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Ah, Battle Angel Alita...dammit, Jim Cameron, why aren't you going ahead with the live-action film for this? WHY?Ahem--ah, sorry about that. This was a commission done in '06 for someone who had actually commissioned me to do the Chobits pic as well. It's Alita from LAST ORDER (yeah, I know her name is Gally in GUNMM...), complete with the blade. The scan for this came out sort of crappy, so please pardon the weird look....
The upside to all of this was that a print of this was bought by a very nice girl cosplaying as Alita.
This was traditional, all done in pencil. Enjoy and comment....
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UPDATE: (July 27, 2018) Well, ten years after posting this, it looks like we are finally getting a live-action BAA film, and although Jim Cameron isn't directing it, he did write it (or rather, he co-wrote it) and is producing it, with Robert Rodriguez in the director's chair. Frankly, I'm glad they cast Rosa Salazar as Alita, and while I'm hearing a lot of moaning and groaning, I'm just glad that this is finally making it to the big screen. In December we'll find out if the wait was worth it.
But for now, here's the trailer!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7pYhp…
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Very nice! Are you willing to redo this one, but with color?
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Wow I love her eyes! She has that crazy look in them! 
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Thank you! It's hard to believe, but this one was done some years ago...maybe I should take a crack at another BAA piece, since I love the manga so much...
(Now, if they could get cracking on the long-gestating movie, I will be VERY happy!)
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"I sell my soul, but at the highest rates."
--Harlan Ellison
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wow.. amazing!!! I love her pose and her face is intense. incredible job!!!
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Thanks! I had a great time working on it, since BAA was (well, still is) one of my favorite titles.
Granted, the picture is about six years old, but I do think about trying to work on another one. When that will happen....I dunno.
Meanwhile, I'm still waiting for James Cameron to work on the film!
Thanks again!
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The future is an existential gauntlet we must all run.
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Cameron still has BAA on his mind, but...there will be a wait.
He says more here: [link]
So, there is hope. We'll see!
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The future is an existential gauntlet we must all run.
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Thanks!
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"Jeez....is he FINALLY dead?"
"Well, he looks like he's dead enough."
--from NIGHT OF THE SHAMBLERS (1989)
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Hey, thanks...and yeah, I know...
The funny thing is that he's listed as "Jim Cameron" in the credits for ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK (1981) where he worked on the visual effects--the model work and such. If you haven't seen this film, check it out! It's got a cool story (even though the film takes place in...1997!) and Kurt Russell is fantastic in the film as one of the all-time antiheroes, Snake Plisskin.
All in all though, I do hope he brings BAA to the big screen. He still wants to do it, it seems, after he's done with AVATAR 2 and 3. Keep the fingers crossed....
Oh, and I am hoping to do another Alita piece....hopefully soon, but we'll see.
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"Do not stand behind him...if you value your life."
--from GOLGO 13 (2008-2009)
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allright illl keep my fingers crossed
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Pretty good. BTW is last order still being released?
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Thanks!
As for LAST ORDER...I believe that it is still being released in the US (Vol 14 is due out this month, according to Amazon! However, in Japan, the manga was been put on hold, but Kishiro has decided to resume work on it. I'm not too keen on the details, but a bit of searching will certainly uncover news about LO...
Hope this helps!
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"Do not stand behind him...if you value your life."
--from GOLGO 13 (2008-2009)
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haha, decided to stop being lazy and searched for it. Thanks.
Why do you think they dont want psycho on the magazine? Its seems rather pointless to me.
According to Manga creator Yukito Kishiro, his Battle Angel Alita: Last Order (GUNNM: Last Order) manga is on hiatus since the 100th installment. This is due to a disagreement between Kishiro and the editor of Shueisha's Ultra Jump magazine. The editor want Kishiro not to use the word "psycho" in dialogue
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That's a good question...my guess (and it's only a guess, so take it with a VERY large grain of salt, as they say) is that it's more of a cultural thing, or at the very least the editor was afraid of someone or some group being offended.
Of course, the real reason my be a pretty complex or rather simple thing. Either way, it's just another unfortunate incident of editorial vs. artistic intent, which goes on on both sides of the Pacific. At the risk of sounding a bit long-winded, something similar happened to me while I was writing for a book on superheroes. My editor asked me to re-write one of my entries because what I had written could have offended certain people. I had not meant for the entry to be offensive, yet those few words could have stood out like the proverbial red flag to some. but I also saw that she did have a valid point, so I changed it.
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"Do not stand behind him...if you value your life."
--from GOLGO 13 (2008-2009)
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Yeah, it does make sense but i just cant imagine that much trouble for something so simple.
I was thinking and it may have been a corporation leash tactic that backfired on them, hence the apology he requested to stay.
Anyway, i read yukito is trying to take gunnm to kodansha(one of the other magazines) so its not that bad (i was afraid it would go to limbo like so many other stories).
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Yeah, definitely one of the best...although I'm praying that Jim Cameron _finally_ gets to work on the movie (I mean, after AVATAR's success, the man can do anything he wants, plus they've already got a year's worth of pre-production work on BA...)
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"Take your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape!"
--from PLANET OF THE APES (1968)
"Take your stinking hands off me, you damned dirty human!"
