Alita: Battle Angel (2019/1993) side-by-side comparison

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[@MattSkuta]

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[@VGODP]

Epic

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

The fact that the live action adaptation adapted the anime so well, makes me wonder how good other live action adaptations could've been, if given the right treatment.

[@lividwafers270]

Given good direction and the right talent yes

[@Surfacekilla1]

Yes.

[@HeavenTheWorld70hjs]

@@lividwafers270 the fact that I see u everywhere is both scary and cool

[@HeavenTheWorld70hjs]

I meant to ''just some guy withiut a mustache"

[@user-bg8ep3gy5o]

HOW ABOUT NETFLIX ADAPTATIONS

[@KatBlaque]

The only successful anime adaptation. Loved this movie.

[@azekiel2114]

*ahem* Rorouni Kenshin

[@psychomantis7836]

Edge of tomorrow?

[@iliveinsideyourhouse3943]

Oldboy? Ichi the killer?

[@OceanTree]

Yeah Edge of Tomorrow was also great

[@Matagu1]

Phoenix Wright?

[@hassanahdsil3762]

I honestly had no idea this was a 90's anime film

[@seven8884]

Yes

[@pixelgaming4108]

i thought it was just a really good movie

[@Poodleinacan]

I know it based off the manga, but I didn't know there had been an animated movie made about it.

[@adamdimitri2562]

Same, but that made me wish them to make a real live action movie of princess mononoke

[@safaerie_garden]

777 Arriba samee

[@Mancada100]

As a teenager in the 90s I loved Battle Angel's anime and mangas. When I heard it was going to be a live action movie adaptation i literally felt sick imagining how the original story would be butchered. What a pleasant surprise to see how well the movie translated Alita's character and story.

[@erenjaeger1738]

What's the movie or the anime about ?

[@Mancada100]

@@erenjaeger1738 the original manga is GUNNM Battle Angel Alita and during the 90s it was adapted to anime as Battle Angel, the storyline is quite similar to the live action movie

[@theultimatetank2179]

Didn’t like the manga tho

[@matgrill9085]

A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one

[@The_Copper_Element_Itself]

I just lost the expectations with book/manga's adaptation movies, because I remember when I was younger that Tim Burton was going to adapt the book "Sir's Peregrine's home for peculiar children" to the cinema, and well, we are talking about one of the BEST directors of the world (The movie was a shit that modified even the coprotagonist, and turned into a teen aventure and romance, what is pretty bad compared to what genrer it is.)

[@namansoood]

So THATS why her eyes were bigger than usual.

[@captainteeko4579]

Naman Sood and also bc the Martian humans have bigger eyes to distinguish btwn the species

[@deadby15]

Didn't the filmmaker confuse a Style with a Design in this case?

[@kimmonny4485]

What is the end of this movie Did anyone die?

[@kimmonny4485]

From the heroes

[@Megatron-xs2qe]

501 amiga yes they did

[@noirangel6416]

Alita: Why did you give me that name? Ido - Manga: My cat was named Alita. Anime: (No explanation) Movie: It was my daughters name.

[@octstudios7718]

Ok

[@gilsandoval1139]

In the original Japanese the conversation was something like,(note that in Japanese the L is pronounced R so Gally would be pronounced Gary), I guess I'll call you Gary. His friend: Isn't that your cats name, isn't it a boy. Doc I do: Well she can change it later on, when she decides what she wants...

[@AKSBSU]

The change to the daughter backstory helped speed along the bonding of Ido and Alita. They don't have time to chat while he gradually gathers parts to build and upgrade her body while carrying her torso on his back in a 2-hour movie. It's a very sensible adjustment.

[@lc9245]

@@AKSBSU Oh yeah, changing part of what makes her into who she was. Him carrying her on his back while he collects parts is imitating mothers who work on the field carrying their child on their backpack. Gally looks to him as her mother. That's why she wanted to fight for him. The movie should have cut out the waking up and eating nonsense, the ridiculous nice town, the nonsensical Hugo that they ruined, the bike ride, the race and put the parasite robot as the main villain as it is in the comic. He was such a sad and tragic character that represents all of the injustice in the world that they lives. No, it's not sensible, it's a mess.

[@Igeltod]

right there! i dont understand all the praise of the other comments about how the movie sticks so close to the source material. they made huge changes! ido is about twice as old, had a daughter with Novas Girlfriend out of all the people. never had a cat aparently wich alita receiving the cats name was a huge symbol of alitas character in the manga, of her being an agile fighter and like a stray cat that got lost from home etc..

[@roskadanang5087]

I'd say it's probably the first successful live action movie adaptation of a anime/manga.

[@GeMBoyYT]

It has around 60/100 from critics, and flopped in box office, being unable to buy-out. So, we keep waiting...

[@lalboimanlun1230]

@@GeMBoyYT not exactly a flop in box office. It got more than 400mil.

[@ajkioz23]

uhm rurouni kenshin

[@GeMBoyYT]

Lalboi Manlun you good at math? Budget is 170, average marketing company cost 50+, so to cover costs, this movie had to get more than 450 mil just to buy out. How many they got? 130 from China is 40, other world is rest 266/2=133, so it’s 173 mil. Basically, they lost around 50 mil on this movie, maybe even more, depends on how big marketing was.

[@yayaharu3114]

I'd say Rurouni Kenshin, but Alita is one of the best too.

[@talphazero1036]

Anime gets points for character expressions and style, like an anime would usually have. Movie gets points for working with realism and keeping things dynamic enough to not only flow in an enjoyable manner, but also be faithful to the original story. Still the best anime adaptation to date.

[@derrickzadok2440]

rurouni kenshin stares

[@0ntimetaiment921]

@@derrickzadok2440 To be fair, Rurouni Kenshin is also probably one of the easier ones to film. First of all there are already several versions of the story (the anime completely strays from the manga after the Kyoto arc, and the OVA has a totally different artstyle and realism) so fans would be OK with alterations. Also it's a samurai type of movie, which Japanese directors are well versed in. Sadly western studios are too greedy to learn from that. Instead of taking the material which could be adapted well(or- god forbid - be creative and create something new), they take the most popular to milk a big fanbase.

[@gabrielp9646]

One Piece entered the room.

[@GraveEnd]

@@gabrielp9646it’s not actually that good just bc it’s adapted properly doesn’t mean it’s good for one it’ll be impossible for them to adapt the bigger fights especially since all the fights have been in small spaces in the live action

[@gabrielp9646]

@@GraveEnd Actually, how they adapted the fights is one of my favorite parts about the One Piece live action... They basically took the fights from the anime, and did a more realistic (smaller) but extremely accurate version, introducing a bunch of great real life martial arts and stunts into it... Making it much more fun to watch in live action. Im so glad they did this (a smaller version with real stuntmen doing moves, and cool choreography) instead of a huge CGI fest like Man of Steel, a Marvel movie, or something like that. Probably the second would be more "accurate..." but it would´ve NEVER been as good to me (even with the best CG effects in cinema history :S).

