yes he does.. I mean some of his past co-workers didn't like the movie (I'm looking at you Angry Joe). So it'll be interesting to see his take on things.
@@TheMindofRa Didn't AngryJoe not watch the original anime OVA for Battle Angel Alita? I'd like to hear BTS' take on it in light of what the OVA also did way back then.
Having read almost the entire manga I can tell you this: It is a journey. An epic of increasingly alien sci-fi societies and concepts of post-humanism. At times it is difficult to sit and read though, and at other times I can't put it down. I recommend the first series at least.
I still have the first series, bought it long, long ago when I just discovered manga and anime. In retrospect, it was "ok." I liked the first half of it, there's a lot of great ideas there. I just didn't care for where the story went, and I kinda stopped empathizing with Alita as it progressed.
Fragtastic and then you get to last order where it falls into modern anime tropes and stalls the plot for like 80 chapters. And then mars chronicles... is... well flip a coin.
That's who i was thinking would be the best to pull it off. I've never been a fan of his movies. But if anyone could do a live action version of Black Lagoon, it would be him. Just have to figure out who'd the cast be.
Yeah can't wait for them too cast Revy with a 30 something White has been Actress only known for big boobs & have shit heads everywhere defend it by saying she doesn't look Asian in the Manga :P
I used to read this manga back in high school, and it definitely left an impression on me. For one, it kick-started my love of rocket hammers and elbow blades. For two, I quickly learned to appreciate the grungy details in the cyborgs, cobbled together with parts salvaged from the scrapyard. Even though I know this kind of setting has been done before, I still feel like there's nothing else like Battle Angel. I get why James Cameron has such a love for this series, it's a series that's easy to fall in love with. It'll always be a big part of my teenage years, and I'm really looking forward to the movie next year.
"Good" Hollywood adaptation means OK at best. We are just happy it doesn't suck. Then again, I like 50s Sci-fi: a bug-eyed martian monster fights refrigerator-shaped robots. Modern cinema needs more of such flicks.
leeroy brown I read the manga before ever seeing the anime so some of the bit characters in the anime cause such fanboy squeal from me. Also the very best in the series happens in its 2nd half which is waaaY after the anime ends
Battle Angel Alita is one of my all-time favourite manga, with an incredibly interesting world, tons of fascinating characters and great action. And the sequel/continuation Last Order, while not as good, still has some of the most out-there trans-humanism ideas I've seen in any media, as well as some of the most over-the-top action ever, and is worth a read in it's own right, even if it isn't a classic like the first series. :-) The OVA's are incredibly distilled versions of the first 2 volumes, and miss a lot of the really over-the-topp stuff that's in the manga, but they are still good fun and stay true to the spirit of the manga imo. :-)
I like last order as although its overall plot has been simplified it shines quite well with how character driven it is. Also sechs is best boy if they get an anime of all of the books so far.
Sage just interacted with his own side personality turning him into a real character. Even linkara hasn't done that yet. Physical contact denotes two physically different entities. I purpose that suave is infact from an alternate universe rather than another person in the normal canonical universe. Note how sage treats Gabe. Truly this show occurs in that space between spaces he discussed with the Nostalgia Critic. A hell scape where reality is melting as multiple worlds gain friction on one another.
I'ts kind of fitting, really. Hollywood kills cyberpunk and resurrects it as an unholy abomination. Unrecognizable from it's original form with parts just slapped on and important bits cut out.
Yisus such a good review, I remember when I was a kid buying some manga that had Battle Angel and Video Gir Ai announced, I don't know why, but I'm really grateful that my seven years old mind took it. That explains how I survived to Evangelion when I was eleven~ Ok sharing time is over~
I was not that badass, I cried with the ending of Sailor Moon LOL But I love watching anime, I remember watching the chapter where Kaworu from Eva dies just after I watched Digimon. It's all cause my best friend was the boy-next-door that was 4 years older and he used to watch anime with me when I came to visit them so, there you have it, I was singing the Pokerap and wondering who was the real human in a world full of cyborgs~
Battle Angel is an ok adaptation of the original source, but it only covers the first 2 volumes of the manga. The art of the OVA doesn't really capture the feel of the manga. Gunnm/Battle Angel Alita really deserves a better anime adaptation. I really hope that James Cameron does the movie adaptation justice. Using the first 4 volumes is pretty good as it gives a decent amount of the early story.
