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Battle Angel (OAV)

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©1993 Yukito Kishiro / Business Jump / Shueisha / KSS / MOVIC


Alternative title:
Alita Angel de Combate (Spanish)
Alita, Àngel de Combat
Alita, ángel de combate (Spanish)
Battle Angel Alita
Gun-Dream Gunnm
Gunnm (Japanese)
Hyper Future Vision GUNNM (Japanese)
Сны оружия (Russian)
銃夢 GUNNM (Japanese)
Objectionable content: Intense
Plot Summary: Doc Ido, a doctor and mechanic who lives and works in the hellish, postapocalyptic "Scrapyard", finds the - miraculously preserved - remains of a female cyborg in a junk heap. After he revives and rebuilds her, the preternaturally strong, amnesiac "Gally" begins to forge a life for herself in a world where every day can bring a fight for life. Adapts the first two volumes of the "Battle Angel Alita" manga.
User Ratings: 1195 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 55 votes (sub:35, dub:16, others:4
1 Polish subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Slovak subtitled subtitled
)
 Excellent: 173 votes (sub:112, dub:49, ?:4, raw:3, others:5
2 Spanish dubbed
1 Dutch subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Italian edited dub
)
 Very good: 310 votes (sub:192, dub:95, ?:5, raw:3, edit.dub:1, others:14
7 Spanish subtitled
2 Portuguese subtitled
2 German dubbed
1 Italian dubbed
1 Russian dubbed
1 French subtitled
)
 Good: 344 votes (sub:201, dub:115, ?:5, raw:3, others:20
5 Spanish subtitled
4 French subtitled
3 Spanish dubbed
2 Italian dubbed
2 Russian dubbed
1 German dubbed
1 Chinese Mandarin subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 French dubbed
)
 Decent: 177 votes (sub:121, dub:46, ?:2, others:8
3 Spanish subtitled
3 French subtitled
1 Italian dubbed
1 French dubbed
)
 So-so: 61 votes (sub:34, dub:19, ?:3, edit.dub:1, others:4
2 Italian dubbed
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Not really good: 38 votes (sub:28, dub:6, others:4
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Italian dubbed
1 French subtitled
)
 Weak: 27 votes (sub:20, dub:4, others:3
1 French dubbed
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Italian dubbed
)
 Bad: 7 votes (sub:4, dub:3)
 Awful: 3 votes (dub:1, ?:1, sub:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 2444 users, rank: #465 (of 9535)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.207 (Good+), std. dev.: 1.5642, rank: #2868 (of 9642)
Weighted mean: 7.189 (Good+), rank: #2770 (of 9642) (seen all: 7.20 / seen some: 6.48 / won't finish: 3.61)
Bayesian estimate: 7.192 (Good+), rank: #2533 (of 7243)
Running time: 29 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 2
Episode titles: We have 2
Vintage: 1993-06-21
Release dates: We have 4
Ending Theme:
"Cyborg Mermaid" by Kaori Akima
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 3
Comment:
The North American release by ADV Films was titled Battle Angel to coincide with Battle Angel Alita, the English-language title of the Gunnm manga given by Viz Comics. Gally, however, retains her original name in the English dub. The UK English dub by Manga Entertainment, as well as other dubbed versions in most of Europe, was released as Battle Angel Alita, with Gally renamed Alita.
Review:
Alita: Battle Angel (Feb 5, 2019)
News: Show:
Sakura Con Guests (Apr 24, 2002)
Fanime Guest List (Mar 9, 2001)
ADV Cancels titles (Jan 5, 2001)
Full Gunm details (Nov 1, 2000)
Metropolis Screenshots (Sep 28, 2000)
Anime is Fine Art (Sep 21, 2000)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Battle Angel (DVD) 1999-12-07 (from $33.84)
LaserDisc
    Battle Angel [Sub] (LD) 1995-00-00
VHS
    Battle Angel (Dub.VHS) 1996-12-00 (from $29.99)
    Battle Angel (Sub.VHS) 1993-08-21

