"Alita: Battle Angel" Cyberpunk, fighting heroine. Born from Cameron's affinity with "Gunm" *Note! Contains spoilers.

Three cameo actors are key to sequel idea

As mentioned earlier, ``Alita: Battle Angel'' only visualizes about half of the story from the original manga. Cameron also said in an interview that if this movie is successful, he would like to make two more Battle Angel movies. Stars who appear in cameos can help you predict what these sequels will be about. Even if he appears in only a few scenes in this movie, it is thought that he will play an important role in the second movie and beyond.

First of all, Jashugan, who is briefly seen in the sequence of the first match of the martial arts game ``Motorball,'' is played by Jai Courtney, who played Kyle Reese in `` The Terminator: Genisys '' (15). As readers of the manga know, Jashugan is the strongest player who reigns as the champion in the top league of Motorball. If a second movie is made, there is no doubt that the battle between Jashugan and Alita will be recreated.

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In the ancient battle scene that is inserted as a flashback in Alita, the female warrior Gerda is played by Michelle Rodriguez, who played a good role as a soldier on the side of the main character Jake and others in `` Avatar ''. Gerda is a character who first appears in Gunm's sequel, Gunm's Last Order, and is also a master of armor. Even in the second and subsequent movies, flashbacks of Gerda teaching Alita armor techniques and scenes of them fighting together in past wars are likely to be depicted. However, the elements of `` Gunm Last Order '' will probably be fully reflected in the third game.

And then there is Disti Nova, who is like the final boss of Gunm. At the end of the film, Nova, who monitors the trash town from Zalem, removes her distinctive sunglasses to reveal that she is played by Edward Norton. It is charming that Norton's hair was dyed white, making him look like Cameron. The showdown between Alita and Nova that will decide the fate of Kuzu Tetsucho and Zalem will probably be the highlight of the second film.

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"Gunmu" new edition volumes 1 to 7 (written by Yukito Kishiro, published by Shueisha)

Text: Ikuya Takamori

Freelance writer, English-Japanese translator. Mainly contributes movie reviews and columns to web media, and translates news articles. The translated book is ``Science of Star Wars--Thorough verification! From the true nature of the Force to intergalactic travel” (written by Mark Blake and John Chase, published by Kagaku Doujin) and others.

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