 2022 Rubyeye & C!naH"Sweet Dream"C!naH "Unknown (Till the End...)" Akugetsu "Black Sorrow" 2023 Park Byeong-hoon"Ruler of My Heart" BL8M & Rubyeye"All-In"6FU;"Cure"2024 Akugetsu & Park Byeong-hoon"Love & Peace"6FU;"Drunk & Party""Blink Gone" BL8M & Akugetsu"Wiege"20256FU & BL8M
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