[@stlchucko]

This is how you can tell a director takes the source material seriously. Many scenes are the same, or at least emulate the original. Future directors need to take note. Original fans want live remarks to be harken back to the source material. The source material has fans because it’s good. Remaking it with updated visuals while retaining the original story and feel will please the longtime fans (more than drive them away) and create new ones.

[@fredyzuniga2973]

No, the original version is the manga and that is major, please you read

[@ПутинаторРоссиниума]

​@@fredyzuniga2973 No, the original version of the novel (ranobe)

[@fredyzuniga2973]

@@ПутинаторРоссиниума ranobe?

[@jmmaribong4350]

@@fredyzuniga2973 it's an app for reading ligh novels

[@1theprince1]

I love how clueless and so easy going most of you are about this adaptation and honestly i wish i was to but i can't ignore its glaring fundamental issues. This movie claims it adapts from the source material... being the OVA yes. Yes motorball is in here but it was such a gimmick to attract teens to the movie that it ain't even worth acknowledging. There's so much wrong with this movie from aesthetic to dialogue to backstories..

[@jchanel04]

When people say live action remakes suck, show them this.

[@thecopercoper5533]

Except it was not a good live action remake!

[@UncleSamSiam]

Jacey King the live action sucked

[@TheMaiztro]

That's not true, I believe that the movie was loyal to the original story.

[@kuchukboromdebbarma2117]

When only 2 out of 10 movies are good You still end up with the same conclusion "live action sucks "

[@jchanel04]

@@kuchukboromdebbarma2117 Name me the 10 movies you are referring to.

[@corpsecrow1590]

The only comparison is the 2019 is giving us more story from the manga while not shaming it's original. Good all around

[@kravenamg2138]

Not really. Mostly adapted the 93 movie.

[@joni6663]

Pffff n'importe quoi, tu en racontes de la merde......... il n ' y a aucune histoire du manga dans ce film, réveilles toi macfly. Ce film détruit l'oeuvre original tous ça pour que des enfants puissent aller user de l'argent au ciné..... C'est n'importe quoi

[@ryanchain9746]

@@kravenamg2138 uh. Nigga what u on

[@Catyngla]

@@joni6663 Perhaps you ought to read the original manga books again. While the film takes some shortcuts and does adapt the story, saying that there is no stories from the manga is also very untrue. Unless you're a troll...then I waist my time. I personally found the film being an excellent adaptation.

[@joni6663]

@@Catyngla c'est de la merde, du tous publique a la con, pas une goûte de sang, pas une seul trace de crasse dans un monde post apocalyptique, c'est de la daube tous publique c'est tous. Ce film aurais du être interdit au moins de 18 ans ........ et non qu'un gamin de 8 puisse le voir. Monde de merde, cinéma de merde américain a la con, arrêter de détruire les oeuvre japonaise de la sorte .......

[@mattvoiceman]

Robert Rodriguez knows how to adapt graphic novels and anime. He respects the medium, it fuels his imagination and builds upon the original material. That is how you adapt a medium. You embrace the original while putting your own touch on top of it. Bravo!

[@mentaltelepathy24]

we still need so much more alita movies i wish Rodriguez go and make a tv show

[@domfelipe3910]

This movie is so underrated

[@Yes-wn7qx]

Its not for me

[@JuanPabloContrerasC]

@@Yes-wn7qx is underrated cuz it end like twilight

[@indianathe3rd742]

How is it underrated

[@jessekutesa1583]

U tripping

[@1theprince1]

You delusional?

[@faez6150]

Is it just me or the anime film was pretty advanced even in 1993 Edit : I didn't notice my comment was getting likes and replies .And yes , I haven't watched a lot of anime movies like Akira and so on so I thought the concept of the Alita movie was pretty advance and ahead of it's time .

[@xecillmaze4740]

Advance how?

[@Mysterykid-jf6zd]

Didn't dragon ball z came out in 1989

[@Torokk]

I'm not sure if you watch many anime movies but the animation in those productions can be INCREDIBLE! I don't have a name at hand, but probably the old Gundam movies, those are very good looking.

[@atxplays]

It seem ahead of its time.

[@morbi696]

the year doesn't matter, have you ever see 'akira'? despite bein from 1988 it is better than current productions

[@BlongTreyLo]

Oh god they did this anime live-action adaptation so well, my faith has been restored

[@djwasmyinitial6807]

Now try remember Dragon Ball Revolution 😭😭😭😭

[@DaGreyt8797]

@@djwasmyinitial6807 dont please dont hahaha 😂

[@djwasmyinitial6807]

@@DaGreyt8797 😭😭😭😭😭

[@kustivuori6060]

I didnt even know that was a live action remake

[@worldcollapse]

lol "Well" good joke bro keep it up

[@dragongemgaming8294]

Let's all be honest, we all absolutely love Alita

[@v.bcastro7026]

The three ones , the manga , the anime and the live action was so damn cute

[@dragongemgaming8294]

@Shin Shaman Yeah, you're exactly right, I'm not a weeb and didn't know about Alita until the movie came out. And I love Alita because she was written in a very cute way, like the way she enjoyed something as simple as chocolate, it was cute. If you're calling me a weeb, how do you know about the manga?

[@billelliott3507]

Stop saying we. You love it.

[@HoodedSpidey]

@@billelliott3507but we do.

[@moonnis4608]

@@billelliott3507 we do do love alita but no one loves you not even your mommy

[@DehyasHusband26651]

Now just imagine if James Cameron had made dragon Ball evolution, avatar the last Airbender and ghost in the Shell, imagine how accurate and successful the live action adaptation world would be

[@bladimirschultz7358]

That is true

[@DennisKovacich]

But he did make Avatar! Oh, wait …

[@DehyasHusband26651]

@@DennisKovacich lol

[@onceyouwheeinyoucantwheeout]

Nikolai Orr ghost in the shell was actually good imo

[@destroyerzilla7634]

ghost in the Shell is decent

[@justinreschke3642]

Damn that scene where the dog dies gets me every time.

[@rosalinamacarita01]

that scene made me cry for 6 hours because my dog died before

[@xzyracutan8774]

I wish John Wick had seen that.

[@rxneexx3111]

I hate how they put that in it that dog was innocent

[@Igeltod]

they made some weird choices in the Movie. in the Manga the dog survives and becomes ages old if i remember correctly

[@potatto8534]

Zaxiel Damn bro, I didn't know mourning over a dog's death makes you a hippie

[@tiffanypersaud3518]

Such a beauty. Love how they kept so close to the original material while making it modern and relevant. Done right.

[@whoelseisuselesslikeme1424]

My eyes: ⬆️⬇️⬆️⬇️⬆️⬇️⬆️⬇️⬆️⬇️

[@nexus2812]

Everyone's eyes

[@troyh3628]

Press Left right left right A B A B Start and you'll have 30 lives.

