Battle Angel Alita

Author: Yukito Kishiro
Publisher: Kodansha Comics
ISBN: 168233709X
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 228

Book Description
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. 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?

Battle Angel Alita 4

Author: Yukito Kishiro
Publisher: Kodansha America LLC
ISBN: 1682337553
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 216

Book Description
Alita must construct a team of elite players in order to challenge Emperor Jasugun, champion of motorball: Caligula Armbrust, Aydakatti the Destroyer, Zafal Takie the Crimson Wind, and the ultimate black sheep, Tiegel ... While she prepares for her greatest challenge yet, Jasugun is trapped in his own battle against fate. It all comes down to Alita's Panzer Kunst vs. Jasugun's Maschine Kratz. And in the midst of battle at the extreme limit of possibility, Alita catches a glimpse of her long-lost past ... The "Motorball" arc reaches its incredible conclusion!!

Battle Angel Alita: Last Order Omnibus 2

Author: Yukito Kishiro
Publisher: Kodansha Comics
ISBN: 9781612622927
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A FIREFIGHT ACROSS THE GENERATION GAP! Nanotechnology made humanity immortal, and the resulting population explosion pushed the Solar System’s resources to the breaking point. As a result, new births are banned and even the planets’ disparate governments cooperate to annihilate any children already born. With the tournament looming, Alita and her comrades find themselves caught between a spacefaring refuge for young innocents and a bloodthirsty mob intent on killing the children for sport!

Battle Angel Alita 2 (Paperback)

Author: Yukito Kishiro
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1646512588
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Own the manga thrill ride that changed global comics and inspired the James Cameron and Robert Rodriguez's cyberpunk action film Alita: Battle Angel! This new paperback edition features an updated translation in six affordable, 300-page volumes. Contains chapters 10-17 of Battle Angel Alita. 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. 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?

Battle Angel Alita: Last Order Omnibus 1

Author: Yukito Kishiro
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1612622917
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE HUMAN? The lovely, deadly cyborg Alita returns in 664 pages of cyberpunk action! Alita wakes up alone in the sky city of Tiphares, her brain and body reconstructed by the mad scientist Desty Nova. There’s no time to wonder why Alita’s greatest enemy would resurrect her, though – the royal city has been thrown into chaos by Nova’s revelation that the Tiphareans have had their brains replaced by bio-chips! Everyone needs answers – and Alita will fight to get them! INCLUDES TWO ORIGINAL STORIES BY YUKITO KISHIRO NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED IN ENGLISH!

Battle Angel Alita: Last Order Omnibus

Author: Yukito Kishiro
Publisher: Kodansha Comics
ISBN: 1682332535
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 674

Battle Angel Alita: Last Order Omnibus 5

Author: Yukito Kishiro
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 161262295X
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
THE SHOW MUST GO ON After nearly being canceled, the Z.O.T.T. resumes and now inches towards its conclusion with the Space Angels going head-to-head against new, formidable opponents that push their combative skills to the limit. With Alita jumping back into the fray, the independence of Tiphares and the scrapyard are depending on her victory, and with her new, seemingly unstoppable abilities, triumph seems to be nearly at hand for the Space Angels. However, behind the scenes, Mbadi and other nefarious entities are plotting to turn things around on Alita and her friends as the Z.O.T.T. continues into its final round.

Battle Angel Alita: Last Order Omnibus

Author: Yukito Kishiro
Publisher: Kodansha Comics
ISBN: 1682332578
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 594

Book Description

Battle Angel Alita: Last Order Omnibus 3

Author: Yukito Kishiro
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1612622933
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
MEMORIES OF MASS MURDER On her way to retrieve Lou’s brain, Alita encounters a ghost from her past—an old mentor whose revelations shake Alita's very identity. Meanwhile Elf, Zwölf, and Sechs fight their deadly – and creepiest–enemies yet as the ZOTT rages on! But will the ARs have the mental fortitude to resist the psychically altered leader of the fearsome Starship Cult?

Graphic Novels

Author: Michael Pawuk
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1440851360
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 758

Book Description
Covering genres from adventure and fantasy to horror, science fiction, and superheroes, this guide maps the vast terrain of graphic novels, describing and organizing titles to help librarians balance their graphic novel collections and direct patrons to read-alikes. New subgenres, new authors, new artists, and new titles appear daily in the comic book and manga world, joining thousands of existing titles—some of which are very popular and well-known to the enthusiastic readers of books in this genre. How do you determine which graphic novels to purchase, and which to recommend to teen and adult readers? This updated guide is intended to help you start, update, or maintain a graphic novel collection and advise readers about the genre. Containing mostly new information as compared to the previous edition, the book covers iconic super-hero comics and other classic and contemporary crime fighter-based comics; action and adventure comics, including prehistoric, heroic, explorer, and Far East adventure as well as Western adventure; science fiction titles that encompass space opera/fantasy, aliens, post-apocalyptic themes, and comics with storylines revolving around computers, robots, and artificial intelligence. There are also chapters dedicated to fantasy titles; horror titles, such as comics about vampires, werewolves, monsters, ghosts, and the occult; crime and mystery titles regarding detectives, police officers, junior sleuths, and true crime; comics on contemporary life, covering romance, coming-of-age stories, sports, and social and political issues; humorous titles; and various nonfiction graphic novels.