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Avec David Peyron, Zelda de DoctriZ et Raphaël ColsonAnimation : Xavier Dollo Ils nous viennent immédiatement en tête : Motorball, Blood bawl, Rollerball, Rug-ball… Beaucoup des sports imaginés par la science-fiction se résument à une itération du rugby ou du football américain, où tous les coups seraient désormais permis. Car points et chocs sont extrêmement nombreux dans ces sports brutaux dont le show doit provoquer une jouissance immédiate, sans que le spectateur n'ait à comprendre les raisons de cette violence ainsi exposée. Hors des sports de balle, on trouvera aussi de nombreux avatars de la course de chars mécaniques, de courses-poursuites sans merci, et bien sûr de purs affrontements entre gladiateurs du futur, dans des arènes ou des dômes de tonnerre. Les auteur·ice·s de science-fiction, pourtant si inventifs, manqueraient-ils d'imagination quand il s'agit d'aborder la question du sport ? Il faut chercher plus loin, en incluant jeux vidéos, séries TV, manga… pour que s'offre à nous un éventail plus diversifié d'activités imaginaires transcendant les frontières du réel : le blitzball de Final Fantasy X, les danses hypnotiques de Sur l'onde de choc de John Brunner, le complexe Greed island de Hunter x Hunter ou encore l'étonnant Lo-Yendi de La Balade Choreïale d'Ayerdhal… Des inventions qui traversent parfois le voile de la fiction, lorsque des jeux intradiégétiques tels que le Gwynt de The Witcher se voient commercialisés, ou que le fandom s'approprie le quidditch de Harry Potter – version moldue et non-volante. Réunissant quatre passionné·e·s de pop culture à l'esprit de synthèse affirmé, cette première table-ronde tentera l'impossible : réconcilier les Geeks et les Jocks ! Table ronde dans le cadre de la 12e édition du festival Les Intergalactiques "Du Pain et des Jeux" le vendredi 19 avril 2024.

After junking Motorball we arrive the end of our coverage of the original game, meanwhile a showdown in the wastelands makes us scratch our spiky-haired heads, and Aerith issues a grave warning on the consequences of taking Sephiroth's bait. This episode begins at the start of Remake's chapter 18 and ends before entering The Singularity.

In Folge 103 der Sendung „Was Isch Los?“ hat Moderator Markus Lang Holger Schmitt aus Mörsch zu Gast. Für Holger Schmitt ist Motoball die geilste Sportart der Welt. In der Sendung werden die Spielregeln erklärt und, dass es Motoball und nicht Motorball heißt. Holger selbst war bevor er 2016 Nationaltrainer wurde selbst Jahrzehnte lang Spieler, zweimal Europameister und mit „Puma Kuppenheim“ mehrfach Deutscher Meister. In den letzten Jahren bzw. Jahrzehnten hat sich die Sportart Motoball sehr weiterentwickelt. In einer Jugendmannschaft kann man ab 12 Jahren spielen; einen Führerschein braucht man demnach nicht. Nachwuchsprobleme gibt es keine. In Deutschland gibt es eine Nord- und eine Südliga. In der Südliga sind alle Vereine im Umkreis von ca. 50 km. In Ost-Europa ist Motoball sehr populär, in Russland gibt es schon mal Spiele vor über 15.000 Zuschauern. Dort sind viele Spieler Profis; sie verdienen mit Motoball ihr Geld. Holger Schmitt selbst ist 100 % Motoball. Für ihn ist der Motoballsport wie eine große Familie. Eine Podcast Videoshow, die auf YouTube und allen bekannten Streaming/Podcast-Plattformen zu hören ist. Thematisch geht es mal um Kultur, Kunst, Sport, Musik oder Wissenswertes. Interessantes aus Baden für Baden. Dauer immer ca. eine halbe Stunde; interessant, kurzweilig gestaltet und immer auf Augenhöhe!

Only near the conclusion of the original manga run do Steven and James find out that they have been reading different translations. Which spurs talk about the differences between the two. Including the original video anime. Which also had two separate English translations! Skip synopsis @4:30 Email: WeAppreciateManga@Gmail.com 073: Battle Angel Alita vol. 8 Chapters 42 to 47 “One Last Broadcast” and By Yukito Kishiro Translation by Stephen Paul Lettering by Scott Brown Continuing after the events of the Panzer Bride saga, the rebel leader that is Den pontificates on the reason why he is still alive after fighting the TUNED agent Alita, knowing full well that his true body is that of Kaos' and that Alita could kill Kaos at any time if she so chooses. Koas realises this, with his telemetric powers he touches the blade which was used in the fight between Alita and Den. Once Kaos gains memories of the object's past, he realizes that he is Alita's hostage. Kaos makes a final radio broadcast to not only warn the people of the rebels but to inspire peace. Alita decides not to kill Kaos knowing that he does not share the same murderous tendencies as Den, however she does lose respect for him on his persistence in wanting Alita's love. Especially when it comes to his telemetry as he should know better that Alita's heart belongs to another. Kaos reveals where Ido may be staying and as Alita visits Ido she finds that the man has erased all his memory, including his memories of Alita. Ido's accomplices gives Alita the last video that he recorded for Alita. Within the video Ido tells her how the mad scientist, Desty Nova, revived his life, however speaking to Nova has scared Ido into sharing Nova's same madness and thus he decides to erase his memory before apologising to Alita. Alita leaves Ido, unable to rejoice with the only father figure she knows. Meanwhile Kaos seeks out Desty Nova, by confronting the mad man who is his father he dares to gain a semblance of intimacy with Alita, and the chance to build upon the memories that he can truly call his own. Sadly, Kaos is defeated only to suffer more abuse, and as Alita makes way to Nova, she encounters a mysterious figure and recognises this person's acrobatic movements as her own “Panzer Kunst”. Alita is told by the director of TUNED operations that this new antagonist is AR unit 2 of 12. And that before she can meet Nova she is to be tested as an agent in battle. Alita's life is saved by her TUNED private operator, Lou, yet the battle itself cost Alita an arm, a foot and an eyeball. Via a transmissible electric shock, Alita is woken from her rest by the director. She is told that the rebels were defeated (apparently by AR unit 10) and is reminded that her job is to apprehend Nova, thus Alita still carries on, she's smart enough not to enter the front once she gets to Nova's place. Yet within Nova's lair, Alita finds herself on the old Motorball circuit that she knows well, waiting for her is the ghost of the athlete she defeated all those many years ago. Ready for another match, as is Alita. Topics: Alita gets “prestiged”! The fight between her and AR2. And what makes a good fight scene. Translation differences between Viz and the Kodansha printing, as well as the Original Video Animation and Hollywood movie adaptations. 1994 Manga UK dub is based on the Viz translation, whereas the1999 ADV Films translation keeps Alita's original Japanese name of Gally, Hugo as Yugo and the Scrapyard is referred to as Scrap Iron City. This is faithful to the original Japanese text with the exception of minor characters. Zalem is a biblical reference to Salem, whilst the name Tiphares is a reference to the Kabbalah. Allegedly the man who changed Gally's name to Alita is Fred Burke (the same Fred Burke who did the translation for Neon Genesis Evangelion's Viz media release), Burke worked on the Viz translation of Battle Angel Alita with Sterling Bell, Matt Thorn and Toshifumi Yoshida.  Other references: Nova's base is at Norad Mountain. This is most likely based on the real world setting that is the Cheyenne Mountain in El Paso County, Colorado. Alluding to the setting of Alita being sometime in the distant future. Madness and enlightenment as a topic of this volume seems to have been inspired by the Russian philosopher and mystic George GurdJieff. “Life is Real only Then, When ‘I am'”. His students published a book after his death known as “The Fourth Way”. Facebook - facebook.com/weappreciatemanga/ Instagram –  weappreciatemanga.co.uk   Twitter -   @RealJamesFitton Website – Weappreciatemanga.com Email – Weappreciatemanga@gmail.com