Ok, I say it another way, there NEEDS to be a better anime adaptation for Gunnm/Battle Angel Alita. These examples you gave partially didn't make sense. Don't pull this philosophical jizz on me.
Holy jeez, I was just talking about things about this anime adaptation (for this series that I like) that I didn't like. However, you guys were taking this discuss way out of hand. I hope you guys can chill.
The style they use for the (prettier characters') eyes is absolutely amazing. If Cameron decides to let them release another anime series, I REALLY hope they stay faithful to this artwork. It's both gritty and gorgeous.
I am so grateful I saw the movie before watching this review 2 years ago. It was worth it. I went into the movie with no familiarity of Battle Angel and now I am a huge fan of this story and the characters!
I enjoyed it. It improved upon the OVA's weaknesses, expands on some of the lore and very rarely compromises on the source material. It follows the anime's story pretty close, with some manga-exclusive elements added in. The surprisingly rare changes are either just plain for the better, allowances to expand the story or out of necessity to nudge the movie down to a PG-13 rating. There's a lot of Hollywood tropes that would've socketed easily into this story, which were thankfully absent. If I had any complaint, it's that I felt Ido should've had a stronger action presence. His roll as a father-figure is well represented, but you don't get much sense of him being this capable Hunter Warrior. I think Alita may actually swing the rocket hammer more times than Ido does in the movie.
@@ClockworkBard well, i appreciate that they gave Ido more of a backstory. Cuz Ido's character felt boring in the original OVA, while here he had a defined personality and his protectiveness of Alita made more sense.
Crazy thing is, I remember seeing Avatar and picking up on some SERIOUS Battle Angel vibes from the set design (well, what sets there were) and other things. The human spaceships, the inside of some looking very much like the interior rooms of Ketheres, the holograms depicting brains and spinal columns in great detail, the gargantuan demolition vehicles, looking up and seeing Jupiter and its moons in the sky... granted, this stuff is more reminiscent of Last Order than the first manga, but it's exactly the sort of imagery you might expect to see in a live action Battle Angel movie. JC held off on making a Battle Angel movie until he felt the technology was advanced enough to do the world justice and not make it look silly. Avatar was basically him trying out some new toys to see if he COULD pull off a Battle Angel movie, which was supposed to be next, but... for better or worse, Avatar did so insanely well at the box office and so many people loved it that he basically HAD to put Battle Angel on the backburner while churning out more Avatar movies. And so here we are, almost a decade later. But at least the wait seems to have paid off. This comic has always been very important to me, and with half of the characters looking like half-exposed Terminators, it just seems like something meant to be. But with JC ultimately kinda taking a back seat on this one, will it be good? One can hope. It SHOULD be amazing.
That's what they said Avatar was a test bed he designed that technology to make a battle Angel movie he had to wait until the technology got there that's why it came out after.
this is one of those movies that should be remade. it has potential, but never quite reached it. there also isn't a large fanbase that is going to get upset by changes being made.
I remember renting this as a 6 year old from blockbuster. This is before ratings on animated videos. That scene with the dog, fucked me up as a 6 year old. Of course it was subbed not dubbed back then
Sounds like you had either very lazy or very stupid parents. I hope that they learned their lesson, after that. My parents NEVER let me watch anything when I was that age, without first checking it to make sure that it was age-appropriate. And they ever let me watch anything unrated when I was little.
I know plenty of people just a bit younger than me that had that happen. The reason - Oh it's a cartoon? Of course you can rent what is it, Legend of the Overfiend...
6:44 - Funny story. I met Tiffany Grant at FandomCon 2015, and she had a copy of the Battle Angel DVD (which she signed). She even told me "I'm in one of these episodes, but I get killed."
My friend and I went to see it, hoping it would be good. Instead it was EPIC! If you haven't seen the movie yet, go see it. Show support for an anime movie that actually did WELL!
Sage since I first started watching your videos I've been waiting for you to cover this anime. You always cover all the anime that I watched as a child both popular and obscure. Thanks for always providing great commentary and making great videos. Cheers.
The reason Hollywood shouldn't make live-action anime movies is because people watch anime specifically to escape from Hollywood entertainment cliches.
8:57 so THIS is where that cap is from, I've seen this before I think in ads for anime in general in foregone years back when The Right Stuf catalog was your best bet to get stuff if you didn't have a video store with a "foreign" section near you.
You're right, Sage: Ghost in the Shell _did_ deserve a better reception than it got. I mean, yeah, I thought it was a little too close to Blade Runner, but more than likely the original drew inspiration from Blade Runner, so I didn't mind that much. Good movies are good movies. On the subject of kick-ass lady protagonists, are you going to review Sekirei next year?
