Battle angel Alita

Alita is a cyborg with no memory of who she was. Cybernetic doctor Daisuke Ido finds her broken and close to death in a junkyard and rebuilds her. Her body, it turns out, remembers what her mind does not.

The story unfolds in the Scrapyard, a post-apocalyptic wasteland of poverty. Above it floats Zalem, the city of the wealthy elite, and the gap between the two has never been wider. Technology has changed what it means to be human here.

Alita survives on instinct, relying on a mastery of Panzer Kunst, a legendary martial art she never remembers learning. She fights her way through a world of bounty hunters and cyborg gangs, and her path leads toward a conspiracy that reaches the highest levels of power.

Yukito Kishiro's cyberpunk manga, originally titled Gunnm, pairs detailed world-building with action on a wide scale. Alita pieces together her past, makes powerful enemies and fights for justice, and the question is what the truth about her origins will cost.