
                       GIANT ROBO
                        EPISODE 3

Copyright(C) 1993 Mitsu Production/Amuse Video/PLEX/Atlantis

   Translation Copyright (C) 1993 Tonghyun Kim and Operation XYZ


               Translated by Tonghyun "Vajra" Kim

       Edited by Michael "Alphonse" Studte and Enrique Conty

                Special Thanks to Matthew C. Clark


NOTE:
(M) stands for monologue
(F) stands for flashback

* Aniki:  Older brother. It is a very rough and masculine expression.

* -san: Honorific suffix (= Mr. )

* -kun: Suffix used to address one's inferiors or equals.
	However, -kun is used strictly to inferiors in Giant Robo.

* Taisou earned his nickname because he could walk 250 miles per day,
  thanks to Taoist magic he used.

* JAPANESE			FIRST	LAST
  NAME		TRANSLATION	NAME	NAME	ALIAS
  Ginrei	Silver Bell
  Taisou			Sou	Tai	Godly Walker
  Youshi			Shi	You	Blue Face
  Issei Doujin	Taoist Issel	Syou	Kouson	Cloud Dragon
  Tetsugyu	Iron Ox		Ki	Lee	Black Whirlwind
  Prof. Go			You	Go	Star of Many Wisdom
  Genya		Illusory Night(?)


NARRATION
The brave new world to come!

NARRATION
Thanks to the invention of Shizuma Drive that brought The Third
Energy Revolution, mankind has entered an era of prosperity.

NARRATION
But behind the shadow of such glorious peace, there were
two forces fiercely struggling against each other.

NARRATION
The Big Fire Organization, who thrive to conquer the world.

B.F.
We pledge ourselves to Big Fire!

NARRATION
On the other hand, the Experts of Justice have gathered and formed the
International Police Organization to fight against the Big Fire Organization.
Among them, there was a boy who commands the mightiest robot in the world.
His name is Kusama Daisaku!

DAISAKU
Crush! Giant Robo!


GIANT ROBO: The Day The Earth Stood Still.

TETSUGYU
I'm really surprised. 

TETSUGYU
I thought nuclear power had been completely abandoned.

TAISOU
Same here.

TETSUGYU
Although it's completely radiation proof,
I don't feel too good when it's right next to me...

TAISOU
This is gonna be a little troublesome for us.


PROF. GO
But this sample right before our eyes is an undeniable fact.

PROF. GO
This means that the Doctor is still alive.

GINREI
No, that's impossible.

PROF. GO
Then how and where did this sample manage to survive for 10 years?

PROF. GO
Listen. Dr. Vogler is the only person who could create this.

PROF. GO
I think you know that better than anyone else.

PROF. GO
It's true that even I was skeptical about it
when I first saw the content of this attache case.

PROF. GO
But if we use this sample, I'm sure that the land of Shanghai,
our destination, will hold the answers to all our questions.

PROF. GO
Then it might be possible to wipe out the disgrace from 10 years ago.

GINREI
Professor, I thought we already gave up that hope.

PROF. GO
I see. That's right.

PROF. GO
We gave up everything on that day...


CHIEF
I am the resurrection and the life.  He who believes in me will live, even
though he dies; And whoever lives and believes in me will never die. 

CHIEF
The sun will always shine upon them and even if they are in the
darkness, their salvation is promised.

For none of us lives to himself alone and none of us dies to himself
alone.  If we live to the Lord, and we die, we die to the Lord.  So
whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord. May the Lord be with us.

CHIEF
Like other people who gathered here, I'm one of those who knew Dr. Shizuma well. 

CHIEF
Even those who haven't met you personally felt a sense of
intimacy with you through living with the system you created.

CHIEF
You were the power and you were the peace. You led the
world to happiness by taking different forms; sometimes
you became the power and sometimes you became the light.

CHIEF
Thanks to you, we were able to fly the skies once again with great wings. 

CHIEF
However, I think now is the time for you to return to the earth.
Maybe it's time for you to return to the sea. I believe you'll be
able to rest there peacefully.

DAISAKU
Doctor. I'm sorry that I wasn't able to protect you although Robo
and I were with you.

DAISAKU
But don't worry. 