--from PLANET OF THE APES (2001)
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Unfortunately it seems that [censored] "greatly respected" mr. Cameron is seriously going to make another one AVATAR and not Alita. Although, considering AVATAR was quite disappointing in terms of plot and, well, sense, maybe its for better.
But its really unfair cos he obviously has bought the Rights for production and now nobody can make a screen adaptation of the story, none but himself.
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Yeah, I did hear that...nearly ground my teeth to dust in frustration. However, all isn't lost. I then read that one of AVATAR's producers did confirm that Cameron's film _after_ AVATAR 2 will be BATTLE ANGEL. Also, Cameron still drops BA at times during interviews, and there was more than a year's worth of pre-production work done on BA.
AVATAR 2 will probably take much less time to make than the first film because the tech is already there. BATTLE ANGEL will most likely benefit from that tech as well. Granted, while he does own the rights (which means no one else will be able to make an adaptation of BA), I would prefer that Cameron make the film in the end.
Hell, it took him over ten years to make AVATAR. Most movies spend several years in "development hell" before they are ever made. Examples include IRON MAN, SPIDER-MAN,
I,ROBOT, I AM LEGEND, THE PUPPET MASTERS (based on Robert A. Heinlien's novel), and RIVERWORLD. Granted, some films may work and some won't--witness the 1998 GODZILLA film.
Ironically, it was Del Toro who introduced Cameron to the BATTLE ANGEL manga, since Del Toro is a huge manga and anime fan, as well as being a close friend to Cameron. And while it would be interesting to see BA directed by Del Toro, he's getting ready to make THE HOBBIT.
Hang in there! It may take time, but there will be BA movie on the horizon...it will just take time to get there. Maybe five to six years, but...I'm willing to wait. We'll see!
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"Yes sir, I know who Judas was...he was a man I worked for and admired."
--from SEVEN DAYS IN MAY (1964)
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Im waiting with you, actually I was glad that Cameron had bought the rights - his previous works were highly professional and entertaining. But now(after that firework on Pandora) im staring to doubt if his vision of Battle Angel can be something different from mindless eye-candy-ish meat grinder. Of course Alita should be an action movie, but to overlook the serious dramatic components of the story would be a awful mistake. Gali is not Jake Sally, hope he understands this.
PS Interesting info about Del Toro being an initiator of the matter.. Didnt know, thanX.
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Good point about Gally not being Jake...(well, she looks nothing like Sam Worthington
That said, I also agree that a live-action BA should not be an eye-candy orgy only.
The info about Del Toro shocked me when I read it, but in the new book THE FUTURIST, which covers Cameron's life and movie career, it's revealed that he and Del Toro have known each other for many years, going as far back as the early 1990s when Del Toro was putting together CHRONOS. If you can find THE FUTURIST, get it and read it. It's a solid book, and it does not view Cameron through rose-colored lenses.
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"Yes sir, I know who Judas was...he was a man I worked for and admired."
--from SEVEN DAYS IN MAY (1964)
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It would be interesting to read it, but unfortunately in my country its unlikely the book will ever be translated.
Lets hope his talent/luck/Del Toro
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Well said!
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"Put Skydiver into the picture."
--from UFO (1969-1970)
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Yeah, I love the manga... a movie with the technik we can use nowadays - what a great thing!
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live action movie is going to come out.
It is going to be about Battle Angel.
James Cameron is going to be the Director of the movie.
He is the one who directed the " The Terminator, T2, Aliens, and Titanic (1997)"
but don't know when
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Yeah, Cameron has been interested in making a live-action BA film for several years now.
Personally, that could be the best thing to happen, since Alita is cut from the same mold as Cameron's female heroes--and JC is damned good at creating strong female characters (ALIENS, T2, the list goes on...).
However, Cameron had to choose which to start first--BA or AVATAR. He went with AVATAR, and that's wrapping up now. If anything, he would use the technologies and techniques he had on AVATAR to make a live-action BA film.
Like you said, don't know when that will happen, so the best thing to do is keep our fingers crossed!!
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"Space is disease and danger wrapped in darkness and silence."
--from STAR TREK (2009)
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Do you think James Cameron will pull it off?
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I strongly believe that he can. I mean, he took an amazing gamble on TITANIC...and that paid off. He has the talent and certainly the drive.
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"Space is disease and danger wrapped in darkness and silence."
--from STAR TREK (2009)
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Woah nice man! Almost like orginal!
I have only two things to critise.
1.It would be nice if gun has more details
2.Back on the handle of blade is somewhat at bad angle I think...
But to sum up... its Good! ^^
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Thanks! Also, I appreciate the critiques--it's not a problem at all. Trust me, I'm a LOT harsher on my own work than most people realize...
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"I don't believe in no-win situations."
--from STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN (1982)
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Thats a good thing ^^
iI like your style... similar to mine I think ^^' but you are better with shadows and whatever...
See my deviantarts please and comment
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No problem--will do that.
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"Space is full of disease and danger wrapped in darkness and silence."
--from STAR TREK (2009)
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Thanks! I try my best....
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"I don't want everyone to agree with me; I just want people to think."
--Alan Moore
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wow thats way better than the one i did! ^^ lol i love it and it didn't come out bad at all in the scanner so don't worry.
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Hey, thanks! Well....I still have to moan about the scanner a bit because the original is soooo much better. I did get some good copies of it though.
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"You know, someday...someday I may learn to like the human race."
--from PERIPHERAL (2008)
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