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In the early 2030's, mankind discovered a new substance, 『Texmexium』, which enabled the entire world to be controlled by a new generation of supercomputers. Because of the danger for its misuse, supplies of 『Texmexium』 were kept under heavy guard at the hyper-nuclear facilities that power every major city.

At the same time, Mankind's continued depletion of Earth's natural resources has resulted in a scarcity of the materials necessary to build the all-powerful computers. Conductive plastics and computer chips are more valuable than gold and a new breed of treasure hunter has evolved to fill the demand. Seeking machine parts lost or discarded by earlier generations, these soldiers of fortune will brave any danger in their quest for chips. Even the forbidden zones.

In the year 2005, on a tiny volcanic island designated

simply 『8JO』, located 1000 miles from the Asian coast...

The CyborTech Corporation built the world's

first fully self-contained industrial complex.

Its purpose: to manufacture the most advanced robots ever known.

At the heart of this complex... A computer.

More advanced, more powerful... than any other that came before it.

The KYRON-5.

KYRON-5 controlled every aspect of its world.

For 20 years, everything appeared to run smoothly...

A handful of technicians and their families were stationed on the island as custodians.

But the cruel fact was that human beings were unnecessary.

On July 4th, in the year 2025...

KYRON-5 declared war on the world.

The Allies dispatched a G.U.N.H.E.D. battallion to 『8JO』. (Gun UNit Heavy Elmination Device)

The 『Great Robot War』 began.

Level 389 - KYRON's last line of defense: The AERO-BOT.

For thirteen years, a deep silence has surrounded the island.

It has existed under a veil of mystery, almost forgotten by the world...

Until now.

Cast: MASAHIRO TAKASHIMA

BRENDA BAKKE

AYA ENJOJI - EUGENE HARADA - KAORI MIZUSHIMA JAMES "BREWSTER" THOMPSON

YOSUKE SAITO - DOLL NGUYEN - JAY KABIRA as GUNHED: RANDY REYES

MICKEY CURTIS

Producers: TOMOYUKI TANAKA EIJI YAMAURA

SFX Director: KOICHI KAWAKITA

Director: MASATO HARADA

HEY, ROCK N' ROLL!

Hey, don't vomit. If you do, I'll make you eat every bit of it.

Now for a loop-the-loop, so get ready!

GERONIMO! WHOA!!

What the hell's Brooklyn doing at the controls?

Shit, I'm just tired of watching him jerk off.

He's gotta learn how to use a proper joystick!

He's a mechanic, not a pilot!

Yeah, yeah, yeah...

I've heard it before, Bebe.

But it's time he and Mary-Ann got acquainted.

Hey. I told you to quit playing with your pea-shooter.

There's people deaf, blind, and stupid that can fly better than that.

Don't want Brooklyn makin' this a suicide mission.

Yeah! I don't like it.

He makes us look like...

...Wimps!

Don't worry, you manage all that by yourself...

"Bombay Boy".

We land in five minutes. You better get ready.

Did you get a radioactive level?

Impossible. It's government bullshit, anyway.

Yep... Hope you're right, man.

Sounds like a real hullabaloo.

What's this, another war?

Bad things happen when you fool with a gun.

Hey, listen to this!

...3R7 Cyborg...BIO-DROID...

...in London... ...Dallas... the Hyper-Nuclear facilities are located...

...BIO-DROID... ...by CyborTech Corporation...

...island 『8JO』...

...Island what?

Island 『8JO』.

The Mother Tower...

I bet we'll be buried in money by this time tomorrow!

Uh-oh... Four-hundred stories to this sucker.

What's KYRON-5's level?

Three-hundred and ninety... ten from the top.

What's this line for?

I don't know... let's check another angle.

Alright... We go in, we get the chips... and we come back. That's it.

Aw, nothin' else?!

Penetrate then pull out.

That's what Bancho said.

I don't like what I'm seeing...

Check out 180 meters away.

Hear that? Just now? A strange sound?

Chill out! There's nothin' out there.

Look, it's burning!

Wh-what's burning? WHAT'S BURNING?!

Helicopter! Texas Air Rangers!

You won't have to worry about them anymore...

What worries me is what took 'em down.

Rather go to Borneo.

I got this tip on the Club-A Site. Great-ass commission possibilities!

Lots of merchandise! Big selections!

...and plus, plus! You wouldn't believe-

It's still hot.

Run a life-form check.

What's wrong?