James tells Steven about the two non-cannon endings of Battle Angel Alita, draws comparisons between the James Cameron / Robert Rodriguez movie adaptation and the anime, as well as bring up how much the mangaka suffered from burnout. Over all, this was an amazing cyberpunk treat and it's fair to say both dudes have a crush on Alita. Email: WeAppreciateManga@Gmail.com 074: Battle Angel Alita vol. 9 Chapters 48 to 51 “No Brainer” and “Epitaph” By Yukito Kishiro Translation by Stephen Paul Lettering by Scott Brown Topics: Casting of the Alita: Battle Angel movie Indiskovar (indi 2.0) No Brainer (MIB, death of Bigot, Lou Collins fate) Ouroboros II (Nova, “Gentle Alita” or “Gally”) Last Blade (Koyomi, The photographer, Den) Epitaph (Things we forgot to mention, the ending, the author) The different endings to Battle Angel Alita. As the majority of readers will know by now, Battle Angel Alita ends on a type of tragic cliff hanger, this was confirmed as canon when the new series ‘Battle Angel Alita: Last Order' followed from the events of this chapter 51. For a long time, the canonical ending was deemed to be the one in the Playstation videogame ‘Gunnm: Martian Memory (a.k.a. Memories of Mars)'. The following is a brief summary on the two endings, we'll refer to the original as the Shueisha ending and the other as the Playstation ending. Note that both endings count as non-canonical but start off similar since they take place after chapter 51. The two are similar in that Alita is revived by Nova and wakes up to find herself in the city of Zalem, she recalls some memory of her past life, we discover that prior to meeting Ido she crash landed on earth as she was making an attack on Jeru. The attack was pre-empted by Gerude, who Alita narrowly escapes from. On Jeru, Alita makes it her goal to save Lou from the MIB and liberate both Zalem and Jeru from the control of Melchizedek, with Melchizedek being responsible for cutting off Earth from its space elevator and creating the brain to biochip initiation. It becomes clear that Melchizedek is an AI infected by some sort of virus. Shueisha ending: Melchizedek is suicidal and decides to collapse the space elevator, to save the scrapyard and Zalem from the cataclysm Alita uses the Imaginos body that Nova gave her and fuses herself to the main bolt. Effectively Alita sacrifices her life. A few years later, searching for answers to Alita's demise is an 18-year-old Koyomi, now a photojournalist. Koyomi travels to Jeru where she finds a much older looking and jaded Figure Four, the two come across a dishevelled and decrepit Nova who leads them to Alita's grave, now known as the ‘the tree of life' or the ‘Nanomachine tree'. Which was created when Alita transmuted into the space elevator. Both Koyomi and Figure break the seed of the tree and set free a flesh and blood Alita. She retains all her memories and is happy to be in the arms of Figure again. Playstation ending: Alita leaves Nova to find out what infected Melchizedek. Meanwhile she takes part in the tenth “Zenith of Things” tournament, which involves the strongest fighters in the solar system all competing with each other. It's during this time that Alita meets Gerude, and although Alita loses a fight to Gerude she is spared because he sees that Alita's Panzer Kunst is different. And he can see that Alita has now become a defender of Earth and its people. Gerude is eventually killed by another “Kunstler”, the main antagonist of the space arc, known as Zuoh, who calls his martial art “Panzer Faust” a newly developed form of Panzer Kunst. Zuoh intends to terrorise Earth and continue the terraformation war in spite of Melchizedek. Eventually with the help of a spy called Limeira, Zuoh is arrested by Martian authorities, putting an end to Mars' involvement in the terraformation war. During these events Alita revives a space ship for the sake of frontier exploration. And it's in this conclusion where Alita is about to set off with her friends and allies on the space ship, known as Leviathan 1, that she finds that due to the absence of Melchizedek, Jeru has been transformed to resemble the likeness of Desty Nova's face. Alita chooses to stay behind on earth. Making sure that Nova does not make earth a personal playground for his experiments. More Movie related topics: Tilly Lockey (So to sponsor the Alita movie, the designers at 20th century fox made designs for Open Bionics, as a representative of Open Bionics, Tilly wore the bionic arms on the red carpet, her previous arms were based on the Deus Ex: Human Revolution Videogame) Comparisons between the Original Video Anime and the Live Action Hollywood movie: Similarities Chiren is an original character from the '93 anime, played by Jennifer Connelly in the 2019 movie. She is a love interest for Ido and a sort of anti-villain. She plays a pivotal role in saving Yugo's life. Grewishka is a composite mix of the characters Kinuba and Makaku. He works for Vector and is played by Jackie Earl Hayley in the 2019 movie. Fang the Dog is killed by Grewishka, When Alita fights Grewishka she wears the dog's blood as war paint. There is no baby Koyomi involved in the fight. Megil (the werewolf) is absent from both stories. Differences Desty Nova manages to possess and control Grewishka and Vector. Making it clear that those who work for Nova are puppets to his will. Yugo first meets Alita whilst he is working on the wind turbine, whereas in the 2019 movie Yugo pushes her out of oncoming traffic. Clive Lee's role in the 2019 movie is reduced to a cameo, for all intents and purposes, Zapan functions as a composite role in place of Clive Lee. The 2019 movie includes Nyssiana who seems like an original character but is actually based on the Mutant Woman who appears in the manga. In the 2019 movie she accompanies Grewishka and Romo. Alita is given a Berserker body by Ido, in the 2019 movie she finds the Berseker body in the ruins of a Martian spacecraft. Zapan frames Yugo for murder. Koyomi does not appear in the '93 anime but appears as a teenager in the 2019 movie. She becomes a friend of Alita's through Yugo. Alita does not fight the hunter warriors in the Kansas bar, unlike the manga and the 2019 movie. In the 2019 movie, Murdock the dog master, appears during the underground Grewishka fight. He uses his cyborg dogs to aid Alita. The fact that Grewishka kills Fang is enough motivation for him. In the 2019 movie Zariki is a Motorball champion who gets his Grind cutters stolen from Yugo and Tanji. Eventually they are given to Grewishka. Unlike the '93 anime, Zariki is not a hired goon for Vector. It is Grewishka who serves that function, thus Grewishka survives the underground fight to die in Vector's office. The presence of Motorball is the largest difference between the anime and the live action Hollywood movie. In the 2019 movie Yugo teaches Alita how to play Motorball on the streets of Scrap Iron City. And in her first appearance on a legitimate Motorball track she faces a conspiracy to kill her. We also see a brief cameo of Jasugun. As with the original manga, Zapan loses his face when he crosses Alita for Yugo's bounty. This is absent in the '93 anime. Alita experiences flashbacks of her mission that involves the invasion of Zalem and her target being the villainous Desty Nova. Major differences from the Manga: By the end of the story Chiren's organs is packaged and ready to be transported to Zalem. Including her brain.   Facebook - facebook.com/weappreciatemanga/ Instagram –  weappreciatemanga.co.uk   Twitter -   @RealJamesFitton Website – Weappreciatemanga.com Email – Weappreciatemanga@gmail.com

