How do you win? Every day, we’ll have a new ‘9′ trivia question on Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/theanimeblog). Reply to the question on Twitter, and you’ll be entered to win for that day! We’d also love it if you followed us too!

Day 9 (9.9.09): Winner!

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Day 8 (9.8.09): Winner!

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Day 7: (9.7.09): Winner!

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Day 6 (9.6.09): Winner!

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Day 5 (9.5.09): Winner!

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Day 3 (9.3.09): Winner!

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Day 2 (9.2.09): Winner!

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Day 1 (9.1.09): Winner!

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Can’t get enough of 9?

• Meet the Scientist at Facebook.com/9Scientist
• Explore the Scientist’s lab at http://www.9experiment.com
• Follow the underground resistance at www.twitter.com/rebel123456789
• Watch the trailer at 9TheMovie.com
• Visit on your cell phone at 9.msite.tv
• Sign up for mobile alerts by texting ‘9″ to 4FOCUS (436287)
• Be sure to download the reader by texting ‘READER’ to 4FOCUS (436287) so you can decipher the secret messages on the street and gain access to exclusive content!

Official 9 Film Synopsis:

A new era in animated storytelling begins on 9.9.09. Visionary filmmakers Tim Burton (The Corpse Bride, Charlie and The Chocolate Factory) and Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted, Nightwatch) join forces to produce wunderkind director Shane Acker’s distinctively original and thrilling tale. 9 stars Elijah Wood, John C. Reilly, Jennifer Connelly, Martin Landau, Christopher Plummer and Crispin Glover and features the music of Danny Elfman.

When 9 (The Lord of the Ring’s Elijah Wood) first comes to life, he finds himself in a post-apocalyptic world. All humans are gone, and it is only by chance that he discovers a small community of others like him taking refuge from fearsome machines that roam the earth intent on their extinction. Despite being the neophyte of the group, 9 convinces the others that hiding will do them no good. They must take the offensive if they are to survive, and they must discover why the machines want to destroy them in the first place. As they’ll soon come to learn, the very future of civilization may depend on them.

To voice the lead role of the newly-born – and aborning hero – 9, Shane Acker couldn’t help but have in mind an actor who was so central to the film set he had worked on years earlier in New Zealand – The Lord of the Rings: the Return of the King star Elijah Wood.

Follow the ‘9′ Scientist on Facebook, as he documents his research leading up the film’s opening sequences (www.facebook.com/9scientist).  As the battle against the machines grows increasingly hopeless, the Scientist has now created a Talisman to capture the last memories of the human race. The Talisman is one of the key new elements within the Scientist’s lab on www.9experiment.com.

The Talisman is a key component in the story of the movie “9″… a device integral to the film’s Stitchpunk characters.  Now fans can create their own Talisman to share their pictures and thoughts with friends.  Check out www.9Experiment.com and dive into the World Talisman, where user pics from around the world can be viewed in an “infinite zooming” gallery. Then, create your own Personal Talisman by uploading your own photos, which can then be shared via email, blogs or social networks.

The Talisman holds the last hope for humanity, and is a groundbreaking technology steeped in the world and storyline of “9.”

Can’t get enough of 9?

• Meet the Scientist at Facebook.com/9Scientist
• Explore the Scientist’s lab at http://www.9experiment.com
• Follow the underground resistance at www.twitter.com/rebel123456789
• Watch the trailer at 9TheMovie.com
• Visit on your cell phone at 9.msite.tv
• Sign up for mobile alerts by texting ‘9″ to 4FOCUS (436287)
• Be sure to download the reader by texting ‘READER’ to 4FOCUS (436287) so you can decipher the secret messages on the street and gain access to exclusive content!

Official 9 Film Synopsis:

A new era in animated storytelling begins on 9.9.09. Visionary filmmakers Tim Burton (The Corpse Bride, Charlie and The Chocolate Factory) and Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted, Nightwatch) join forces to produce wunderkind director Shane Acker’s distinctively original and thrilling tale. 9 stars Elijah Wood, John C. Reilly, Jennifer Connelly, Martin Landau, Christopher Plummer and Crispin Glover and features the music of Danny Elfman.

