Hey Hobby Ninja, would you recommend the first Battle Angel Alita? With the sale going on I was thinking of picking up at least 4 volumes of it, either that or Claymore. Also I wanted to know if buying Black Lagoon would be 'pointless' if I've already seen the anime, which was very good in my opinion.
I would highly recommend
Battle Angel Alita and
Claymore. Alita is a good sci-fi series with some original ideas.
Claymore has a real edge of your seat style to it. You wonder what will happen next with the battle scenes. The anime varied greatly toward the end of the series, so the manga will be different. As for
Black Lagoon, it is one of those things that I've bought because I loved the series but have not read yet. My manga backlog is about a hundred books right now. Maybe I can do something about that now that my daughter has gone back to school.
