From: VIZ Media LLC Publisher: VIZ Media LLC Average Rating: Binding: Paperback Label: VIZ Media LLC Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 208 Publication Date: May 12, 2004
Product Description: Her spirit crushed over the loss of Hugo, Alita runs away from Doc Ido and the life she's built in the Scrapyard to become a challenger in motorball, a combat-like game that pits cyborg competitors against each other. As they race through the obstacle course, fighting for the ball, Alita learns her foes will do anything to win, and that losers often don't live to talk about their defeat.
Amazon.com Review: In the first volume of Yukito Kishiro's Battle Angel Alita, Daisuke Ido discovers a badly damaged cyborg in the trash heap beneath the floating city of Tiphares, which he rebuilds and names Alita. She has no memory of her previous life, but when she is drawn into a battle with the monster Makaku, Alita realizes that she must uncover the dark secrets of her past.
Kishiro's story is much more than a science-fiction adventure. Woven into the violent, roller-coaster plot is a strand of philosophical speculation. Battle Angel Alita takes us to a world where technology blurs the boundaries between human and machine, begging the question "What makes us who we are?"
Graphic SF Reader This seems to be a bit more along the lines of 2000AD or even Heavy Metal, as far as the style of story goes.
A scientist and mad mutant/robot bounty hunter finds a cyborg head, and decides to repair it by way of adding a new body a bit at a time.
Along the way they run into the scariest sewer and poo dwelling brain sucking mutant robot madman of them all, the one other hunters are too scared to face.
Add in a cute brave dog and you are set.
My first time One of the fist mangas I ever read. It's about a girl named Alita who is half robot and half human. Dr. Ido finds her in a scrapyard and fixes her up, she doesn't really remember anything about her past, and they both discover how strong she is. Many fights, great drawings
It's a great book, I am now on book 9.
Don't hesitate. Someone might have told you that Battle Angel, despite its corny title, is one of greatest of modern mangas. It is one of the greatest graphic novels, ever. I've seen very few artists with so much raw skill put equal effort into a deep and complex story.
Start at 'Last Order' if you will, but you'll end up wanting more.
Battle Angel Alita rocks Both the story and action in this manga are fantastic and at times touching. I read the whole series and loved every volume.
Moving This manga was one of the few series that were able to cut to the core of me. The world our main character Gally lives in is a cold and dangerous place where anyone you care for could die at anytime. Fighting loneliness and fear she struggles to find meaning in her life. I think anybody that reads this book will understand what it feels to live in a bleak world full of terrible things that you just can't understand. We've all been there...where the world seems to loom over you and you just want to give up. Gally is an android but just as human as you and me. At times she wants to give up...but she will inspire her readers by getting up once again to face the dark world she lives in. The art is a bit grimy and messier than the newer mangas, but it fits the atmosphere of the story perfectly. You can even see it improving with each volume. This is the best manga I have read to date. And I highly recommend it to anyone that is willing to look at the world in a honest light.
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