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Th Films, Ltd.

Prductin: Th Eiga Crpratin (Th Studis Crpratin) Th Eiz Crpratin (Th lmage Crpratin)

Prducers: Tmyuki Tanaka, Fumi Tanaka

Original Stry: Hachir Jinguji Screenplay: Ryuz Nakanishi, Shuichi Nagahara

Cinematgraphy: Yuzuru Aizawa Art Directr: Kazu Satsuya Recrdist: Tshiya Ban Lighting: Shinji Kjima

Original Music: Tshiaki Tsushima Sund Track frm Th Recrds Electrical Music Design: Matsu Ohn Sund Effects: Th Sund Effects Team Sund Cnditining: Th Recrding Center

Assistant Directr: lppei lmamura Film Editing: Michik lkeda Still Phtgraphy: Yshinri Ishizuki Film Develpment: Tky Genzsh (Tky Film Lab) Prductin Manager: Tshiaki Hashimt

SPECIAL EFFECTS: Cinematgraphy: Takeshi Yamamt Art: Yasuyuki Inue Lighting: Masakuni Mrimt Still Phtgraphy: Issei Tanaka Synthetic Art: Kazunbu Sanbe

Assistant Directr: Kuichi Kawakita Optical Phtgraphy: Takeshi Miyanishi Drawing: Takeaki Tsukada Effects Cnductr: Kuji Matsumt Special Effects: Tadaaki Watanabe Prductin Manager: Keisuke Shinda

CAST

Kensaku Mrita (Shchiku Studis), Yuk Asan

Hirshi Miyauchi, Katsutshi Arata, Shuji Otaki (aka Hideji Otaki)

Akihik Hirata, Isa Hashimt, Shuji Nakayama, Gr Mutsumi

Wataru Yamamt, Tsuyshi End, Mammth Suzuki, William Rss, David Perin

Takashi Kanematsu, Futshi Kikuchi, Fumitsugu Hayata Osamu Murashima, Ysuke Takemura, Shinji Kawabata, Tshikazu Mritagawa

Kichi Yshida, Susumu Ohtani, Junichi Et Shinichi Yshimiya, Isa Setyama, Yu Naki, Actin / Stunt Crdinatin: Japan Actin Club

Masaya Oki

Ry lkebe

Special Effects Directr: Nakan Teruyshi

Directr: Jun Fukuda

1988, Autumn

UN Space Federatin, Japanese Branch

This is the UN Space Federatin, Japanese Branch.

Requesting transmissin frm Space Statin Terra.

Space Statin Terra, please answer. This is the Japanese Branch, d yu read me?

It's n gd. The electric wave interference hasn't lifted.

Miyshi?

Miyshi, is that yu?! S yu survived!

Hw've yu been?

Glad t see yu back.

Miyshi, yu lk like yu're ding all right.

It's been 2 years, right?

Yes. I finally gt sme time ff. Ah, and where's the Chief?

Why're yu even asking that? Yu knw, he's very busy with that cmet scare ging n.

Ah, Chief. Lng time n see.

Yes, it's been a while. Hw were things in America?

Well, it was very cnfusing.

Shuttle launches were canceled, and the electr-interference wuldn't stp.

I expected s. It's the same here.

And abut that cmet debris, accrding t the data we've cllected thus far,

it lks like a fragment drpped ff here in Japan. But we still haven't cnfirmed it.

Take a lk at this.

Oh, Muri!

-What is it, Fuyuki? -Y.

Miyshi's cme back.

Miyshi, yu say?

Yeah. She just called me.

Oh...

Cming back withut warning; sunds like smething he'd d.

I see.

S Miyshi is back.

What's wrng with yu kids? Yu've been acting strange lately.

Miyshi.

Hmm?

Well, ya see.

Fuyuki. Let me tell him.

Ah, gd idea.

We gt engaged.

Tw mnths ag.

I see. That's gd news. Cngratulatins.

Say, Fuyuki. We'd better make anther tast t wish them luck n their marriage.