[@WhiteJ3013]

Jajajajajaj siiii

[@cocomorr-quesecreeelfo4856]

Es q en anime y live action son perfectos 😫✨

[@cumtoast4348]

Our eyes

[@rthetruthful]

Even when a movie is nearly a shot for shot, people will still complain about it not being like the original. Great editing work btw. I know for sure it took lots of work. 👏🏾👏🏾

[@PyroInferno110]

Idk what peoples expectations are when they see a live action anime...

[@rthetruthful]

Leo_Cerberus ikr smh

[@timurkral3781]

Penis

[@timurkral3781]

@@PyroInferno110 where are the sex scenes? They are very important!!!

[@PyroInferno110]

@@timurkral3781 gtfo you weirdo

[@KendrickLamarfan19]

Thank you, Rosa Salazar. Your work as Alita is perfect.

[@DevilScorpion-im1sg]

I love Rosa she's amazing ❤

[@m.h2247]

GamerSkull 2002 right! I suggest you watch her in ‘undone’ if you haven’t yet!

[@BrigitteMain33]

fucking perfect!!!!

[@LuisSierra42]

You are welcome

[@VorpalSpider69]

Melody Headburn Alita Battle Angel was the first movie I saw her in, and now I’m lowkey obsessed with her work

[@SilentChaos15]

I really liked the adaptation. It did it's best to keep it's identity while not trying to be a lifeless clone of the original. I.e. some other remakes this year.

[@Connor.SG-1Ring]

I'd say it's probably the first successful live action movie adaptation of a anime/manga.

[@Hhhh22222-w]

@@Connor.SG-1Ring that'd go to pokemon tho

[@shulkb5]

Yes it was good but as always the black dude is the first to die, like it was an obligation

[@kohank5938]

@@Connor.SG-1Ring Please watch I am hero and say it again, dude.

[@user-hi3ke6qh7q]

Every disney remake right?

[@pisacake9457]

Who's ready for Alita 2?!

[@fareastyusliana6810]

PisaCake9 me!!

[@cris_4593]

Me

[@fearplanet7076]

I want boku no pico movie :(

[@cristianleano8827]

Me

[@TheDarkOne9942]

Me. Is it confirmed, yet?

[@AshtonCoolman]

This is the most faithful adaptation ever made.

[@marihi2387]

Pretty much all the scenes are the same unlike some things *cough cough* *-death note live action-* *cough*

[@dinoclimaco3780]

JohnnyNismo i think dragon ball evolution is the best adaptation 😂😂

[@timurkral3781]

Where my Niiiggaaaaaas at?!?!!!!!??

[@AshtonCoolman]

@@dinoclimaco3780 you're a heretic. You've fallen to Chaos. The Inquisition will be with you shortly.

[@XefDice]

Nope.

[@Yggdrasill8]

Never in a 100 years would I imagine that the ova that I watched as a kid would turn into a movie of this caliber.

[@johnlemon1977]

It's insane when you think about it, can't wait to see what the future holds

[@HerbalAssailant]

Same! I watched the original such a long time ago on KZbin and I had completely forgotten about it. Then after watching the remake in theaters I got a strong sense of dejavu and then realized that it was the same story I had watched all those years ago when I was little.

[@zinjgreen3398]

I'm waiting for "Berserk"

[@KingKev808]

This movie was produced by James Cameron. :)

[@jon-unicorn-doxxer]

@@zinjgreen3398 that very unlikely... especially that rape scene tho... It makes the rape scenes in game of Thrones looks like a Disney if compared to that in Berserk...

[@flimsyjimnz]

I'm 62 years old, love to seek out underrated/overlooked/forgotten movies. Alita is way outside my preferred genres, so I came here to decide which one to watch. I'm going to watch both.

[@aixlachapelle1052]

I’m so glad they changed the part where she beats the large cyborg guy. It was so much more impactful in the 2019 version to see her still fight even when she lost both legs and an arm. That was when I cried.

[@ghostderazgriz]

agreed

[@lilttiger]

@Vladimir Novitski yeah they copied it almost directly from the manga

[@lilttiger]

@Shin Shaman so ? im a fan of both the live action and the manga. take ur gatekeeping a$$ somewhere else

[@lilttiger]

@Shin Shaman i do lmao

[@lilttiger]

@Shin Shaman u cant even spell gunnm right. im not a fake fan, and why do you care ? leave me alone ffs im minding my business. i literally have that $275 alita action figure, why would i do that if i was a bandwagon fan ? get a hobby jesus

[@elvinlim7619]

It's one of the best adaptation of a story line in comparison to the 1993 manga, with some realistic changes in the 2019 movie. Love it. Thanks for sharing this vision.

[@bamb0ostick]

I started reading the manga after watching the movie. I thought a lot of what they did in the movie flowed better, and the arcs are weaved into a story better than the books did.

[@youngdaggerdick8958]

The 93 OAV*, the manga was reliesed in 1990 and it is quiet differant from the OVA in a good way, the OVA is good but the manga is mythical keep that in mind ! Btw the film is an adaptation of the OVA but there is a little melting pot between the manga and the OVA at some point in the film (Like the Grewishka's character or even the scene that wasn't adapted in the OVA like the motorball thing and some characters like Jashugan or Desty Nova. Some of the characters are actually exclusif from the OVA and film (was created by the OVA) like Chiren)

[@lilttiger]

the casting for this movie is so perfect and they clearly care a lot about the source material, they can't not make a sequel! i want them to make at least a trilogy of alita movies, and i really hope they are able to. i think a lot of people would love alita but the timing of the release was off, and it was swept to the side because captain marvel was released around the same time. i would personally donate money to the funding of the next movie if i could

[@titavaughns7698]

Same here

[@Lothyde]

and captain marvel kinda sucked

[@FingerinUrDaughter]

visually, sure. but otherwise its complete trash on every level.

[@lilttiger]

@@FingerinUrDaughter uh ok in your opinion. it was a pretty decent movie for fitting multiple volumes of a manga in, and actually being true to it.

[@FingerinUrDaughter]

@@lilttiger the manga dosent matter. the manga was trash as well. and as God, my opinion is fact.

[@amajunrieldamalan2387]

Alita is so damn good that I didn't even knew it was a live action adaption. Wow

[@oofproductions6956]

When he said he doesn't watch anime but watched Alita Battle Angel 2019. Me: well you see-

[@OceanTree]

Anime was amazing back in the 90s and 80s

[@MacenW]

A man who doesn't watch or like anime isn't even a viable option

[@orbitingsentientsatellite4361]

Itz Trikki hah! Ok good luck with that 👍

[@CONJUREDDEATH]

@@MacenW damn so I'm out of the picture? Yikes. Jk I watch anime from time to time. I tend to go back to elfen lied, and one punch man quite a bit.

[@MarineRX179]

@@OceanTree Yea because that era is when Japan is experiencing their greatest economic broom, thus they had a lot of more money to invest in experimenting and making OVA anime with all kinds of different original ideas. Nowadays anime exist mainly to serve as the purpose of marketing for the source material like manga and light novels, which can pack full of cliche and tropes.

