Battle Angel Alita
Heavily armed female warriors ("sentō bishōjo") represent another class of girls and women in manga for male readers. Some "sentō bishōjo" are battle cyborgs, like Alita from "Battle Angel Alita" by Yukito Kishiro, Motoko Kusanagi from Masamune Shirow's "Ghost in the Shell", and Chise from Shin Takahashi's "Saikano". Others are human, like Attim M-Zak from Hiroyuki Utatane's "Seraphic Feather", Johji Manabe's Karula Olzen from "Drakuun", and Alita Forland (Falis) from Sekihiko Inui's "Murder Princess".