PB|Ichigo
01-10-2008, 11:06 AM
So here's a thread for one of my favorite Manga, BAA, written by Yukito Kishiro, if you don't know what's about, here a small summary from Wikipedia:
Battle Angel Alita tells the story of Gally (Alita in the American version), an amnesiac female cyborg. 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. Amazed by his discovery, Ido quickly returns home and works to revive her. Upon finding that the girl has lost her memory, Ido names her Alita, the name of his recently deceased cat.
The rebuilt Alita soon discovers that she possesses instinctive knowledge of the legendary Martian martial art Panzer Kunst, although she has no other memories of her previous life. Alita must learn to navigate, exist, and fight in the Scrapyard, whose inhabitants themselves live in the shadow of the tantalizingly close floating city, Tiphares. Her journeys take Alita across the Scrapyard and surrounding areas, as she tries to recall more of her past.
BAA is completed in 9 volumes, Last Order is the Continuation of the Story, ignoring the last Chapters of BAA, at the moment there are 10 volumes released. The Artwork is one of the best I've seen so far (especially in LO), very detailed and very clean, just magnificant imo. My favorite Characters of BAA/LO are (of course) Alita herself and Caella (she's got such a superb FB in LO tank 8/9, you just gotta love her lol).
Battle Angel Alita tells the story of Gally (Alita in the American version), an amnesiac female cyborg. 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. Amazed by his discovery, Ido quickly returns home and works to revive her. Upon finding that the girl has lost her memory, Ido names her Alita, the name of his recently deceased cat.
The rebuilt Alita soon discovers that she possesses instinctive knowledge of the legendary Martian martial art Panzer Kunst, although she has no other memories of her previous life. Alita must learn to navigate, exist, and fight in the Scrapyard, whose inhabitants themselves live in the shadow of the tantalizingly close floating city, Tiphares. Her journeys take Alita across the Scrapyard and surrounding areas, as she tries to recall more of her past.
BAA is completed in 9 volumes, Last Order is the Continuation of the Story, ignoring the last Chapters of BAA, at the moment there are 10 volumes released. The Artwork is one of the best I've seen so far (especially in LO), very detailed and very clean, just magnificant imo. My favorite Characters of BAA/LO are (of course) Alita herself and Caella (she's got such a superb FB in LO tank 8/9, you just gotta love her lol).