![]() The manga will of course have the most detail, but the movie isn’t short on story. The main plot events are similar across the manga, anime, and movie. Furthermore, the movie’s take ingrains within us that she is a cyborg, whereas anime Alita just feels like a regular girl, which is rather important as a core theme is an exploration of what it means to be human. It skips over the first act character development. In the anime however, she wakes up and has no adjustment period. This is effective at endearing us to her so that when the action and suffering starts, we care about what happens to her. In the movie, we stay with her as she learns to control her body, wanders the city and makes friends. I find this most notable in the first act, where Alita awakens with a new body and familiarises herself with the world around her. The story hops from key scene to key scene without the “in between” scenes where the non-crucial moments happen, yet these in betweens are often what bring a story to life and make us connect to characters. Even if we ignore the manga for the moment and look at this on its own merits, there are notable issues. Two episodes for nine volumes of content? It should come as no surprise to you when I say that Battle Angel Alita is an emaciated anime adaptation.
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