Production
Takahashi Hiroshi Sugiyama Megumi
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Presented by Project Daicon
A.K., C.H., W.Y.
Put out the fire!
You other soldiers go after Professor Narerov!
Kill him if you have to!
Not yet?
General Gaizel.
Planning
Masataka Masaki Hida Teruhisa
We'll have him soon.
Hurry.
There he is! Seal the block!
Created by
Yoshimoto Ginji Urushihara Satoshi
Elize, take this escape pod to the city.
What about you, Papa?
I don't have time now. I'll follow soon.
Hurry, get inside!
You have to carry on, Elize. Carry on and stop Gaizel!
Producers
Ikeguchi Kazuyoshi Fujii Mitsuharu
You've done a foolish thing, Professor Narerov.
Shoot him.
Papa!
I want to go to the sea!
Oh yeah.
We're stuck here 'cause the Cha Cha Maru's getting repaired.
Huh? Where is everyone?
Oh... well.
OH NO!
I overslept.
May! Nichol!
Mikhail! Balboa! Roger!
Hey, Nichol!
Oh man, left behind again.
Hey! Sleepy Tita!
We've taken off first!
All right!
Well, there's nothing for you to do even if you're here, so we're leaving first.
Oh yeah. When you wake up, please bring our lunch as usual.
With that, please make sure you get here by lunchtime!
That's it! This is resident genius, Nichol, speaking!
Thank you!
Mikhail! Mikhail!
Well, think it'll be finished?
Almost. How about you?
About two more days.
By the way, where's that idiot Roger?
Don't know.
I'm starving, Nichol.
Yeah. Geez, it's WAY past noon!
We're going to die at this rate!
You ain't gonna die!
There!
Maybe I bought too much.
Aarghh! Get in there!
There, finally got it in!
What's with you?!
I-I'm sorry.
Don't worry. I'm okay.
I'm sorry.
What's her hurry?
Move it!
Wh-what the hell's with those guys?!
This is NOT my day!
First I'm left behind, and now...
No!
You're coming with us.
Those jerks!
Hurry and get in!
But...
You want to get away?! Hurry!
Damn! You're not getting away!
Let's go!
This is section A! We've lost her!
Sections B and C, block number 13!
They're stubborn!
Hang on tight now!
Shi--!
Call a diver!
I-I'm very sorry. There was unexpected interference.
We couldn't do what we needed to because we were in public.
Enough. Get them within 24 hours.
Or else your body will be floating in that river.
It's gotta be something strange!
She's still not here even now.
The hotel says she was out before noon.
It must be a guy.
I bet she's with some nasty guy, doing this and doing that.
Maybe even...
Roger!
That can't possibly be it!
How would you know, huh?
How can you be sure, Nichol?
Huh, uh, well...
In any case, we still haven't had lunch even now.
She certainly is running late.
Isn't she? She's making all of us worry.
Especially today, she'll get...
Tita!
Sorry... I lost... the groceries.
Nichol! Get some water.
That's okay, we've had enough water.
What the hell happened to you?
Who's that girl, Tita?
Uh, just a sec. Don't worry.
They're all part of Cha Cha Maru's crew, and they're my friends.
Tita! What in the world happened to you?
It's no big deal, May.
But take a look at her first. I think she's hurt.
Now, show me your wound.
It's all right. I won't do anything.
I'm just going to fix your injuries.
It'd be terrible for a girl to have scars, right?
So that's it.
Pretty close call, Tita.
There, I'm finished.
Good thing it wasn't a bad injury.
Yes. Uh, thank you.
So now, can you tell us why they were chasing you?
Or else we and Tita will be dragged in without knowing what's going on.
Is there some reason why you can't say?
But before that, tell us your name.
It'd be strange to say "you" or "hey", right?
C'mon, tell us!
Fine. If you don't tell us, we'll just pick any ol' name for you.
You know, Tita, you're going to catch a cold like that.
You and she should take a bath.
