Quote - dphoadley @ Tilandra
Thanks.  Actually, Manga I've heard about, and  'Batle Angle Alita' I think I cpuld've figured out; but what the HECK is a Hugo Motoball, and -why  should any of us even care?
DPH

Hugo is the name of the kid she falls for in this particular incarnation of her very long life. Motoball is a cyborg sport. Combine roller derby in 3 dimensions with heavy doses of Rollerball, Mad Max, and Thunderdome, and you are close. Alita turns to this after Hugo's obsession leads him to a less than happy ending. As for caring....One girl's search for her past, and finding out what she was, where she learned to do the things she can do, and why she did it/them. Also a cautionary tale about allowing either technology or politics dehumanize one. Not to mention the martial arts shit would put Crouching Tiger to shame.....