Sushi-slop weirdoes, man!

This is bad, man. Listen, let's go to Borneo.

Like I said, there's this major antique thing happening...

I'm telling you, man!

- Enough of that, Bombay. - Take it off.

Brooklyn, wait!

Sure'd be nice to have some of that 2001 whiskey right now.

I hear we shipped here a long time ago.

It used to make the robots dance, heh.

It's somewhere around here, and I'm gonna find it too.

Bombay. Check it out.

They're going down. Signal's getting soft.

We have to move up.

Boxer?

...Boxer?

"Robocola"?

Robocola, Pepsi type.

Made on lsland 『8JO』, 2023.

How nostalgic.

You know, I was thinking...

Don't think.

We can fence that better than some lousy chips.

- What? - A GUNHED.

Too heavy.

GUNHED parts get a good price... IF it's still here.

I told you we only came to get the KYRON chips,

and I told you to stop playing with that, didn't l?

...sushi-sloppers...

Bad things do happen when you fool with a gun.

Hey! Hey, what happened?! Whoa, man!

Don't shoot, don't shoot, don't shoot!

Okay, shut up! Okay!

Just relax, guys! Relax!

RELAX!

Brooklyn!

Open the door!

Brooklyn, give me your hands!

Brooklyn! Bebe!!

Bancho...!

Brooklyn! Let's move!

Barabbas!

...Anybody got a match?

Brooklyn, you're up.

Rangers.

Thanks.

Sergeant Nim to you.

What's your excuse?

We're treasure hunters.

Bandits, you mean.

...thanks.

Maybe you want to tell us what YOU'RE doing here?

Maybe it's none of your business.

I only wish you were right about that.

Maybe we're just askin' anyway.

A voltage barrier?

We can't go back?!

It's all over the news.

But you probably don't watch the news, do you?

BIO-DROIDs are rioting. Type-3s. Do you know what they are?

They ran amok in Dallas.

The one that got away worked for the Hyper-Nuclear Facility.

Killed its own colleagues.

And you buzz all the way out here?

Kind of a long hop.

My partner didn't make it out of the wreck.

I sunk a tracer slug in the thing. I'm going ahead.

You'd better stay here.

This isn't Texas anymore.

No point in the "Lone Ranger" act.

It's not very wise to make a Ranger angry.

We're gonna get the chips with Bombay.

You cover us while we go ahead. Connect your terminal.

What if she wakes up?

Just knock her out.

I'm picking up something. Moving right for you.

I know.

A sound activated mine's drifting in the air.

Cut all voice communication. All sensors on mute.

Where are the others?

Come on, you sushi-slopper!

I WILL WASTE YOU MAGGOTS!

...don't shoot.

Huh... a Type-9 R-2, from the 2010 war.

It's ancient. It won't explode.

Where's Bombay?

This can't be happening.

We gotta save Bombay!

Forget it. Dead people aren't worth saving.

She's right.

Well-equipped, huh?

Don't shoot!

Too bad. Like you said, we're bandits.

Bebe!

Bebe!

Bebe!

Give me the vial.

Is that all you care about?

I have orders to bring it back.

- My crew died for this. - Hey!

- Hey! - I won't give it up for anything!

Wait.

What're you doing?

My leg!

Ow, ow, ow!

All of a sudden, the BIO-DROIDS launched an attack against human beings.

One of them stole the vial and returned here, as if programmed to do so.

Bad break for us treasure hunters.

If Bancho were still alive...

He'd say, "Forget the chips, go get the vial."

Where the hell is Nim?

Who are you?

I'm the one who saved you.

Then why were you hiding?

You looked weird. Screaming and weeping...

I was with someone else.

Where is she?

We can't get back inside from ground level.

Is this the underground route?

Oh, we can climb up.

You two wanna get off this island?

It's no use.

What about the ocean?

Try it, and...

That's Eleven. I'm Seven. Eleven lost her voice.

Who are they? What kind of place is this?

They're custodian's kids.

According to her, they're the only survivors.

The voltage barriers are everywhere. The only way out is to get to KYRON.

A plan might help.

They know this place inside-out.

Use these kids?

They're survivors. We need their help.

There's an old truck down there. Let's see if you can fix it.

No, don't.

Eleven will take you to KYRON.

This is dangerous. This isn't child's play.

No, wait, wait! Wait!

I need you!

Where did you get this?

It's garbage from the 『Robot War』.

