Maser Patrol podcast episode 41: Alita – Battle Angel
Podcast – Maser Patrol
English - March 05, 2019 01:10 - 47.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsTV & Film tokusatsu anime manga kaiju japanese cinema Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In this episode, Kevin, Benji, and Josh sit down for a spoiler-laden review of the long, long, long-awaited new Hollywood quasi-hit Alita: Battle Angel! We jump right into comparisons between the movie, OVA, and original manga, so if you haven’t … Continue reading →
In this episode, Kevin, Benji, and Josh sit down for a spoiler-laden review of the long, long, long-awaited new Hollywood quasi-hit Alita: Battle Angel! We jump right into comparisons between the movie, OVA, and original manga, so if you haven’t seen it yet, I recommend that you do that first…unless all you want from the podcast are passive-aggressive comments about Ghost in the Shell and the works of Mitsuru Adachi; in that case you’re golden. So, was the film able to please three grumpy old-school anime nerds? Listen to find out!
(Spoilers: The answer is yes. Go see the movie.)
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As mentioned:
First trailer for the movie in question:
I forgot to mention how ace the music is in the OVA:
Yukito Kishiro’s poster:
The cast meets Kizuna Ai:
Giving away actual cyborg arms seems like a pretty cool way to promote a film.
…and of course: