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Battle Angel Alita (manga)

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Alternative title:
Alita l'angelo della battaglia (Italian)
GUNNM (Japanese)
Gunnm: Alita, Ángel de Combate (Spanish)
銃夢 (Japanese)
총몽 (Korean)
Objectionable content: Intense
Plot Summary: 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.
User Ratings: 486 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 162 votes (Eng:63, sub:58, dub:19, ?:5, edit.dub:1, raw:1, others:15
4 French
2 Spanish
2 French subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese
1 German dubbed
1 French dubbed
1 French edited dub
1 German
)
 Excellent: 143 votes (Eng:78, sub:26, dub:15, ?:8, raw:4, edit.dub:1, others:11
3 Portuguese subtitled
2 German
2 French
1 French subtitled
1 French dubbed
1 Dutch
1 Polish
)
 Very good: 94 votes (Eng:50, sub:25, dub:9, edit.dub:1, others:9
2 French
1 Polish
1 French subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 German
1 Italian dubbed
1 Spanish
1 Italian
)
 Good: 47 votes (Eng:28, sub:10, dub:6, raw:1, others:2
1 Portuguese
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Decent: 20 votes (Eng:10, dub:3, sub:2, ?:1, others:4
1 +
1 Dutch dubbed
1 Polish dubbed
1 Polish subtitled
)
 So-so: 5 votes (sub:2, dub:1, Eng:1, others:1
1 Portuguese
)
 Not really good: 5 votes (Eng:3, sub:1, dub:1)
 Weak: 7 votes (Eng:3, sub:2, dub:1, others:1
1 German
)
 Bad: 2 votes (dub:1, Eng:1)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 953 users, rank: #63 (of 6865)
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.597 (Excellent−), std. dev.: 1.5588, rank: #314 (of 7714)
Weighted mean: 8.549 (Excellent−), rank: #420 (of 7714) (seen all: 8.80 / seen some: 7.71 / won't finish: 5.42)
Bayesian estimate: 8.542 (Excellent−), rank: #50 (of 3518)
Number of tankoubon: 9
Number of pages: 220
Volumes:
#1. 錆びた天使/Gunnm: Rusty Angel (Battle Angel Alita)
#2. 鋼鉄の処女/Gunnm: Iron Maiden (Battle Angel Alita: Tears of an Angel)
#3. 殺戮の天使/Gunnm: Killing Angel (Battle Angel Alita: Killing Angel)
#4. 炎の中に立つ男/Gunnm: Ars Magna (Battle Angel Alita: Angel of Victory)
#5. 復讐の季節/Gunnm: Lost Sheep (Battle Angel Alita: Angel of Redemption)
#6. 自由への道/Gunnm: Rainmaker (Battle Angel Alita: Angel of Death)
#7. 機甲花嫁/Gunnm: Panzer Bride (Battle Angel Alita: Angel of Chaos)
#8. 馬借戦記/Gunnm: War Chronicle (Battle Angel Alita: Fallen Angel)
#9. ザレム征服/Gunnm: Conquest (Battle Angel Alita: Angel's Ascension)
Chapter titles: We have 53
Vintage: 1990-11 to 1995-03 (Serialized in Business Jump)
Release dates: We have 58
Trivia: We have 2
Comment:
Although both releases consisted of 9 graphic novels, the original Viz releases and the original Japanese releases differ slightly in where they are split. In Japan Gunnm was split into roughly equal length volume, while Viz released Alita in story arcs. There are 8 volumes in the story, the third volume is split into two graphic novels. Viz's reprints follow the Japanese volume breaks.
News: Show:
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Battle Angel returns! (Jun 11, 2002)
Katsukon 2002 - Viz Panel (Feb 20, 2002)
February Manga Releases (Dec 5, 2001)
This Week's Releases (Nov 14, 2001)
Full Gunm details (Nov 1, 2000)
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Graphic novel
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    Battle Angel Alita (GN 2) 2021-09-07 (from $11.89)
    Battle Angel Alita (GN 3) 2021-11-02 (from $11.94)
    Battle Angel Alita - Rusty Angel [2nd Ed] (GN 1) 2003-12-10 (from $5.95)
    Battle Angel Alita - Tears of an Angel [2nd Ed] (GN 2) 2004-03-10 (from $14.99)
    Battle Angel Alita - Killing Angel (GN 3) 2004-05-12 (from $13.99)
    Battle Angel Alita - Angel of Victory [2nd Ed] (GN 4) 2004-07-01 (from $3.23)
    Battle Angel Alita - Angel of Redemption [2nd Ed] (GN 5) 2004-09-14 (from $7.98)
    Battle Angel Alita - Angel of Death [2nd Ed] (GN 6) 2004-10-01 (from $4.51)
    Battle Angel Alita - Angel of Chaos (GN 7) 2004-12-01 (from $2.80)
    Battle Angel Alita - Fallen Angel (GN 8) 2005-03-15 (from $13.96)
    Battle Angel Alita - Angel's Ascension (GN 9) 2005-05-15
    Battle Angel Alita [Deluxe Edition] [Hardcover] (GN 1) 2017-11-14 (from $19.58)
    Battle Angel Alita [Deluxe Edition] [Hardcover] (GN 2) 2018-01-16 (from $23.77)
    Battle Angel Alita [Deluxe Edition] [Hardcover] (GN 3) 2018-03-06 (from $29.99)
    Battle Angel Alita [Deluxe Edition] [Hardcover] (GN 4) 2018-06-26 (from $23.36)
    Battle Angel Alita [Deluxe Edition] [Hardcover] (GN 5) 2018-10-16 (from $22.98)
    Battle Angel Alita [Deluxe Edition] [Hardcover] - Series Box Set (GN 1-6) 2018-12-18 (from $128.03)

