is a fictional character in the Battle Angel Alita manga by Yukito Kishiro and its anime adaptation. He is a hunter-warrior or bounty hunter registered with the Factory in the Scrapyard and with the exception of his brain, is a full cyborg. Zapan is named after one of the seven kings who ruled over the four regions of hell according to 16th century demonologists.Kishiro, Yukito: ?Battle Angel Alita: Angel of Redemption?, page 108. Viz Communications, 1996. http://www.answers.com/topic/zapan Accessed on March 21, 2007. His namesake is most likely Zagan, a great king and president of hell described by Johann Weyer in Pseudomonarchia Daemonum who commands 33 legions of demons. Zapan develops an enmity with the protagonist Alita and later becomes as one of her deadliest enemies following his acquisition of the Berserker Body, one of her former cyborg bodies. Hunter-warrior Zapan first makes an appearance when Daisuke Ido and Alita

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