Sure, let's d it.

Miyshi.

Are yu really happy fr us?

Of curse I am.

Thank yu, Miyshi-san.

Hey, dn't make such a big deal ut f it.

Gd! Well then, a tast.

Gd. Muri, Jun, cngratulatins.

Cheers!

Is there a Mr. Miyshi at this table? Yu have a telephne call.

Oh, thanks.

Hell. Miyshi speaking.

Oh, is that yu, Chief?

Yes, I understand. I'll be there as sn as I can.

What is it?

The UN Space Federatin gt a transmissin.

Judging by the transmissin frm the Head Base, there have been witnesses f UFOs all ver America.

These UFOs are causing a huge panic.

Let me shw yu.

Here, here, here, here, here, here, here. And this place is the wrst ff.

Prfessr Schmidt and his men are starting a fllw-up investigatin,

but n new develpments have been fund.

I've gt a bad feeling abut this.

Judging by this data...

Chief, I think we gt a cnnectin t the Space Statin. Judging by this data...

Chief, I think we gt a cnnectin t the Space Statin.

Takigawa.

Yes, sir.

This is the Japanese Branch. The Japanese Branch.

Space Statin Terra, ver.

This is the Japanese Branch f the UN Space Federatin. Terra, please respnd.

This is the UN Space Federatin Japanese Branch, calling Space Statin Terra.

Mikasa, this is Miyshi. Mikasa, can yu hear me? Mikasa!

That yu, Miyshi? I've been sending transmissins fr the last 20 hurs. Smething's nt right.

What's wrng?

Strange electr-waves keep transmitting t Earth frm the surface f Venus.

Frm Venus?

That's right. At a frequency f 420 megahertz.

One wuld assume it was sme srt f transmissin, but we can't crack the cde.

And electr-waves with the same frequency are being sht at Venus frm the Earth's surface...

Mikasa! Mikasa! D yu read me? Answer me!

Mikasa! What's ging n?

Miyshi! Can yu hear me?

This is Space Statin Terra. This is Space Statin Terra.

Emergency alert! Emergency alert!

What's wrng?!

Mikasa!

Emergency!

It's a huge spaceship. A spaceship is appraching the statin!

It's a ship! It's a Rman ship!

It's big. It's very big!

It's gnna hit us!

It's gnna hit us!

He said it was a spaceship.

Yeah...

He als said it was a big Rman ship.

Chief.

Put all effrts int this investigatin.

Ummm, send a reprt t HQ in New Yrk.

See that nthing is amiss. Understd?

Yes, sir.

Jun.

I want t see yur father right away.

Prfessr Schmidt has tld me a It f yur adventures at the UN Space Federatin's HQ.

Well, have a seat. Excuse me.

My pupil's successes are my biggest cnslatin.

But yu knw, Miyshi...

I never wanted yu t leave Japan.

There were plenty f pprtunities fr yu t shine in Japan.

I had Jun t cnsider, t.

Jun lved yu s much it became a handicap.

But yu left fr America.

And nw yu've cme back t Japan t see me.

What d yu want?

Prfessr, I'll be frank, wuld it be pssible t launch the space defense unit, "Ghten"?

If pssible, hw Ing wuld it take?

Ghten was disbanded.

Yes, but that was three years ag, when there were fears f UFOs invading Earth.

Exactly.

The same time Ghten was disbanded, I left the army.

Thse members trained under Ghten have been scattered t varius ther statins.

Like yu, and Muri, and Mikasa. And als Jimmy at NASA.

Yes, but Ghten was nearly cmpleted.

The UN-rdered space defense unit was frcefully disbanded. What was the real reasn fr this?

It became unimprtant.

Units that wn't serve Earth have n reasn t exist.

That's true, but what if there came a time when Earth was threatened by utside frces again?

Ghten will surely be called upn.

Are yu saying that's s even nw?

Yes.

Is what yu're saying the will f the UN?

