I gotta say this movie pales in comparison to the critically acclaimed manga series by master Yukito Kishiro. Many key plot elements are either glossed over,underdeveloped or jammed together. Makaku is sadly missing, Chiren, a character that never appeared in the manga, is basically useless, no introduction of Alita's new combat suit after her first one was destroyed by Makaku, Vector is killed in the movie whereas in the manga he lives and Shumira and Jashugan are replaced with generic characters who add nothing significant to the story whatsoever. Alita sounds too young for a female cyborg and the ending is very underwhelming and unsatisfying.There are some good merits in BA. The animation is amazingly fast and smooth, the colors are beautifully dark and crisp, and the music is hauntingly bleak and foreboding but the movie takes far too many liberties with the source material to be anything as remarkable as what came before.

Any serious anime fan will have a special place in his heart for Gally. She is *the* textbook example of the innocent anime girl. Where this work shines is in Gally's character development through her experiences where she discovers a personality of her own after being reanimated. Her gradual acquisition of her defensive affection with the Doctor and her innocent but deep attachment with Yugo are impressive. No fan of good film acting can criticize this "cartoon" as inferior to live action.All this applies to the Japanese version with subtitles. The English dubbing is awful.

This is the one that taught me not to judge an anime by its cover. I expected an hour of mindless violence along with a weak story line. Instead, I found myself in a very deep and well developed world for the short time spent in it. It was all story, and an incredibly imaginative place perfect for the story.It was definately too short. It could have had a great and long lasting series life if they had chosen one. But it was none the less, an enjoying ride, and not a moment of wasted time.

This was simply an amazing piece of artwork. This movie had the potential to be right up there next to Akira and Ghost in the Shell. Unfortunately there's just way too much left out, leaving you with a feeling that you've been conned out of a great movie. Gally (the main chick / hero) is the most beautiful anime babe out there. Overall, it's a movie an anime fan will like, but will long for more.... Find the comic books for more.