Battle Angel Alita (銃夢 Ganmu) is an original video animation based on the manga created by Yukito Kishiro and published between 1990 and 1995 in Shueisha's Business Jump magazine. The comic's first two of the nine volumes were adapted into a two-part anime original video animation in 1993.
The OVA was originally licensed and dubbed in English in the United Kingdom by Manga Entertainment in 1994. It was later released in the United States under the title Battle Angel by ADV Films in 1996.
Cast
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manga UK | ADV | |||
|
Alita (Gally) | Miki Itō | Larissa Murray | Amanda Winn Lee |
|
Daisuke Ido | Shunsuke Kariya | Stuart Milligan | Guil Lunde |
|
Chiren | Mami Koyama | Tamsin Hollo | Laura Chapman |
 
|
Yugo | Kappei Yamaguchi | Edward Glen | Spike Spencer |
|
Vector | Shigeru Chiba | John Guerrasio | Tristan MacAvery |
|
Gime | Kazuyuki Sogabe | William Roberts | Bryan Bounds |
|
Zapan | Kōji Totani | ¿? | Aaron Krohn |
 
|
Grewcica | Ryūzaburō Ōtomo | John Bull | Matt Greenfield |
|
Tanji | Takumi Yamazaki | ¿? | Kurt Stoll |
|
Rasha | Shinshiro Nita | ¿? | Brett Weaver |
|
Gonz | Kazuhiko Kishino | ¿? | Rick Peeples |
Additional Voices
ADV Dub
- Bryan Bounds
- Angel Fisher
- Tiffany Grant
- Matt Greenfield
- Andy Orjuela
- Rick Peeples
- Lorraine Reyes
- Dan Rockwell
- Jennifer Rutherford
- Doug Smith
- Kurt Stoll
- Brett Weaver
Notes
- Alita is renamed Gally in the ADV Dub.
Video Releases
| Distributor | Year | Format | Dub | Region | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manga Entertainment | 1994 | 
|
Manga UK | PAL | United Kingdom | 
|
| ADV Films | 1996 | ADV | NTSC | United States | 
| |
| 1999 | 
|
1 NTSC | ||||
External Links
- Battle Angel Alita at the Internet Movie Database
- Battle Angel Alita (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