Volume 6 a.k.a. the TUNED arc follows Alita as she joins a ragtag group of mercenaries. And James and Steve can't help but compare it to films like Aliens, War movies and Westerns, not bad for a cyberpunk story, no? Skip summary @6:27 071: Battle Angel Alita vol. 6 Chapters 30 to 35 “Judgement Day” and “Rainmaker” By Yukito Kishiro Translation by Stephen Paul Lettering by Scott Brown   Synopsis After the defeat of Zapan, Alita is condemned to disposal for the crime of using a firearm. However, she is saved by a man known as the Director Bigott Eizenburg, he communicates to her via a dream in the middle of her disposal procedure before saving her, Alita is hesitant to believe him, but when Bigott reveals that he is after Desty Nova it is then that Alita decides to work for his group TUNED, in the hopes that she can find Ido by tracking Nova. We head towards an ambiguous time in the future where the authority of the scrapyard a.k.a. ‘the Factory' hires mercenaries to protect their cargo from a gang of bandits. A man called Figure Four Joins them, his most distinctive trait is that he is an organic flesh and blood man who is able to fight machines and cyborgs through his Qi and Hertza Hauen martial arts. He meets another mercenary, Yorg, who warns him about the dangerous woman on the other carriage. Alita. Figure Four introduces himself to Alita by pinching her harmonica and playing it badly! Luckily for him Alita finds him charming. The train is attacked by Bandits. Their leader being Knuclehead. Alita manages to extinguish this threat and keep Knuclehead detained, cutting his vocal cord so that he can no longer make verbal threats. During the attack the nuclear-powered train went into meltdown, both Figure Four, Yorg and Alita survive the fallout by ditching the train; but it becomes apparent that the two men only slow Alita down. This leads to a tense discussion with Bigott on deciding the fate of the men. Figure chooses to settle things by fighting Alita. He loses. And he wakes finding out Alita has left him with Yorg and took off in a Dune Buggy. A lot happens during these events, Alita obviously has a conscience, and Yorg has a family back home so she returns to pick up the men, but a cyclone creates the contrivance of losing Knuckehead and Alita and the mercenaries stubble upon ruins of a city not knowing at first that it is a military base owned by Barjack. The whole cyclone ordeal has Figure tie up Alita and scavenge for rations until he can trust her again. And although Alita is very happy to be fed by Figure Four, the man isn't exactly a smooth operator when it comes to winning Alita over. A repaired Knucklehead returns with reinforcements, a party of the Barjack rebellion lead by Colonel Bozzle. Alita gives away her position by screaming and shooting at a butterfly, apparently the appearance of beady eyes on its wings creep her out. A shot from a tank targets them. Alita manages to save them due to the wall that falls having smashed out windows. Bozzle is an old friend of Yorg's and so Yorg sides with Bozzle in order to save his himself, this brings confusion to the fight and Alita is apprehended whilst Figure Four is left for dead. Alita loses her legs and is interrogated by Bozzle yet Knuclehead is angry at being used as bait for the attack on Alita, Knuckehead attacks Bozzle and his socket soldiers. He kidnaps Alita and in their final showdown Figure manages to make a surprise attack and save Alita. Alita goes to give Figure a kiss until she is interrupted by gunfire. Bozzle and an unknown socket soldier have survived and seem to want to settle the score. In a twist of fate, the soldier is Yorg, and his final act of redemption is to rebel against Bozzle. Yorg dies in the arms of Figure and Bozzle dies too. After burying Yorg, Alita and Figure travel on foot through the desert wasteland, with one last bastion of hope being that Figure thinks he can make it rain by singing. And you know what? By some miracle it does. Why fish is pouring from the Sky has yet to explained. Topics The ending and the ambiguity of the miracle. The disposal scene. The train ambush attack. The romance between Alita and Figure Four. Yorg as a character. Other references Figure Four is the second character appearing to use Hertza Hauen and Qi, the first being Jasugun during the Motorball arc. The Dryad Butterfly, Minois Dryas. Alita shares the fear of this butterfly with the Author Yukito Kishiro. Volume 6 contains visual allusions to the 1987 movie, Robocop, Alita smashes her hand through a wall to grab a soldier by surprise. And the socket Soldiers themselves are based on Peter Weller's costume and bald cap headpiece in the movie. Yukito Kishiro must have thought the bald cyborg in that film resembled a lightbulb and the socket soldiers are screwed into their bodies through such a way. This is no surprise since, Kishiro has mentioned how at one point he hoped the Robocop director, Paul Verhoeven would direct a live action film version of Alita/Gunnm, according to the October 1993 interview in Animerica magazine with Seiji Horibuchi. For Kishiro's interview and more you can purchase this book here. You can also find old scans and transcripts online too. Facebook - facebook.com/weappreciatemanga/ Instagram –  weappreciatemanga.co.uk   Twitter -   @RealJamesFitton Website – Weappreciatemanga.com Email – Weappreciatemanga@gmail.com