Oh yeah. That's it, that's it!
Two women skin to skin, we'll have no secrets!
Hey, you know, our ship has a really cool bath!
Come on, let's go!
Come on, hurry!
But...
Oh, that Tita!
B-bare skin...
The Big Bath
Hey, where do you live?
Somewhere on this island, right?
Geez, what's the problem?
C'mon!
Hey, hurry and get into the--
H-how old ARE you?
At least tell me your age.
Uh, I'm sixteen.
Six-teen?
I'm a year older, but...
'Snot fair! Damn my body!
No one will notice me if she's-- Achoo!
Oh, forget it! Let's hurry and take a bath!
Here we go!
Man, that was fun!
Isn't it great?
We converted one of the animal storage tanks into a bathroom.
Who are you? Why did you rescue me?
Oh sorry. I didn't say anything about myself.
I'm Tita Miu Koshibara.
This is a pet shop hunter's ship.
And I'm the captain.
As for why I rescued you...
That's kind of tough.
Isn't it enough that I did?
Even when there were so many of them, and they were military?
All the more reason I couldn't leave you.
Besides, you didn't look like a bad person.
We shouldn't be doing this, Roger!
It's really risky!
What are you saying?
You like Tita, don't you?
Don't you want to see?
Yup!
Thought so. Here!
These are deep-sea binoculars!
You'll have no problem seeing through the steam with these.
Take a look through'em!
Uh, right.
Um, uh...
Huh? Yes?
What kind of job does a pet shop hunter do?
Oh, we catch live deep-sea animals and sell them as pets to other planets.
Well, we just catch them.
See, those animals up--
Those assholes!
Die.
Sorry to scare you like that.
It'll be okay now.
What interesting people.
Really? They're just stupid and perverted!
I'm sorry.
I couldn't trust anyone.
My name's Elize. Elize Artmodesh.
Elize, huh? That's a nice name.
Have you found out anything?
Take a look at this.
Huh, what's this?
What is it?
There was a major accident five days ago.
Look below.
Uh... according to the military, Chief Researcher Narerov Artmodesh...
...and his daughter, Elize Artmodesh, died in the accident.
Then what does this picture mean?
So the military's involved in this, and they say the girl is dead.
Something very strange's going on...
If there's something...
Does Tita know this?
I'm sure she doesn't know.
Good deal! We're on time.
Watch!
It's beautiful.
I've never seen such a beautiful sunrise.
Good!
C'mon, time for breakfast. I could eat a horse.
Sure.
Balboa, your hunch was correct.
The military were asking about Tita and Elize at the port.
That's not good. If they're waiting in ambush...
Tita's at Windmill Peak, Balboa. Hurry!
Got it!
What's going on?
Beats me.
That was delicious!
I'm glad you liked it.
It's been a while since I've had fun like this.
I've had the blues 'cause we couldn't hit the sea.
You like the sea better?
Of course, I'm a pet shop hunter.
I'd rather be fighting cloud-whales anyday.
...Nichol touched the cloud-jellysnake with his bare hand last time,...
...and got paralyzed for two hours!
Why do you do this kind of work? I mean, you're a girl.
I guess it's my father. He was a pet shop hunter, too.
He was captain of this crew, too.
He was?
Uh-huh.
I was six when he was lost at sea on a hunting trip.
There was a big accident.
He jettisoned the engine core to save everyone.
He disappeared into the deep sea.
We searched for a year, but...
...with those conditions, he couldn't be saved.
But... you don't believe it, do you?
Well, who knows? I don't know myself.
But... I think he's alive somewhere. That's probably why I do this job.
I'd like to think so, too.
I think I'm starting to like you.
What...?
Those are... military combat craft!
Watch out!
Hope I'm not too late.
Am I too late?!
Tita! Where are you? Tita!
Huh! Into town, of all places?
I'm sorry, Tita.
Huh, what?
I've drawn you into something that's none of your business.
It's my business now. Don't worry.
