Showing posts with label battle angel alita. Show all posts
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Monday, December 18, 2006

Battle Angel Alita

By: Yukito Kishiro

My current collection:

Battle Angel Alita, Vol. 9

As beautiful cyborg Alita confronts her arch-enemy, mad scientist Desty Nova, for the last time, she finally learns the chilling truth about her past! Meanwhile, megalomaniacal Barjack leader Den launches a kamikaze assault on both the Scrapyard and Tiphares, the mysterious utopian city in the sky. Is there any ray of hope in this epic post-apocalyptic saga?

Battle Angel Alita, Vol. 8

Alita experiences a terrible fall from grace when she discovers the utopian city of Tiphares' ulterior motive for retaining her services as a special agent of the "Tuned." Now she must face her greatest foe yet--herself! Koyomi makes a strange new friend as she and the rest of the Barjack forces prepare to launch the ultimate weapon on both Tiphares and the Scrapyard. Will they destroy the pitiful remnants of civilization as they know it? Plus, the long-awaited return of Doc Ido!

Battle Angel Alita, Vol. 7

Alita meets Kaos, the son of mad scientist Desty Nova, who uses his psychometric powers to repair Alita's cyborg body after she falls into a sinkhole. A refurbished Alita finally goes head to head against the forces of Barjack and is ready to kill their leader, Den, when she's unexpectedly betrayed. Then Alita discovers the secret relationship between Den and Kaos...

Battle Angel Alita, Vol. 6

Alita's death sentence is commuted in exchange for her service as a member of the "Tuned," an elite force of the utopian city of Tiphares. Her first assignment is to protect a nuclear-powered train from the infamous bandit known as Barjack.

Battle Angel Alita, Vol. 5

Mad scientist Desty Nova resurrects the brain of Zapan--the Hunter-Warrior whose pride Alita has injured one too many times--and fits it with a deadly Berserker body. Now, nothing can stop Zapan from exacting his revenge on Alita and all the Scrapyard inhabitants. Will Alita sacrifice herself to save her friends and other innocents?

Battle Angel Alita, Vol. 4

Alita must choose a challenge team to defeat Jashugan, the proud, invincible Motorball champion. Who will give their all--their very life--for the lovely Battle Angel? In the intense heat of battle during her final one-on-one showdown with Jashugan, Alita slips into a trance that provides an incredible revelation about her mysterious past.

Battle Angel Alita, Vol. 3

Her heart broken, Alita runs away from home and becomes a challenger in motorball, a combat-like game that pits cyborg competitiors against each other. Doc Ido is determined to bring Alita back home and forms new alliances as he formulates a desperate plan...

Battle Angel Alita, Vol. 2

Alita falls head-over-metal-heels for Hugo, a passionate young man who longs to escape the degradation of the Scrapyard and live in Tiphares, the ethereal city in the aky. Will Alita win a place in his heart? And to what desperate lengths will Hugo go to realize his dream...?

Battle Angel Alita, Vol. 1

Daisuke Ido, a talented cybernetic doctor, finds the head of a cyborg in a junk heap. When he rebuilds her body, Alita's only clue to her past surfaces--her deadly fighting instincts! And now she is determined to find out the truth about who she once was...