[@stahppls2293]

I love the Dogmaster, he rlooked so hurt when the puppy got killed and he fixed him up into a new robot body in an extra scene

[@ganondorfchampin]

@Alfonso Acho If you look up "robot dog Alita" you should find the scene.

[@kevinreamore7374]

@@ganondorfchampin I couldn't find it using that search. But, it is available when you search: ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL: Easter Egg - Dog Lives [HD]. or just go to: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hImYfqaPrNmFqtk for the 12 second blip

[@lilttiger]

@@kevinreamore7374 thanks ! i hadn't seen this before :)

[@kentonriffe6358]

It’s funny how in the manga he wasn’t introduced until the Zapan arc. But I like how they switched it up a little.

[@fatalradius]

Guys want a sequel? Show support and buy the Blu-ray

[@joni6663]

Acheter de la merde ???? ou pas

[@masahirosakurai8783]

@@joni6663 if your gonna comment then say it in English

[@91010186]

And cry the james cameron warcry.

[@WilliamHollinger2019]

And watch it on youtube

[@___echo___]

There's going to be a sequel either way, with that ending there's no way there won't be one

[@paulawillaminachandler-ren3725]

Both were equally enjoyable, and both I've seen over five times. Thank you this, it's edited together like a boss.

[@cyberneticperson9343]

"Alita battle angel" Live action: takes out the bad parts to put in the good parts. "Death note" Live action: takes out the good parts to put in the bad parts.

[@avocato6857]

The fact that they didn't even took out bad parts, they just made them good. Like Motorball.

[@code066funkinbird3]

@@avocato6857 for. Deathnote blame netflix

[@HerMi.T]

@@avocato6857 Motorball is not bad in manga. Don't make me laugh.

[@avocato6857]

@@HerMi.T I'm not talking about the manga, i'm talking about the anime.

[@MrChipMC]

It is respectful and close to original. And compare this to "Ghost in the shell" movie. what a peace of s...t

[@jj_1167]

Dang people in the comment section saying it was actually good. Guess I have to watch this now.

[@shivabhuju4911]

I watched the movie for same reason and it was amazing.

[@RichardBalonglongImages]

JJ_116 Go, watch it now! After watching it, spread the word, promote it..

[@nomenetasaili7339]

Its good. The CGI was so life like with amazing physics that it still made it feel grounded in reality

[@omomachhakchhuak8958]

The story was pretty bad though

[@sanata7999]

i havent seen it but i want to now :P

[@JE-zl6uy]

Honestly, this is one of the most faithful adaptions of an anime and I want to thank James Cameron for producing this movie. I know it wasn't critically acclaimed for some reason, but it was amazing.

[@WayoftheDave]

It wasn't woke enough to be acclaimed

[@adamp.2517]

Not enough feminazi propaganda

[@thehumanskeleton]

I've never seen the anime but I knew it was based on one when I watched the movie for the first time a few years ago. Every second scene I initially tought "I can see this work in an anime" but wasn't convincing in a live action movie

[@erickesquivel6150]

Roberto Rodriguez is truly the one who help bring this to live

[@jesusstaccato8448]

It wasn't critically acclaimed because it's not a great movie: the plot feels rushed because they tried to pack 3 volumes worth of manga into a 2 hour movie, layering multiple stories on top of each other. As a result nothing in the film is allowed to breathe, character development is thin and the final act comes flying out of nowhere. The antagonists are really under-developed, particularly compared to their manga counterparts. There's also issues with the casting (Yugo's meant to be a scrappy teenage street urchin not a fucking six-packed super model) and Rodriguez's questionable taste in action scenes. It's so ridiculous to see people talking about an absence of "feminazi propaganda" in a movie like Alita, as if it wasn't partially marketed on the Girl Power angle. Cameron loves female empowerment narratives. The only reason you lot push Alita this much is because it was paired against the far-worse Captain Marvel.

[@wkeeble1251]

James Cameron, and Robert Rodriguez. The two guys who gave us the best films, did their research and used elements that made this movie a very well made American adaptation to an Anime/Manga series.

[@NegoClau]

Am I the only one who felt this adaptation should be a trilogy, instead of a single movie?

[@stinkmeaner3610]

Yes me to...

[@NegoClau]

@@stinkmeaner3610 I mean: I could notice every character's intentions and interactions, and they felt too convoluted to be in a single movie, but got me interested enough to wonder what would happen to them after their last on-screen moment...

[@timnic9242]

Claurio News.... the director said there will be a sequel of Alita !

[@h_stefany88]

@@timnic9242 I hope so!

[@kiggerst]

It should, but even if it's not. Cameron already made a good adaptation without rushing the story, and end it as a good prequel for story to come

[@everythingisawesome2903]

*Alita: Battle Angel is like one of those movies which you just never wanted it to end. Now, hopefully we get a sequel.* 🙏

[@juliusarchibaldiv3880]

YES! I would have sat through a 4 or even 6 hour Alita movie and loved it! Unlike Endgame. That movie bored the hell out of me, even the final battle I found meh.

[@AzetheReal]

Julius Archibald IV For a movie I was juiced to the highest degree on for a whole year I agree. It felt underwhelming in comparison to the masterpiece of Infinity War which was a shorter film. So much potential, wasted.

[@Oku_yappin]

I doubt there will be a sequel

[@trojanman4715]

@@Oku_yappin the whole ending literally looked like a setup for a sequel though

[@31rafa]

@@trojanman4715 The problem is the money

[@fupalover]

Not an anime fan. But this makes the movie more impressive to me.

[@nerasomnia]

Anime can be great if you find the right one. There’s various genres for various tastes and ages (although it mostly caters to a high school and young adult audience) I myself prefer shonen and slice of life anime.

[@b_f_d_d]

It's hard to kinda jump into liking anime you have to know people who watch that way they get you into it.

[@iliveinsideyourhouse3943]

Highly recommended naoki urasawa's monster if you ever wants to watch an "anime". It's doesn't even feels likes an anime but a psychology and philosophy of human in animated form.

[@dustinchen]

Huh

[@shironasama0445]

I wasn’t either until I watched Your Name, I suggest that movie.

[@stevenmerlock9971]

The live action was so underrated, it was an astonishing adaptation and opened up the story line. Best movie if the year!

[@doesnotlie5176]

James Camerons adaption is the best manga-real movie. As a fan of Gunnm for 20 years.

[@syro2412]

I kinda wish he'd made a better live action of captain harlock tho. Shit was badass but plagued by a mediocre storyline

[@elksalmon84]

It's not. They ruined entire idea of cyberpunk.

[@laura_731]

*robert rodriguez

[@KaPowProduction]

It would still sucks. Hollywood can never make any manga adaption.

[@KaPowProduction]

@VOLD GAMER Sorry no. The roller ball scenes was hideous. Don't get me wrong, I don't mind Hollywood making any manga but roller ball? come on man.