Those bastards...
Listen, Tita!
A week ago, there was a major accident in the center of this colony.
One of the grav-engines was destroyed.
Can't you tell me about this later?
I've got to tell you now!
The person responsible for this was my father, Narerov Artmodesh.
The colony floats in this planet's "sea" from the gravitic repulsion...
...generated by the IDP grav-system.
For the last 10 years, the military's been planning a graviton weapon...
...and has kept it secret from its own government and populace.
The military took advantage of my father.
By the time he figured it out, the project was already completed.
Conceived deep in the colony, the project was meant to help people.
But they perverted its purpose to make a hellish weapon for General Gaizel.
And my father...
He destroyed the weapon and helped you escape, didn't he?
So, where's your father now?
The military killed him when he did that.
I'm sorry, Tita.
I couldn't bring your father back with me.
So that's it.
Tita. Let me off here.
Huh?
I don't want to drag you in any further.
You're my first and only friend.
Because we're friends...
Because I'm your only friend, I won't let them take you!!
I'll protect you, Elize!!
Tita...
Over there!
You've caused me quite a bit of trouble.
Now tell me the password.
I don't know the password...
In that case, I'll make you remember.
Elize, you better tell me now.
Stop. I really don't know!
Stop! STOP!
Tita! Tita!
Nice hunter suit. Better than military issue.
But how well did her insides fare?
Please stop it.
Have you remembered the password?
I really don't know the password.
But I've been taught how to decipher the password.
If I return to the lab...
And in exchange, you want me to spare the girl?
Fine.
But you have to tell me now.
Don't... go.
Tita!
They'll kill you anyway.
I'm sorry.
Bring the ship down.
You can decode the activation password for the graviton weapon by running...
...my DNA data through the BRG return device using the lower 12th factorial.
Tita!
You liar! You said you'd spare her!
How naive.
Tita! Tita!
TITA!!!
What?
Tita!
Impossible!
Tita! Elize!
Damn those pet shop hunters.
Balboa, the hotel's been blown up.
This place will be next.
How's Tita?
Boss, this place is breaking up. The roof's caving in!
Mikhail, take the ship out! I've rescued them.
Understood.
Thank goodness.
None of her internal organs were seriously injured. What a stroke of luck.
This is all my fault. It's all my...
Don't worry about it.
Tita's okay.
Don't die! Don't die, Tita!!
May! Tita! How's Tita?!
She's all right. She's sedated right now.
Look after Tita.
Thanks!
Call me if anything changes.
Right.
Tita.
How's Tita?
She's fine.
That's so? Good.
Elize. I think it's about time you tell us what all this is about.
Yes.
You can get up now, Elize.
Well, are you getting anything?
Yes, but it'll take some time.
I see.
Where are you going?
I need a breath of air.
Sorry to make you wait, Mikhail.
I was just looking at the clouds.
And?
What do you want to talk about?
What do you think?
About what?
About Tita.
Nice kid. She takes after her father.
That's not what I'm asking.
Then what?
About what just happened. It's too heavy for any of us.
Our job is to trap animals.
We can't take on the military.
Tita doesn't realize that.
As I recall, you were in the military before.
If you know all this, why are you still onboard?
Why did you come back?!
Boss!
Answer me!!
If you can't trust your captain, then leave the ship!!
Wait a minute! I never said that!
We're facing the military! All we'll get is one chance!
It's too late if Tita gets herself killed.
Then we better make sure that doesn't happen.
Even if I have to die, Tita will NOT!
Ouch.
Why this jerk! Not only once, but twice!
Tita...
Don't die, Tita...
Nichol...
He must have watched me all night.
Thank you.
Tita! You shouldn't be up so soon!
I'm all right now.
Tita.
Ma'am.
Sorry to worry you all.
Are you okay now?
Perfectly fine! I'm just bursting with energy!
Tita, what's our next move?
I heard the story from May.
Naturally, we'll take on the military.
