scottjp 's review for:

Battle Angel Alita Vol. 1: Rusty Angel by Yukito Kishiro

3.0

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I read most of this series back when Viz first published it in the traditional western comic book form in the 1990s, and I've had these collected editions on my shelf for years, but I'm only just rereading it for the first time. (I figured I'd refresh my memory before the new movie comes out.) This has some very nice art, though it's a little hard to "read" at times in this reduced size. There isn't much to the story apart from Alita's revival and her ongoing battle with the notorious brain-eating cyborg Makaku, whose character is quite over-the-top. If I remember correctly, there's more character development to balance the action in subsequent volumes.