James and Steve discuss which other actors would have played a good Desty Nova, story-wise Zapan returns to settle the score. So basically, we get Karma as a theme! Skip plot summary @5:51   Email: WeAppreciateManga@Gmail.com   070: Battle Angel Alita vol. 5 Chapters 23 to 29 “Lost Sheep” and “Lion and the Lamb” By Yukito Kishiro Translation by Stephen Paul Lettering by Scott Brown   Synopsis Zapan, who previously fought Alita, helps out the homeless with his love, Sarah. Suffering from post-traumatic stress after Alita tore off his face, it only takes seeing Alita on TV, now a Motorball champion, to trigger his mental breakdown. Forgetting his strength, he decapitates Sarah and sends her head flying into the soup that she cooked for the homeless. He scoops out her head, apologises and walks off. Two years later, Alita has quit Motorball and lives by herself. She spends her nights as a songstress, entertaining at the Kansas bar with Shumira. Shumira is both the bar maid and the baby sitter for Koyomi. During the day Alita teaches self-defence classes and reads Hans Henny jahn. Zapan, now a wanted man, is on the hunt for Alita. But it's not so simple, As Sarah's father, an old man with a pack of robot dogs, intends to avenge his daughter. Alita is respectful for the old man, during the fight, and perhaps to Zapan too, since Alita gives Zapan the chance to strike by playing him a song instead. In the end, it's the old man's dogs who gives the fatal blow to Zapan. On Alita's birthday, Ido gives her the seeds for sugar snap peas and Alita gets a letter from her old friend Umba. He reveals that he tried his best to salvage Alita's Berserker body but it is now bought and owned by the man Desty Nova. Ido goes to visit Nova whilst Alita plants the peas. Nova introduces his next project to Ido, to revive Zapan's corpse with the Berserker body. His explanation as to why; to develop Karma and to observe the possibility that mankind can overcome their karma. Nova believes his nanotechnology is key to live a life of no consequence, no Karma, but Zapan can't be controlled and makes an attack on every one in their wake. Not long after this Alita is escorted to Ido and Nova, Alita knows Ido well enough to grab her Damascus blade beforehand. On arrival at the ruins of Nova's lab stands Nova and his entourage. She asks about Ido and so Nova gives her Ido's head in a box. Alita is devasted, and her attempts to murder the lot fall short as their Nanomachines give them superhuman healing. Nova claims to be able to bring Ido back to life and gives Alita appropriate ammunition to fight Zapan who is now on his way to Kansas bar where he kills Gonzu. Alita is too late to save the bar and is treated like a pariah. The community blames her for turning Zapan into a monster and so vouches to turn her into a scapegoat. They plan to hand her over to Zapan so that the monster can find peace. Alita refuses to go down without a fight. And in their climactic battle Alita wins. The last thing we see of Zapan is that he wakes to find that Sarah is still alive that his journey for retribution was just a dream. Topics The character Eelai is Nova's “Paramour” according to the 2017 Kodansha translation, Merriam-Webster defines the Paramour word as an “illicit or secret lover”. She is a hypersexual woman that can be quite common in boy's manga, regardless of the comments James has on this character and the role of BDSM, one should not take his words too seriously, after all BDSM is a consensual and adult practice. A far interesting question is if Eelai will ever have her way with the Doctor Ido character. Who could have played a good Nova in a life action film? The actor that James forgets the name of is actor John Glover (who is on twitter for those who are curious), he played as villainous characters in ‘Smallville', ‘Gremlins 2: The New Batch' and ‘Batman & Robin'. Other actors name dropped is Jim Carrey and Jeffrey Combs. Karma and scapegoating as themes for consequence. Cancel culture now being referred to as consequence culture by academics. Zapan's return and vengeance. Alita's growth as a character and plausibility of becoming a singer. Other references Eric Drexler, The term "nano-technology" had been coined by the Tokyo University of Science professor Norio Taniguchi in 1974 to describe the precision manufacture of materials with nanometer tolerances, and Drexler unknowingly used a related term in his 1986 book Engines of Creation: The Coming Era of Nanotechnology to describe what later became known as molecular nanotechnology When people say nano-technology in science fiction they are usually referring to Drexler's premise. The manga has chapter titles which have biblical symbolism; the lamb is a symbol of purity and as such is considered most worthy of sacrificial ritual. The Manga very much depicts Alita as the would-be lamb/scapegoat. In the King James translation (KJV), Ezekiel 46:4 reads: “In the burnt offering which the prince shall offer to the Lord on shall be six lambs without blemish and a ram without blemish” …and in Leviticus 12:8 KJV it reads: “But if she cannot afford a lamb, then she shall take two turtledoves or two young pigeons, the one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering; and the priest shall make atonement for her, and she will be clean.'” This is very much in a similar way to how one uses scapegoats. However, a “sheep” often refers to a follower of God, and Jesus Christ is considered “The Lamb of God”, The Lions are a reference to how Roman emperors persecuted the Christians. With origins as early as Ignatius of Antioch. In fact, Ignatius' open letter (his epistle) to the Romans states: “I am God's wheat and I am being ground by the teeth of wild beasts to make a pure loaf for Christ. I would rather that you fawn on the beasts so that they may be my tomb and no scrap of my body be left. Thus, when I have fallen asleep, I shall be a burden to no one. Then I shall be a real disciple of Jesus Christ when the world sees my body no more.” For more reading check out the Order of Saint Ignatius website and this article by Kuba Shand-baptiste. “Demon Dogs” as a term has been used to describe the Cerberus or the “hounds of Hell”, although Steven mentions it within British lore, however, and perhaps coincidentally the notion of a dog from hell actually permeates from a lot of cultures. Sadly, when it comes to dogs many myths persists to this day, especially in Islamic instances. One can't help but wonder what Islam's stance on cybernetic dogs would be.   Facebook - facebook.com/weappreciatemanga/ Instagram –  weappreciatemanga.co.uk   Twitter -   @RealJamesFitton Website – Weappreciatemanga.com Email – Weappreciatemanga@gmail.com