Crrect. HQ rdered me t cme see yu t tell yu this.

The cmet debris, became landing psts n Earth fr the UFOs.

There's s much data suggesting this it's impssible t ignre it.

Even the incident at Space Statin Terra.

That nly strengthened the hypthesis.

Yes?

Father, Prfessr Matsuzawa is n the phne fr yu.

Takigawa speaking. Oh, n, the pleasure is mine.

What?

Prfessr Schmidt... has passed away?

We just received wrd. I'm srry, but it's true.

I see.

Yes. I'll tell Miyshi.

Just as yu heard, Prfessr Schmidt was...

killed by smething when he was in the muntains, investigating the UFO landings.

What's wrng?

It's Prfessr Schmidt!

Prfessr Schmidt? But that's impssible.

Hey, Fuyuki, stp!

Father!

Prfessr Schmidt has cme t see yu.

Prfessr Schmidt, yu say?

Yes. I have him waiting in the living rm.

I see. S he survived.

Yes.

Prfessr Schmidt.

Ah, Takigawa. Lng time n see. Yu haven't changed a bit.

Well, I'm surprised. I just received wrd frm Matsuzawa at HQ, telling me yu were killed.

Well, I was the ne wh spread that rumr.

Well, cme in.

Actually, several days ag,

I was targeted by sme mysterius men.

I felt my life was in danger.

S I let ut the news that I was dead, and came t see yu in secret.

That must have been a difficult rdeal.

D yu think they had a cnnectin t the cmet debris?

As yu suggest, I think they are aliens frm anther planet.

I see.

Ah, n thanks.

Thank yu.

What did yu wish t talk abut?

Ghten.

I want t reactivate Ghten as quickly as pssible.

I think it's apprpriate that we cnsider urselves under attack.

The nly thing that can stp their invasin is Ghten. Yu shuld knw that better than anyne else.

I will nt reactivate Ghten.

Yu cmpleted everything abut Ghten except the final phase.

Takigawa, we have n time t waste.

If yu refuse, the UN will take ver its cmpletin.

Hand ver the plans.

I can't hand them t yu.

Why nt?

It's unusual fr yu t be s apathetic in the face f a catastrphe. N, it's cruel f yu.

Was it really Prfessr Schmidt?

Yes. He's speaking with Father nw in the living rm.

Phewww, that's a relief.

Schmidt.

It is because f yu that I cannt hand ver the plans.

I suppse yu think yur disguise is very effective.

But Prfessr Schmidt des nt hld a lighter with his right hand.

He's left-handed.

Step back.

If yu refuse t hand ver the plans, then I'll have t take yu instead.

Stand up.

Stand up!

Mve it.

Out f my way!

D as he says.

Hearing that the incident was a declaratin f war by aliens,

the gvernment rdered immediate military actin under cmmand f Oishi.

The defense units were released.

Thse under cmmand f Oishi, upn further investigatin, discvered the alien HQ was n Venus.

Takigawa Masat was then rdered t reactivate Ghten.

I will cmplete the final phase f Ghten's creatin.

I want all members t reprt t ur headquarters at nce.

Help me retrieve them.

Yes, sir.

That includes Jimmy at NASA.

Yes. I understand.

Jun will als participate.

Nt as my daughter, but as a specialist.

Treat her well.

I lk frward t wrking with yu all.

Us, t.

Me, t.

This is a rster f all the members.

Please gather them as quickly as pssible.

Yes, sir.

Natinal Defense Squad's Headquarters

Sir.

Excluding Captain Takigawa, all members f Ghten have been sent ut by submarine.

I see.

It wuld be nice if we can easily infiltrate Ghten's base.

"Ghten" Cnstructin Site

Hw're the UN frces ding n the surface?

Well, they have suffered many casualties.

Jimmy might nt be able t make it.

Maybe s.

Ah, Captain, we just gt a telegram fr Jimmy.

If Jimmy cmes here, what will yu d?

I guess we'll have t give him the telegram.

