The futuristic dystopian world of Battle Angel Alita revolves around the city of Scrapyard, grown up around a massive scrap heap that rains down from Tiphares (Zalem or Salem in the anime), a mysterious city floating above the Scrapyard. Together, they take on the dark secrets of Tiphares. Foremost among these is the mad genius Desty Nova, who clashes with Alita before becoming her ally. She becomes entangled in the machinations of Tiphares as one of their agents, and is sent to hunt those who wish to bring the floating city down. While pushing her limits in combat, Alita awakens memories of her earlier life on Mars. Alita uses her Panzer Kunst as a link to her lost past, which leads her to first becoming a mercenary Hunter-Warrior, killing cyborg criminals in the Scrapyard, and then a player in the brutal sport of Motorball. The rebuilt Alita soon discovers that she possesses instinctive knowledge of the legendary martial art Panzer Kunst, although she has no other memories of her previous life. Ido manages to revive her, and upon finding that the girl has lost her memory, he names her Alita after his recently deceased cat. This cyborg's intact head and upper torso are found in a state of suspended animation by the cybermedic expert Daisuke Ido while he is out searching for useful scrap. The manga series is continued in Battle Angel Alita: Last Order.īattle Angel Alita tells the story of Alita ("Gally" in the original Japanese version), an amnesiac female cyborg. The story traces Alita's attempts to rediscover her past and the characters whose lives she impacts on her journey. She discovers that there is one thing she remembers, the legendary cyborg martial art Panzer Kunst, which leads to her becoming a Hunter Warrior or bounty hunter. The series is set in the post-apocalyptic future and focuses on Alita, a cyborg who has lost all memories and is found in a garbage heap by a cybernetics doctor who rebuilds and takes care of her. Manga Entertainment also dubbed Battle Angel Alita into English. Two of the nine-volume comics were adapted into two anime original video animation episodes titled Battle Angel for North American release by ADV Films and the UK and Australian release by Manga Entertainment. List of Battle Angel Alita chapters#Battle_Angel_Alita:_Last_Orderīattle Angel Alita, known in Japan as Gunnm ( 銃夢 Ganmu ?, a portmanteau of "Gun" and "Dream"), is a manga series created by Yukito Kishiro in 1990 and originally published in Shueisha's Business Jump magazine.
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