DAISAKU
I'll keep my promise to you, no matter what happens.


GIANT ROBO EPISODE 3: THE FALL OF SHANGHAI


PROF. GO
The Monster Sphere appeared two days after we obtained the attache
case in Nanking, turning Paris into ruins. Later, the Monster
Sphere arrived in London, spreading the Bashitarlle effect. 

PROF. GO
It then crossed the Atlantic and landed on North America.

PROF. GO
New York.... Washington... San Francisco.

PROF. GO
Misery followed wherever the Monster Sphere went. As if it were giving
us tit for tat for relying solely on the Shizuma drive, it stopped all
means of transportation, cut off the pipelines and caused a shortage
of food. The damage is spreading like ripples, driving the world into panic.

PROF. GO
Of course, there is no way to send supplies because
all the Shizuma drives ceased to function.

PROF. GO
Now two thirds of the Earth have stopped and it's becoming a disaster
worse than the Tragedy of Bashitarlle.

PROF. GO
Indeed. I can't help admitting that this operation is truly admirable.

PROF. GO
Unlike what happened ten years ago, they are targeting
only the Shizuma drive this time.

PROF. GO
What's left for us to use now are machines operating on inefficient
solar energy or fossil fuels, which barely avoided being junked.

TAISOU
Shit. So the Monster Sphere is crossing the Pacific like a champ, huh?

PROF. GO
It won't take too long for Japan to stop.

TAISOU
That's true.

PROF. GO
If it continues to proceed on this course, there can be only one
possible target. The Shanghai Oil Field, the last oil field on Earth.

TAISOU
I see. So they want to mercylessly squeeze every bit of energy out of us.

TETSUGYU
But Aniki, I'm sure that our operation will succeed. 

TETSUGYU
Right, professor?

PROF. GO
Eh? Yes.

TETSUGYU
This is a real antique.

PROF. GO
It is. This electromagnetic mesh generator, which is totally unrelated to
the Shizuma drive, can function under the influence of the Monster Sphere.

ISSEI
As expected from the Star of High Wisdom.

PROF. GO
But our enemy is the B.F. Organization. It will be our ONLY chance.

YOUSHI
Please don't be so fainthearted, Prof. Go. After all, it's you who came up
with ideas for this operation.

DAISAKU
That's right. It'll be alright.

DAISAKU
Even if this operation fails, it'll still be fine with Robo on our side.

DAISAKU
The doctor told us that only Giant Robo can defeat it. 

DAISAKU
So if we let Robo fight, everything will be alright.

TAISOU
Daisaku, although you say "if we let Robo fight..."

CHIEF
Gentlemen, I received permission for the operation from Marshal Kan Shin. 

CHIEF
This means that all active experts will gather in Shanghai.

DAISAKU
Yessir!

TETSUGYU
Alright! My turn has come!

CHIEF
So from the Peking branch: Ginrei-kun, Kouson Syou
the Issei Doujin, Youshi the Blue Face, and Taisou the Godly Walker.
The above four people will participate in the operation.

CHIEF
In addition, Professor Go and I will form another team and head for
Ryouzanpaku ahead of you, in order to work out future contingency plans.
That is all.

DAISAKU
Excuse me...

CHIEF
And Daisaku-kun.

DAISAKU
Yessir.

CHIEF
Come to Ryouzanpaku on board the Greta Garbo with Tetsugyu. We'll...

CHIEF
We'll seal Robo there.

DAISAKU
Seal Robo...!?

CHIEF
Let me tell you once again. Bring Robo to Ryouzanpaku
under your responsibility and seal it there.

DAISAKU
But why?

CHIEF
There is no need for an explanation.

CHIEF
Taisou-kun, why are you standing there absentmindedly?
You should hurry to prepare for launch.

TAISOU
Y...Yessir.

CHIEF
You, too.

EVERYONE
Yessir.

DAISAKU
But Chief, WHY?

DAISAKU
Why do we have to seal Robo?

DAISAKU
Chief, please answer me.

DAISAKU
Please let me go to Shanghai.

DAISAKU
Please let Robo and me go to Shanghai.


IVAN
"But still La Seine runs," huh?

IVAN
Although a rookie is the leader, I have to say that this
operation is truly magnificent. 