Second season called "Pure Engagment", plus the manga, plus the sequel manga that just started on May 2. Reason I ask is because Sage used a clip in his New Dominion Tank Police review, so I know he's at least heard of it, if he doesn't own the DVD collection himself.
Battle Angle Alita was my very first manga I read back in middle school. I recommend everyone read it and it's sequel Last Order. It's one of my most favorites and has a lot more to the story with a lot of memorable characters, battles, gore, death and moments that lead up to revealing Alita/Gally's past.
Honestly the US dub was really good, capturing the emotion and intensity. But they really needed to tone down some parts and have some better direction. All in all, this anime could’ve spectacular.
This is one of my all-time favorites! I can still remember recording it off the Starz Action Channel back in the 90's and sharing it with my friends. I went on to read the manga and play the awesome PS1 game. Actually looking forward to the live action adaptation for once.
Been a while since I sat through the OVA, didn't catch the first time that it's not just Rei and Shinji from the Eva dub cast as Gally/Alita and Yugo, but also Tiffany Grant (Asuka) in that bit part you mentioned, and isn't that Tristan McAvery, aka Gendo, as the mob boss?
I saw this on cable so long ago, but I never forgot about it. Im actually kinda excited to hear all this news about the movie being in production, thanks sage.
geardog24 I'd encourage James Cameron to produce Battle Angel though. If it's as decent a movie as Avatar, I'll take it. And I don't even like Avatar while I love the source material of Battle Angel Alita
+geardog24 If "Hollywood" can make a decent go at comic characters, anything is possible. You just need a desire to adapt it properly and not an exec wanting to cash in on something popular.
Edge of Tomorrow was a great movie, Speed Racer perfectly captured the series' bizarre/trippy charm, and the recent Ghost in the Shell movie kinda missed the point completely but was otherwise a serviceable spectacle of a film.
So interesting to come look back at this. The series is so interesting in it's changes from manga, OVA, and film. We DESERVE to have a full anime reboot, since this series is so good even with it's age.
As someone who hates Naruto ever since the majority of it's part 2 was garbage, Bennett is actually wrong about that. Funny thing, the manga already drew her arms like that so it's not about animation. It's just recreating the manga images.
Fun fact for those that saw the live-action movie - apparently the Bounty Hunter that helped out with that fight made the puppy into one of his robo-dogs behind the scenes. Edit - Found the vid! th-cam.com/video/NX5MsYwtRtw/w-d-xo.html
Just came from watching Alita: Battle Angel. So far the best movie I saw this year. When the movie ended, I was like: "Hey I want to see what happens next. I need Alita 2!"
same with this OVA. James either needs to keep this series going as a passion project or some team needs to do either a live action Netlfix type series ala Altered Carbon or do a proper Anime adaptation. The reason he left it as a cliff hanger is because this OVA and the movie cover only the first arch of the story.
Sage got his wish.
The rocket hammer is in the movie and it's an absolute sight to behold.
Huzzah!
Don't they already did it in Thor?
Came for this comment right after Sage said that lol
Her reaction to chocolate was the most adorable fucking thing I've ever seen lmao.
Her reaction to a cute boy was even more adorable.
BennettTheSage needs to make a review of the live action movie for Alita: Battle Angel.
yes he does.. I mean some of his past co-workers didn't like the movie (I'm looking at you Angry Joe). So it'll be interesting to see his take on things.
@@TheMindofRa Didn't AngryJoe not watch the original anime OVA for Battle Angel Alita? I'd like to hear BTS' take on it in light of what the OVA also did way back then.
most definitely he needs to review the live action better than Captain Marvel's review bleh
Or at least a oldtaku New Tricks vid
@@TheMindofRa Haha imagining AngryJoes opinion meaning anything
Having read almost the entire manga I can tell you this: It is a journey. An epic of increasingly alien sci-fi societies and concepts of post-humanism. At times it is difficult to sit and read though, and at other times I can't put it down.
I recommend the first series at least.
Just pretend the last volume doesn't exist and move directly on to Last Order and the first series is ok.
I still have the first series, bought it long, long ago when I just discovered manga and anime. In retrospect, it was "ok." I liked the first half of it, there's a lot of great ideas there. I just didn't care for where the story went, and I kinda stopped empathizing with Alita as it progressed.
