Review Time. Today lets look at the anime Alita
Value. 1/5
Genre. Action
Rating. 13+
STORY.
In a postapocalyptic world there are two cities. One is Tiphares, who floats in mid air suspended by cables, the other is called the Scrap yard and in below Tiphares. Basically the Scrap yard is the carbage dump of Tiphares. Ido is a cybernetics specialist from Tiphares who now lives in the Scrap yard trying to help people. One day he finds a android girl who is still alive. He rescues her, repairs her body and as she has lost her memories decides to call her Gally. After following Ido one night she learns that he has a second job as a bounty hunter. She also discovers that she has a gift for fighting and soon joins the ranks of bounty hunters. Her very first job immediatly puts her against a very powerful opponent but she defeats him easely. She also falls in love with young boy who has a dream of going to Tiphares. In order to raise money he has to break the law and when Gally finds out she has to make a choice. Take his bounty or follow him to Tiphares.
CHRACTERS.
Ido. A former inhabitant of Tiphares. He decided to leave and live in the Scrap yard so that he could help the people living there.
Gally/Alita. A cyborg that Ido found in Tipharess' carbage. For some reason they named her Gally instead of Alita, not a clue as to why. She has no memories but somehow retained the knowledge to fight. She falls hard for Yugo.
Yugo. A young hardworking boy whos dream is to go to Tiphares.
Guryushika. A very powerful cyborg who is a endorphin junky. He is completely insane and is the first true opponent of Gally.
Shiren. Like Ido she is from Tiphares but unlike him she is deeply unhappy and would like nothing better than to return.
ART & MUSIC.
Both the art (4/5) and music (4/5) are excellent. Pretty dated anime and although the art is still ok it shows its age.
VOICE ACTING
English only and although not very good i've heard worse (3/5)
Personal note. I must say that this was one of the first anime's that i saw and i liked it then. So how come the poor value rating? Well severall things have changed. First i'm older and have seen more and better anime's but most importand i have the manga. The manga is so much better that i'm not even going to try to describe it. It would be like compairing a pile of crap to the elysian fields. Also this anime is English only and i know that some things are hard to translate but.....Gally!? Was Alita to difficult? Her name is Alita A.L.I.T.A! Maybe Gally is a name that is used more in English or better pronounceble than Alita. Now to be fair she is called Gally in the manga. It was one chapter during her fight with Desty Nova, but that was in one of the later volumes and not in the first two that were used to make this anime. Sorry folks but if you have this toss it away and buy the manga. If you don't have it don't get but buy the manga.
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