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Title (English) Battle Angel Atila
Title (Japanese) Gunnmu
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Fantasy Novel

Notes 2 OVAs
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Review BATTLE ANGEL ATILA (Manga Video), 55 mins, cert
15, £10.99
English versions of GUNNM - Rusty Angel & GUNNM
- Tears Sign. Superbly realised cyberpunk SF, set in a
bleak future where cyborgs and bounty hunters battle in a
trash-heap and industrial wasteland, under the shadow of
the floating nirvana- city of Zalem. Atila, brought back to
life by Ido, a brilliant cyber-doctor, has no memories of
her past, but soon reveals that she is programmed with
extraordinary combat powers. She also has a human
heart. The vividly realised settings and designs, the black
humour of the cyborg scenes, the excitement of the
battles, the deep rumbling under the looming aerial city,
and the perceptive depiction of human emotions combine
to make this a great video. Between the NTSC episodes
[see BATTLE ANGEL (A.D.Vision),$34.95, NTSC,
subtitled, 60 mins.] is the sombre song "An Insignificant
Girl" which is missing in the PAL version, and which
perfectly sets the mood for the human tragedy that is to
follow. A masterpiece.
The PAL mass-market version unfortunately is seriously
flawed by dubbing with voices that introduce a levity
unsuited to the dark theme of the video. It also uses a
different and freer translation compared to the NTSC,
which also retains the heroine's original name, Gally. The
PAL version's sound effects are nevertheless impressive
on a multispeaker stereo system.
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Episodes 2
Release US:DVD, US:VHS, UK:VHS
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Date 1993
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or in "The Anime Encyclopedia" (Clements & McCarthy, Stone Bridge Press, 2001).
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