Doc Ido, a doctor and mechanic who lives and works in the hellish, postapocalyptic \"Scrapyard\", finds the - miraculously preserved - remains of a female cyborg in a junk heap. After he revives and rebuilds her, the preternaturally strong, amnesiac Alita begins to forge a life for herself in a world where every day can bring a fight for life. Adapts the first two volumes of the \"Battle Angel Alita\" manga.

The manga by Yukito Kishiro runs 9 volumes: Battle Angel Alita
Tears of an Angel
Killing Angel
Angel of Victory
Angel of Redemption
Angel of Death
Angel of Chaos
Fallen Angel
Angel\'s Ascension

The manga is published Stateside by Viz.
The character list is for the OVA and should not be considered comprehensive for the manga.

The Battle Angel Alita: Last Order manga, also published by Viz, is a continuation or alternate ending set some time after the original. Alita is resurrected in a more powerful body and thrust into a new conflict.

Last Order consists of 5 volumes:
Angel Reborn
Angel of the Innocents
Angel Eternal
Angel of Protest
Haunted Angel