Hw Ing until the final phase is cmpleted?

Six days, sir.

N, THREE days.

We must finish in three days.

Yes, sir.

After this pulse circuit is cmpleted, the First Sectin will be finished.

Let's g

Ah, Muri!

Ahhh, Jimmy! Glad yu culd make it.

Things were getting pretty glmy arund here withut yur smile.

Yu think I'm gnna let them kill me befre I jin up with Ghten?

Naw. Is yur family well?

Yeah, they're fine.

Miyshi.

Oh, Miyshi!

Oh, Jimmy!

I missed ya. Hw've yu been?

Fine.

Haven't seen yu since ur training days at NASA.

Huh? Oh, ww, he's right.

Sir, due t interference waves frm the enemy, we cannt sht missiles.

Our Furth Unit is cmpletely wiped ut!

Hasn't...hasn't Ghten been initiated yet?

lt'll be anther tw days.

That is, nly if Ghten's base isn't destryed befre then.

The Main Engine Cntrl System has been cmpleted.

All gun turrets cmpleted.

Rcket Cntrl Rm ready fr use.

Gd wrk, cmpany.

We will depart right away. Reprt t yur statins.

Yes, sir.

It's the enemy!

Freeze! Freeze!

Yu bastards.

Have yu gne mad?!

Hand ver Takigawa.

If yu fail t hand him ver, yu will all die.

All units n yur statins. Prepare t attack!

Start the Main Engine.

Starting Main Engine.

Start the Main Drill.

Starting the Main Drill.

Launch the Head Laser Beam!

Sir.

Ghten has lifted ff.

Rise t an elevatin f 3800.

Prepare explsives fr launching.

Sht!

Sir, the enemy frces abve Tky have mved suthward.

The same with America.

There is presently nt a city in the entire wrld under attack.

I see.

S all the enemy's spacecraft have headed twards Ghten.

All right!

This is Ghten, Takigawa speaking.

This is Oishi. I'm Matsuzawa.

We smashed the enemy rckets. We'll head fr Venus nw.

Rger.

Takigawa, we pray fr yur success.

Attentin all units,

Ghten will sn leave Earth and head fr the enemy base n Venus.

I'm ging t need strng cmmitment frm each ne f yu.

Put n yur Anti-G Belts.

Ignite the Main Rcket.

Our current elevatin is 200 km.

Nw preparing t burst thrugh the atmsphere.

Switch n the Gravity System.

We will nw leave the Earth's rbit.

Ignite the In Rcket.

Turn n the Venus rbital cntrls.

We will nw fly with ur inertia. Switch ff the In Rcket.

All units, und yur Anti-G Belts.

All thse ff duty, reprt t the cntrl rm.

Let us say farewell t the Earth.

It's s pretty.

Lks like a green pearl.

Jimmy.

This gt here just a little befre yu arrived at Ghten's base.

The reasn I haven't given it t yu yet... is because I wanted yu t understand that yu weren't frgtten.

What's with the serius face?

D yu knw what's wrng with him?

N.

Miyshi.

What's wrng with Jimmy? Did smething happen?

It lks like he's crying.

The day he arrived at Ghten's base, New Yrk was attacked.

His parents, little brther and sister... his whle family was killed.

Captain, I finished the calculatins.

We will reach Venus in 9 days and 15 hurs.

Gd jb.

Miyshi.

I've gt smething t tell yu.

What is it? Why the sudden serius tne?

If smething happens t me while we fight n Venus,

Take care f Jun fr me.

Muri...

Hw can yu suggest smething s stupid? Yu guys just barely gt engaged.

Never mind that, just listen t me.

Tw years ag, yu suddenly left Japan.

Yu left s that I culd have Jun.

What're yu talking abut? The reasn I left Japan was...

I knw.

I knw yu very well.

I was in lve with Jun.

But, which ne f us had Jun's heart?

It was clear she lved yu.

But I managed t get engaged t her anyway.

I plan n putting ur relatinship t the test.