The conclusion to the Motorball arc where we see lots of CONTENT WARNING violence and the first example of gratuitous nudity in the cyberpunk manga; interestingly it's not from Alita! Skip synopsis @ 4:31 Email: WeAppreciateManga@Gmail.com   069: Battle Angel Alita vol. 4 Chapters 18 to 22 ‘Martial Ball' (a.k.a. “Head Banger's Ball in some translations) and ‘Ars Magna' By Yukito Kishiro Translation by Stephen Paul Lettering by Scott Brown   Synopsis Out on the Gregory circuit, Alita looks to find new members to build her team. She works her way through every battle on the track and earn her self some allies in the coming battles. In the meantime, Ido has his own confessions and concerning situation with Jasugun, which questions his loyalty to the champion, or to Alita, the daughter which he never had. Topics The humour of Alita, Kishiro maybe using a venn diagram whilst plotting the story beats so to help him transition between scenes in the least emotionally jarring way possible, or perhaps through intuition he is a master at tone, balancing humour with nrutality. Tiegel being comic-relief and allusion to the tortoise and the hare fable. Action scenes, particularly Zafal being underwhelming in her last scene and Jasugun's last stand. The flashback scene being the boon that Alita acquires. Through Motorball she evokes her warrior spirit and finds herself again. That infamous shower scene with Shumira is noteworthy since it's the first case of gratuitous nudity within the run of the manga, more so interesting since Alita as the main character and is never sexualised to such an extent if any. The pacing of this scene has it wedged in between the exchange that Ido and Jasugun have. Desty Nova. Other references The character Zafal is physically based on Grace Jones. Tabasco sauce, a popular brand of chilli pepper sauce, Tiegel drinks it to get his boost in the Motorball race. Agoraphobia, a real-life phenomenon in regards to those with social anxiety disorders. Facebook - facebook.com/weappreciatemanga/ Instagram –  weappreciatemanga.co.uk   Twitter -   @RealJamesFitton Website – Weappreciatemanga.com Email – Weappreciatemanga@gmail.com  

Alita demonstrates more of her badassity in the beginning of the 'Motorball' arc, which featured prominently in the James Cameron/Robert Rodriquez movie. Skip synopsis @ 4:04  Email: WeAppreciateManga@Gmail.com 068: Battle Angel Alita vol. 3 Chapters 13 to 17 ‘Killing Angel' and ‘Second Stage' By Yukito Kishiro Translation by Stephen Paul Lettering by Scott Brown   Synopsis:  Devastated by her loss, Alita runs away from Dr. Ido. Ido spends days as a wanderer and intends to put his work on hold in order to find her. When he hears the cries and screams of a girl coming from a back alley, he knows too well that it is not the Alita he is searching for. Luckily for her, Dr. Ido finds himself a weapon and obliges to save her. In doing so she rewards him by taking him to see Alita. The girl, named Shumira, buys Ido a ticket to a sporting event, there we see that Alita is competing in the deadly sport of Motorball. When Ido reaches out to Alita, he is greeted coldly, she turns her back on him and walks towards her next destination. Through Shumira, Ido meets the reigning Motorball champion, Jasugun. Ido works with Jasugun as his personal tuner in order to defeat Alita and make her question her career path. But to Ido's terror, Alita is not one to back down. Their paths cross on the market, and the both Alita and Jasugun begin to compete in an arm wrestle. Alita wagers her cybernetic heart and literally puts it out onto the table. Jasugun forfeits the arm wrestle but not before blowing out Alita's arm actuators. The two decide to settle things in Motorball, where Alita must assemble a team in order to compete with him. Topics: In the chapter, ‘Second Stage', Alita's tenet expressed within this volume is “Every human being needs something to stand up and fight against. If you run away or protect your own hide, you're bound to go soft and rot away. You've got to keep fighting or else you'll ruin yourself. At the very least, that's the kind of person I am” Alita vs Ido, and how they're psychological battles compare to the more comical action scenes and violence throughout the manga. As well as how their character embellishes the action. Other references: Damascus Steel, is a legendary metal and is the closest thing to antiquity that would resemble the fictional metals of Tolkien's Mythril and George R.R. Martin's Valerian Steel (Dragon Glass). Damascus steel is merely an alloy that has a distinct marbling and wood-grain look to it. The plural for such weapons made in Damascus is Damascene whilst Damascus itself is the capitol city of Syria. ‘Sea Monkeys', one of the most successfully marketed and sold products in U.S. history. Simply they are brine sold as eggs that when hatched become pets. The person responsible for selling these was Harold von Braunhurt, who also sold the infamous ‘x-ray specs' along with his ‘sea-monkeys' via mail order. Agoraphobia, Ed mentions this when Alita asks where Umba is. Literally means scared of open spaces but in reality it pertains to a social anxiety. Qi (pronounced as “Chi” and often written as “Ki”) is the energy that Jasugun uses for strength. Tai Qi Gong is a mind and body exercise from where the trope is derived from. It's been in many manga such as ‘Dragonball' and ‘Battle Royale', where in episode 19 of the ‘We Appreciate Manga' podcast we talk about two characters who fought each other using Qi. Facebook - facebook.com/weappreciatemanga/ Instagram –  weappreciatemanga.co.uk   Twitter -   @RealJamesFitton Website – Weappreciatemanga.com Email – Weappreciatemanga@gmail.com

Motorball Detroit 2021 is coming up! Sept 30-Oct 3. Dani Brasil, Deanne, Jace M, Calagna, Dan Slater, Isaac Escalante, Cindel, Tom Stephan, Joe Gauthreaux. The year's HOTTEST circuit lineup. Tickets at www.gearedforlife.us.

En este episodio aparcamos la Random Crest en el patio de los desperdicios donde pondremos a prueba nuestros cíber-cuerpos, exoesqueletos y ampliaciones de memoria, mientras corremos a 300km por hora por la pista de Motorball para averiguar si el universo cyberpunk y sus derivados tienen cabida en la Hora Random.

