Battle Angel shares his new Japanese trailer

Having spent years in a vacuum of development, the film adaptation of Battle Angel Alita Finally, the film will be released in Japan, given its manga origins.

Opening in Japan on February 22 Alita: Battle Angel shared a Japanese dub trailer for the film starring Mone Kamishiraishi as Alita's voice. You can check it in the video above.

Cartoon fans will recognize Kamishiraishi for his role as Mitsuha Miyamizu in Makoto Shinkai Your name. This film was a little hit when it was released, it quickly became one of the most successful anime films of all time in Japan and the United States. With the support of Kamishiraishi Alita: Battle AngelThe Japanese release of this film could very well have the same success in both regions.

Initially scheduled for the first time on July 20, 2018 and December 21, 2018, Alita: Battle Angel is currently scheduled for the first time on February 14 in the United States. Alita: Battle Angel is directed by Robert Rodriguez, produced by James Cameron and Jon Landau, with Rosa Salazar (Alita), Christoph Waltz, Jennifer Connelly, Mahershala Ali, Ed Skrein and Jackie Earle Haley.

While fans have had mixed reactions to Alita: Battle AngelThe original director, Yukito Kishiro, is optimistic about the future of the series, noting a Hollywood adaptation as a "dream come true" for him. Salazar told ComicBook.com that "I'm glad we stayed true to the vision, I'm glad we can all keep what Yukito Kishiro did … It was always the goal, and it was not a surprise, it was … we took pictures and moments directly from the manga and we did our best to translate them. "

Battle Angel Alita (known as GUNNM in Japan) was originally created by Yukito Kishiro for Shueisha's Weekly Business Business in 1990. The series unfolds in a post-apocalyptic future and follows Alita, a cyborg found in a pile of garbage. by a doctor and rebuilt. Completely devoid of memory, she only has to stick to a legendary cyborg martial art called Panzer Kunst. With this knowledge, Alita decides to become a bounty hunter. Since then, Viz Media has licensed the series for publication in English and has combined it into nine volumes.