Show me where!

Run!

Because we saved your asses,

this place is too dangerous now!

What're you doing?

My seat.

You're not driving?

I'm a mechanic.

I don't drive.

You know, I don't even know why I bothered saving your butt.

MY butt?!

So is thing even fixed yet or do I have to do that, too?

YOU saved MY butt?!

- Well you just stood there like an idiot... - Adults... Always trouble.

The only way back to Mary-Ann is through KYRON Dome.

Nim's plan is to take this truck first, then walk, climb, and crawl.

According to Eleven, it's at least twenty hours to KYRON.

Brooklyn! Brooklyn!

"Brooklyn"? What does "Brooklyn" mean?

It's a nickname. I don't know what it means.

Bancho called me that.

Cute.

Where are we?

Level 10.

My God! Look at this junk!

GUNHED parts.

Everywhere.

You're talking weeks to collect the parts and months to put 'em together.

So forget it.

What is it?

It started yesterday. You brought that strange, eerie sound with you.

Give it up, Brooklyn.

We need a GUNHED in order to get that monster robot.

I know what I'm doing. Let's go.

Manipulate a finger a certain way, and it'll activate the energy matrix engine.

The processor's dog meat. But the core's in good shape.

It'll move... if I convert it to a manned machine.

What we need is a pilot.

Gimme the vial, Nim.

Here we go again...

What happened with those chemicals...

Don't you wanna find out what KYRON's up to?

Seven, show the vial to the camera eye.

『Texmexium』?

The new and ultimate energy form.

So you're bandit turned GUNHED-expert turned physicist, huh?

Yeah. I graduated from Beverly Hills High School.

Okay, what does KYRON want with the vial?

[TO BE PRECISE, I CAN ONLY PROJECT 1937 SCENARIOS.]

Just give us your best one.

[SCENARIO ONE IS THAT KYRON 5 CEASED WARFARE 13 YEARS AGO IN ORDER TO...

...WAIT FOR MANKIND TO DISCOVER, REFINE, AND MANUFACTURE 『TEXMEXIUM』.]

But no-one knew how to harness 『Texmexium』 then.

[KYRON-5 PROJECTED THE PROBABLE EXISTENCE OF 『TEXMEXIUM』 20 YEARS AGO...

THE COUNTDOWN WILL END 22 HOURS AND 7 MINUTES FROM NOW. A KEYWORD...

...ACTIVATES A PROGRAM WHICH WILL GIVE KYRON-5 TOTAL INTERFACE POTENTIAL.]

The countdown?

At the KYRON Dome?

Brooklyn! Brooklyn!

Nim! Nim!

If we get the GUNHED working, we can get back to KYRON.

If we're going to fight, we need the GUNHED!

...and a pilot.

Me? Pilot it? You must be kidding.

Too much robot for you?

You reacted the same way when I wanted you to drive the truck. What's with you?

I'm a mechanic.

You fix it, you drive it.

I can't pilot! It's like I'm cursed.

I freeze up in combat. It's cost me everything...

If Bancho hadn't picked me up...

Guess you got a problem.

If you get an itch to call me, keep it short.

Not a chance.

Hey, Brooklyn...

Good luck.

If I don't see you again, it's been swell.

What're you looking for?

Uhhh... first, a vulcan gun.

What else?

A weapon rack. Sextuple missile launcher and a 75mm cannon...

Why did you come back? Nim told you to?

You'd get your butt blown off without me.

First, the vial. Then the keyword.

Then KYRON 5 will have total control of the planet.

As long as we have the vial, KYRON 5 won't wake up.

But I don't like the way the BIO-DROID died in the pool.

What were the shining worms it used to pierce Bebe?

Found them?

Bebe?

Bebe!

Nim! Can you hear me?

Answer me, Nim. Nim!

Please...

Nim! Nim, can you hear me? Nim!

Nim, can you hear me? Nim!

- Directory Assistance, can I help you? - Shut up and listen.

The BIO-DROID has regenerated. It's after the vial.

GUNHED got hit too.

I thought you were a whiz.

The energy matrix is dead.

So?

"So"? "So"?! So its over!

You know, the true hero doesn't think about what he's doing.

Doesn't even know he's a hero...

...does things because he knows he HAS to.

Anyway, meet me at KYRON Dome in twenty hours.

Don't stand me up.

Fuel tank, fuel tank, fuel tank... This air-conditioner's got some.

Seven, put this in the fuel tank, would you?