[@mohammadsharif9192]

it's impressive how there are scenes that I think the 2019 movie did it better, like the one were she had her old body completely destroyed

[@blackfyre205]

That moment and when she stabs the dude in the eye with her arm is pulled straight from the manga.

[@Suledian]

Some stuff from the manga wasn't even used in the OVA, but James Cameron and Robert Rodriguez used them in the film.

[@Suledian]

@@blackfyre205 Alita balancing on one arm as a torso is one of my favorite images from the manga. I flipped my shit when they included it in the film.

[@friend2194]

Alita is Cameron's childhood favorite anime. It's not a good one tho

[@Notso_super_mario]

@@friend2194 Cameron was not a child in 1993 🤦‍♂️🤣

[@onedaxster]

I love how James Cameron made the big anime eyes actually work

[@Poorstargazer23]

It was directed by Robert Rodriguez though, so I think overseeing art direction would have fallen to him. Cameron was a co-producer and writer for this movie, though he could have worked closely with RR for all we know.

[@onedaxster]

@@Poorstargazer23 Oh, you get point

[@Unethical.FandubsGames]

It really didn't though

[@mikechansw748]

Cao Cao Games rong

[@everythingisawesome2903]

Those anime eyes grew up on me, look like it grew up on her, too. 😁

[@jonpowell4246]

That's what I've always loved about anime for adults, it holds nothing back from gruesome graphic violence to full frontal nudity. When it comes to adult anime they always make the story and artwork more reality based and the live action Alita was able to capture that essence perfectly. That's why it was the only successful anime adaptation made in the last decade. Loved the anime and adored the live action Alita, thank you Japan.

[@bossaro9729]

is it just me or the anime is way more brutal than the movie

[@sasufreqchann]

No . Its the same, just without splatter :D

[@Flyingtart]

Yeah the manga and anime are more brutal. That big dude in the manga is depressed because his mom gave birth to him in the toilet, so he grew up in the sewers, is addicted to endorphins and fucking eat brains to get a kick from the chemicals.

[@joshuasinclair1154]

Your not wrong.

[@rolandodeguzmanjr.3699]

Anime in the 19's was really brutal

[@krilin4504]

welcome in japan during between the 70s and 90s where we could watch a dog getting sliced in 5 or Akira having his internal organs poping out of his body

[@NiCoNiCoNiCola]

Most of the people talking about Alita. But no one even noticed that guy's chin not being ported

[@Krish0916]

And that guys nose

[@armansiraj9509]

We are brothers. Aren't we ?

[@normILL]

This is why people liked it. They tried to take something that people already liked and simply fit it to a new medium (anime to live action). "Don't mess with success." I hope whoever keeps trying to change things learns from Death Note and Alita.

[@iSeeEZEkill]

Death Note live action adaptation was horrible.

[@andresbuendia952]

Yeah death note was horrible

[@samoria7530]

Death Note made me want to write my own name down

[@adriyaevans]

Had they changed the characters names like properly and the shinigami....it would have been a decent movie

[@iSeeEZEkill]

@@adriyaevans no. Even that wouldnt have helped. Everything about the movie was a terrible choice in production, story building wise. It was utterly a shame that they wasted talent on the live adaption project.

[@MattiaCocheo]

I always had a good memory of this film before the pandemic arrived. Alita 2019 is undoubtedly one of the film adaptations, if not the most successful modern adaptation of these times on an anime from the 90s, I have always appreciated the anime and I will always appreciate the live action which certainly deserved much more.

[@epicnoresh]

This is true, anime fans from the 80s and 90s remember this fondly

[@jhylxzeusestanislao5556]

80s? You serious

[@jhylxzeusestanislao5556]

80s are not anime, its cartoons

[@outofspace120]

@@jhylxzeusestanislao5556 Anime is the Japanese word for animation. Japan has been producing anime for more than 50 years.

[@lmoral222]

Back before all the CGI shortcuts that litter modern animes.

[@lmoral222]

@RARAYAYA RAA Watch Ninja Scroll, Fist of the North Star, Neon Genesis, Ghost in the Shell and many others and then say they look like shit. Either way, no one was attacking you. No need to be all defensive and shit, makes you look an an emo problem child.

[@JnEricsonx]

Oscar winner Christoph Waltz with a rocket-powered warhammer. The sight no one knew they needed in their life.

[@Phaota]

Just a shame they didn't make him more adept with it like the anime movie character.

[@Skycube100]

I've always known Waltz to be a bad guy type of actor, but then his Doc Ido role.... God, I keep smiling whenever he and Alita's having a father daughter time together, it's just amazing!!!

[@Skycube100]

@@Phaota I mean, he's like age 60 of sorts, I'm not sure on how heavy that rockethammer is, but it is seems real heavy just by how he swings it.

[@Phaota]

@@Skycube100 Ignoring the actors real age, the prop could have been lowered in weight, thus allowing Chris to weld it more fluidly like the anime movie character. He's supposed to be a seasoned hunter, but comes across more like a klutz with the weapon.

[@izzatirfan1995]

I wished they follow the anime where he the one that killed ali’s character. It make more sense for him to avenge his ex wife.

[@heroessquad2019]

Fun Fact: Didn't know that the movie was based on an anime. Edit: Thanks for people telling me that it is based of an OVA, and not an anime. It is also based on a manga. I haven't knew that little detail.

[@AliVe1234]

The anime is only two short OVAs tho, if you wanna get into Alita read the manga, it's a literal masterpiece and the movie and anime is only the beginning of the manga.

[@heroessquad2019]

@@AliVe1234 Ah

[@tushar7408]

True fact, is this movie made in Japan 🤔

[@SahChi]

Same here

[@kejiri3593]

@@tushar7408 James Cameron, so i would argue no. But the Manga and OVA are from Japan

[@Cup_of_Coffee_94]

7:40 - 7:44...That smile in the anime version...!

[@JnrMathewZanggo]

😢

[@JOESMITH-qs8ue]

Seems showing any happiness in forbidden in "serious movies".

[@kami1508]

J.Cameron is a strong example of quality, clearly shows what time and effort can achieve. Recent live action Death Note adaptation is a great example of quantity over quality.

[@rumblefish9]

Ka mi The better example is Rurouni Kenshin. That's how you make a live action adaptation. RRK managed to condense multiple arcs, have it make sense and it was true to the manga, OVA and anime at a smaller budget than Alita. Not to mention that it improved on areas the story needed it. The cast was perfect. They didn't need to rely on CGI or wirefu. All the actors did their own stunts and the fight choreography is one of the best.

[@freyalesca]

@@rumblefish9 to be fair, Rurouni Kenshin was done in japan wasn't it? I would say that it would be easier to make a life action of a Samurai movie like kenshin in the country where the story takes place vs a western country adapting foreign media because most of the time it feels like hollywood doesn't know how to translate, hence death note > _ >

[@rahul-qm9fi]

Great movie. Hope they make a sequel.

[@t.redgrave]

Buy the blue ray if u want a sequel

[@himayamata]

They should be. It ended with a cliffhanger

[@LG1204]

You sound like one of those paid reviews since it's pretty obvious had you seen the film that there is gonna be a sequel (unfortunately).

