About Alien Stage
Alien Stage (Korean: 에일리언 스테이지, often shortened to ALNST) is a South Korean animated web series created by the animator Vivinos, made with animation director Qmeng and Studio Lico, and released on Vivinos's own YouTube channel. It is a dystopian science-fiction musical told in twelve releases between September 2022 and June 2025. Most of them are music videos built around a single original song, and the story unfolds through performances and flashbacks with very little spoken dialogue.
In its future, aliens known as the Segyein rule the Earth and keep humans as pets. Human children are raised at Anakt Garden, an institution that trains them to sing and perform, and the most promising go on to Alien Stage, a televised singing contest in which two contestants face each other in every round: the winner moves on, and the loser is executed. The series follows a group who grew up together at Anakt Garden: Mizi and Sua, who meet in Round 1; the rebellious Till and the enigmatic Ivan; Luka, the reigning champion; and Hyuna, a former contestant who now fights in the human resistance.
Around the videos the project has grown into a franchise: soundtrack singles and anniversary remixes sung by the characters' singers, comics that fill in the characters' pasts, an official art book, a 3D concert series and pop-up stores. An alternate-universe spin-off, Zombie Stage, began on the same channel in June 2026, and an anime adaptation was announced at Anime Expo in Los Angeles in July 2026.
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What the Alien Stage Quiz Tests
Our Alien Stage quiz covers the twelve videos of the main web series, from Round 1 in September 2022 to KARMA in June 2025, along with who made the series and who sings its songs. Easy levels ask about the basics: the creator, the world ruled by the Segyein, Anakt Garden, the rules of the contest and who faces whom. The middle levels follow the rounds in order, from Round 1 through the round the videos skip to Round 6, the final and wiege, along with the singers behind each character. The hardest questions are about the biggest twists of the last four videos and the details only close viewers notice. The comics, the art book's extra profiles, the alternate universes and the announced anime are left out, apart from one question that names the spin-off.
Key Characters
Mizi is the series' open heart: outgoing, optimistic and unable to hide what she feels, she begins the story by facing Sua, her closest companion since childhood, in Round 1, and after Round 5 is pulled into the human resistance. Sua, quiet and elusive yet capable of startling boldness, is seen mostly in that first round and in memories. Till is timid and sensitive but rebellious enough that the aliens keep punishing him, and he pours himself into music and drawing; Ivan, polite, composed and hard to read, has been devoted to Till since they were children. Luka, the reigning champion and the aliens' darling, is charming on stage and coldly calculating off it, and Hyuna, outspoken and fiercely independent, has escaped the contest to lead the human resistance. Watching over them are their alien guardians, from Mizi's doting Shine to Till's demanding Urak.
Available Quizzes
Alien Stage Trivia
50 hand-crafted questions across 5 categories. 10 levels of increasing difficulty.
Which Alien Stage Character Are You?
Answer 10 questions to discover which Alien Stage character matches your personality!
Random Mix
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Characters
Mizi
Sua
Till
Ivan
Hyuna
Alien Stage Fun Facts
- All twelve videos of the main story add up to only about 46 minutes, and the shortest, the prologue, is under two minutes long.
- The prologue, the second video, was not part of the original plan: Vivinos made it after finishing Round 1's animation, while that round's song was still being completed.
- Vivinos and Qmeng also animated the ending sequence of My Dress-Up Darling's second season, set to PiKi's song Kawaii Kaiwai.
- Studio Lico, which produced the series' soundtrack, was set up by NAVER WEBTOON in July 2017 under the name Lico and took the name Studio Lico in July 2022.
- The 3D concert 3D LIVE ALIEN STAGE Museum in 2372 opened with a Tokyo showcase at the Shinagawa Prince Hotel Stellar Ball from 30 October to 1 November 2026, with the characters on stage in 3D and no cast appearing in person; its world tour visits Seoul in January 2027, then Los Angeles and Tokyo.
- Tokyopop published the English edition of the official art book, Alien Stage: The Art Book, on 3 March 2026 as a 320-page hardcover; the Korean original came from Dasan Books.
Alien Stage Quiz — Frequently Asked Questions
How many episodes of Alien Stage are there?
Twelve, released on the VIVINOS YouTube channel between 7 September 2022 and 27 June 2025: Round 1, the prologue ALIEN STAGE, Round 2, Round 3, Round 5, TOP 3, MIZISUA, All-in, Round 6, FINAL, wiege and KARMA. There is no Round 4 video, because that round happens off-screen. Teasers, remixes and the Zombie Stage spin-off are not counted.
Is Alien Stage finished?
Its original storyline ended with KARMA in June 2025, but the series is not formally over: producer Kang said in April 2026 that more episodes are on the way, an anime adaptation was announced at Anime Expo in July 2026, and as of October 2026 that adaptation had no announced studio, cast or premiere date. The alternate-universe spin-off Zombie Stage began in June 2026.
What order should I watch Alien Stage in?
Watch the videos in the order they were released: Round 1, ALIEN STAGE (the prologue), Round 2, Round 3, Round 5, TOP 3, MIZISUA, All-in, Round 6, FINAL, wiege and KARMA. The whole run takes under an hour. Zombie Stage is an alternate universe with the same characters and can be watched after the main story.
Where can I watch Alien Stage?
The episodes are posted free on Vivinos's official YouTube channel, VIVINOS, and some of the video descriptions credit English and Japanese translators. Availability differs by country and changes over time, so check what is available where you live.
What is Alien Stage about?
In a future where aliens rule the Earth and keep humans as pets, children raised at Anakt Garden are trained to sing in Alien Stage, a televised contest in which the loser of each round is executed. The series follows friends who grew up together and must now sing against one another, the reigning champion Luka, and a human resistance led by the former contestant Hyuna.
Is Alien Stage an anime?
Not originally. It is a South Korean animated web series made by the animator Vivinos with Qmeng and Studio Lico and released on YouTube. An anime adaptation was announced at Anime Expo in Los Angeles on 2 July 2026, but no studio, cast or release date had been announced as of October 2026.
