The Book Depository Battle Angel Alita Deluxe Edition 1 by Yukito Kishiro
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Description: Battle Angel Alita Deluxe Edition 1 : Hardback : Kodansha America, Inc : 9781632365989 : 1632365987 : 07 Feb 2020 : After more than a decade out of print, the original cyberpunk action classic returns in a glorious 400-page hardcover deluxe edition!. The Book Depository Battle Angel Alita Deluxe Edition 1 by Yukito Kishiro - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
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Product ID: 9781632365989
MPN: 1632365987
GTIN: 9781632365989
Author: Tao
Rating: 5
Review: I've read through the entirety of Battle Angel Alita (including Last Order and what's currently released of Mars Chronicle). It's one of, if not my favourite comic/manga series (though Jojo is good too...Bah!). Seeing as I read it 'for free' and loved it, as with anything else, I threw down some cash on physical copies. In terms of story, I can't recommend this series enough. Without wanting to spoil anything and a synopsis being easily available elsewhere (other reviews right here for example), just know it's a huge tumbs up from me. As for this specific release? It's great. An issue I ran into when reading the series..."for free" was that there was a lot of inconsistency with names of people and places. In the English release a lot of stuff got renamed, such as Alita being named Gally in the original release, or the series originally being named Gunnm in Japan. Regardless, it's great that I now own a consistent set of books where I don't have to constantly keep in mind the 'other' names for people/things for risk of getting confused. The presentation of the book themselves? They do look really nice. They come in larger "A4" print rather than the smaller format manga is often released in, glossed pages. They have all of the 'fluff' content such as diagrams of how the city or transplants work, content that isn't always included in such releases. Most importantly, they look beautifully uniform on my shelf. It also includes the now non canonical original ending (book 4), something I really didn't think would be included. For those who don't know, the original ending basically got retconned out with 'Last Order' continuing on from events before the original ending. I personally still like the original ending, so it's nice that it's there. Not to mention the 'other stories' being released as book 5, something I didn't get a chance to read before purchasing this collection. It isn't often a manga series gets a nice physical release, Jojo's Bizarre Adventure still being my standard for what a 'proper' release should look like. Whilst I still prefer the presentation of Jojo's physical hardback releases, I am not disappointed with Alita at all. I'm holding out hoping that Last Order will get some sort of hardback/'proper' release that is at least this standard of quality.
Author: Skinda
Rating: 4
Review: I purchased the series after watching the film. I wanted something different for our young son. However presented on the Kindle paper white addition, it didn't come across very well & was difficult to master the controls / including being very fiddly to blow up the writing .. Yet once transferred to the I pad kindle app ,, it works great .. ;) The story is good & my son loves the interaction ... he can't wait for bed time .. Had it crossed over well I would of given 5 stars ... but because it's only iPad friendly it gets a 4 star rating from me ..