It's still going tho.
LO is gobbling garbge tho....
Fragtastic and then you get to last order where it falls into modern anime tropes and stalls the plot for like 80 chapters.
And then mars chronicles... is... well flip a coin.
Rocket Powered Sledge Hammer confirmed. 18 years now validated.
Yeah, he looks like Egon, but he's also got Vash's haircut and a side job as a longcoated badass.
Egon the Stampede?
No, no...Vash Spengler.
Well, there was that one episode, "Egon on the Rampage".
Patrick Coyle Holtzman?
Before Trigun.
That would be incredibly dangerous
his name is shinji huh?
well this brings new meaning to the phrase "get in the robot shinji"
FlameWhirlwind and then shinji was a robot
His name wasn't actually Shinji. It was a reference to his english VA being the same as Shinji, but the logic still applies with the VA connection.
In Soviet Russia, robot get in Shinji.
It's Hugo
It's actually Hugo in all versions that I know of, he's just being a little facetious.
Having seen the movie just today, rest assured, Dr. Ido's rocket gavel is still in there
So cool!
"Give me your clothes, your boots, and your spine"
Terminator 2 references FTW!
Please.
I know ftw means for the win, but I always read it as Fuck The What.
Actually I think those are the brain thieves.
Any one else think a Black Lagoon live action version would be a bit more feasible?
Shit, I would love Tarantino to make a Black Lagoon movie as his final film, it's practically gifted wrapped for him!
That's who i was thinking would be the best to pull it off.
I've never been a fan of his movies. But if anyone could do a live action version of Black Lagoon, it would be him.
Just have to figure out who'd the cast be.
I mean, Black Lagoon was heavily inspired by Tarantino movies in the first place.
That already exists, it's called any John Woo film.
Yeah can't wait for them too cast Revy with a 30 something White has been Actress only known for big boobs & have shit heads everywhere defend it by saying she doesn't look Asian in the Manga :P
I used to read this manga back in high school, and it definitely left an impression on me. For one, it kick-started my love of rocket hammers and elbow blades. For two, I quickly learned to appreciate the grungy details in the cyborgs, cobbled together with parts salvaged from the scrapyard. Even though I know this kind of setting has been done before, I still feel like there's nothing else like Battle Angel. I get why James Cameron has such a love for this series, it's a series that's easy to fall in love with. It'll always be a big part of my teenage years, and I'm really looking forward to the movie next year.
Hunter-warrior? What a coincidence, I'm a gatherer-harvester!
Andrew Ollmann I know, right! I happen to be a washer-cleaner!
Jofe_co Jesus!
And I'm a fighter-brawler.
Wouldn't Warrior-hunter be a more accurate job description? Or Hunter-hunter if what he is fighting against are the hunters?
HORRIOR That would work if he was hunting warriors, which he isn't. Meh, let's poke fun of it some more.
i have seen the movie. i can now die happy as i have seen a good Hollywood adaptation.
_Good_ Hollywood adaptation. It's almost an oxymoron by this point, isn't it? Nice to see the streak broken.
"Good" Hollywood adaptation means OK at best. We are just happy it doesn't suck.
Then again, I like 50s Sci-fi: a bug-eyed martian monster fights refrigerator-shaped robots.
Modern cinema needs more of such flicks.
sixwingproductions Yeah we actually got a good anime adaptation. Now we’ll have to sit through Taika Waiti’s Akira. Gods help us all.
The manga of this is honestly too damn good...had no idea what was going on when I first read it in high-school tho
leeroy brown I read the manga before ever seeing the anime so some of the bit characters in the anime cause such fanboy squeal from me. Also the very best in the series happens in its 2nd half which is waaaY after the anime ends
YES the second half is what i started on where the kids were revolting against the adults and watnot, it was so fucked but great at the same time
Hey why did the boss just grab a power saw???
That guy is legitimately crazy, I'm not too sure why he does anything throughout this anime
Bounty hunters, journey for self identity and independence, cyborg cowboys and ninjas. I totally understand why western audiences clicked with it.
yup.
Battle Angel Alita is one of my all-time favourite manga, with an incredibly interesting world, tons of fascinating characters and great action. And the sequel/continuation Last Order, while not as good, still has some of the most out-there trans-humanism ideas I've seen in any media, as well as some of the most over-the-top action ever, and is worth a read in it's own right, even if it isn't a classic like the first series. :-)
The OVA's are incredibly distilled versions of the first 2 volumes, and miss a lot of the really over-the-topp stuff that's in the manga, but they are still good fun and stay true to the spirit of the manga imo. :-)
Erik Andre Westrum Johansen
1) Berserk
2) GUNNM
3) GitS
4) Blame!