I want to pay that Gaizel back. With interest!
All right! Now...
Tita.
Let's go, Elize.
We'll avenge your father.
Tita.
If my father was alive, he'd do the same.
All right!
Everyone to your stations!!
Right!
Let's go!
You getting off, Balboa?
This ship's crew is filled with morons.
What?
Including me.
Looks like I'm smitten with Tita as well.
You won't be dying alone.
I'll be your guide to the afterlife.
Please.
Huh? Tita, where'd you go?
Hey! Tita!
You're late, Nichol!
Tita!
Prepare to dive.
What? We're diving?
We're going to take on the military.
What?!
Sonar contact. Submerging ship detected at point 016522.
It must be the Cha Cha Maru.
All ships dive. Prepare battle stations.
All ships dive. Preparing battle stations.
Hull breach in Block 8. Block 2 level D2 sealed.
This isn't good, Tita. The hull won't last long.
Understood.
Let's go, Elize.
Sure.
What?!
Not in the shape you're in, Tita!
But the Cha Cha Maru can't go any deeper.
And someone needs to guard our backs.
Well then I'll go.
Hold it. If you're not here, who'll steer the ship?
I'm the only one available, so...
But..
Please. Let me go.
I want to settle this by myself.
You are coming back?
You're definitely coming back?!
Yup.
Fine. Then go.
We'll wait here for you and guard your back.
Thank you.
Tita. Be careful.
Nichol. Let's go get the military.
Oh shit!
Hurry! Hurry!
Prepare Low Pressure Pulse Net Artillery, maximum power.
Arm and aim the Starboard Phosphorus Missile at the lower hatch.
All right. FIRE!!
Showtime!!
This ain't good! We'll never reach the control room if it's that far away.
That's right!
There's an Emergency Sub-Panel every 150 meters in the grav-shaft.
It should be possible to disable the machine using that.
Which way?
Through the air ducts.
Right. Let's go!
Commander. We're nearly finished inputting the password.
Excellent. Target the city's highest point as soon as you're done.
Yessir.
What about the two mice scurrying around the compound?
We lost contact 10 minutes ago.
We are doing everything we can to re-acquire contact.
10 minutes ago? They couldn't have...
What is this place?
This is the center of the colony.
The grav-engines are here in the colony's lowest sections.
This shaft runs 25 kilometers from top to bottom of the colony.
I should be able to use the emergency sub-panel...
...to bypass the main control room and access the graviton weapon.
"The password has been entered."
"In 600 seconds, the graviton weapon will be targeted...
...at a point 100-meter above the colony's center."
This terminal's de-activated.
Then what do we do?
Wait a minute.
Got it!
If we can reach the terminal 300 meters below,...
...I can enter the emergency override password.
Look out, Elize!
Damn you!
We don't have time to debate this!
Commander, laser #253 has activated.
It might be the intruders!
We have them.
Dispatch soldiers to block 3 and 4 of the grav-shaft area.
I shall go, too.
It's not stopping!!!
Ah! Stop!
STOP!!
Th-there's not an inch to spare!
Now... hold on tight, Elize!
Hurry!
That's far enough, little mice!
Just another second, and...
You've really made a nuisance of yourselves, you brats.
Impudent pet shop hunter.
I came to return your "favor"!
What a fool.
You shall die and regret resisting me.
Balboa, the graviton beam!
So Tita didn't make it in time.
What do we do, Balboa?!
The hull's starting to break up!
All we can do is wait!
A few more minutes, and the city's denizens will die.
Plus the two who know our secret.
Kill the intruders! Kill them!
Elize, down!
We're saved.
Elize?
Y-you got hit by a bullet?
It's okay. How 'bout you, Tita?
I'm all right.
Not too bad for little brats.
I'll take care of Gaizel.
You enter the password, Elize.
Okay.
Don't move, Gaizel! I can't let you do it!
What a laughable attempt.
You really thought you could stop me?
Tita!
Hurry... the password, Elize...