[@Yuuko_Masami]

You idiots!! Watch the damn anime movie or read the manga instead they never did another one of these atleast that is what i know

[@himayamata]

@@Yuuko_Masami I read the manga. I just want that sequel

[@jackkraken3888]

Pretty well done. I'm just happy they didn't show the dog getting killed, that was a bit too intense.

[@barbatosrex1087]

They can't risk pissing off Keanu and ending the movie in 20 minutes

[@Nekore44]

I'm sure the only reason they didn't was because it would bump the movie to a R rating.

[@oh-cy1mj]

Right as I read this I looked back up to the video and it happened.

[@theskywalker8416]

the movie in 90s is quite brutal and they dont want to make it so intense or tragedy

[@candice1888]

Jack Kraken if you don't like seeing dogs getting killed them Jojos bizarre adventure is for you

[@FF-FAN9999]

What a good, respectful, and amazing adaptation looks like

[@WaiSoeThein]

That's one hell of a faithful adaptation. Love it

[@AKSBSU]

It's the only manga/ anime adaptation I actually liked, and I liked it quite a bit. It raised the bar for me from none are even good to one of my favorite movies of the year.

[@wolfgang6442]

Yeah same very stunning visuals from top to bottom

[@shogiwar]

You sir are a champion . Best manga adaptation ever!

[@illadelph42]

While I really like this movie and can't wait to pick up the bluray that is not correct. The best manga or scratch that the best adaptation of anything are the Kenshin films (all 3 and 2 more on the way). I hope for an Alita sequel but as it is now Kenshin's story has been given the time it needs whereas Alita had to crunch a lot into one movie.

[@BecomeMonketh]

@@illadelph42 Kenshin is way too grounded to reality and can be easily adapted , compare the scope of Alita to it dude , night and day difference .

[@illadelph42]

Aymen Fayçal Yea ok...not what I was talking about. The faithfulness to the source material was given time more time with Kenshin. Alita is a long story cramming so much into the movie wasn't as faithful for the original creation as Kenshin. There will be 5 Kenshin movies in total they made 2, 3 and 4, 5 at the same time because they know they have a lot of story to adapt. Where as Alita takes a lot of liberties where it places certain stuff such as Motorball, the flashbacks, and Nova...all of that doesn't happen til way later in the books.

[@Hhhh22222-w]

@@illadelph42 big budget compared to kenshin money is what enables them

[@illadelph42]

Haru Yanto I'm not sure what you mean by that. One way or another most of the story in Alita is rushed to fit as much as they could into one movie hoping for a sequel. The Rurouni Kenshin films from the get go were planned to be more than one movie so they are just paced better. Big budget aside I love both of the manga and the films. Hope Alita does get a sequel and I can't wait for the next two parts of Kenshin.

[@Corranhorn122]

They did an absolutely amazing adaptation with this movie, fusing together just enough of the best elements from the ova with elements from the original material to be able to continue into a new arc that has never before been adapted. You could really tell that a lot of love was put into this movie. I hope there is a new movie and that it will be just as good.

[@twstf8905]

That's actually quite surprising, how much of it follows. 👍 It's like they used the 93 version as a sort-of storyboard for filming the new one. Pretty cool.

[@brendanmilburn9067]

And what they didn't take from the anime, most likely came from the manga instead. Like Alita getting ripped apart and put into the Berserker body as one example, that came straight from the manga.

[@v.bcastro7026]

@@brendanmilburn9067 But this happen because in 1993 Japan they didn't continue the anime , it only get two episodes or Ovas because it didn't hype too much in that time , if not the anime would be done like the manga

[@aceshighdueceslow]

@@brendanmilburn9067 also fun things like her slicing her tear at the end of the film, that's straight from the pages of volume two

[@daniboy4153]

This is what I call faithful and breathtaking. An amazing movie

[@arronis]

YOU'RE breathtaking!

[@daniboy4153]

@@arronis Thanks

[@Connor.SG-1Ring]

Sometimes you find a diamond in the rough.

[@ZackDisnaughts]

faithful and amped up.. so good, i alreadt loved the old battle angel and this new movie is awesome, i hope they keep on making it

[@daniboy4153]

Let's hope the sequel can be just as good or better than the first one.

[@kaedech.7295]

Hah funny story my brother hates anime and so i was watching this last night with him amd after the movie ended he was like "Wow I really like this movie" and here I said "You know...it's based of an anime right?" HIS FACE WAS PRICELESS XDD

[@isaiahv.4487]

Glad to hear it. You should show him the manga if you haven't.

[@Orkey]

big if true

[@bigboomer1013]

He did the shocked pikachu face, didn't he? Bevause thats what I imagined

[@NeoJSsk]

I have same story with my wife.. i make her watch 3 episodes of Death Note... thats all it needed and she literally watch the entire anime more than 5 times lol

[@denny4518]

Somehow it sounds made up.

[@laluhuizi29]

Both movies are underrated but mostly the original is cos I didn’t even know it existed before the remake :(

[@TheSilverZodiac]

Alita is rather famous among sci-fi and dystopian anime fans. If you actually think Alita is underrated I don't know what to say to you besides it is a hallmark classic along the lines of Bladerunner. If you really NEVER heard of it prior to the movie...I really have no idea what to tell you.

[@damienjohn]

you not knowing it existed doesn't make it underrated.

[@TheSilverZodiac]

@@damienjohn I probably should've just waited for you to say that. I just ended up going on and on like a senile politician.

[@Jangz_]

Camila Lucena same maybe because i was born in 2000

[@briniehj]

Just remember everything you see in theaters is damn near a remake especially all the horror movies

[@adiosm57]

This is a real deal... You just made me reminded of all scenes of anime I watched almost 25 years ago...

[@xGrifDog96x]

I love that they switch these scenes up from anime to movie adaption 1st Scene- 4:25 Anime: Atilla just straight messes him up cutting him in half showing her strength Movie: Atilla gets cut in half and has doctor finish the job 2nd Scene- 6:46 Anime: The doctor confronts Movie: Atilla confronts to show how much stronger and how angry she is and again splits the enemy in half (nice touch that they didnt get rid of)

[@unclemoolala]

Doggo Griff *alita

[@hansbrick123]

dafuq Atilla. this is not a movie about history of Roman Empire's nemesis dude

[@thebalder9634]

Grifdoggo In the manga she gets cut to pieces which led to her one arm jump and stabbing him in the eye with her arm. I'm glad they kept that in the film.

[@johnnyboyzZ]

1993 version really holds up well. I prefer its gore and radical imagery.

[@SDFutureMusic]

MadHouse Legacy , i really hope they go back to how they were before 2018

[@mahsumyldz3458]

@@SDFutureMusic madhouse is son of a bitch. Because One punch man did not release season 2 and they made us wait for 3 years

[@iskeypxx]

same. i prefer the grittier and cyberpunk vibe. the movie didn't click with me.

