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shade
July 11th, 2006, 10:03 am
i just read the series up to BAA: last order (book 7) and i wanted to know- any other Alita fans?

i found it all exellent. although its for older readers (due to violence in all its forms) if anyone is looking for something to read and has not seen this, i recommend it. for anyone who has seen it, id love to hear comments and stuff. backround story, curtesy of anime new network

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.

The last Order is an alternate ending for B.A.A. its starts when alita is killed by the doll-bomb, she is resurrected by Nova and given an even more powerful body. Then she finds herself in a devastated Tiphares, where a battle between Tiphareans with brain-chips and those without is raging. At the same time as the automatic security systems goes on a rampage killing anything that moves.
Set in an alternate future where Alita is reconsturcted by Desty Nova Alita is lost in a future she doesn't understand. For Alita everyone she loves is gone or have moved on. Alita starts on a quest to find Lou. Alita starts on a journey That will change her future and make her come face to face with her past.

its very good, sad, many times funny, very stylish and cool. i hope i get the 8th book soon.

Eternal
July 12th, 2006, 07:38 pm
I read Alita when I was in 6th grade, it was fun but the pictures have way too many lines and looking at robotics hurts my head.
But I thought the "Disecting" her part was cool and how she was only a head XD she's a pretty head!

Paradox
July 13th, 2006, 03:49 am
I want to watch to 2 OVAs. I haven't read any either... first time i heard of this anime was when i watched AMV Hell... the AMV starts for BAA starts at 16:17...

M
July 13th, 2006, 04:29 am
Just recently purchased a few books (I didn't purchase them from amazon or VIZ (another party), but these are links to purchase them) (1 (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1569318247/sr=8-7/qid=1152765069/ref=pd_bbs_7/102-2618936-6907342?ie=UTF8), 2 (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1569319766/qid=1152765293/sr=1-30/ref=sr_1_30/102-2618936-6907342?s=books&v=glance&n=283155), 3 (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1591161355/sr=8-12/qid=1152765069/ref=pd_bbs_12/102-2618936-6907342?ie=UTF8), 4 (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1591162815/ref=pd_sim_b_2/102-2618936-6907342?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=283155), 5 (http://store.viz.com/product/GNVVV0074/s.q80XewQp), and 6 (http://store.viz.com/product/GNVGB0004/b.BATTLEANGELA+BATTLELAST/s.q80XewQp) in transit right now; 7 (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1421504332/ref=pd_sim_b_2/102-2618936-6907342?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=283155), Pre-order: 8 (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1421508656/ref=pd_sim_b_2/102-2618936-6907342?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=283155), 9 (unavalible); I can't find the rest on Amazon), and I have also seen the OVA (www.anidb.info/a147).

The OVA intrested me, even though it has a very mediocre storyline. Most say that the OVA is a compressed and sectioned verson of the Graphical Novel, so I forked out some more cash and purchased some Manga. From the remarks that I have read at other sites, it looks to be a very good manga. I'll find out in a few days...

EDIT: *has now purchased the Original Manga Series (the non last order ones)*

1 (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1569310033/sr=8-2/qid=1152795357/ref=pd_bbs_2/102-2618936-6907342?ie=UTF8), 2 (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1569310491/sr=8-9/qid=1152795357/ref=pd_bbs_9/102-2618936-6907342?ie=UTF8), 3 (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1591162742/sr=8-13/qid=1152795357/ref=sr_1_13/102-2618936-6907342?ie=UTF8), 4 (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1591162750/sr=8-17/qid=1152795417/ref=sr_1_17/102-2618936-6907342?ie=UTF8), 5 (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1591162769/sr=8-12/qid=1152795357/ref=pd_bbs_12/102-2618936-6907342?ie=UTF8), 6 (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1591162777/sr=8-15/qid=1152795357/ref=sr_1_15/102-2618936-6907342?ie=UTF8), 7 (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1591162785/sr=8-18/qid=1152795417/ref=sr_1_18/102-2618936-6907342?ie=UTF8), 8 (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1569312435/ref=pd_sim_b_2/102-2618936-6907342?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=283155), 9 (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1569312931/sr=8-11/qid=1152795357/ref=pd_bbs_11/102-2618936-6907342?ie=UTF8)