Battle Angel Alita

Post by **LordMune** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 11:02 pm

What is it that attracts you all to Gunnm?
I've been thinking lately- everything about Gunnm makes me feel I should elitistically hate it purely on brainless-shounen/seinen-action-sucks principle, yet I absolutely adore it.

I confuse myself.

Post by **Libaax** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 11:28 pm

If you have read about Alita's journey to where she is now,you know there is more to BAA than just action.

I like the characters,story,sci fi feel to it,in other i like everything about this manga.

Post by **Fuji Nagase** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 5:19 am

yeah, i agree. therre is a lot of history behind whats going on.

i love the really unique characters as well as the really techically sound action sequences. the set up for eveything, the world kishiro created is really good i think. also, it was pretty origanal to begin with. maybe not as much now. but still good none the less.

i never thought i could like LO, but i think after vol. 6, im back in the game. the scene with her killing all those people (flash back) in that hallway was really amazing. and alita's thoughts became more to the alita that i like. shes really growing now that shes met somone so much better than her (shame she died btw) and learning about her past. i really want to know about her last mission. (and the omakes at the end were funny.)

also, there were some pics that looked a lot like his old style and its really confusing. and figure four is waiting for her!!!!>_< gahH! i always thought he was a good match for her, and since he wasnt at ALL a bishonen, it was good you know? but knowing that hes waiting for her still irritates me almost as much as casca's condition. .... okay, well, not that much, but its the same kind of feeling.

i cant wait for LO 7 to come out! anyone know the release date?

Post by **RedEyes** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 5:38 am

Caerula didn't die (pages 97-99), I guess they'll meet again at Mars. I am hoping to see her as Alita's mentor, somehow.

After volume 6, I had some braking problems and checked vol7 and vol8 raws. I have to say, vol8 was quite a shock to me ...

Post by **crazyankan** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 9:02 am

Fuji Nagase wrote: i cant wait for LO 7 to come out! anyone know the release date?

Like 6-9 months

Post by **Quest** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 12:14 pm

6-9 months!
it is not released on a regular basis like bimonthly or semi-annually is it?
it totally up to the whim of the writer?

i love how the story and environment is constantly refreshed and updated. the way entire supporting casts can be uprooted and replaced... the setting can do a 360 with each new arc... its the same old main character but yet a new layer is revealed.

=)

Post by **Fuji Nagase** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 8:07 am

crazyankan wrote:Like 6-9 months

fuck

Post by **crazyankan** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 5:12 pm

But their are som good news also. Looks like some people are interested in starting to translate BAA LO.

Post by **LordMune** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 1:41 am

The raws are up to volume eight?!

Fuck BAA and its lack of furigana...

Post by **crazyankan** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 2:02 pm

yeah, the raws are up to phase 53 now (volume 8 = phase 44-49).

Post by **inkthinker** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 10:10 am

crazyankan wrote:Looks like Yukito has done some other mangas.
"His debut as a popular Manga artist came in 1984 when his work "KIKAI" won the best newcomer manga artists award sponsored by weekly Shonen Sunday magazine. " And their some other work called Kaikosei.
Has someone heard of them before or has someone them?

I've never heard of either, but I'd love to check 'em out... the only other manga aside from the Alita (and related) books that I know of are the Aqua Knight series, which were pretty fun. Kishiro said in an interview that he'd like to return to it, which I look forward to seeing.

Post by **inkthinker** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 10:16 am

Libaax wrote:Havent we read vol 6 before?

I thought we were waiting for vol 7 all this time not vol 6.

I'm pretty sure the Ripper releases are scans of the Viz volumes, which is... well, anyhow.

There's 6 volumes out from Viz now, and I guess 8 tanks? I've got 6 and 7 from Kinokuniya, they're really well-printed volumes, larger than the usual Jump tankobon and printed on high-quality paper.

I'd love to get scans of the as-yet untranslated chapters, since (much like Berserk I'm all about supporting this series in print. It's so painful getting only two volumes a year...

Post by **Grahf** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 1:48 pm

lol damn big corporate machines want people to support them. but the make it damn near impossible to really support them with their release schedules.

Post by **Fuji Nagase** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 6:59 am

inkthinker wrote: I've never heard of either, but I'd love to check 'em out... the only other manga aside from the Alita (and related) books that I know of are the Aqua Knight series, which were pretty fun. Kishiro said in an interview that he'd like to return to it, which I look forward to seeing.

wait, let me get this strait. you LIKE aqua knghts? what the fuck man? that is the worst kishiro shit ive ever read. i didnt belive he could do something so bad, because he does alita, but there it is. and you like it? thats really...really quite horrible. of course you're free to think what you want or whatever, but SHII-AT! comon, really now, u like Aqua Knights? why?

Post by **crazyankan** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 2:46 pm

BAA LO 07 next week.

translation by July.

Post by **Libaax** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 4:41 pm

Nice great news.

Post by **LordMune** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 5:50 pm

Indeed.

Post by **inkthinker** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 7:55 am

Fuji Nagase wrote:
inkthinker wrote: I've never heard of either, but I'd love to check 'em out... the only other manga aside from the Alita (and related) books that I know of are the Aqua Knight series, which were pretty fun. Kishiro said in an interview that he'd like to return to it, which I look forward to seeing.
wait, let me get this strait. you LIKE aqua knghts? what the fuck man? that is the worst kishiro shit ive ever read. i didnt belive he could do something so bad, because he does alita, but there it is. and you like it? thats really...really quite horrible. of course you're free to think what you want or whatever, but SHII-AT! comon, really now, u like Aqua Knights? why?

I liked it.

*shrug*

It was silly, but it was really, really well-drawn. I think it was clear that Kishiro was just having fun with it, and the results show in the work. I liked the armor, I liked the fights, I think it was fun stuff.

It's nowhere near as cool as Alita, certainly.

Post by **crazyankan** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 10:52 pm

Finally!
This weekend will BAA LO 7 come out.

Post by **Quest** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 4:33 am

crazyankan wrote:Finally!
This weekend will BAA LO 7 come out.

hi crazyankan,

any estimate on when your scanlation will be complete?
=)

yaaaaaaaaaahoooooooooooooo!

Post by **crazyankan** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 4:34 pm

This one is a real translation. we(me and ripper) found some dude that translated it for us

. He will also do BAA LO 8.

Think it could be finished today maybe. Not so much to fix on it right now.

Post by **LordMune** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 4:59 pm

The ones before weren't "real"?

Anyway, whoa, LO8 too. That is awesome news.

Post by **crazyankan** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 7:14 pm

"translated" 04-06 from VIZ releases.

Post by **Quest** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 3:05 am

crazyankan,
thanks for the heads-up!
=)

hopefully i will be able to read another amazing BAA story when i get back from thailand on friday night.

Post by **crazyankan** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 6:57 pm

[Manga] Battle Angel Alita - Last Order (Volume 7) @ http://www.rippersanime.com

A torrent is available and a direct download will come soon.