I like last order as although its overall plot has been simplified it shines quite well with how character driven it is. Also sechs is best boy if they get an anime of all of the books so far.
Sage just interacted with his own side personality turning him into a real character. Even linkara hasn't done that yet. Physical contact denotes two physically different entities. I purpose that suave is infact from an alternate universe rather than another person in the normal canonical universe.
Note how sage treats Gabe. Truly this show occurs in that space between spaces he discussed with the Nostalgia Critic. A hell scape where reality is melting as multiple worlds gain friction on one another.
PyotrOnline deep bro
You seriously need to catch up on at4w
Um Linkara has done exactly that. The hologram character choked out 90s kid a number of years ago.
Explains how The Anime Snob keeps appearing in my videos, he's a alternative universe version of The Cinema Snob. Fucking knew it!
Cyberpunk ain't dead!
but modern hollywood will do anything to kill it
I'ts kind of fitting, really. Hollywood kills cyberpunk and resurrects it as an unholy abomination. Unrecognizable from it's original form with parts just slapped on and important bits cut out.
Yea, Hollywood wants their happy ending and that's not what cyberpunk is about.
Didn't GITS kill Cyberpunk and replace it with Post Cyberpunk.
Cyberpunk is real
anyone else think Gally looks like Jade from Jackie Chan Adventures?
Oh, right, i can see this
Now that you mention it.......
Gally came out before Jade.
Speaking of.....their is a Reboot/Prequel? Of Jackie Chan Adventures in the works
Kaibaman41 they're probably gonna to it, like what they did with Teen Titans, Xiaolin Showdown, and Powerpuff Girls
gotta love Egon, gives his love doll a military grade combat body, Shinji gets a couple tin cans stuck togheter in a general human shape...
Hey! He used the best duck tape he could scrounge up in the garbage to hold those tin cans together!
@@whiterabbit75 duct*
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Qvack X3 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duct_tape
Yet, we got probably the greatest full fledged US anime adaptation in history!
Which isn't saying much, but is actually good.
5:35
Anime Mr. Plinkett ?
who's watching this in 2019 after alita battle angel the movie
I am!
Yisus such a good review, I remember when I was a kid buying some manga that had Battle Angel and Video Gir Ai announced, I don't know why, but I'm really grateful that my seven years old mind took it. That explains how I survived to Evangelion when I was eleven~ Ok sharing time is over~
Al Neko Seriously? , you must've been one badass kid back then. Lots of kids had Pokémon to watch back then but still. lol.
I was not that badass, I cried with the ending of Sailor Moon LOL But I love watching anime, I remember watching the chapter where Kaworu from Eva dies just after I watched Digimon. It's all cause my best friend was the boy-next-door that was 4 years older and he used to watch anime with me when I came to visit them so, there you have it, I was singing the Pokerap and wondering who was the real human in a world full of cyborgs~
Saw the movie about a week ago in an early screening and it was fucking amazing.
Go see it!
(and go read the manga!)
IsilionNELE hell yeah!
Just found this again. Here it is, January 2019, and we're still waiting for that Battle Angel movie. Supposed to be coming out next month.
You will be happy to know that the hammer can be seen in the trailer for the new film.
Battle Angel is an ok adaptation of the original source, but it only covers the first 2 volumes of the manga. The art of the OVA doesn't really capture the feel of the manga. Gunnm/Battle Angel Alita really deserves a better anime adaptation.
I really hope that James Cameron does the movie adaptation justice. Using the first 4 volumes is pretty good as it gives a decent amount of the early story.
Ok, I say it another way, there NEEDS to be a better anime adaptation for Gunnm/Battle Angel Alita.
These examples you gave partially didn't make sense. Don't pull this philosophical jizz on me.
+Geralt z Rivii Thank you. God, this Mat guy is annoying.
They need Motorball.
Since the upcoming James Cameron film is using the first 4 volumes of the manga, Motorball will definitely be in it.
Holy jeez, I was just talking about things about this anime adaptation (for this series that I like) that I didn't like. However, you guys were taking this discuss way out of hand. I hope you guys can chill.
The style they use for the (prettier characters') eyes is absolutely amazing. If Cameron decides to let them release another anime series, I REALLY hope they stay faithful to this artwork. It's both gritty and gorgeous.