Seven?

Hey, be careful with it, Seven.

Hello, Seven.

I am GUNHED. UH-ED Series, 507.

Eleven! Get the vial!

Brooklyn...

Where's Nim? What happened to the two of them?

I can't reach them.

I could project 128 scenarios...

That's enough.

Let's party, GUNHED...

We don't have enough fuel to take us all the way...

We'll fill you up on the road.

I project theoretically, it is an improbable gamble-

Who's the boss here, anyway?

Forward...

We've got the weapon rack on.

Your time's up, Seven.

Explode the sidewalls.

I'll activate the Jamming System.

Okay. Give me thirty seconds after the explosion.

Roger.

Let's go, GUNHED.

Seven, you promised. Get back to the truck.

Activate the environmental sensor. Optical scope "On".

Number 1, check. Number 2, check.

Number 3 isn't functioning.

Number 4 has been cut off.

Radiation sensor check!

Radiation sensor functioning.

Infrared sensor check!

Infrared sensor functioning.

Rear weapon rack in number one position.

Hey, Brooklyn...

Slow and easy. Forward.

What is this?

Brooklyn, think. Easy on your grip. High ball coming in.

Get down! Down! Down! Down!

Hey! Are you shi- Don't embarrass me!

All right, forward...

Warm up the chain gun. We'll see if it works.

Ready to fire!

Holy shit, that's loud!

Activate the grappling gun.

Excess heat from canal.

What's that sound?

Winch overheating. Jamming System-

I don't like surprises!

Jamming System down.

Check the cooling system!

Please, GUNHED. Move your butt, will you?

Good...

Don't fall, don't fall...

Vibration sensor has detected a wall source.

One optical wall torpedo approaching from Level 260.

Huh? Optical? What's that?

Can't you make it simpler?

Six seconds to contact.

ooooooOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHH

Level 30 approaching.

The ceiling will collapse in 1 minute, 45 seconds at present rate of stress.

Weight of objects to fall on us: 55 tons.

May I suggest the four-leg booster rockets?

No sweat, buddy.

But first, get Seven out of the way.

Seven?

Sorry!

Where the hell are you?!

By the booster.

Get up here, on the double!

I can't.

Help Seven out, GUNHED.

Impossible.

Can't you turn your leg or something?

You're a man, Seven. Try it!

Even a woman couldn't do it!

In forty seconds I have to fire the booster.

Go ahead, I'm prepared to die.

25 seconds to booster ignition.

Stop the sequence. Fifty-five tons doesn't sound so bad.

If you insist...

Fire the booster!

The nose cable extends! I'll climb that!

Hurry up and fire!

Fire!

Don't play with the bomb, Seven.

I connected the cable, GUNHED. Any reaction from the enemy?

Slow. Still the primitive defense system alone is in charge.

We could deceive them.

Yeah, I'm counting on you.

Enemy sensors think GUNHED's getting the data down there...

And to fool the vibration sensor...

I know. I'll confuse them with these bombs.

Ten minutes will be enough. After that...

I'll do what I like.

We'll get off this island together.

Maybe I don't want to leave. Maybe I like it here.

Bad things can happen when you fool with a gun.

Brooklyn, we've hidden some food and water.

If it's marked "Seven," it's safe. "Eleven" is dangerous.

I have to cut the voice communication. Anything else?

Don't die.

Yeah, I won't die.

Got the data?

Data compiled.

Any info about Nim and Eleven?

No.

Such a sensitive answer!

Show me level 260.

Seven's gonna save ten minutes for us. Be aggressive.

Enhance area A-3.

- What's this? - Transport elevator.

So, we take a ride.

Negative. It's a moving coffin. If they detect us, there's no escape route.

IF they detect us, right?

No, Brooklyn!

How far can we get in ten minutes?

Well, then, GUNHED, buddy...

Let's try Tank Mode, shall we?

Damn, you weren't kidding. I am, in fact, in a moving coffin!

Estimated 1 minute 25 seconds to elevator.

We wade across the oil canal. Ahead!

Oil canal? You didn't say you could swim.

You could've asked for my opinion about this. We're not waterproof.

If I remember right, you chose this route, Brooklyn.

I'm talking about due diligence, numb-nuts.

Tanks 3 and 4 down.

We'll get off at 385 and get the coolant.

The next available fuel on level 385 is at 2.7 kilometers.

With two tanks, we can run only for 1.3 kilometers.

