Aelita: Queen of Mars

Shivalitka · Post by **Shivalitka** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 2:00 pm

What do you think about that movie ?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0014646/

Vetrox · Post by **Vetrox** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 1:33 pm

Didn't know about that one, I'll have to see it.
Maybe Kishiro picked the name "Alita" from this?
Nice find, anyway

Keitaro · Post by **Keitaro** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 7:35 pm

A russian film?

Batousai · Post by **Batousai** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 6:29 pm

Vetrox wrote:Didn't know about that one, I'll have to see it.
Maybe Kishiro picked the name "Alita" from this?
Nice find, anyway

Umm... Alita's name in the original manga (Tsutsu Yume Gunnm) is Gally, not Alita... Alita is the name of a cat...

lyssla · Post by **lyssla** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 5:32 am

sorry to revive an old thread but for anyone who cares:

Fred Burke (US translator for Gunnm):
"In a similar vein, the name Alita wound up with connotations beyond my original thoughts: I found out a year later that there is a Russian silent expressionist film called Aelita, Queen of Mars. And the name, obviously, was chosen well before I hit those parts of the story."

From the gunnm faq: http://www.reimeika.ca/marco/gfaq.html#Q15

MugattuHasGotchu · Post by **MugattuHasGotchu** » Thu May 22, 2008 2:02 am

How about this possible connection?

The classical story of Pygmalion and Galatea.

Pygmalion of Cyprus becomes a sculptor who falls in love with one of his beautiful ivory statues. His prayers to Aphrodite are granted and Galatea comes to life.

It's curious that our character in Gunnm is named both Gally and Alita. What a coincidence that combined we have Galita. Galatea? Hmm...

Sergio Nova · Post by **Sergio Nova** » Thu May 22, 2008 10:59 pm

MugattuHasGotchu wrote:How about this possible connection?

The classical story of Pygmalion and Galatea.

Pygmalion of Cyprus becomes a sculptor who falls in love with one of his beautiful ivory statues. His prayers to Aphrodite are granted and Galatea comes to life.

It's curious that our character in Gunnm is named both Gally and Alita. What a coincidence that combined we have Galita. Galatea? Hmm...

Sorry, thnat interpretation is too forced!!