Have it done by the studio that did knights of Sidonia.
Are we ever going to get a "Month of Suave"? Because that's something I would gladly donate a few extra patreon dollars for.
Hopefully with the renewed interest in the series with the success of the movie, we'll get a proper anime adaptation.
I am so grateful I saw the movie before watching this review 2 years ago. It was worth it. I went into the movie with no familiarity of Battle Angel and now I am a huge fan of this story and the characters!
Now that the movie is out, what do you think of it? I just saw it and loved it
Melon Tart I thought it was really good!
I enjoyed it. It improved upon the OVA's weaknesses, expands on some of the lore and very rarely compromises on the source material. It follows the anime's story pretty close, with some manga-exclusive elements added in. The surprisingly rare changes are either just plain for the better, allowances to expand the story or out of necessity to nudge the movie down to a PG-13 rating. There's a lot of Hollywood tropes that would've socketed easily into this story, which were thankfully absent.
If I had any complaint, it's that I felt Ido should've had a stronger action presence. His roll as a father-figure is well represented, but you don't get much sense of him being this capable Hunter Warrior. I think Alita may actually swing the rocket hammer more times than Ido does in the movie.
@@ClockworkBard well, i appreciate that they gave Ido more of a backstory. Cuz Ido's character felt boring in the original OVA, while here he had a defined personality and his protectiveness of Alita made more sense.
I wouldn't mind them giving Ailita; Battle Angel a full series treatment in the vein of Castlevania on Netflix.
The movie was pretty ok.
An actual movie with a strong female protagonist WITH character.
Crazy thing is, I remember seeing Avatar and picking up on some SERIOUS Battle Angel vibes from the set design (well, what sets there were) and other things. The human spaceships, the inside of some looking very much like the interior rooms of Ketheres, the holograms depicting brains and spinal columns in great detail, the gargantuan demolition vehicles, looking up and seeing Jupiter and its moons in the sky... granted, this stuff is more reminiscent of Last Order than the first manga, but it's exactly the sort of imagery you might expect to see in a live action Battle Angel movie. JC held off on making a Battle Angel movie until he felt the technology was advanced enough to do the world justice and not make it look silly. Avatar was basically him trying out some new toys to see if he COULD pull off a Battle Angel movie, which was supposed to be next, but... for better or worse, Avatar did so insanely well at the box office and so many people loved it that he basically HAD to put Battle Angel on the backburner while churning out more Avatar movies. And so here we are, almost a decade later. But at least the wait seems to have paid off. This comic has always been very important to me, and with half of the characters looking like half-exposed Terminators, it just seems like something meant to be. But with JC ultimately kinda taking a back seat on this one, will it be good? One can hope. It SHOULD be amazing.
NickonAquaMagna What do you think of Robert Rodriguez directing it with cast behind him?
I'm.... cautious.
That's what they said Avatar was a test bed he designed that technology to make a battle Angel movie he had to wait until the technology got there that's why it came out after.
I'd really love to see the Jojo's Bizzare Adventure OVA here!
MrTrubbol [The World] can always use more JoJo
*IS THAT A MOTHER FUCKING JOJO REFERENCE?!*
I saw this ova years ago, and I forgot about, so thanks for reminding me. Gonna add it to my list on MAL.
this is one of those movies that should be remade. it has potential, but never quite reached it. there also isn't a large fanbase that is going to get upset by changes being made.
Fuck dem fans
This needs a long form anime maybe with the director of MHA with the studio who did Knights of Sidonia.
If she doesn't do her "war paint" in the movie, i'mma be pissed
She did
I remember renting this as a 6 year old from blockbuster. This is before ratings on animated videos. That scene with the dog, fucked me up as a 6 year old. Of course it was subbed not dubbed back then
Sounds like you had either very lazy or very stupid parents.
I hope that they learned their lesson, after that.
My parents NEVER let me watch anything when I was that age, without first checking it to make sure that it was age-appropriate. And they ever let me watch anything unrated when I was little.
I know plenty of people just a bit younger than me that had that happen. The reason - Oh it's a cartoon? Of course you can rent what is it, Legend of the Overfiend...
Cheshire Kat my dad rented me grappler bakis ova when I was 8 or 9
darkservantofheaven I snuck into the showing of RoboCop back in the day when I was young and I'm fine.
Heh, what Grewishka did to that dog is nothing compared to what Makaku did in the equivalent scene in the manga. Grewishka is weaksauce.
