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So this movie comes out on February 14 2019, and it is based on a manga cyborg character.
There are several things I have noticed in the backstory, such as names of places and concepts that are very occultic, and based on the Kabbalistic Tree of Life as well as certain Biblical verses.
First thing I have noticed is that the name of the floating city above the city where Alita is found, in a scrapyard, is Tipheres. Which is obviously an adaptation of the word Tipheret, the sixth Sefira in the Tree of Life:
From the Battle Angel Alita wiki:
"The midair city, an unachievable and mysterious metropolis, as the inhabitants of The Scrapyard have no access to it. It will be finally seen in Hyper Future Vision, volume 7, Angel of Chaos.
As explained in Last Order, volume 10, Angel goes Nova, page 147, it was originally designed as a starship (or space shuttle) simulator. However, since generating antimatter that is fuel of the starship became the cause of the terraforming war, the starship and generating antimatter were sealed by the Ladder Treaty. Because of the historical details like the above, contacts with Tiphares which can arouse big countries’ suspicion were postponed.
Also, in Last Order, volume 10, Angel goes Nova, pages 177-181, we learn why there are eleven tubes connecting the midair city to the surface instead of ten or twelve, as it would be expected, after a dreadful aftershock that spread down the space elevator."
https://wiki.rippersanime.info/tiki-index.php?page=Tiphares
Also, there is another city called Ketheres, which is again obviously a reference to the Tree of Life, the top Sefira called Kether.
A Biblical element that I have found is Jacob's Ladder, an orbital elevator that connects Tipheres to Ketheres:
"In the Old Testament, Jacob dreamed of a ladder which angels used to climb to and from the heavens.
And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it. (Genesis 28, 12)
In the story, Jacob’s ladder is the orbital elevator that connects Tiphares to Ketheres and then to the Moon, Mars, Venus, and then to the Galileo Satellites, as Melchizedek teaches in Hyper Future Vision, volume 9, Angel’s Ascension, page 206."
Not a coincidence I am sure. These Japanese dudes who make these mangas really know their occult stuff.
Then, there are a couple of references in the movie to Hell and its synonym, the "Underworld."
The main villain says "I would rather rule in Hell than serve in Heaven", which is an obvious reference to John Milton's "Paradise Lost" imagined quote of Lucifer:
Satan, formerly called Lucifer, is the first major character introduced in the poem. He was once the most beautiful of all angels, and is a tragic figure who famously declares: "Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven." Following his failed rebellion against God, he is cast out from Heaven and condemned to Hell.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradise_Lost
Alita also falls in the Underworld, which is the world that Osiris falls into and become its ruler (and that Jesus went to preach after he died), to battle a bad cyborg maniac:
Alita is found in the scrapyard at the beginning, and later founds out that she is from the city Tiphares, so she is a sort of fallen angel (Lucifer?). Hence the Angel title. The manga is a lot more detailed than the movie obviously though and goes into things like very unsavory stuff that goes on in Tiphares like people being turned into brainless cyborgs without their permission. There is a character who needs endorphins and has to eat brains to get them. There is also a lot of nanotechnology references, and Alita is resurrected with the use of that technology at one point. She goes through many cyborg bodies until one day is able to get out in space and become a "real girl". Kind of like a sci-fi Pinnochio story.
If you're interested to know more:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_Angel_Alita
There are several things I have noticed in the backstory, such as names of places and concepts that are very occultic, and based on the Kabbalistic Tree of Life as well as certain Biblical verses.
First thing I have noticed is that the name of the floating city above the city where Alita is found, in a scrapyard, is Tipheres. Which is obviously an adaptation of the word Tipheret, the sixth Sefira in the Tree of Life:
From the Battle Angel Alita wiki:
"The midair city, an unachievable and mysterious metropolis, as the inhabitants of The Scrapyard have no access to it. It will be finally seen in Hyper Future Vision, volume 7, Angel of Chaos.
As explained in Last Order, volume 10, Angel goes Nova, page 147, it was originally designed as a starship (or space shuttle) simulator. However, since generating antimatter that is fuel of the starship became the cause of the terraforming war, the starship and generating antimatter were sealed by the Ladder Treaty. Because of the historical details like the above, contacts with Tiphares which can arouse big countries’ suspicion were postponed.
Also, in Last Order, volume 10, Angel goes Nova, pages 177-181, we learn why there are eleven tubes connecting the midair city to the surface instead of ten or twelve, as it would be expected, after a dreadful aftershock that spread down the space elevator."
https://wiki.rippersanime.info/tiki-index.php?page=Tiphares
Also, there is another city called Ketheres, which is again obviously a reference to the Tree of Life, the top Sefira called Kether.
A Biblical element that I have found is Jacob's Ladder, an orbital elevator that connects Tipheres to Ketheres:
"In the Old Testament, Jacob dreamed of a ladder which angels used to climb to and from the heavens.
And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it. (Genesis 28, 12)
In the story, Jacob’s ladder is the orbital elevator that connects Tiphares to Ketheres and then to the Moon, Mars, Venus, and then to the Galileo Satellites, as Melchizedek teaches in Hyper Future Vision, volume 9, Angel’s Ascension, page 206."
Not a coincidence I am sure. These Japanese dudes who make these mangas really know their occult stuff.
Then, there are a couple of references in the movie to Hell and its synonym, the "Underworld."
The main villain says "I would rather rule in Hell than serve in Heaven", which is an obvious reference to John Milton's "Paradise Lost" imagined quote of Lucifer:
Satan, formerly called Lucifer, is the first major character introduced in the poem. He was once the most beautiful of all angels, and is a tragic figure who famously declares: "Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven." Following his failed rebellion against God, he is cast out from Heaven and condemned to Hell.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradise_Lost
Alita also falls in the Underworld, which is the world that Osiris falls into and become its ruler (and that Jesus went to preach after he died), to battle a bad cyborg maniac:
Alita is found in the scrapyard at the beginning, and later founds out that she is from the city Tiphares, so she is a sort of fallen angel (Lucifer?). Hence the Angel title. The manga is a lot more detailed than the movie obviously though and goes into things like very unsavory stuff that goes on in Tiphares like people being turned into brainless cyborgs without their permission. There is a character who needs endorphins and has to eat brains to get them. There is also a lot of nanotechnology references, and Alita is resurrected with the use of that technology at one point. She goes through many cyborg bodies until one day is able to get out in space and become a "real girl". Kind of like a sci-fi Pinnochio story.
If you're interested to know more:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_Angel_Alita
