Joseph Luster
February 8, 2019 
We’re dangerously close to the premiere of the long-awaited Alita: Battle Angel movie, which has James Cameron and director Robert Rodriguez adapting the Gunnm—AKA Battle Angel Alita—manga by Yukito Kishiro. To promote the upcoming release, Kishiro illustrated a new visual for the cover of Kodansha’s Evening manga magazine.
The issue hits stands on February 12, timed nicely ahead of the movie’s February 22 premiere in Japan. Check out Kishiro’s new illustration below, followed by a comment on the adaptation.
Here’s what the creator had to say about the movie:
“The core part of the manga was brilliantly passed on to the film. Including the characters’ emotion and raison d’etre, they were perfectly reflected in the film, so I was very happy.”
同ビジュアルは、2/12発売の「イブニング」で表紙を飾ります❗
なお、木城氏は「漫画の核心部分が見事に継承されていた。キャラクターの心の動きや存在理由も含めて、ちゃんと映画で反映されていて、非常に嬉しかったです」と映画を大絶賛‼
原作者も太鼓判の本作にご期待下さい❗#アリータ降臨 pic.twitter.com/jgg2oIYbwZ
— 映画『アリータ：バトル・エンジェル』公式 (@AlitaMovieJP) February 8, 2019
And here’s the Japanese dub trailer:
Source: Alita: Battle Angel Japanese Twitter via Crunchyroll
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