Alita: Battle Angel: Iron City

Alita: Battle Angel: Iron City

2018 • 310 pages

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15

Fleshes out the backstory outlined in the film — fairly similar to the manga source material — with focus on the lives of Ido, Chiren, Hugo, and Vector prior to Alita's arrival. Some additional mentions of Nova as well which is exciting.

Not exactly an essential read, though. The extra detail being filled in is nice, but nothing really consequential happens. Which, I suppose, is expected, being a prequel.

I'll always be here for more Battle Angel content though. I continue to hope for 2–3 more Alita films, instead of six more Avatar films or whatever Cameron has planned.

June 1, 2021