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Battle Angel Alita (Manga)

Battle Angel Alita

Alternative Titles

English: Battle Angel Alita
Synonyms: GUNNM, Tsutsu Yume GUNNM
Japanese: 銃夢

Information

Type: Manga
Volumes: 9
Chapters: 53
Status: Finished
Published: Nov 1990 to Mar 1995
Authors: Kishiro, Yukito (Story & Art)
Serialization: Business Jump

Statistics

Score: 8.561 (scored by 1904 users)
Ranked: #602
Popularity: #154
Members: 3,210
Favorites: 437
1 indicates a weighted score
2 based on the top manga page.

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Synopsis

The people and cyborgs of the Scrap Yard live beneath the flying city of Tiphares, whose inhabitants dump their junk in the Scrap Yard and rules above it's inhabitants. One day doc Ido, a former Tipharean citizen, finds the intact head of young cyborg-girl in a vast pile of scrap. He takes her in and gives her a body and the name Alita. Alita then discovers since long forgotten fighting techniques hidden in her body and decides to become a hunter-warrior like Ido.
(source: Anime News Network)

Related Manga

Sequel: Battle Angel Alita: Last Order
Adaptation: Battle Angel Alita
Side story: Ashen Victor

Characters

 Alita
Alita
Main
 Yugo
Yugo
Main
 Gime
Gime
Supporting
 Den
Den
Supporting
 Shumira
Shumira
Supporting
 Makaku
Makaku
Supporting
 Jashugan
Jashugan
Supporting


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Apr 5, 2008
lonestar6969
What a great original story this was. The art is very detailed and clear in the sense that you can actually understand whats going on in the fight scenes. For some fighting manga's it was very difficult to imagine what went on during a fight scene but Alita didnt lose me. I got a sense of excitment following Alita's develpment from innocent cyborg to bounty hunter to elite sportwomen to warrior as there was not a single boring moment. It was a thrill to see what new weapons or body she would get and how she would defeat or catch her enemies.

Not only was the read more
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Feb 15, 2008
Baman
I've seen Battle Angel Alita around for some time, but because I always thought it seemed like some cheesy old shounen series, I never bothered trying it.
However, during a period of boredom I suddenly came across it and decided to give it a try. And I was very surprised.

The story starts out like a typical shounen series, with an amnesiac cyborg girl being found in a scrapyard. She is then repaired by the guy who finds her, who becomes a kind of father for her. continuing on, she meets lots of people, friends and foes, while pursuing bounties in a dark, steampunk styled post apocalyptic read more
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User Recommendations

BAA:LO is the sequel to the original BAA. If you haven't read BAA, then you will not fully understand BAA:LO. You might be able to follow LO without reading the original, but i wouldn't recommend it.
Ashen Victor is a side story of Battle Angel Alita. The story follows Snev, a racer in the Motorball tournaments that Alita used to race in to.
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