Japanese staff
Japanese companies
Story & Art: Yukito Kishiro
Publisher:
Kodansha (2016 reissue)
Shueisha (Original run)
Japanese cast
(none)
English staff
English cast
Editing Assistant: Toshifumi Yoshida
Executive Editor: Seiji Horibuchi
Lettering: Scott Brown (Kodansha)
Touch-up Art & Lettering: Wayne Truman
(none)
English companies
Licensed by:
Kodansha Comics
Viz Media (Expired)
Online Distribution: K MANGA
French staff
French companies
(none)
Publisher: Glenat
French cast
(none)
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Translation:
M.D. Mañas (Spain, 1993)
Marc Bernabé (Spain, 2002)
Verónica Calafell (Spain, 2002)

Consultant: Manuel Robles (Spain, 2002)
Design:
Josep Maria Ricart (Spain, 1993)
Rosa Romeu (Spain, 1993)
Editing:
Ana María Meca (Spain, 1996)
Jaime Rodriguez (Spain, 2002)
Editorial Director:
Antonio Martín (Spain, 1993)
Jesús Pece (Spain, 2002)
Lettering:
Albert Agut (Spain, 2002)
Rosa Romeu (Spain, 1993)
Retouch: Cristina Simó (Spain, 2002)
(none)
Spanish companies
Cover Design: A&J Torres (Spain, 2002)
Design: Estudi d'Art-Tres (Spain, 2002)
Licensed by:
Editorial Ivréa (Argentina; Spain; 2017)
Editorial Televisa (Mexico)
Publisher: Planeta DeAgostini Comics (Spain)
Italian staff
Italian companies
(none)
Publisher:
Granata Press (discontinued)
Planet Manga
Italian cast
(none)
German staff
German companies
(none)
Publisher: Carlsen Comics
German cast
(none)
Dutch cast
Dutch staff
Translation: Nele Noppe (vols 3-9)
(none)
Dutch companies
Publisher: Glénat Benelux
Polish staff
Polish cast
Translation: Rafal Rzepka
(none)
Polish companies
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
Translation: Arnaldo Oka (both editions)
Distributor: JBGroup
Publisher:
Editora Opera Graphica (Brazil)
JBC (Brazil)
Portuguese cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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