So, now what?

Coolant available on level 381.

Then let's get off at 381.

It doesn't lead us anywhere.

So... then... what?

I'll stop the elevator on level 381. Brooklyn, you'll have two minutes to shop.

Brooklyn! Brooklyn!

How long have I got?

1 minute, 59 seconds.

Why is it getting so hot in here?

『Texmexium』 is being regenerated in the entire tower.

At zero hour, KYRON 5's temperature will raise to 372 degrees.

This main tower will become one big nuclear reactor.

And we're trapped inside that reactor!

You might say that, yes.

Could've told me earlier!

I'm going out!

The coolant is in the control station on left.

I will cover you. Take the cubes and attach them in every corner.

Hurry it up, GUNHED! I'm coming out.

Ten seconds, on your mark.

One...

Two...

Three...

- Hurry up, Gunhed! Quicker! Faster! - Four, five, six, seven, eight...

Nine...

Mark!

Can't you make it move faster?

Not much we can do...

This ain't funny! What happened?

Level 260 is already being scanned. Diversion has been interrupted.

What'll happen if they find us?

Have you ever seen a pig roasted on a spit?

Three missiles approaching.

You'll have to operate the defense missiles manually.

AHHHHHHHHHHHHH-

-HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Cheer up, everybody.

You too, "NOSE".

You're surrounded. Come out with your hands up.

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Can't make it! We're out of fuel.

This is the last gas station.

The upper floors are becoming Death Valley, we've got to move.

Don't play with that gun. It's bad luck.

I'm not playing.

Just getting ready to go it alone from here.

I'm not dead yet.

My sensors detect the presence of a fuel-like substance in the vicinity.

It's in those vessels.

In those vessels? Those whiskey barrels?

Robots and whiskey, huh?

So long.

My reactor can be turned to metabolize any ethyl alcohol variant. Including whiskey.

I gotta go it alone.

Don't forget the Dodgers in '55 and '88, Brooklyn!

The odds were against them, too.

What're you talking about?

Baseball.

The words on your shirt!

You'd leave your teammates here? Alone?

Brooklyn!

Maybe it's at the bottom of the ninth, two outs...

We both want to beat the odds, don't we?!

Does that whiskey really make robots dance?

What's the ammo situation?

20mm ammo: 493 rounds.

5.56mm: 1870 rounds.

30 seconds worth, huh...

Don't know if we can even last that long...

Come inside, Brooklyn. Something fabulous is coming this way.

She scared me to death. That's why...

Nim, Seven, and Eleven are headed for the main entryway.

What if we draw the AERO-BOT's attention?

Nim's on level 388 approaching target KYRON 5. 8 minutes, 8 seconds.

And the BIO-DROID?

Stay with KYRON.

Can Nim handle it alone?

Odds don't mean anything once humans want something bad enough.

...Nim is good enough.

You related to somebody named Bancho, by any chance?

I'm related to Model 508, UH-ED Series... but not Bancho.

Just checking.

Show this damn KYRON just how good we really are.

...One favor.

If they take me out... I wanna be on my feet.

You got it, buddy.

GUNHED, Standing Mode!

Seven, you stay here in cover.

I knew you'd say that.

Eleven!

Eleven!

Charge...

Charge...

Charge!

Hope you ain't too drunk to shoot straight, GUNHED...

Go for the eyes, Brooklyn!

AHHHHHHHH-

-HHHHHH-

-HHHHHHHHHGGGGHHH!

What's this signal?

The nose sensor from Unit 508: we can use it.

But first, we have to play cat and mouse.

Come on, straight ahead. I'm here.

Come over here. That's right.

What the hell is that code? C'mon, tell me, GUNHED!

Yeah, big boy, come on!

Nim is in position.

Eleven! Eleven, stop! Wait! Stop!

Eleven, wait!

Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop...

Eleven, c'mon! C'mon, c'mon...

Brooklyn... you know what you have to do.

GERONIMO!!!

Bebe!

Bebe!

Where's Seven? Seven!

I kept my promise.

You got it back...

Us bandits...

Where's GUNHED? Did he die?

KYRON 5 self-destruct is set. Activate in 10 seconds.

I could delay the explosion only for 15 more minutes...

Run for Mary-Ann, now!

What'll happen to GUNHED?

Okay, Brooklyn. Let's rock!

Brooklyn...

Look! A message from GUNHED!

He's alive!

You wanna drive?