After years in development, Alita: Battle Angel, based on the Battle Angel Alita manga, reaches theaters on Valentine’s Day. It’s been a long process to get the film made—producer James Cameron has had fanboys excited for over a decade due to his attachment to it, but finally turned the property over to a different director… Read More Battle Angel Alita, Volume 1: Out of Control
Kodansha Comics has recently begun reissuing one of my favourite manga, which has long been out of print—Battle Angel Alita. It’s been long enough since I last picked an issue up to make this something of a rediscovery for me, especially with regard to Yukito Kishiro’s art, which feels almost expressionistic in its starkness and… Read More Bodies in Battle Angel Alita
Casey Covel, our former columnist and a staffer at Geekdom House, recently wrote an article about how Attack on Titan dives into different kinds of strength. The titans seem invincible with their size and power, and the humans helpless in their frailty, but time and time again the second season of the series demonstrates that… Read More Something More: Centaurs, Battle Angels, and Titans