IVAN
Panic them using the memory of Bashitarlle, take away their arms and legs
by seizing control of the Shizuma drive, and then force them to surrender
the world to us, using the Shanghai Oil Well as a hostage. Pretty neat.

IVAN
Well, thanks to it, members of the B.F. Organization other
than us are immobilized as well. How embarrassing. 

ALBERTO
Hey, Ivan. Don't you think it's a little weird?

IVAN
Sir?

ALBERTO
Why our boss Big Fire only makes things like that?

IVAN
For world conquest, of course.

ALBERTO
But Giant Robo, the creation of which was concealed even to us, brings
back the terror of nuclear power, while the Monster Sphere makes all
Shizuma drives go crazy. Aren't these things dangerous even to us, the
B.F. Organization?

IVAN
Master Alberto, such words are unworthy of a member of the Magnificent Ten.

IVAN
Such a thought is treason to the Boss...

ALBERTO
Ivan!

IVAN
Please forgive me. How could a humble servant like me have criticized you!

ALBERTO
It's just a rat.

ALBERTO
Doesn't matter. Let's go.


TECH
Carrier based helicopters: the Heaven-striking Eagle, the Jade Unicorn
and the River Dragon! 
(NOTE: Names of above helicopters are aliases of important
characters from the Heroes of the Water Margin.)

TECH
Prepare to launch from bank B.

TECH
Lock in the data.


ISSEI
That's right.  Keep the amount of ammunition to a minimum. What's
important is to arrive in Shanghai before the Monster Sphere. Put
emphasis on speed.

TAISOU
This helicopter is Shizuma-based, anyway. I would be happy as
long as it lasts until we arrive in Shanghai.

TAISOU
How is it. Does it look like we'll be able to launch?

YOUSHI
Yup, everything's fine. But the anti-Shizuma field is also moving very fast.

TAISOU
Then we have no choice but to fly at maximum speed.


DAISAKU (F)
Why? Why?

DAISAKU (F)
Why do we have to seal Robo?

TETSUGYU (F)
That's right. Chief, can't you at least spare me from this nonsense?

TETSUGYU (F)
We'll need as many combatants as possible in Shanghai, right? If so, how
can you leave me, the Black Whirlwind, behind? It doesn't make any sense to me.

CHIEF (F)
Tetsugyu-kun, I don't want to hear any more arguments from you.

DAISAKU
Then please give me an answer.

DAISAKU (F)
Chief!

DAISAKU (F)
Why can't we take Robo? Hasn't it always been safer
to have Robo by our side?

DAISAKU (F)
Or have you suddenly become afraid of Robo's nuclear power?

DAISAKU (F)
That's right. If Robo fights when all the Shizuma drives have stopped,
everyone in the world will realize the true nature of Robo.

DAISAKU (F)
And... if something happens to Robo...

TAISOU (F)
Hey, what are you talking about?

TAISOU (F)
Listen. The Chief has decided that it's dangerous to fight that
Monster Sphere recklessly.

DAISAKU (F)
But Robo is the mightiest robot in the world.

TAISOU (F)
Daisaku, please listen to what I'm saying. In return,
I have a favor to ask from you.

TAISOU (F)
Listen. If something happens to us in Shanghai...That's the time.
That's the time when Robo and you will be needed.

DAISAKU (F)
But I want to defeat him.

DAISAKU (F)
That's the mission I inherited from my father.

TETSUGYU (F)
That's right. It would be so interesting to watch
Giant Robo fighting that Monster Sphere...

TAISOU (F)
Hey!

CHIEF (F)
This is an order from HQ. Those who disobey orders will be expelled
from the league of experts.

TETSUGYU (F)
Damn! Why do I have to baby-sit a kid before the enemy? I can't stand this!

TAISOU (F)
Hey, hey! What are you doing? You really are...

TETSUGYU (F)
It's not fair. I know you're happy, since you're going to Shanghai but...


DAISAKU
But I still don't understand.

DAISAKU
Why? Why couldn't you have used the Shizuma drive?

DAISAKU
Why did Robo have to use nuclear power?

DAISAKU
Father. 

DAISAKU
Why are you keeping silent like that?