Now that Battle Angle Alita is out I wanna know his thoughts on it.
well sage having seen the first trailer for alita i can confirm, christoff waltz does indeed have his rocket powered hammer. you're welcome
6:44 - Funny story.
I met Tiffany Grant at FandomCon 2015, and she had a copy of the Battle Angel DVD (which she signed). She even told me "I'm in one of these episodes, but I get killed."
Sage, what was your opinion of the live action Alita? We're all curious :D
your last line about battle angel was the thought of the manga.
My friend and I went to see it, hoping it would be good. Instead it was EPIC! If you haven't seen the movie yet, go see it. Show support for an anime movie that actually did WELL!
Sage since I first started watching your videos I've been waiting for you to cover this anime. You always cover all the anime that I watched as a child both popular and obscure. Thanks for always providing great commentary and making great videos. Cheers.
The reason Hollywood shouldn't make live-action anime movies is because people watch anime specifically to escape from Hollywood entertainment cliches.
SO now I am curious as to what you thought of the live action Alita...
Based on the fact that Cameron's apparently frothingly insane, the Battle Angel movie might actually be good.
@The Strawberry Pimp Alita cost less than Avatar and less than Captain Marvel( which is hilarious considering its a James Cammeron production).
Just found this channel and I LOVE it! Keep up the good work!
We finally got a trailer! Woo!
8:57 so THIS is where that cap is from, I've seen this before I think in ads for anime in general in foregone years back when The Right Stuf catalog was your best bet to get stuff if you didn't have a video store with a "foreign" section near you.
One of the first true anime I ever watched back in 96 - fingers crossed for the live action version... Hubcap for head -Tipharian???
7:13 "I'm a coward! I'm dishonest, and a wimp."
You're right, Sage: Ghost in the Shell _did_ deserve a better reception than it got. I mean, yeah, I thought it was a little too close to Blade Runner, but more than likely the original drew inspiration from Blade Runner, so I didn't mind that much. Good movies are good movies.
On the subject of kick-ass lady protagonists, are you going to review Sekirei next year?
Ikrani Sekeri ever get anymore than the first season or was there a manga?
Second season called "Pure Engagment", plus the manga, plus the sequel manga that just started on May 2.
Reason I ask is because Sage used a clip in his New Dominion Tank Police review, so I know he's at least heard of it, if he doesn't own the DVD collection himself.
Alita battle angel challenge is still ongoing let’s get a sequel #AlitaArmy
Rocket hammer is a go! Repeat: rocket hammer is a go!
4:34 "She's alive!"
Me: I know, because my PKE Meter told me so!
Funny you should mention "Leaving an audience wanting more.", cause the movie (Which was awesome, by the way) has the exact same problem.
Reason why i don't go watch it in Japan.
Battle Angle Alita was my very first manga I read back in middle school. I recommend everyone read it and it's sequel Last Order. It's one of my most favorites and has a lot more to the story with a lot of memorable characters, battles, gore, death and moments that lead up to revealing Alita/Gally's past.
Please do Saiyuki requiem
this anime ova is what got me into reading and collecting manga
“Trailer brought me here” viewers incoming!!!!
piloctor15 given Japanese phonetics and the fact that the cat was male, it's entirely possible that "Gally" is meant to be read as "Gary"
Honestly the US dub was really good, capturing the emotion and intensity. But they really needed to tone down some parts and have some better direction. All in all, this anime could’ve spectacular.
Just got out of the movie, rocket hammer confirmed :3
This is one of my all-time favorites! I can still remember recording it off the Starz Action Channel back in the 90's and sharing it with my friends. I went on to read the manga and play the awesome PS1 game. Actually looking forward to the live action adaptation for once.
Yet the movie was amazing a must see hopefully a sequel will be made
Been a while since I sat through the OVA, didn't catch the first time that it's not just Rei and Shinji from the Eva dub cast as Gally/Alita and Yugo, but also Tiffany Grant (Asuka) in that bit part you mentioned, and isn't that Tristan McAvery, aka Gendo, as the mob boss?
I wonder what Bennett thinks about the Alita Battle Angel trailer?
THE EYES, THE FUCKIN *EEEYYYYEEEESSSS*
Please.... I didn't see anyone complaining about Gollum's eyes, and those things where fucking HUGE!
The movie was great! I loved it! Best anime live action movie! Need a sequel!
Back in February I think they said it was in the works. That's why Ed Norton is there at the end.
