Original subtitles

dore dake no yoru wo koete bokura meguriaeta kono kiseki wo

How many nights passed before this miracle brought us together?

kasaneai shinjiau kokoro ga hoshiwataru...

Our hearts, overlapping, trusting in one another, fare the stars...

Take good care...

ashita ga mienakutemo

Never mind we cannot see tomorrow.

...of our princess.

ABOVE THE RIM

Destroy!

That ends this match.

Toriena Heavens are good!

Though they lost their first match, they've since won eight straight matches in a row.

Next time, you're going down.

Then we'll see you in three matches.

You think he'll be in time?

He'll come.

When he does, that will be the League's true tipoff.

boku ga boku no mama irareru basho sagasou

I'm gonna look for a place where I can stay the way I am.

tsuki ni terasare hashiridasu yo

Lit by the moon, I set off running.

nurui shakai nado shikato shite

Ignore the superficial ways this world works;

bokura ga atarashii ruuru ni nare

we'll make our own new rules.

hora! buchikowase kono te de

Look! Break it down using your own hands.

kimi ga kimi no mama motomeru basho wa doko

Where's a place where you can stay as you are?

dare no iinari ni mou naru na yo

Don't listen any more when people tell you what to do.

yume wa shinjiro furikazase

Believe in dreams and flaunt your power.

boku ga boku no mama iru tame ni wa itsumo

For me to stay as I am, I need

shinjita omoi o tsuranukunda

to carry through what I believe right to the end;

sou da saigo wa piisu shitai

and yeah, at the end, I wanna flip a peace sign for the camera.

Good grief. I never thought I'd hitch a ride on a living ship.

A long life's not bad, if you can get it.

It's only because the crisis is here now that we were able to open the path to the moon at all.

Long ago in the legends, I wonder what gave people the idea for this.

I'm a machinist, not an archaeologist.

Thanks.

How mature.

Friends with the person your crush likes.

What am I thinking?

Saving Earthdash and the moon, right?

Dan'll do that.

We've all chosen the tasks we must complete and the paths we must take.

What are you going to do?

Bloodlines and genes...

There's something that goes utterly beyond nitpicking over that stuff...

Something I found in basquash.

But now...

Sela...

What's that?

Aren't you gonna go inside the ship?

You can't see the moon once you're on it.

So you're looking at it now?

Pretty much.

What?

Rainbow Plaza.

That was a building in my town!

Really?

We went there all the time...

We'd shop for clothes or go out to eat or sit in a teashop...

Dad! Mom!

Go on. It all hangs on this.

Goodness, dear, do try to move faster!

Wait for me, honey!

Goal!

Iceman Hotty is on a roll, with no signs of letting up!

But it's no use! He can't fill the gauge!

We're still waiting for the legend's goal!

Hey, this thing is gonna get us there, right?!

It better not fall back down from here!

It doesn't look like we need to worry.

It looks like we're heading straight there.

Straight where?

You gotta ask?

That light...

What's keeping you, Dan?

We're out of time.

What are you dawdling for?

Mommy, what'll happen to us?

Hurry up and get here!

What's that?

It's a ship that shines.

The legend of the starfarers?

Dan's here.

Yes.

I'd better go meet him.

Monitor what Yan's doing on the surface.

Have the orbital interception system ready for instant deployment in case of an attack from the Kingdom.

Once, the moon had a royal line as well.

More accurately, it was a dynasty that ruled both Earthdash and the moon.

My older brother ascended to the moon to become its king,

and I stayed here on the surface.

Our blood... Our dynasty...

Those tore us apart once, and now things have come to this.

Maybe this, too, is because of our royal blood...

Is that truly what you believe?

Father, why did you inherit the kingship?

Was it not for the sake of this land and its people?

We relay the voice of the stones to the people.

That is our family's power.

I believed that carrying out my duties as king...

...would keep my promise to my brother, and bring happiness to everyone.

Father...

Thank you!

This is pretty bad.

Yeah.

Violette, let's hurry!

Yes.

Sorry, we'll be right back.

Sorry, Rouge.

No, no. Be careful, okay?

Hang tough, Purple and Yellow!

Thanks, everybody.

Dan, Slash, Iceman...

We'll entrust this city, and its future, to you!

W-Welcome, DJD.

They're even shrimpier than Dan!

DJD?

DJD for Dan JD!