First, I get you.
Three.
Two.
One.
Zero!
Tita!
Hold on, Tita.
Th-th-thank you, Elize.
I thought you were dead.
"Emergency override password entered."
Now, Tita, push this button.
But... this...
You earned the right, Tita.
I've made it this far because you were with me, so...
But, I mean...
Please.
Deactivate the machine, Tita.
Father, it's over. It's all over.
Thank you, Tita.
Okay! Let's get back onboard!
You finished?
Yup. Done!
All right!
We'll give the military a real race! Pull out!
Roger!
What?! General Gaizel's dead?
The government may learn about this.
We can't have that.
All ships, battle stations!
Target the pet shop hunter ship!
Destroy it at any cost!
Open fire!
Tita, they're shooting.
1205 homing missiles...
...and 3825 torpedoes!
Right, ignite main engine!
Full power, course 125. Charge straight into them!
Balboa, launch 4 pulse nets when we start moving!
GO!!!
Did we get them?!
Fire! Fire!
But...
I don't care! Fire at them anyways!
150 meters to the enemy.
Maintain full speed ahead!
They're nuts! They're shooting their own ships!
I'll get you no matter what!
Boss!
You okay?
You idiot! Don't leave your station!
What'd you say, you idiot?!
Tita, we can't keep this up!
The engine can't take it!
What? But...
They're gaining on us, Tita!
What do we do?
It's all or nothing!
Roger! Give me one minute-- No, 30 seconds full power!
It's impossible!
Go ahead, Tita!
Mikhail!
Leave it to us!
Right!
Nichol!
I'm on it!
You want to escape into the maelstrom ahead, right?
Enter from point 135. Use the current and head to the center.
Balboa, redirect all available power to the forward radar.
Temporarily disengaging engine safety.
Hold on to your seats!
What are you doing? Hurry and follow them!
Disengaging engine. The current will take us to the center.
Balboa, on my mark, discharge all the energy from the pulse radar!
What? If you do that, the ship'll...
I see! That's what you're trying!
Got you!
Approaching the center. Five second countdown.
FIRE!
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3
2
1
Zero! Contact!
May, what about my injuries?
Just hang on a bit, Mikhail.
There you go.
Thanks, May.
You and Tita need to take care of yourselves better.
You'll probably keep that scar.
That's fine. I don't mind it.
It's like a medal.
Hopeless kids.
Tita.
Elize.
How pretty.
Yeah, it's a pretty sunset.
Can I ask you something, Tita?
Hmm, what?
Why? Why did you do all that for me?
Gaizel and the graviton weapon weren't any big deal to me.
I liked you the moment I saw you. And I wanted to be friends.
Your eyes looked like mine 5 years ago.
Same as mine when I was told my father wasn't coming back.
I didn't want you to be confused like I've been.
Hey, Elize?
Why don't you stay on this ship?
Be one of the crew and share our adventures, okay?
I'll stay on the island.
Like you, I'll follow in my father's footsteps.
So I can work on gravitic research for everyone's benefit.
Oh, sounds good.
Oh, look's like it's back to the grindstone with the crew.
Okay! We'll have to have a farewell party for you, Elize!
"There was an earthquake at 2:46 this afternoon."
Luckily, damage was minor considering the magnitude of the quake.
Script Sekijima Mayori
Continuity by Yoshimoto Kinji Urushihara Satoshi
Character Design/Art Direction Urushihara Satoshi
Art Direction Ishigaki Tsutomu
Photography Direction Takahashi Akihiko
Music Direction Fujiyama Nobutada
Editing Matsumura Masuhiro
Music Terashima Tamiya
Tita Elize Balboa
Fuchizaki Yuriko Shiina Hekiru Wakamoto Norio
Nichol Roger Mikhail
Yamaguchi Kappei Nakao Takasei Otsuka Akio
May Gaizel Narerov
Yokozawa Keiko Ienaka Hiroshi Akimoto Yosuke