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Hiroshi Fukutomi
Screenplay: Akinori Endo
Music: Kaoru Wada
Original Manga: Yukito Kishiro
Character Design: Nobuteru Yuki
Art Director: Hidetoshi Kaneko
Chief Animation Director: Nobuteru Yuki
Animation Director: Futoshi Fujikawa
Sound Director: Yasunori Honda
Director of Photography: Hitoshi Yamaguchi
Executive producer:
Kazuo Suzaki
Yutaka Takahashi
Assistant Director:
Satoru Nishiura
Yasuhiro Kuroda
Background Art:
Emiko Koizumi (Atelier BWCA)
Hirofumi Shiraishi (Atelier BWCA)
Masumi Nishikawa (Atelier BWCA)
Noriko Kaneko (Atelier BWCA)
Sachiko Kato
Toshiyuki Yoshimura (Atelier BWCA)
Yasunari Usuda (Atelier BWCA)
Youngil Park
Yuka Okamoto (Atelier BWCA)
Color design: Takako Suzuki
Color setting: Takako Suzuki
Color Setting Assistant: Satoshi Hashimoto
Music producer: Sohichiro Harada
Photography: Atsurō Saitō
Production Advancement: Hiroshi Yamane
Production Desk: Hiroyasu Kobayashi
Production producer:
Masao Maruyama
Yuji Takae
Production Supervision: Tatsuya Ono
Publicity: Makiko Yamamoto
Publicity Assistant: Hiroshi Ōno
Publicity Design Works: Makoto Kamata
Recording: Yukio Abe
Sound Effects: Kenji Shibasaki
Sound Production: Keiko Shima
Special Effects: Kunji Tanifuji
Supervision: Rintarō
Theme Song Arrangement: Akira Yamato (ED)
Theme Song Composition: Tsukasa (ED)
Theme Song Lyrics: Masumi Yanagawa (ED)
Theme Song Performance: Kaori Akima (ED)
Japanese companies
Background Art: Atelier BWCA
Editing: Mushi Production
Film Developing: Tokyo Laboratory
Lithwork: Maki Production
Music Production: KSS Records
Photography Cooperation:
Adlib
Mushi Production
T. Nishimura
Production:
Animate
KSS
MOVIC
Production Cooperation: Madhouse
Publicity Assistance: MOVIC Promote Service
Recording Studio: AVACO Creative Studios
Sound Effects: Sound Box
Sound Production: Arts Production
Soundtrack Production: King Records (King Records)
Titles: Maki Production
English cast
English staff
Dubbing Director: Michael Bakewell (UK Dub)
Screenplay: Matt Greenfield
Art Director: Lorraine Reyes
Project Translator: Dwayne Jones
Translation: Ichiro Arakaki
Executive producer:
Joey Goubeaud (2008 reprint)
John Ledford
Laurence Guinness (UK Dub)
Producer: Matt Greenfield

Audio Mixing: Paul Killam
Casting Director: Jill Wilmot (UK Dub)
Cover Art: Alain Viesca (Subbed VHS Front Cover)
Dubbing Mixing: Trevor Barber (UK Dub)
DVD Art Director: Laura Attwell
DVD Graphic Design: Douglas Smith
DVD Producer: Sharon Papa
DVD Production Manager: Lisa J. Miller
International Coordination:
Toru Iwakami (On Behalf of KSS Inc.)
Packaging Design:
Andy Orjuela (Dubbed VHS)
Tim Lindquist (Subbed VHS)
Production Assistant: Kevin Winkler (Subbed VHS)
Production Coordination: Janice Williams
Re-Recording Mixing: Clive Mitchison (UK Dub)
Recording engineer:
Charles Campbell
Everett Battle
Script Adaptation: George Roubicek (UK Dub)
Sound Design: Paul Killam
Subtitle Timing:
David Williams (Subbed VHS)
Jorge Frank (Subbed VHS)
Amanda Winn Lee as Gally
Edward Wakefield as Yugo (UK Dub) 
Guil Lunde as Dr. Daisuke Ido
Larissa Murray as as Alita (Gally) (UK Dub)
Spike Spencer as Yugo
Stuart Milligan as Dr. Daisuke Ido (UK Dub)