Welcome, DJD!

Welcome!

DJD, DJD, DJD...

They're glad to see us.

You all fired up now?

For this, I was born fired up.

What about you?

Welcome to Mooneyes.

Now I've finally used that moon passport of yours.

The Board has registered Team Basquash as an official participant in the Legend League.

We'd like you to join the match lineup as soon as you can.

We can't afford to waste time.

It looks like you're right about that.

It's too cruel to call this a just reward.

"The Man of Legend Touches Down in Mooneyes."

"A New Development for the Legend League!"

Brother...

And Oscarman scores!

But the gauge stays stubborn!

The world can't be saved unless someone becomes the legend!

Will their efforts bear fruit?

That's what we're hoping for!

Iceman!

Destroy!

Game set. Game set.

Another match has ended without the legend's reappearance.

But the players are putting their very lives on the line in this battle.

Gotcha.

We will now have a three-hour break so the players can rest and have their mechs undergo maintenance.

Enough time for a drink.

That damned Dan JD.

To think he actually made it to the moon.

Riding a star-ship, he comes to the moon:

the man who throws the thunderbolt ball.

The legend.

Free will is what makes a person a person.

Someone who's gotten on the "legend" train no longer has any will of his own.

He's a puppet.

It appears the atmospheric friction has induced a magnetic field.

Our hotlines will no longer reach Mooneyes now.

We don't need them to.

Sorry I took a while, Iceman.

You're late.

Elegantly precise.

Your re-tuning for the moon is marvelous.

You must be the young man in charge of the moon.

How come you're lounging around here at a time like this?

Because it is a time like this.

Where's your grandchild?

Huh?

If you mean Miyuki, she's repairing another Bigfoot.

What a load of crap, calling them the "Legend League" when you can't even support the players properly.

Never sparing a thought for the guys on bottom, like usual.

Now is the time Takeshi's dream might really come true.

You knew my son, kid?

Take care of yourself, Sou.

"Sou"... He...

We were waiting for you.

Yeah.

You have to become the legend.

Right now, the only ones who can play well enough are my team and yours.

Don't you need a handicap?

Maybe.

It's unfair that you have to play right after arriving, with no chance to warm up.

I'll take you on with just one arm and one leg, how's that sound?

Sounds good.

No handicaps and no holds barred.

I'll hammer you into the ground before you even get over your spacesickness.

The damage piles up here, and there on the moon the Legend League plays all alone.

How are conditions outside?

What's the problem?

Reports are that the crowd is celebrating, sir.

What?

They're watching the Legend League and celebrating, sir!

DAN JD! DAN JD! DAN JD! DAN JD!

What?!

You're our only hope!

Dunk Mask!

Injured and reeling, the players still fight on...

Now before them appears both a powerful ally and a new foe!

That foe is Team Basquash!

Earthdash's top team, led by Dan JD, Dunk Mask!

Now is the time to show us the legend's power!

Challenging Team Basquash is Toriena Heavens, fresh from their string of wins—

Wait just a moment!

Princess, my older brother was...

He was Ascend, the king of the moon, wasn't he?

I had heard he went missing quite a long time ago...

There was a legendary secret technique passed down within our family,

the secret of using ultinium's power to become young again.

I see, it was real after all.

Big brother...

The time has come to use that technique.

Now is the time to use that secret and revive the thunderbolt's power!

The king... Our king is gone!

King Ascend!

The power of the royal dynasty...

Was it him?

You don't mind?

We lose our chance to team up with Dan this way.

Dan is strong.

Besides...

Aren't you curious to see it?

What a person who's been called the Phantom can really do?

Make a giant?

Biology's not my field.

I'm a mechanical engineer.

I don't mean make an enormous artificial human.

Make a machine as a means for humans to become giants.

That's the load of crap kings always spout.

It's not just a matter of money.

It also requires an operator with the right potential.

Very good.

Test it out to your heart's content, Sou.

The king of the moon.

Did you know, Yan?

Why research into human reinforcement made such leaps and bounds, so long ago?

Why bring that up now?

Ultinium-catalyzed activation of the cells...

A secret and forbidden technique passed down by the royal family.

Thanks to that, we made it possible to reinforce Eclipse.

But in the end, this whole time we may just have been dancing on the palm of one man's hand.

Miss Rouge... switch with me.