Stephen Spilberg, o Kentaro Miura dos filmes lança obra sobre GUNNM , mangá de Yukito Kishiro, nesse cast Nash (Radiojhero) Tiago Marques (allbluecast) Kyoma e Pedro debatem sobre as aventuras de Alita (Gally) nesse novo mundo, incluindo todas as versões adaptadas, incluindo as OVAs dos anos 90, então vai treinando seu Panzer Kunst, que a luta no Motorball vai ser alucinante! Nossos Parceiros @Jeffkiraxd @radiojhero @chuvinhageek Nossas Redes sociais @entremidiaspodcast

Movies: 00:02:44 - Animated Shorts: Hair Love & Kitbull 00:11:00 - The Lonely Island Presents: The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience 00:14:57 - A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood 00:25:40 - Once Upon a Time in Hollywood 00:42:04 - Marriage Story 00:56:05 - The Souvenir 01:00:41 - Detective Pikachu 01:12:20 - Knives Out 01:18:25 - Long Day's Journey into Night 01:24:40 - Alita: Battle Angel 01:36:03 - Ad Astra 01:41:45 - Ash is Purest White 01:48:52 - Dolemite is my Name 01:57:53 - Us 02:06:05 - Parasite TV: 02:21:18 - She-Ra and the Princesses of Power 02:25:40 - Crazy Ex-Girlfriend 02:30:20 - I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson 02:34:55 - You're the Worst 02:40:52 - Barry 02:45:02 - The Good Place 02:50:19 - The Mandalorian 02:56:06 - Mindhunter 03:01:55 - Crisis on Infinite Earths 03:11:52 - Watchmen Email us at: email@saveourprogress.com Follow us on Twitter at: twitter.com/SaveOurProgress Follow our Guest host Cami at: twitter.com/CamiKins19x Or follow the hosts on twitter at: Craig - twitter.com/SearosCanoel Paul - twitter.com/pomorales Pete - twitter.com/EspadaPete Zac - twitter.com/AronZacField Produced by Zachary Field Podcast Artwork by Natalie Fang Dai Opening Theme www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJEPTk7FLmk Pamgaea by Kevin MacLeod [Check out more of Kevin MacLeod over at incompetech.com/] Songs: The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience "Let's Bash" by The Lonely Island Once Upon a Time in Hollywood “Bring a Little Lovin'” by Los Bravos Long Day's Journey into Night "開場" by Qiang Lin and Xu Zhi Yuan Alita: Battle Angel "Motorball" by Tom Holkenborg Steven Universe the Movie "Happily Ever After Song" by Rebecca Sugar, Jeff Liu, Aivi, Surasshu, & the Steven Universe Cast Crazy Ex-Girlfriend "I'm Not Sad You're Sad" by Rachel Bloom I Think You Should Leave "Friday Night" by Tim Robinson & Greg Chun The Mandalorian "The Mandalorian" by Ludwig Göransson Watchmen "NUN WITH A MOTHERF*&*ING GUN" by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross Barry "Change for the World" by Charles Bradley

The time has finally come; Chad's robotic takeover is finally at hand! With the mangled carcass of MechaMothra rotting outside the walls of the store, there is no one left to challenge Chad as he begins his ascension...or is there? I'm your host, David Snider, and joining me this week as we are saved by a deus ex machina are fellow cinephiles Ryan Caldwell, Michael Althouse, and a mysterious stranger who comes bearing a long thought to be lost James Cameron joint from the year of our Lord 2019. Listen as we discuss one of the most egregious examples of "we're setting up a franchise!" ever in a major motion picture; we wonder what happened to the third act of Alita: Battle Angel; and finally, we break down the sport of Motorball - a game with no rules and seemingly no clear objective whatsoever. Be sure to rate, review, and subscribe - otherwise, you'll never make it to Zalem! You can also Follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/ApocalypseVideo) or Like Us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/ApocalypseVideo) ! This is David Snider (Spoiler! - Still Alive!!!), signing off from Sector 2...

Casey, Josh, and Vince recap their thoughts on Alita: Battle Angel a film set in a dystopian CyberPunk future filled with cyborgs, Motorball, and out of this world special effects. WARNING! THIS EPISODE CONTAINS SPOILERS. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pauserewindreplay/support

Krogi liebt Skateboards, aber wie stellt er sich beim Aggressive Inline Skating an? Im Rahmen einer Kooperation zum Film Alita Battle Angel trifft sich Krogmann mit Roller Blade Profis aus der Schweiz und Deutschland in der Sportgarten Skatehalle in Bremen. Zunächst geht es um die Basics, Bremsen, Fahren, Grinden, Drop Ins und Sit Ins. Anschließend spielen sie eine Adaption von Motorball, dem Spiel aus dem Film. Geht Krogi die Puste aus oder kann er doch noch 1-2 Treffer werfen? Danke an: Sportgarten Skatehalle P5 https://www.sportgarten.de/ Daniel von Skamidan https://www.skamidan.com/ Unterstützt von 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.

Battle Angel Alita talk continues! It’s Motorball time, baby! Also: A game is played (involving Kazuo Koike)! Ryan’s Goslings ride again! And a book is published! 11:00 A game is played 32:20 Booktalk TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

"City on the Moon" by Murray LeinsterReviewed (but not read) by Khaki & K.  In which: Donald Atticus, an Earth journalist inspecting an absurdly-domed City On The Moon, becomes embroiled in inter-colonial conflict. But could hehave a secret agenda of his own? ...Yes. yes, he does have a secret agenda you got that, right? K quotes a Ukrainian colleague. Khaki warms up to Chewborka and invents the word 'hemitorus'. And a rival reviewer writes in! Bookmarked passages: Display prances, Fallopian and Eustachian tubes, methane-negative, Shackleton, Terry pratchett Stage Script, Potemkin Village, Pripyat and the Woodpecker, Señor Wellingcroft, every prepper's fantasy, Uranium Glass, Guy Noir, Bauhaus vs Rococo, Motorball from Alita, SCUBA regulator, buckminsterfullerine. "There's no holes in you yet.– Well, no more than usual." "And so Bugs Bunny is single-handedly responsible." "Yes, you can do it like that, if you want to do it stupid." "I shave, it's in canon." "He barely understands what’s going on; he’s just game – he doesn’t understand that he’s on Team Baddies" Find CoverMyAssCast on Twitter, Gmail and the good old-fashioned web.