When 9 (The Lord of the Ring’s Elijah Wood) first comes to life, he finds himself in a post-apocalyptic world. All humans are gone, and it is only by chance that he discovers a small community of others like him taking refuge from fearsome machines that roam the earth intent on their extinction. Despite being the neophyte of the group, 9 convinces the others that hiding will do them no good. They must take the offensive if they are to survive, and they must discover why the machines want to destroy them in the first place. As they’ll soon come to learn, the very future of civilization may depend on them.

9 Movie Talisman Challenge Clue

Good luck, everyone!!!

#6 (at left, voiced by Crispin Glover) and #9 (at right, voiced by Elijah Wood) scramble to keep their footing in Shane Acker’s epic adventure fantasy 9, which Focus Features releases nationwide on 9/09/09. Photo Credit: Focus Features

#1 (at right, voiced by Christopher Plummer) is confronted by a mysterious visitor in Shane Acker’s epic adventure fantasy 9. Photo Credit: Focus Features

9Scientist Facebook Page as well as the 9experiment.com website, where we are unveiling the dramatic moments leading up to the film. The Chancellor’s factory just began creating its own menacing automatons, and things are about to get a lot darker.  Check out the new Radio on 9Experiment.com, and stay tuned for upcoming fan challenges in the coming days!

• Meet the Scientist at Facebook.com/9Scientist
• Explore the Scientist’s lab at http://www.9experiment.com
• Follow the underground resistance at www.twitter.com/rebel123456789
• Watch the trailer at 9TheMovie.com
• Visit on your cell phone at 9.msite.tv
• Sign up for mobile alerts by texting ‘9″ to 4FOCUS (436287)
• Be sure to download the reader by texting ‘READER’ to 4FOCUS (436287) so you can decipher the secret messages on the street and gain access to exclusive content!

About 2

Voiced by Academy Award Winner Martin Landau, 2 is a kind but now frail inventor and explorer who embodies the Scientist’s strong creative spirit. An inquisitive personality, 2 is fearless. Director Shane Acker affectionately describes him as a “salty old dog.”

Insider Trivia

Focus Features’ last animated movie was the hit “Coraline.”

Can’t get enough of 9?

• Meet the Scientist at Facebook.com/9Scientist
• Explore the Scientists Lab at 9Experiment.com
• Watch the trailer at 9TheMovie.com
• Visit on your cell phone at 9.msite.tv
• Sign up for mobile alerts by texting ‘9″ to 4FOCUS (436287)
• Be sure to download the reader by texting ‘READER’ to 4FOCUS (436287) so you can decipher the secret messages on the street and gain access to exclusive content!

The Watchtower, which sits atop the Cathedral in which several of the stichpunk beings are hiding under the leadership and direction of the character “1”. This is the highest vantage point in the war-ravaged city and presumably the safest place from which to monitor the threatening landscape below. View a high-resolution version of the photo

A new era in animated storytelling begins on 9.9.09. Visionary filmmakers Tim Burton (The Corpse Bride, Charlie and The ChocolateFactory) and Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted, Nightwatch) join forces to produce wunderkind director Shane Acker’s distinctively original and thrilling tale. 9 stars Elijah Wood, John C. Reilly, Jennifer Connelly, Martin Landau, Christopher Plummer and Crispin Glover and features the music of Danny Elfman.

When 9 (The Lord of the Ring’s Elijah Wood) first comes to life, he finds himself in a post-apocalyptic world. All humans are gone, and it is only by chance that he discovers a small community of others like him taking refuge from fearsome machines that roam the earth intent on their extinction.

Despite being the neophyte of the group, 9 convinces the others that hiding will do them no good. They must take the offensive if they are to survive, and they must discover why the machines want to destroy them in the first place. As they’ll soon come to learn, the very future of civilization may depend on them.

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