DAISAKU
Father...

GINREI
Just as Taisou-san said.

DAISAKU
Ginrei-san.

GINREI
It's true that Robo and you are the focus of our power.
So please don't be so depressed.

DAISAKU   
But I feel like I'm left alone again...

GINREI
What are you talking about? You're a fine expert.

DAISAKU
But Tetsugyu-san says that I'd be just a kid if it were not for Robo.

GINREI
He is just jealous...

GINREI
...because a twelve year-old kid like you can command Robo so perfectly.

GINREI
But it might be too hard on a twelve year-old.

GINREI
When I was twelve...


GINREI (F)
Father! Father!

PROF. GO (F)
No, don't! It's already too late for us to do anything.

GINREI (F)
But father is...

PROF. GO (F)
There is nothing we can do. The doctor is prepared for the worst.

PROF. GO (F)
It's already too late. Please give up.

GINREI (F)
But it's too cruel to end like this!


PROF. GO
Ginrei!

PROF. GO
Please hurry. What are you doing?

ISSEI
What's wrong? We'll be launching any moment.

GINREI
Yes.

GINREI
Then I'll get going.

GINREI
No problem. I'm sure that Prof. Go's plan will succeed.

GINREI
By the way, what do you think about your father?

GINREI
I...


TETSUGYU
Hey.

TETSUGYU
What happened to your ever-cheerful self?

DAISAKU
Nothing's wrong.

TETSUGYU
Then come with me. I'll take you to a cool place.


EYECATCH


TAISOU
We're in trouble. It has increased its speed.


GENYA
Shanghai at last. There would have been no need for me to go through
all these inconveniences if all three samples were gathered in a place,
like ten years ago.

GENYA
But that's OK. I'll make you fools remember who has enabled you
to acquire this beautiful night.


ISSEI 
Shanghai has entered the anti-Shizuma field.
The anti-Shizuma field has reached Shanghai.

YOUSHI
OK. Switch the power source.

YOUSHI
Hurry up the setting process.

YOUSHI
The very fate of the world depends on this battle.

TAISOU
The timing of all 26 wire generators will be co-ordinated at the same
time from the control center. Set the reception frequency to 1300.

TECH
Finished setting up points A to F!

TECH
How about the time-limit?

TECH
Fifty minutes to go.

TECH
Are the energy pipelines connected?

TECH
Finished setting up points G to M and Q to Z.

ISSEI
Remaining points are only N, O and P.

TAISOU
Good. We'll be in time!

TAISOU
Check up on all the points. Reconfirm the predicted course.

ISSEI
Search!

ISSEI
The Monster Sphere is proceeding on the expected course D. 
3353 to the operation point.

YOUSHI
Good. Target lock on!

ISSEI
Pro. Go, the Star of Many Wisdom, is such a genius. I couldn't
even dream that there was a method against it like this.

YOUSHI
That's right. If it enters this dispersed encircling net, we'll wrap it
with the wires and propel it into space using the electromagnetic
repulsion.

TAISOU
This reminds me of what happened ten years ago. This machine calmed down
the energy that was running amok after the tragedy of Bashitarlle occurred.

TAISOU
I hope things will go well this time as well.


PROF. GO (F)
Listen, Ginrei. Once you enter the anti-Shizuma field
of the Monster Sphere, open this case.

PROF. GO (F)
This will answer everything.

GINREI (M)
Father...

YOUSHI
Vogler is coming!


TECH
It's entering the operational zone.

ISSEI
Good. Lure it as close to the center of the area as possible. But turn
on the mesh immediately if the enemy makes any strange move.

TECH
Roger. We'll be on standby.

TECH
This is point 11. The Monster Sphere is passing through.

TAISOU
Not yet. Not close enough.


TAISOU
Pull it more.


TAISOU
Not yet. Just a little bit more!

TAISOU
A little bit more!

TAISOU
Power ON!


YOUSHI
Will it work?


TAISOU
Good! Turn the output to max.! We'll kick that bastard out of orbit in a shot!


GENYA
Electromagnetic mesh... Everything is an exact
recreation of what happened ten years ago. That's fine with me.

GINREI
This is... what I suspected.


