In addition to the original manga author Yukito Kishiro, another special Japanese guest at the Japan premiere screening of Alita: Battle Angel was internationally famous virtual YouTuber Kizuna AI.
With her on the stage, Rosa Salazar (Alita), Christoph Waltz (Dr. Dyson Ido), director Robert Rodriguez, and producer Jon Landau talked about the possibility of love and friendship between man and machine, or virtual characters like AI.
Then Salazar said that she wanted to see a love story between them.