Episode 20 of The ThawedCast: Conversations About Animation brings you Dawson and Philip's review of 2019's 'Alita: Battle Angel,' directed by Robert Rodriguez and written and produced by Hollywood legend James Cameron. The film is based on a Japanese cyberpunk manga series by Yukito Kishiro and follows the newly repaired teenage cyborg Alita as she struggles to regain her memory and find her purpose in the war-torn, post-apocalyptic Iron City. Alita must survive the brutal life of a Hunter-Warrior and compete her way in the deadly sport of Motorball in order to liberate Iron City from its lofty oppressors. Follow the ThawedCast on Twitter @thawedcast. Visit www.thawedcast.com

This episode was lots of fun (and powered through some technical difficulties). We have co-hosts! Hear what Corben, Nicole, Elyse, and Adam think about Alita: Battle Angel and Captain Marvel. Just so we are on the same page, Alita plays MOTORBALL not MURDERBALL which sounds way cooler. We all had different opinions about Captain Marvel. Do you agree with any of us? Send us a message if you want to co-host or have any suggestions on what we should watch next! Hosts: Corben and Nicole Wilkins Co-Hosts: Elyse Lyons and Adam Mink ALL trivia and info about movies looked up on IMDB, Flixster, Youtube and Rotten Tomatoes and their wiki links MOVIES Alita: Battle Angel/ RT 60%/ AUD 94%/ 72% Stuffed www.imdb.com/title/tt0437086/?ref_=nv_sr_1 Captain Marvel / RT 78%/ AUD 62%/ 86% Stuffed www.imdb.com/title/tt4154664/?ref_=nv_sr_7 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

HEY everyone, guess who's back on the podcast? pandalover69? Grant? No! It's our formerly dead honorary cohost Karl! The gang sits down to debate the intricacies of teen romance and gruesome action sequences in Alita: Battle Angel. While the action sequences felt very 80s and very manga, the rollerball spinoff fell short of providing the character development we cultured 25-26 year olds crave. Can we officially nix the phrase "You the most human person I've ever met" from all future movies please and thanks.  The Sponsor today is Motorball, coming to an arena near you in like 500 years, but only on Sundays and only after the monster truck rally. honestly the event was so loud and confusing that I don think the sport actually has rules.  Finally we have a much needed update of Karl and the Wizard's romance, and a special segment call Walter's Sour Patch, Sour Smash, Sugar Crash, where we try a few new products from the children in the sour patch. Enjoy! Also for anyone who actually reads this, I as a total asshole in this episode, so just be ready for me to make wild accusations and aggressive arguments against my kind cohosts. Dictated but not read by Ryan.

It's time for one of our most requested films to discuss, Alita: Battle Angel on The Movie Defenders podcast! Not only do we do a full, non-spoiler review, but we later play several scenes from the film as we walk through the whole thing. We talk about what critics think, and then what we think. But first we have fun talking about the Oscars, when we might get an Episode 9 trailer, New Mutants having no release date, and we break down the new Dark Phoenix trailer! Then it's the top 5 80's movie soundtracks, and fun segment of how to get Alita into your Genesys games. Wrap that up with a spoiler review of the movie itself and you've got a jam packed episode! So grab your cybernetic implants, rescue a dog, and get ready to play Motorball on the The Movie Defenders podcast! 00:11:40 The Buzz 00:22:05 Dark Phoenix Trailer Discussion 00:27:48 Top 5 80's Movie Soundtracks 00:51:16 Give Me Genesys 01:01:05 Non-Spoiler Discussion 01:37:23 Spoiler Discussion Begins 01:40:10 Is there too much exposition? / Start of the film 01:46:50 Meeting Hugo and the Dog 01:53:15 Does Motorball ruin the film? 02:00:15 How the movie lightens the mood 02:04:18 Alita learns where she's from 02:07:17 Alita finds out what the Dr. really does 02:13:35 Dr. Ido's Daughter & Actor Screentime 02:19:44 The Kansas Bar & Does the rest of the cast have enough to do? 02:28:20 Alita follows Grewishka 02:35:40 The romance of the film 02:48:05 Hugo gets cornered 02:56:14 Are Vector and Chiren's character motivations confusing? 03:03:30 The ending and setting up a sequel

Alex is joined by intergalactic Motorball sensation DrillBonez to break down how Motorball works, what Ja and the Direwolves can do with their recent beef, finishing up with our favorite 5 Looney Tunes who will make a triumphant return in Space Jam 2!  Stick around for instructions on how to leave an iTunes review!   SPONSOR: Where's the money?

主播打分： 飞鸟（《铳梦》粉丝）：7分； “作为原著粉，早知道它不可能呈现什么深邃的内核，所以带着低期待去看，还是可以接受的。” 法兰西胶片（资深媒体人；《罗马》等13期嘉宾，微博/豆瓣“法兰西胶片”）：5.5分； “剧情的全面垮塌我绝不能接受，而类似跑酷段落照抄《十月围城》也证明导演根本没有存货。” 波米：6.5分；“如果说导演的意图就是拍一部高成本《弯刀》暴力更暴力，他的目的达到了；而卡梅隆如果只想用本片试水《阿凡达2》的CG技术，这个目的也达到了。” 《阿丽塔：战斗天使》平均分：约6.3分 本期节目流程与目录： 开场曲目：(Tom Holkenborg) 第25秒-第1分半：嘉宾信息介绍； 第1分半-6分半：影片信息介绍（无剧透）； 6分半-9分半：三位主播综合优缺点为影片打分（无剧透）； 9分半-第39分半：嘉宾“飞鸟”先谈《阿丽塔：战斗天使》“优点”，嘉宾“法兰西胶片”和波米谈“不足”（涉及剧透）： 1、嘉宾“飞鸟”认为本片在改编有限篇幅的基础上给予了观众足够的视觉刺激，既没有偏离原作内核也方便新观众进入，情感铺垫充分，而某些等比复制原作标志性画面的镜头满足了粉丝期待； 2、嘉宾“法兰西胶片”认为本片缺乏完整系统的世界观，文本漏洞多、情感粗糙，配角空间少；暴力内核和低龄分级间的矛盾贯穿始终，动作场面借鉴众多，缺乏设计感，也没有具体武器的原理展示； 3、波米认为本片主创没有科幻意识，以至于全片中完全没有围绕科幻本核的讨论，根本上缺乏世界观的呈现，科幻元素和美学表达不配套，几组重要的人物关系均不成立； 1、飞鸟认为本片男主角角色设计尤其失败，感情线设置突兀； 2、胶片认为全片的暴力感强调一种“原始暴力”；而动作捕捉技术出色，所谓的“恐怖谷效应”并不存在，阿丽塔面部夸张的五官设计本身就是为了强调出她的“非人类”身份； 3、波米觉得本片动作流畅富有设计感，充沛的暴力情绪传承自原作，“无血的血腥画面”重新定义并拓展了PG-13级的暴力边界，技术尝试为卡梅隆接下来的《阿凡达2》做了充足准备； 1小时10分半-尾声：外延环节：漫谈原作《铳梦》及同名OVA；（涉及对原作漫画的剧透）； 尾声曲目：(Dua Lipa)； 影片《阿丽塔：战斗天使》(Alita: Battle Angel)重要信息： 本片北美分级：PG-13级（但很多画面仍然容易引起儿童的观感不适）； 本期节目重点提及的电影片单： 《星球大战5：帝国反击战》（1980） 《银翼杀手1》（1982） 《终结者1-3》（1984-2003） 《阿基拉》（1988） 《攻壳机动队1.0》（1995） 《黑客帝国》系列（1999-2003） 《卧虎藏龙》（2000） 《罪恶之城》（2005） 《十月围城》（2009） 《七龙珠》（真人版，2009） 《阿凡达》系列（2009-2025） 《盗梦空间》（2010） 《猩球崛起》系列（2011-2017） 《逆世界》（2012） 《全面回忆》（新版，2012） 《阴阳相成》（2012） 《极乐空间》（即主播提及“极乐世界”，2013） 《弯刀杀戮》（2013） 《机械战警》（新版，2014） 《超能查派》（2015） 《西游伏妖篇》（2017） 《攻壳机动队》（真人版，2017） 《银翼杀手2049》（2017） 《海王》（2018） 《流浪地球》（2019）