[@damnyougotthewholesquadlau821]

Mahsum Yıldız I miss their animation on OPM. To bad they mostly don’t go beyond season 1 on animes

[@dmitryincog7455]

@@SDFutureMusic Comics adaptation is what killed them

[@CDOES]

I Wish I had seen this in theaters. It was deserving of my money.

[@AKSBSU]

I watched it 2 or 3 times at IMAX and again in a local 2D theater. The Steelbook from Best Buy is awesome for home if you can find it. I've watched it in 4K/ Vision, 4K/ HDR10+, and 3D via PSVR.

[@ukko8457]

Me too, after watching it I checked if I could still see it on theater, well it wasn't airing anymore so nope.

[@whynot6266]

Same

[@mistypig]

I really appreciate that it’s not a shot-for -shot remake, but a felling-for-feeling adaptation

[@spikespiegel6587]

The casting for Dr. Ido is perfect

[@JulioDiegoBenitezInclan]

The doctor's revenge was missing, that greatly reinforced the idea of ​​his frustration at his helplessness

[@Sam-vk8xd]

Julio Diego Benitez Inclan I agree. It’s a tough one from me because I love the 90s anime movie, but this new one has really grown on me. Not only because of how it looks but also in how the story is told, it just seems to flow pretty well and The focus is always on Alita. Issue with having put the focus on the doctor’s revenge in there I think there wouldn’t have been enough time to flesh all of that out in a movie where the main focus was Alita. They would’ve had to shift focus, and that’s usually where adaptation screw up. In a tv show or manga there’s enough room to flesh out multiple characters. Many movie adaptations will throw in the whole melting pot of character and they’re constantly shifting focus to each character and the whole movie is throw out of whack. The 90s movie hit the doctors “journey” but in my opinion it didn’t feel like it was enough. I think they wanted to keep him a tormented father figure for this movie just because the movie would’ve had to be 3 hours or more to really put a good focus on the doctor. All in all I think they got the essence of the character quite well though. No complaints from me.

[@DEFkon001]

I think the late Harold Ramis ( Egon from Ghost Busters ) would've fit the role, if not inspired the characters looks.

[@joni6663]

Non.....

[@atxplays]

Christoph Waltz is an amazing actor ,i love all the movie he is in.

[@Dr.J-e9t]

Rosa Salazar did an amazing job as Alita! I can't believe they're not planning to give us a sequel!

[@SniperDog5]

One year since you made this comment and nothing has changed 😞

[@jordyjohn2275]

Really? But the ending was clearly a setup for a sequel!

[@melonytoni9016]

@@jordyjohn2275 yes it was, what would have been the point to cast edwart norton as the villain anyways, for 5sec of screentime.

[@xenodude4718]

Blame Captain Marvel, Disney buying Fox, and people only talking about her eyes and nothing more.

[@ukko8457]

''but the other thing holding it back is the Disney brand. With 20th Century Fox now under the Disney umbrella, they'd be the ones to approve whether or not the Alita franchise lives on'' some screenrant article should be easy to find just search alita battle angel 2, so this trash company called disney will decide the fate?

[@robertyoung406]

Awesome edit, really cool seeing the movie and the OVA side by side. Thanks for sharing

[@Aeronishere]

Lmao

[@KabookiSan]

I have so much history with this movie in a few ways. This was the first anime I ever saw. I owned a copy on VHS and watched it all the time. I also had the honor of taking part in the live action with over 120 hours on set with Robert Rodriguez. I was chatting on set with Rosa Salazar not even knowing who she was. When I saw Jennifer Conley on set nobody knew what role she was playing but since I knew the anime I could tell. IMDB did not have Jennifer listed at all so I let them know she was there and who she was in the movie so they added her. Working with/around Robert Rodriguez is so awesome! I was also an extra in Machete Kills and a driver for the upcoming Spykids. So glad I live only a few minutes away from Troublemaker Studios.

[@Juss-Saiyan]

sure....and I'm an astronaut flying in space right now 🤡

[@danrazART]

she had a smartphone in hand in 1993 anime!!!! would anyone notice that? where the 2019 version has a 6600 clone!

[@user7421]

6:12 2019 phones vs 1993 phones

[@pedzad9528]

Ok how the 90s phones better tho lmao

[@nicoleraheem1195]

The irony lol

[@dpage446]

@afreen i can explain that.it's because,hear me out here,the reason is (listen very carefully)... It's a goddamn joke

[@dpage446]

@afreen ...yes

[@shizukagozen777]

@@dpage446 BRUH 😂

[@whatisgoingon8243]

How things change in 26 years. Bravo to the makers!

[@nathanreetz]

Well edited, great music, I very much enjoyed this and I appreciate your effort putting it together!

[@SocialEXperimented]

This is an epic 8 minute experience for me, the song also do the video justice, thank you very much for this.

[@noxturne16]

I liked the anime more, and I don’t usually say this, but damn the adaptation was good

[@mamboartdesignscreative4533]

yes, we even felt connected to Alita character & felt her excitement and even pain, this movie is def works of wonder by hollywood compared to many failures from them lol

[@imjonathan6745]

Do you think we give a fuck about your opinion??

[@lucasz6582]

@@imjonathan6745 i do, so stfu loser.

[@imjonathan6745]

@@lucasz6582 mehh, weak insult kid, go back to school

[@jbcibivibvubvudvdusjjsj8128]

@@imjonathan6745 bruh why so mad

[@Pc_98_Fan]

loved the original loved the remake *LOVED ALITA!*

[@Fordandra]

This gave me a newfound appreciation of the film for sure! Thank you for making this :D

[@ACrustyFadge]

It thought it was a brilliant movie! And pretty damn accurate, especially when compared to some movies people made about video games (e.g. assassins creed). I'd definitely recommend giving it a watch to anyone who hasn't already seen it. I just hope there's a definite second one, because the ending killed me a little inside... I hate cliffhangers!

[@sword4005]

you could always read the manga the original finished, just know there a second manga that ignores the first ending and goes on a completely different route with sequel mangas

[@kaptenkukang]

Assassin's creed movie was an original story with same animus background from the game

[@leumis8139]

Hi bro

[@Lifelessdummy]

They originally pitched the assassin's creed movie to fans as a retelling of the franchise, but they've reference events from the movie in one of the recent assassin's creed game.

[@fleshangel489]

Assassins reed is bread

[@rideabike979]

Yall talking about how good the adaption is but im amazed about the cgi her face is so realistic its like transformers real steel and detroit

[@internziko]

How have i never heard about the battle angel anime before this video?!?! Thank you for posting this.

[@Flyingtart]

The live action movie is really a perfect adaptation of the manga and the anime (it's mixing a bit of them both).

[@smiley235]

This is hands down the best video on KZbin.

[@dreampiper]

This movie honestly champions live action anime remakes. I kept thinking it wouldn't do what I wanted it to do... but at every turn... it did it. And it was glorious.

[@dreampiper]

@lo l Oooooooo. Never watched it! Though, I heard it was good.