Brian Granveldt as Grewcica
Laura Chapman as Chiren
Tamsin Hollo as Chiren (UK Dub)
Tristan MacAvery as Vector

Aaron Krohn as Zavan
Bill Roberts as Gime (UK Dub)
Brett Weaver as
Flight Announcer
Rasha
Bryan Bounds as Gime
John Guerrasio as Bektar
Kurt Stoll as
No. 10
Tanji

English companies
ADR Recording: B&M Productions
Digital Services: Jay West Productions
Distributor: Manga Entertainment (Australia, UK)
DVD Authoring: AIX Media
DVD Compression: AIX Media
Licensed by:
ADV Films (Expired)
Recording Studio: Industrial Smoke & Mirrors
Subtitles: Captions, Inc.
French staff
French cast
Dubbing Director: Dominique Bailly
Fabrice Josso as Yugo

Bernard Métraux as Guryushika

Christian Visine as N°10
Jean Barney as Rasha
Yves Barsacq as Gonzo
French companies
Distributor: Manga Video
Dubbing: S.T.A.R.T.
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Dubbing Director:
Alberto Trifol (Catalan dub)
Gloria Rocha (Latin American dub)
Translation: Brenda Nava (Latin American dub)
Executive producer:
Joaquín Kaulen (Quality Films S.A.)
Luis de Val (Manga Films)
Marcelo Testa (Plus Video)
Albert Trifol Segarra as Yugo (Catalan dub)
Circe Luna as Alita
Jordi Ribes as Yugo (Spain dub)
José Posada as Daisuke Ido (Spain dub)
Núria Trifol as Alita (Catalan dub; Spain dub)
Xavier Fernández as Daisuke Ido (Catalan dub)

Alberto Trifol as Vector (Spain dub)
Félix Benito as Vector (Catalan dub)
Juan Comellas as Gime (Catalan dub)
Montse Segarra as Chiren (Catalan dub)
Rafael Calvo as Grewcica (Spain dub)
Ramon Canals as Grewcica (Catalan dub)
Reyes Serrano as Chiren (Spain dub)

Enric Isasi-Isasmendi as
N°10 (Spain dub)
Tanji (Catalan dub)
José Javier Serrano as
Gime (Spain dub)
Rasha (Spain dub)
Josep María Zamora as Gonz (Catalan dub; Spain dub)
Oriol Rafel as
Rasha (Catalan dub)
Zavan (Spain dub)

Alberto Trifol (Catalan dub)
Enric Isasi-Isasmendi (Spain dub)
Esperança Domènech (Catalan dub; Catalan dub)
Josep María Zamora (Spain dub)
Spanish companies
Broadcaster: TV3 (Televisió de Catalunya)
Distributor: Manga Films (Spain)
Dubbing: Q.T. Lever (Barcelona - Spain dub)
Dubbing Studio:
Intertrack S.A. de C.V. Mexico (Latin America)
Q.T. Lever (Catalan dub)
Home Video: Quality Films (Chile)
Licensed by: Plus Video (Argentina)
Theatrical Distribution: Cinemark (Ecuador)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Fabrizio Mazzotta
Executive producer: Francesco Di Sanzo
Alida Milana as Alita

Cinzia De Carolis as Chiren
Gianni Musy as Vectar
Vladimiro Grana as Griuska

Diego Reggente as Gonzu
Fabrizio Mazzotta as Voce quotifax
Massimo Gentile as Terminal
Italian companies
Distributor:
Granata Press
Polygram Video (VHS)
German staff
German cast
(none)
Daniel Werner as Daisuke Ido
Frauke Poolman as Alita

Jürg Löw as Vektor

Gregor Höppner as Rasha (ep 1)
Heinz Baumeister as Deckman 10
Heinz Ostermann as Gime (ep 2)
Karlheinz Tafel as Guryushika (ep 1)
Peter Harting as Zapan (ep 2)
Reinhard Schulat as Gonzu (ep 1)
Rolf Berg as Fight Announcer
German companies

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