During the battle n Venus, that is.

If we win...

then I will be able t have pride in myself.

I'll prbably stp being jealus f yu.

But there's n guarantee I'll survive.

And if that happens I want yu t take care f Jun.

Anther three days until we get t Venus.

Things have been almst t easy.

Lk! Smething's appraching us!

Zm in.

It's the space statin!

It's Terra!

That's where Mikasa was.

What's it ding all the way ut here?

The shck frm the explsin must have pushed it ut here.

Captain.

I will check it ut.

Judging by the appearance, n ne's alive in there.

Hw d yu knw that withut checking?

What d yu think the utside temperature is?

Even if everyne n there is dead, I want t at least recver their bdies.

Captain!

Pilt, decntaminate the statin fr safety.

Decntaminating the statin.

Thank yu very much, sir. I'll be back sn.

Let's bundle him thickly.

Take ver!

Okay.

Is it the enemy?

Enemy rckets appraching! Enemy rckets appraching!

35 sekii speed. 90 sekkei speed. 9 Mach speed. All statins, prepare fr battle!

Wh..wh are yu.

Hey!

Mikasa.

Yu're wrng! He's nt Mikasa!

Dn't mve!

Stp Ghten.

If yu dn't stp, I'll kill her.

Captain! Captain!

Mikasa was an invader.

He's trying t take Jun frm us.

He demands that we stp Ghten.

Open the airlck!

If yu dn't, I'll kill her.

Captain! Muri intends t purse them.

He can't!

Stp him!

Muri, wait!

Yu can't g!

Why can't I!

It's my rash ideas that gt us in this mess in the first place. It's my duty t rescue her.

Dn't try t stp me! Zip it!

It's the Captain's rders!

Captain.

Please let me g.

And hw d yu prpse t retrieve Jun?

I can't let yu die as well.

Let g! Let g f me!

Sht the In Rckets!

Captain, an unknwn type f electr-wave signal is emitting frm Venus twards us.

Miyshi, pen cmmunicatins.

Yes, sir.

Muri, cme here.

Captain Takigawa.

As yu can see, we have taken yur daughter.

I am the Emperr f the Galaxy...

Cmmander Hell.

Muri.

Frm 22,000 light-years away frm the slar system,

yu call ur planet "Meshie 13".

The third planet in the Ymi system, that is ur mther planet.

It is very far frm here.

Hwever...

We, the lmperial Planet f the Galaxy, have already btained the pwer t fly freely thrugh the galaxy.

If yur technlgy is that advanced, then why must yu cme all the way ver here t take ver this slar system?

Our planet has aged.

Just as it is the fate f all planets t die, ur planet has grwn t Id.

We needed t mve t anther planet.

The planet we wanted was a planet that was exactly like ur wn, the third planet frm the sun.

Yur planet Earth.

Captain Takigawa, yu believe yu have the pwer t attack us,

but may I infrm yu that Ghten, the last hpe f yur pitiful Earthling race, will sn be drenched in bld.

We are nw entering Venus's rbit.

Ignite the rear rckets.

Presently 200 km abve the surface f Venus.

Cmmence tracing the surface f Venus.

All units, put n yur Anti-G Belts.

Present crdinates: Venus Ingitude 80 degrees, 10 minutes.

Latitude, 36 degrees, 23 minutes.

What's the distance t the surce f the enemy's transmissins?

Abut 6 km. Just as we planned.

Away Team, prepare t depart.

Yes, sir!

Ready?

Okay.

Okay.

Okay.

Prepared fr departure.

Gd. Depart nw.

Rger.

What a pwerful wind.

Jimmy, what's the wind speed?

87 meters per secnd.

R2 Antenna, set n.

Surface temperature, 475 degrees Celsius.

Air pressure, 83,000 MB.

We can see it well.

We will nw depart.

Yur missin is pure investigatin. Dn't get carried away.

Rger.

Jimmy, where is the enemy base?

15 degrees starbard.

Over the muntains, then.