It still has to been green lit though. Here’s hoping 🤞
Wait the blu ray sells, said the lead actress.
June 2018, yeah.....
Damn this series looks so good
Actually 2019 an if was fricking awesome
I saw this on cable so long ago, but I never forgot about it. Im actually kinda excited to hear all this news about the movie being in production, thanks sage.
I agree Ghost in the Shell was a good movie
Theres a bunch of rock references and easter eggs throughout the manga. Thats why the Blue Oyster Cult symbol is on Zappa
Being a hunter-warrior must pay as good as being Gamer-Players these days.
8:41 I always thought it was some technique for ninjas that give them a more aerodynamic figure, which makes them move faster.
It only took until 2019 :P Damn CGI setbacks!!! (...What if it was all just to CGI her eyes big...)
Wait, I just realized Alita is voiced by the same girl who did Gaz's voice from Invader Zim!
Nate Rivers also Konoko/Mai from the Oni video game.
HACK THE PLANET
DEADSEEEEEEEC
They are TRASHING OUR RIGHTS!
DeadBoneJones This is Bobo Danks!
From June of 2018 til Febuary 2019 ( due largely to Avenger Infinity War--good call btw) we finally have Alita in theaters!
Just saw Battle Angel Alita
MY GOD IT WAS AWESOME
"Fuck your mercy!" I loved it.
@BennettTheSage
Live action Hollywood Battle Angel film in the works!
Guarantee they F it up!
It is FEBRUARY and ITS AWESOME!!!!! (And he does)
3:21
Hey look! It's Cyber 6 in her secret identity! And she even got a new hair color!
Please stop encouraging Hollywood. Every American anime movie is just another Dragon Ball Evolution.
geardog24
I'd encourage James Cameron to produce Battle Angel though. If it's as decent a movie as Avatar, I'll take it. And I don't even like Avatar while I love the source material of Battle Angel Alita
geardog24 not always the Astro Boy movie was a decent kids film and Speed Racer was a lot of fun.
+geardog24 If "Hollywood" can make a decent go at comic characters, anything is possible. You just need a desire to adapt it properly and not an exec wanting to cash in on something popular.
Robert Rodriguez is perfect for this movie tho.
Edge of Tomorrow was a great movie, Speed Racer perfectly captured the series' bizarre/trippy charm, and the recent Ghost in the Shell movie kinda missed the point completely but was otherwise a serviceable spectacle of a film.
So interesting to come look back at this. The series is so interesting in it's changes from manga, OVA, and film. We DESERVE to have a full anime reboot, since this series is so good even with it's age.
8:34-8:44 INCOMING TRIGGERED NARUTO FANBOYS
dattebayo? more like dattebuttyo
As someone who hates Naruto ever since the majority of it's part 2 was garbage, Bennett is actually wrong about that. Funny thing, the manga already drew her arms like that so it's not about animation. It's just recreating the manga images.
unless the mangaka planned for that?
Gackt4awesome no it really is for that exact reason
Personally, I thought that the run was supposed to interpreted as the knife-wielding counterpart to the cowboy walk.
6:18 I swear you voiced Skipper from The Penguins Madagascar.
Alita:Battle Angel movie is awesome! Way more faithful to source material than any other anime live-action films I've seen.
Check it out!
Curious Mitch well that's not hard to achieve compared how faithful other anime adaptions are
Fun fact for those that saw the live-action movie - apparently the Bounty Hunter that helped out with that fight made the puppy into one of his robo-dogs behind the scenes.
Edit - Found the vid! th-cam.com/video/NX5MsYwtRtw/w-d-xo.html
And the movie was pretty good. Like a 7-8 / 10.
18:20 Wait, is there another anime coming? Or are you referring to the James Cameron produced film again?
Just came from watching Alita: Battle Angel. So far the best movie I saw this year.
When the movie ended, I was like:
"Hey I want to see what happens next. I need Alita 2!"
7:15 Yeah I had that problem while watching Martian Successor Nadesico
So uh... Back again after seeing the movie. It was fuckin' glorious, jet powered hammer AND ALL.
The rocket hammer.is in the film it's bad ass
Just saw Alita, and it basically setting up for a possible sequel
same with this OVA. James either needs to keep this series going as a passion project or some team needs to do either a live action Netlfix type series ala Altered Carbon or do a proper Anime adaptation. The reason he left it as a cliff hanger is because this OVA and the movie cover only the first arch of the story.