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Battle Angel Alita Deluxe 1 by Yukito Kishiro

Battle Angel Alita Deluxe 1

Hardcover – Illustrated, November 21, 2017

Yukito Kishiro

Kodansha Comics · Hardcover · November 21, 2017

After more than a decade out of print, the original cyberpunk action classic returns in glorious 400-page hardcover deluxe editions, featuring an all-new translation, color pages, and new cover designs!

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Who it’s for
Cyberpunk danger meets questions of identity in a deluxe hardcover built for immersive reading.
Themes
Memory loss and identity, Protecting the weak, Humanity and bloodlust
Genres
Cyberpunk Comics, General Manga, Post-Apocalyptic Sci-Fi Comics

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After more than a decade out of print, the original cyberpunk action classic returns in glorious 400-page hardcover deluxe editions, featuring an all-new translation, color pages, and new cover designs! In a dump in the lawless settlement of Scrapyard, far beneath the mysterious space city of Zalem, disgraced cyber-doctor Daisuke Ido makes a strange find: the detached head of a cyborg woman who has lost all her memories.

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He names her Alita and equips her with a powerful new body, the Berserker. While Alita remembers no details of her former life, a moment of desperation reawakens in her nerves the legendary school of martial arts known as Panzer Kunst. In a place where there is no justice but what people make for themselves, Alita decides to become a hunter-killer, tracking down and taking out those who prey on the weak. But can she hold onto her humanity as she begins to revel in her own bloodlust?

Steel and Memory

Cyberpunk danger meets questions of identity in a deluxe hardcover built for immersive reading.

Come here for

  • Cyborg action with a sharp edge of moral unease
  • A layered science-fiction world of lawlessness and lost memory

Expect

  • A 400-page hardcover collecting volumes one and two
  • An all-new translation, color pages, and new cover designs

Where it sits

Cyberpunk Comics98%
General Manga50%
Post-Apocalyptic Sci-Fi Comics33%

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Publisher categories

  • General Manga
  • Tie-In Comics
  • Cyberpunk Comics
Authors
Yukito Kishiro
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Published
November 21, 2017
Format
Hardcover
Theme
Memory loss and identity · Protecting the weak · Humanity and bloodlust
Reading lane
General Manga