I don't want to admit it, but we can't beat them with me on the team.

I... I'm too weak to support Miss Sela and Mr. Dan.

We need you.

You're the one Team Basquash needs.

Alan...

That's right!

Handsomely said, Alan.

Get out here, Rouge!

Huh?! B-But...

Pulling yourself out of a match for the good of the team is so damn lame, I could never do it.

But that bastard Alan did it. He's incredible.

Alan, you've shown me your guts and I'm not gonna waste it.

What are you gonna do, Rouge?

I'm playing.

Thanks, Dan.

Now that everyone's here, there's one more thing.

It's been ticking me off since I first saw it.

Don't fucking think you can mess around here!

On the moon or on the ground, how many times do I gotta say it?

You're here to watch a game, not a gauge!

That's how I'm gonna show you the real legend!

Coco, your big brother's gonna pull it off.

Watch me, okay?

Can't beat that!

The world's about to end, and just listen to you!

Sela?

He's right. He's right!

Crawly, I'm all right.

I'm the basquasher Sela Miranda!

I'm gonna make the Platinum Hurricane blow through Mooneyes, just watch!

Oh Princess, oh Aurora.

What should I wait for now?

Now that I'm old and powerless, and the stones have abandoned me?

This is the time to walk on our own legs.

No one but the royal family can perform our duties.

Speak not to the stones, but to your people.

Stand up and speak out loud in your own voice.

Just as does your daughter, Flora, when she fights as Alan Naismith.

Flora...

Coming through, excuse us!

Bingo!

Ready, guys?

Alan, this is a long way for a beginner to come.

You can be proud of yourself. Watch our backs, okay?

Okay!

Sela!

What?

When we're done, I'm gonna settle things with you too.

Nothing stops the hurricane until then!

Way ahead of you!

Rouge!

Don't think you can retire halfway through this time.

We're gonna raise enough hell for the two of them too!

Stick with me till the end!

You don't have to tell me!

Old man! And Miyuki too, I guess.

What do you mean, you guess?

Don't take your eyes off us!

We're gonna stun the whole moon with the masterpieces you two made!

Don't do me any favors.

Make my Dad proud too, Dan!

Spanky!

Yeah, Stupid Dan?

I'm gonna let you eat your fill!

You get a shot at the whole world!

That sounds big! Leave it to me!

Here we go!

Team...

...Basquash!

Prepare to load the Legend Bullet!

You aren't going to watch them through to the end?

The true legend probably wouldn't be stopped by this.

And any legend pampered with mercy or pity is worthy only of my scorn!

Understood.

Begin loading the Legend Bullet!

Finally this time has come.

Let us begin!

The highest and greatest basquash of all!

Tip...

...off!

First, you say hello.

Handicapping him wouldn't be enough, would it?

Bring it on!

I figured he was something special.

Now that's what I'm talking about.

sora wa takaku kaze wa nagarete

The sky is high, the winds are blowing.

tsuki no hadou yami ni toketeku

The moon's surge dissolves into the darkness.

dakara ima wa mae dake wo muki

So, right now, never look back.

BELIEVE YOUR LOVE kono michi wo

Believe your love and the path you're on.

umi wa fukaku nami wa yoseteku

The sea is deep, the waves are breaking.

kimi no kokoro zawameiite yuku

Your heart stirs within you.

dakara ima wa ue dake wo mite

So, right now, only look up.

BELIEVE YOUR LOVE kono kimochi

Believe your love and the way you feel.

nageki no seiza no shirabe wo

Engrave the song of the constellation of grief

mune ni kizami soshite hashiri dasu

in your heart and take off running.

bokura wa itsumo nayami nagara

We're always unsure; we're always searching

setsuna no kibou sagashiteiru

for a fleeting moment's hope.

shiro to kuro to ga majiwaru toki

Soon, when black and white mix together,

kitto kitto hatenaku

I know it will be limitless.

hikari no saki ni mieru michi wo

I dreamed that we walked together

futari de aruku yume wo mita yo

on the path I can see beyond the light.

itoshisa sore wa wasureteita

Till now, I'd forgotten love.

kimi e no yakusoku

It's my promise to you.

futari no yakusoku

Our promise.

The ball holds peoples feelings

Peoples feelings rise.

and,

and finally

the legend begins.

The last episode: Free!

NEXT TIME

FREE

The people stand and fight.