[@Suledian]

@lo l The Rurouni Kenshin live-action films are ALSO good and ALSO pay faithful tribute to the source material. Both are champions of the live-action anime remake arena. :P

[@Connor.SG-1Ring]

I'd say it's the first successful live action movie adaptation of a anime/manga made in the US.

[@ironheart5830]

I'm waiting for Black lagoon live action make by Hollywood.

[@CaedenV]

I would love to see a live action Cowboy Bebop and/or Trigun! Maybe as a series though instead of a movie.

[@dannybenhur6123]

Alita Battle Angel solves Anime Big Eye problem... Just Imagine a Live Action Goku like this...

[@Unethical.FandubsGames]

The problem is that she's supposed to be able to pass for human but oh well

[@shanerooney7288]

@@Unethical.FandubsGames , yeah, but have you seen most of the "humans" in their world?

[@crumesd]

@@Unethical.FandubsGames after a while you don't really notice her eyes, I'd say she passes as human

[@kickass2117]

@Rich B They did shrink Alita's eyes a little bit tho. They were quite big when the first teaser dropped.

[@cancerconnoisseur]

@@Unethical.FandubsGames I mean, in a world where cyborgs are as common as a normal person, she fits in pretty well

[@christiansantos7663]

Wish Ghost in the Shell was this accurate..

[@Regret2001]

At least they kept batou faithful

[@Stoppskylten]

It was about as faitful as this, which is to say not much. It was not only based on the animated Oshi film, but also episodes of the Stand Alone Complex animation series. And soberly speaking, that is actually truer to the source material by Shirow than carboning Oshis vision would have been.

[@Notso_super_mario]

@@Stoppskylten not sure what glue your sniffing but in several interviews they state using the manga not the ova for the source material. Cameron bought the rights back in 1999 and owns alita.

[@juliusarchibaldiv3880]

Ghost in the Shell is far more accurate to the source material then 1991s The Guyver and 1994s Guyver: Dark Hero (even though this one is my favorite and far superior to the first one). And that is coming from a Guyver/GitS/Alita fan.

[@Tailslol]

@@Stoppskylten the last time i checked motoko was a saved newborn... she wasnt the only cyborg...and she wasnt a female robocop....

[@nathanaelmatos6279]

Best anime live action adaptation ever made.

[@kibayaiba3893]

finally the best live action movie made by american all so the best CYBERPUNK anime made by Hiroshi Fukutomi and Manga : GUNNM made by Yukito Kishiro. it's the movie that most respectful the manga and the anime made by american. i'm japanese and i need to say THANK YOU SOO MUCH! james cameron robert rodriguez and all american made this movie finally you did the right thing !

[@LSB001]

The best Cyberpunk anime is Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

[@kibayaiba3893]

​@@LSB001 in 90's the best is > (GUNNM,Ghost in the Shell, AKIRA) must legandary Cyberpunk animation

[@CaedenV]

@@kibayaiba3893 no mention of the Armitage the 3rd movies? I would call those better than gunnm... And Akira is '80s. Ghost in the Shell takes the cake though. First movie and SAC were both amazing! 2nd movie was great too... but a bit ponderous so I understand why it flopped.

[@kibayaiba3893]

@@sanyamtomar8496 you are absolutely right

[@Daniel_gaming24]

I just post a new video about Alita and Cyberpunk.. its a meme 😂😂

[@christopherp1318]

Alita was my first anime. I was so unhappy when they announced the live action. However, it totally worked. There would be things I;'d tweak, but overall was very impressed. And i'm a hard man to please

[@thing1thing2themediamaniac43]

So what made you watch it Christopher Proudluck

[@thing1thing2themediamaniac43]

I think I like the way VECTOR dies in the original ova when IDO accidentally kills him just by defending himself against VECTOR'S cyborg assassin a little bit better than in the movie. In the movie it's kind of a little anticlimatic when ALITA kills him. But they offset VECTOR'S ANTICLIMATIC DEATH with a cliffhanger by revealing NOVA

[@christopherp1318]

@@thing1thing2themediamaniac43 they dont go into Hugos specific reasons for wanting to go to Zalom very well, for example his brother. Nor the ending with the balloon

[@thing1thing2themediamaniac43]

@@christopherp1318 That's true but the movie gives ALITA a backstory whereas the ova doesn't I also LOVE how Ido and Chiren have a backstory that involves the tragic murder of a child.

[@TheHamsters3]

Saw it three times in theaters, will probably buy it once it comes out on dvd/blu-ray if it isn't out already. I'd have to say I rather enjoyed the 2019 version except for the ending. Having read the manga, I really struggle with how the sequal(s) can play out. I do get they had to cut stuff for time and pacing but just a simple line or 2 min flashback would have been nice for Hugo's backstory.

[@Gman18]

well this is 90% acurrate to the anime is pretty good i think is a good adaptation and also i got spoiled

[@Kaori_Suzuki]

The unique thing about this movie is it follows the manga's plot line much more closely than the 90s ova did. but also mixes in characters and other elements from the the ova! as well as adding some of its own spins! All while staying as close to the manga plot line as possible.

[@plainbutterfly1153]

I love how it’s been changed to be more realistic and interesting as well as sticking to the story and including most of the scenes

[@soulgain7999]

5:44 a small different there 😅

[@alucard1361]

Hahahah maniac

[@jinatlas8674]

Well that scene would definitely not pass with so much feminist in the movie production line nowadays.

[@playwright1393]

Jin Atlas It’s probably because the movie is PG-13

[@felipe21279]

@@jinatlas8674 dude, you didn't see boobs because the movie is PG-13, not because of "feminism". Just chill.

[@jinatlas8674]

@@felipe21279 It should have been a Rated R film imo.

[@jameshardy9085]

Best live action adaptation of an anime ever. Remember, If you want to see a sequel, you gotta "Buy those blu-rays baby!". #AlitaArmy

[@rogrog099]

Edge of tomorrow also

[@evaboldog940]

wow an acutal anime live action movie adaptation in which the main characters look the same as originally :oooooo

[@genepozniak]

Except for some inane reason only Alita still had giant anime eyes, while in almost every anime, all young women have giant anime eyes, which made it difficult for the live action audience (especially men, the main paying audience) to emotionally relate to her character.

[@joni6663]

Ou pas.....

[@genepozniak]

@@joni6663 Eh bien, je ne suis pas omniscient. lol

[@joni6663]

@@genepozniakTu veux une adaptation avec des ressemblances dingue sur les perso du manga, c'est twenty century boys. La ido n'a même pas ca marque de zalem. Et bien sur il faut toujours rajouter une pouf a l'histoire..... Qu'il aille au diable.

[@genepozniak]

@Samuel Shin Alita's eyes in the movie are still way bigger relatively than that kid's.

[@northwindkey]

You see this is what happens when actual fans of a manga adapt it to live action instead of faceless studio execs. James Cameron and Robert Rodriguez's love of Gunnm permeates every shot of this film.