Battle Angel...
Battle Angel was one of those titles that showed up without much fan fare, but, really made a lasting impression on the early anime community...
Battle Angel was one of those titles that showed up without much fan fare, but, really made a lasting impression on the early anime community. There are some questions left unanswered like who was Gally before she was thrown in the trash and why was she thrown in the trash. My favorite scenes are Ido's initial appearance as a Hunter-Warrior and Gally's climactic battle with Greweicia. There's some blood and gore and modest amount of action. I enjoy watching and re-watching this title even today. I enjoyed Battle Angel enough that I repurchased it on DVD. I gave Battle Angel a 5 out of 5.
According to Wikipedia...Gally... a cool and efficient bounty hunter, armed with knife, fists and a lethal metal body. She is the Battle Angel; a Hunter-Warrior paid by "The Factory" to eliminate Scrap Iron City's most wanted and dangerous criminals. Raised by Cyber-Doctor Ido, who found her broken cyborg body in the rubble beneath the Sky city of Zalem, she has no memory of the past and an even more uncertain future. A pawn in a game played with living pieces, Gally finds herself set into motion against such foes as brutal spine thieves, the brain-eating gladiator Greweicia, the sinister Mr. Vector and the beautiful but ruthless Dr. Chiren. The greatest threat of all, however, comes from Gally's own employers. When the mysterious Factory orders the execution of her best friend, Gally must make a terrible choice between her own code of honor and the life of the man she loves.
Breathtaking art highlights the exhilarating and tragic adventures of the mysterious android bounty hunter girl Gally. Based on the manga of the same name.
A two episode OVA was released in 1993, incorporating elements from the first two volumes of the manga with changes to the characters and storyline. According to Kishiro, only two episodes were originally planned. At the time, he was too busy with the manga "to review the plan coolly", nor was he serious about an anime adaptation. It remains the only anime adaptation of Battle Angel to date and there are no plans to revive it.
Battle Angel was one of those titles that showed up without much fan fare, but, really made a lasting impression on the early anime community. There are some questions left unanswered like who was Gally before she was thrown in the trash and why was she thrown in the trash. My favorite scenes are Ido's initial appearance as a Hunter-Warrior and Gally's climactic battle with Greweicia. There's some blood and gore and modest amount of action. I enjoy watching and re-watching this title even today. I enjoyed Battle Angel enough that I repurchased it on DVD. I gave Battle Angel a 5 out of 5.