OPERATOR
The Electromagnetic mesh Operation in Shanghai has begun. We have
captured the Monster Sphere without a problem and the operation will
enter the second stage as output increases.

OPERATION
Prof. Go, operation leader. Please come to HQ immediately.


PROF. GO
Good. I'll be able to get all the answers from this simulation.
And we'll be able to protect the Shizuma....

CHIEF
Prof. Go.

PROF. GO
Chief?

CHIEF
Prof. Go, we're in big trouble.

PROF. GO
Eh?

CHIEF
The Greta Garbo has vanished in the skies of Uhan.

PROF. GO
What!?

CHIEF
This is the worst situation possible.


TAISOU
What the!?

TECH
What's wrong? The output has dropped.

TECH
What? It was perfect when we checked.

TECH
Everything's fine here...

TECH
Damn you!

IVAN
That's right. I'm Ivan of Russia, an expert of B.F..
[Orosha = an archaic Japanese word for Russia]

TECH
You'll pay for ruining our operation...

IVAN
Listen carefully. No matter what kind of make-shift tricks you try,
you are no match for us.

IVAN
Be good boys and just watch what I'm about to do!

IVAN
Uraenus!


IVAN
Well, I better hurry up. Even Uraenus is nothing but
a metal statue before the Monster Sphere.


TECH
He's here.

IVAN
I found one.
[Due to the multitude of voices, this line is questionable.]

TECH
We're in trouble.


GINREI
The operation we prepared so hard ended in vain.

YOUSHI
How regretful...

ISSEI
This is not the time to be absentminded.

TAISOU
Watch out!

IVAN
At last, today is the day the B.F. Organization will claim Victory.
You don't have any means left to fight us.

IVAN
What's wrong, Uraenus?

GINREI
What?

YOUSHI
This sound is...

TAISOU
It can't be...

IVAN
That's...


GINREI
That's Tetsugyu.

TAISOU
Then that hulk is...

IVAN
So you finally appeared. Giant Robo and...Kusama Daisaku!

GINREI
The kid...

TAISOU
It can't be... Tetsugyu!

TETSUGYU
Well, show me your mighty power.

DAISAKU
Do it, Giant Robo!

IVAN
Here I go!


DAISAKU
Knock him down, Giant Robo!

IVAN
Crush, Uraenus!


IVAN
Although it betrayed us, it's a splendid machine,
as expected of a robot made by B.F..

IVAN
A barrier? Then I'll attack from underground.

IVAN
What's wrong?

IVAN
Oh no! I got too close to it.

DAISAKU
Robo, NOW!

IVAN
This is Ivan. I'm done for now.

IVAN
For Big Fire! Please take care of the rest.

ALBERTO
For Big Fire.

YOUSHI
He did it!

TAISOU
But...

TETSUGYU
The true enemy is...

DAISAKU
...HIM! That Monster Sphere Vogler is the enemy.


GINREI
It was my father after all...

DAISAKU
Dr. Vogler!

DAISAKU
I won't forgive you, B.F.! I won't let you
toy with the Shizuma drive anymore!

DAISAKU
I'll avenge Dr. Shizuma and the tragedy that happened ten years ago.

TAISOU
Don't, Daisaku. Don't attack it.

GINREI
Please stop, Daisaku-kun!

DAISAKU
You'll pay the price!  Robo!

GINREI
Please stop, father!

DAISAKU
GO!


TETSUGYU
This can't be real...

DAISAKU
Robo!

DAISAKU
Roboooooo!

GINREI
Daisaku-kun!


PREVIEW

A thundering sound turns itself into a scream and then echoes throughout
the collapsing Shanghai.  Ginrei trembles and Tetsugyu hides his head.
When Youshi and Issei throw their lives into the hellfire of battle, the
impact of Albert rips hope into pieces. And Taisou alone confronts
the Monster Sphere Vogler in the midst of the whirling hellfire.

TAISOU
Listen, Daisaku. You're not alone. Fight with Robo and the others
by your side. That's right. Robo is a dear friend of yours.

DAISAKU
I understand, Taisou-san.

				NEXT EPISODE: 
			The Twilight of Heroes 
		- The Bell of Victory has yet to ring... -

Will Giant Robo be able to stand again?

-- 
