Six hundred years into the future, the weary residents of Iron City eek out a living within an industrial, cyberpunk cityscape, in the shadow of the floating city, Zalem. Teaming with various other travelers, your goal is to experience Iron City and perhaps to even receive a reward for earning enough credits to come out… Read More Experiencing Alita at Passport to Iron City
During volume six of Battle Angel Alita, Desty Nova tells Alita something that she has never considered, and which now makes her worry: though she desperately wants to see Ido, Ido may not want to see her. The point is one that’s tangled up with Nova’s experiments and a world in which brains and bodies… Read More Battle Angel Alita, Volume 7: People (and Cyborgs) Change
Howdy! It’s MDMRN here filling in for TWWK this week on our journey through Battle Angel Alita. As we arrive at volume six, Alita has now given her time, skills, and freedom to a Zalemite organization. She surrendered her everything to this group, promising to use her considerable set of skills to help them with… Read More Battle Angel Alita, Volume 6: Seeking Freedom
Like so many science fiction stories preceding and following it, Battle Angel Alita follows the journey of a robot (or in this case, cyborg) who is learning who she is, and in doing so, is discovering what it means to be a robot and what it is to be human. These kinds of tales excite… Read More Battle Angel Alita, Vol. 5: Of Lost Sheep, Scapegoats, Lions, and Lambs
What do you picture in your head when you hear the word, “outsider”? I immediately think of the film adaptation of The Outsiders with its cast of cool looking dudes, the very image of rebels. And on the other end of the spectrum, I also think of those that don’t well fit into society, who are… Read More Battle Angel Alita, Vol. 4: Outsiders
This is what I’ve been waiting for. Volume three of Battle Angel Alita transfers the action from the streets of the Scrapyard to the famed world of Motorball, a psychedelic, cybernetic version of roller derby, where broken bones are traded for obliterated limbs, and concussions for splattered brains. After Yugo’s apparent death, a despondent Alita… Read More Battle Angel Alita, Volume 3: Playing Motorball
Volume two of Battle Angel Alita takes us to an unexpected place—right into a love story. But being a violent, sci-fi adventure, this love story involves dealing in the trade of human organs, a dream to visit a city in the sky, and a dystopian society where police units and bounty hunters keep order for… Read More Battle Angel Alita, Volume 2: Blind to Our Sins
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