Anime: Hyper Future Vision: Gunnm

I liked this anime. If only they had made more eps! I haven't read any of the manga, but from the anime, I decided to read the third part in the saga.

Back to the anime tho - it looks very nice and is really atmospheric for the world in which it is set. The actual animation could have been more impressive tho. It's style ultimately provides it with enough forgivness to give an above average thought for its visuals.

The sound is very conducive to the visuals. There are excellent sound effects which apply a good ambience to help with the atmosphere; the voice actng is also decent. No perfect score tho, since I wasn't a 100% keen on the musical score, tho it's perfectly satisfactory.

Unfortuantely, from only 2 eps, it's not really possible to give it high ratings in the story, character, value, or even enjoyment areas because you don't see enough of it to judge.

But put it this way, if they started to make the rest of it, i'd be the first one in line to watch it. It seems very cool. The adventures of the main character really do seem to be interesting, and the character herself - her ability and innocence combined make her very watchable.

Boasting an excellent storyline I was really impressed with Battle Angel and I felt that it deserves a TV series of its own. The OVA isnt enough to complicate a wonderful storyline. The creators tried to fit too much in just a 1 hour timeframe. Its not bad but I really want to see a TV series made from this.

Now coming to the actual review of the OVA, I'd say its a worth watch for any Sci-Fi action fan. The fight scenes are gritty and intense and theres gores aplenty... what more can anyone ask for!! The characters unfortunately arent given enough time to fully develop and thus emotions definitely seem rushed even the end and left a rather forgettable impact.

Aside from this I enjoyed this anime somewhat and is definitely something I'd recommend anyone to watch.

Battle Angel Alita - original name Gunnm - is one of the classic anime around. Based on the first volume of the manga, this anime evolves around Dr. Ido, a human doctor in a dark future where half of the people are cyborgs, and a little robot girl.

The animation is pretty nice, considering that the 2 episode ova is quite aged already and they show most scenes very well.

The sound is a bit above average. The voices are done well, the music is okay, but it's nothing great. Although there is nothing to complain about either.

The story is good. They took 2 episodes to tell the beginning of the manga, which involves the early days of the robot girl and Ido and how they manage to live their lives. Although it has lots of potential (or rather, the manga has), the 2 episodes ova clearly shows that it's meant to tell only part of the big picture. Resulting in a good, limited, story and that part is well done. It does involve quite some action, but most of it is focused on the robot girl, which is even touching at moments.

The character development is excellent. Since the story is about the robot girl without any memory, they created the story in such a way that everything in the series adds to develop her character, the same way as the manga does.

Unfortunately, I didn't really like this anime. It was okay to me, but I was expecting much more than those 2 episodes, especially when they gave off so many hints about what could and would happen.
If you ever watch this anime, make sure you also read the manga afterwards since it continues this 'teaser-anime' where it left off.