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Battle Angel Alita, Vol. 1: Rusty Angel Paperback – July 6, 1995

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After Daisuke Ido discovers a the head of a cyborg in a trash dump, he reconstructs her body and names her Alita.

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248 pages
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VIZ Media LLC
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July 6, 1995
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10 - 12
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5.75 x 0.75 x 8.25 inches
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1569310033
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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?"

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When he was only seventeen, Yukito Kishiro was nominated for Japanese publisher Shogakukan's Best New Comic award. Creator of other popular VIZ Media series Aqua Knight, Ashen Victor, and Battle Angel Alita, Kishiro is known for his strong characters, original settings, and intricate, lifelike artwork.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ VIZ Media LLC; Original edition (July 6, 1995)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 248 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1569310033
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1569310038
Grade level ‏ : ‎ 10 - 12
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.6 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.75 x 0.75 x 8.25 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #1,992,886 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #4,345 in Teen & Young Adult Manga (Books)
- #4,430 in Science Fiction Manga (Books)
- #6,514 in Action & Adventure Manga (Books)

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Pak

Amazing world and story

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 25, 2022

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Unique artwork, add some dark gritty situations in a dystopian world starring a lovable cyborg. Must read for any manga fan!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 7, 2022

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Just want to fill the word count and show my support for authors books that I really like to read.

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Russell K.

One of the greatest manga of all time, ready to meet a new generation of fans

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 4, 2018

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I was the first to post a review on this new edition, yet when I went back to make a small edit I found my review gone. How annoying...

Anyway, on with the review. Battle Angel Alita is an incredible story. Everything it does, it does amazingly well. Its dystopian future is brutal and fascinating, the characters are deeply engaging and either lovable, or delightfully revulsive monsters. The book manages to successfully lead you to believe/predict one thing before completely subverting your expectations. It powerfully endears you to its various characters, and there's a strong continuity of characters carrying over from former chapters to have significant roles (which will be more evident as the series goes on). Alita's puppy love is absolutely adorable and relatable, and her worries heart-wrenching (and also really damn cool because part of those worries is whether her cyborg super-strength would rip her crush to pieces). The comic is flawless, as far as I'm concerned. The story has been amazing for 28 years, and the art has always been incredibly detailed, expressive, cute, and horrifying (depending on the moment in question). The colored pages at the beginning of some chapters though are truly breathtaking in their lovingly crafted detail.
The point that the book cuts off and ends at seems very strange, ending right before any kind of resolution to the current arc. It flows fairly naturally in the original run of the comics, but as these Delux Editions are two books per volume, the effect is exasperated. You expect each of these volumes to cover one arc or one season of Alita’s life, and that is MOSTLY true. The first book covers her origins in the scrapyard, going from Doctor Ido’s adorable daughter/dress up doll to a hardened warrior and bounty hunter. The second book will cover her time in the Battle Ball arena, and the third book the arc after that. That’s why it seems so strange that this book cuts off before the resolution of Yugo’s story, which wraps up in the next volume.

I do have a few complaints, and it's about the new translation. I noticed immediately that they're no longer calling the floating city Tipheras, they're calling it Zalem, and that really throws me off. In the original run and all the way through Last Order, the English release always called it Tipheras. That's going to really throw off some readers who go from here to Last Order, so it was just a bad call. They changed other names to make them closer to the original Japanese, like switching Hugo for Yugo. One other reviewer pointed out that the general structure and wording of the dialogue was changed now, and it's far more clunky and less endearing now. That's very unfortunate and I wish they had just stuck with the original translation, but it's far from a deal breaker and I'm still overwhelmingly happy with this new release despite all that.

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Great Manga, terrible Amazon packaging

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The book itself is great and thankfully was not damaged. However it was just thrown in an oversized box (with a big tear in it btw) with zero protection like bubble wrap or anything. 5 stars for the product, zero for Amazons care for my stuff.

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Different

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Not really like the movie but that’s ok I loved it anyways! It was better that the Dog lived! I don’t mind brains lol!

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Spring Erickson

It was not like the movie

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I would consider reading this and watching the movie after to see the difference and so far it is a really enjoyable comic

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For the cyberpunk enthusiast

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I had to read this because it's on just about every cyberpunk book list. It does not disappoint. It's a lot of fun. A lot of character building in this first volume and that's great, but I do want a bit more world building. That's not to say that it detracts at all from the action-packed story. If you're at all interested, picking this up is well worth it.

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A Must Read & Buy! High Quality Story-telling and Printing

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 16, 2017

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I've been waiting for a re-release of this series for nearly ten years, since it was so difficult to get a hold of the paperbacks in a decent condition and at a fair price. After getting this book in the mail and seeing what it had to offer, I'm so glad I waited til now to buy the manga! The book is gorgeous; the hard cover is nice and sturdy and the image is nice and crisp. The pages on the inside are on nice glossy paper and the color pages that were added in are beautifully made. The re-translation is an improvement as well, the content is still the same but the lines from the characters now feel more authentic and the dialogue flows much more smoothly and coherently than previous versions. Just a heads up though, this does read from right to left like a traditional manga. Also the book ends just one chapter away from the conclusion of the second story arc, which is odd but my guess is it was done on purpose to entice people to get the second book. But with this high level of quality and an already great story to boot I HIGHLY RECOMMEND that you get this if you're a fan of the series, a fan of anime/manga, a fan of cyber-punk/post apocalyptic stories, or just want some new that's printed in high quality. Can't wait for book two next year!

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Timot Marks

Great edition for long time fans, bit expensive for newcomers.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on December 4, 2017

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OK so if you are looking to buy this hardcover volume of manga, you are most probably already a big fan of the series.
If not, then here's a short rundown:
This volume of the manga will only be flashback in the upcoming film as it's going to jump right into vol2 of this omnibus. Alita is a strong, compelling protagonist yet a relatable individual who just happens to be a girl. The story could be summed up as: "A cyborg gets rescued by a robot-doctor who's able to restore her. Upon awakening she can't remember anything but realizes she possesses some super powerful ancient martial arts skill so she sets out on a quest to rediscover herself." Which is as cliche as it gets but is very well executed. Has some philosophical undertones and very good human drama. Get prepared to shed a tear or too for the baddies as well!

Now the volume is very high quality. It's nearly twice as big as the original manga, printed on glossy paper for maximum detail but Yukito Kishiro's art is up to the challenge. As for the only downside, expect some reflective shiny blacks.
The originally color pages are preserved and the volume covers (which are front-to-back spreads) are inserted horizontally which is a bit weird.
The original format is preserved, so read from right to left. This translation does a very good job so far balancing the original Japanese names with the westernized ones most people who read the story so far got accustomed to. Sound effects are left in with English their expressions written beside them. It even has the little volume extras such as sketches and short strips or explanations from the original so you are really getting the best version possible.

tl;dr Get this if you are a fan, asap!

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Tao

Fantastic

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on December 28, 2018

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I've read through the entirety of Battle Angel Alita (including Last Order and what's currently released of Mars Chronicle). It's one of, if not my favourite comic/manga series (though Jojo is good too...Bah!). Seeing as I read it 'for free' and loved it, as with anything else, I threw down some cash on physical copies.

In terms of story, I can't recommend this series enough. Without wanting to spoil anything and a synopsis being easily available elsewhere (other reviews right here for example), just know it's a huge tumbs up from me.

As for this specific release? It's great.

An issue I ran into when reading the series..."for free" was that there was a lot of inconsistency with names of people and places. In the English release a lot of stuff got renamed, such as Alita being named Gally in the original release, or the series originally being named Gunnm in Japan. Regardless, it's great that I now own a consistent set of books where I don't have to constantly keep in mind the 'other' names for people/things for risk of getting confused.

The presentation of the book themselves? They do look really nice. They come in larger "A4" print rather than the smaller format manga is often released in, glossed pages. They have all of the 'fluff' content such as diagrams of how the city or transplants work, content that isn't always included in such releases. Most importantly, they look beautifully uniform on my shelf.

It also includes the now non canonical original ending (book 4), something I really didn't think would be included. For those who don't know, the original ending basically got retconned out with 'Last Order' continuing on from events before the original ending. I personally still like the original ending, so it's nice that it's there. Not to mention the 'other stories' being released as book 5, something I didn't get a chance to read before purchasing this collection.

It isn't often a manga series gets a nice physical release, Jojo's Bizarre Adventure still being my standard for what a 'proper' release should look like. Whilst I still prefer the presentation of Jojo's physical hardback releases, I am not disappointed with Alita at all. I'm holding out hoping that Last Order will get some sort of hardback/'proper' release that is at least this standard of quality.

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Skinda

Great for iPad :)

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on July 30, 2019

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I purchased the series after watching the film. I wanted something different for our young son. However presented on the Kindle paper white addition, it didn't come across very well & was difficult to master the controls / including being very fiddly to blow up the writing .. Yet once transferred to the I pad kindle app ,, it works great .. ;) The story is good & my son loves the interaction ... he can't wait for bed time .. Had it crossed over well I would of given 5 stars ... but because it's only iPad friendly it gets a 4 star rating from me ..

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Hamishsw

great intro to the drawn form of manga

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on February 19, 2022

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Using iPad was a great way to read this book. Took a while to get the reading direction but now will get the rest of the series.

Gary Branagan

First Manga

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on May 19, 2020

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My first manga. Took a little practice to read backwards. Enjoyed it and have already downloaded volume 2. As good as the film goes much further. I hope to get a few more answers.

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