On this episode of The Bad and the Beautiful, we play some Motorball and place some Oscar bets. We begin by discussing ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL, the sci-fi blockbuster adaptation of the popular manga series, from producer James Cameron and director Robert Rodriguez. Then, Jeff compares and contrasts two February animated releases: HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: THE HIDDEN WORLD, the third and final film in the series, and THE LEGO MOVIE 2: THE SECOND PART. That’s followed with our look at 3-time Academy Award nominee COLD WAR (Foreign Language, Director, Cinematography), from Oscar-winning IDA director Paweł Pawlikowski And in the 2nd half of the episode, Charles and Jeff take a look back at the toxic Awards Season, a look now at where things stand, and a look ahead to who may win Hollywood’s biggest prize. - ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL, @ 0:50 - HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: THE HIDDEN WORLD / THE LEGO MOVIE 2: THE SECOND PART, @ 10:49 - COLD WAR, @ 15:40 - OSCAR SEASON ANALYSIS / PREVIEW / PREDICITIONS, @ 21:38 - OUTRO, @ 46:39 Music Selections: - THEME SONG: "Love Is For The Very Young", David Raksin, THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL - “Hooray for Hollywood”, Richard A Whiting & Johnny Mercer - "Celebrate the Oscars", Hans Zimmer

On the latest episode of Always the Critic Podcast, we review Alita: Battle Angel & Isn't It Romantic. Rico Albarracin and Jessica Firpi break down the fun action film by Robert Rodriguez, ask if we would enjoy the sport Motorball and Jessica's obsession with Keean Johnson, who she kept calling Aladdin. (36:33)We then turn our attention to the meta-comedy starring Rebel Wilson. We delight in the shots the movie takes at the genre while also leaning into the common tropes and we have a little side conversation about the 1997 classic, My Best Friend's Wedding. Follow us! Instagram Twitter Facebook Group Rico's Letterboxd Jessica's Letterboxd --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alwaysthecritic/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alwaysthecritic/support

Review: Alita: Battle Angel Trailer Spot: Frozen II Opening and Closing Song: Swan Song by Dua Lipa Yep episodes back to back! I could have uploaded this yesterday but I was lazy-ish. Did anyone else think when they were watching Alita that Motorball seemed like a more futuristic version of Rollerball? I'm sure I'm not the first to think of that. I can't really think of much else to say to pad out this description so I will just finish with, enjoy the show!

This week we check out the 2019 Alita: Battle Angel: a live-action adaptation of Yukito Kishiro’s Sci-Fi seinen series! Have dakazu and Darfox finally found a good manga movie adaptation?! Remember to send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord server and come talk to us! http://discord.me/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “New Divide” by J2 Feat. Avery from Alita: Battle Angel, Opening, Introductions, French 00:02:05 - Listener Emails: Manga suggestion from Leo 00:04:45 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Dragon Ball Z” OST “Prologue”, We recommend the Manga Log podcast 00:06:06 - dakazu finds the post-murderer life in Boku no Namae wa “Shounen A” to be a little unrealistic 00:13:34 - GROUNDLESS is a war manga that’s oozes with World War II aesthetic 00:17:44 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Darfox Dabbles, Darfox will check out some available manga on Shueisha’s Manga Plus app 00:20:52 - Main Segment Manga in Motion: Transition Song: “Motorball” by Tom Holkenborg from Alita: Battle Angel, we discuss newly released James Cameron dream project directed by Robert Rodriguez 00:21:49 - We start with our expectations we had after seeing ‘bug-eyed’ Alita in the trailers 00:23:22 - We praise the film for keeping the essence of Battle Angel Alita despite changing the story from the source material 00:25:09 - We compare this good adaptation to other failed ones like the Bleach movie 00:26:56 - Alita is a strong female hero and Darfox praises her characterization 00:28:08 - *SPOILERS FROM THIS POINT ON* We discuss the use of the F-word and Rodriguez’s use of clean violence 00:30:28 - Darfox thought the beginning felt like a cheesy young adult novel 00:33:32 - We discuss differences between the villian Grewishka and his manga counterpart Makaku 00:36:15 - The movie completely changes the character of Desty Nova 00:37:09 - dakazu breaks down how the movie combines the first three story arcs of Battle Angel Alita 00:38:41 - We feel side characters like Chiren and Vector were under utilized compared to Zapan 00:42:00 - The changes they made to Nova ruin possible story arcs that could’ve been done in a sequel 00:43:58 - dakazu compares Alita’s backstory in the movie to her origins from the manga 00:46:23 - dakazu explains how the movie’s ending pissed off his wife and how it was handled differently in the manga 00:51:52 - We love the design of the cyborgs, the look of Iron town, and the wonderful action sequences 00:53:34 - Darfox wishes there was more Motorball scenes and compares it to how Speed Racer focused on the race 00:55:16 - Guillermo del Toro helped James Cameron start this project and  technology behind Avatar helped to complete it 00:58:05 - We’re happy to hear the creator of Battle Angel Alita, Yukito Kushiro, loved this movie 00:59:29 - We compare a bad scene to a good scene between Alita and Hugo 01:00:27 - While Christoph Waltz as Ido was fantastic, dakazu is mad his nurse Gerhad was just used as scenery 01:02:26 - Darfox wasn’t a fan of Hugo’s teen friends 01:03:38 - We praise Robert Rodriguez for making movies with diverse representation 01:04:23 - We explore the foreign sensation of having an adaptation we can recommend 01:06:54 - We have doubts about Alita: Battle Angel having financial success 01:07:53 - We talk about potential adaptations we’d like to see and the upcoming live-action Cowboy Bebop & One Piece 01:10:10 - We laugh about the awful Dragonball: Evolution 01:11:49 - We give our final thoughts 01:12:57 - Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

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