| | |  | STUDIO GHIBLI LIBRARY | Home » » » Battle Angel Alita: Last Order, Vol. 12 | | | | | | | Product Promotions: | | | | | Description: | | A sophisticated science fiction tale packed with action, black humor, and philosophical, historical, and cultural references! R to L (Japanese Style). "Angel Redux"This time, Alita returns in an unprecedented form (Check out this volume's cover for details!) it seems no one can touch--not even Super Nova! Then Agi Mbadi, the dictator of Ketheres, goes on the offensive. If he cancels the Z.O.T.T. for "safety reasons," will Alita's dream of independence for Tiphares and the Scrapyard be crushed forever? Master manga creater Yukito Kishiro returns, accompanied by his most celebrated character, cyborg sweetheart Battle Angel Alita. Meet Kishiro's latest bevy of bizarre and tormented characters and catch up with your favorite friends and foes! A sophisticated science fiction tale packed with action, black humor, and philosophical, historical, and cultural references! | | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Yukito Kishiro | | Paperback:
| 216 pages | | Publisher:
| VIZ Media LLC | | Publication Date:
| October 13, 2009 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 1421529181 | | Product Length:
| 7.6 inches | | Product Width:
| 5.22 inches | | Product Height:
| 0.71 inches | | Product Weight:
| 0.47 pounds | | Package Length:
| 7.48 inches | | Package Width:
| 5.04 inches | | Package Height:
| 0.94 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.35 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 5 reviews |
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3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 Hmm...Mar 17, 2010
By A. Amat
"Mugetsu"
Wow vol.12
I gotta tell you i think poor little Alita has been milked to death...(err...that sounds wrong) what i mean is, i feel this series is going nowhere, you get to the point were all the metaphysical, psychological gobbledigook just gets tiring, Alita grew up to be somewhat of a bore. I don't like the tail or the new outfit, it just doesn't fit her, alita was unintentionally cute, never purposely so. The plot has been given the runaround so much i just don't really care why or what is going on...
With that being said, Yukito Kishiro's art style is clean and impressive! the action flows smoothly off the pages and the character designs are a mix of cool,bizarre,grotesque and comical. Kishiro continues introducing and killing off more characters than most western comic book companies wish they could imagine up. Like someone mentioned it's true that he gives nearly all of his characters a back story,BUT i feel sometimes it is simply to take away attention from the fact that the main plot has become stale and redundant or simply could be finished in a single volume.
I feel B.A.L.O has become the Dragoon Ball Z of today all action with little to no true interesting plot.
this is from someone who has been a fan of the author and character from near the beginning...
4 of 5 found the following review helpful:
 Another favorite in the seriesOct 16, 2009
By David J. Farrenkopf
"Davie"
Though I was a little worried about where the series was heading in the last few books, Vol. 12 clears up a lot of questions. Like another review I think the karate thing dragged on a bit, but I believe we all just wanted to see some more Alita action and we're getting antsy. You have to give it to Mr. Kishiro who gives backstory on almost all his characters unlike most manga just focusing on the main character.
5stars/5stars (probably biased) for me.
Recommend this for any new or old manga reader!
4 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Pretty darn good!!!Oct 08, 2009
By T. Paukune
"sparklyblitz"
I love this manga. I have all of the Battle Angel Alita and Last Order novels, and I can say this is about THE BEST Last Order novel so far, in my opinion!
The first part is Alita's return; it's amazing, thrilling, and so exciting! Mbadi no longer can control Alita through hacking, and chaos ensues at the ZOTT. I won't spoil anymore for you, but it's fantastic! Alita's new powers are unfathomable.
After the serious action of the first part, the story really picks up in an intriguing way. I love what it introduced, such as the Sword of Damocles, and something is up with Zazie.
Humor also returns with the "Great Karate War", as it is called.
We also find out why Mbadi turned so evil, and when he started getting multiple brain chips and the effect of those on him.
Super Nova also appears and so does "Tzyk The Brute" (now called Tsykrow) from volume 7 of Last Order, Alita's old Panzer Kunst teacher from Mars! Nova requests his brain and takes him back to Mars for unknown reasons (though if you read the original series, I'm sure you can imagine!).
The translation is pretty well done too.
The only reason I gave it four stars out of five is the end. The Karate thing drags on, but the last few pages with Raka the rapist are fascinating (no hentai or rape, don't worry!). and Toji gives Alita this weird metaphor that I felt was poorly executed.
Overall, I absolutely LOVED this volume!!!!! Highly recommended, it's just the end part that was a bit irking for me (I find all the Karate stuff silly).
I dig it, but it's getting slowJul 18, 2011
By AddictedPNR
I've read the entire battle angel series and I love it all. But the story is starting to get a little slow and I keep hoping for some sort of progress.
Alita rages on.. good MangaFeb 07, 2011
By Sergio L. Aponte
"Iron Monkey"
I am a dedicated fan of Alita in any shape or form, so the review comes from a fan of the series. If you are reading this volume, you probably should read them all. :-)
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