We'll hver ver there.

Gd.

Hey, lk at that.

Lks like a stalactite cave.

Let's see what's past it.

Okay.

We're ging in.

Stp!

That's... that's the enemy ship.

S that's why Mikasa said it was a Rman ship.

Captain, they've put up a defense barrier.

Let's see if we can get a little clser.

Jimmy, be sure t get as many pictures f that big ship as pssible.

Rger.

Watch ut!

Miyshi, are yu kay?

Yeah, it seems s.

What a relief. Retreat at nce.

Rger.

That large muth appears t be smething.

I think it's prbably a srt f air duct.

Yes, I suppse that's the nly place we culd sneak in.

Gd. We'll treat it as an air duct, and plan n hw we shuld invade.

Destrying the enemy's central pwer surce is ur main bjective. Understd?

Yes.

It's a shame I can'tjin in the attack frce.

Unless yur team destrys the barrier, my team wn't be able t invade in the first place. We're cunting n yu.

Thanks.

The Captain rdered us t destry their central pwer...

But I will... rescue Jun at any cst.

Diagnstic check cmplete. Ready t g.

All's well at my end. Ready t launch.

Preparing t enter the cave.

Rger.

Everyne's ready n ur end t sht.

Open the airlck.

Opening the airlck.

Launcher, set n.

Preparatins cmplete.

Set n the launching circuits.

Launch!

Launch!

Miyshi, I'm flying nw, accrding t plan.

Rger.

Jimmy, sht the bulders ver the ship.

I will destry the barrier.

Rger.

Fuyuki, we'll take a detur in.

Jimmy, I'll distract the enemy. Yu cntinue t sht.

Rger.

Thanks.

Cease fire!

Dammit!

Miyshi, I'll distract the enemy.

Meanwhile, yu charge in!

Rger!

Land nw!

Rger!

Okay, let's g.

Okay.

Hurry.

Listen, line up with me and sht. They'll start t weaken.

Rger.

Jimmy!

Nw's ur chance.

Once it turns red, we're ging thrugh.

It's the farthest ne t the right. We're clse.

Watch ut!

Let's just charge in and attack.

Gd.

Fuyuki!

Fuyuki!

Stand up.

Are yu kay?

I'm fine. And yu?

I'm fine.

With ur cver blwn, we dn't have a chance.

Gt any ideas?

Cme with me.

There was a cmputer device shaped exactly like this in the leader's rm.

It must have sme srt f number pattern.

We might be able t pen this place up.

Captain Takigawa.

Three f yur men are dead.

The last remaining man and yur daughter are in my hands.

Unless yu surrender, they t will die.

I will nt change my plan.

I can't let yu take cntrl f ur planet.

Is that s.

Then may yu enjy yur futile struggle until Ghten and my tw captives are destryed.

Jun!

Jun!

This is Jun! This is Jun!

Miyshi and I successfully escaped frm the enemy base. We are presently returning!

Is that Jun?

Thank Gd.

Miyshi.

Thank yu.

Miyshi, the enemy base has lifted ff the grund. Hurry!

Muri, Miyshi and Jun have returned. Pull back at nce.

Rger.

Fasten yur belts.

Lift ff!

Launch Active Laser Missiles!

Sht Revlver Beams!

Ship stabilizer malfunctin! The Main Laser and Beams are damaged!

G lk at the ship's cnditin.

Yes, sir.

Their artillery.

Yes!

Lasers.

Yes!

Yu men g with him, t.

Yes, sir.

N answer frm the Missile Shting Rm.

3-directinal rckets are destryed.

Rear Lasers are n Inger peratinal.

Jun.

Yes?

We must ensure that the remaining members f ur team return hme safely.

Call Miyshi back.

Yes, sir.

Jun.

N, never mind.

Please g.

Okay.

Captain.

Captain!

Miyshi, the rest is in yur hands.

Dn't try t find me.

Captain!

Father!

During the creatin f Ghten, I successfully invented explsives f frighteningly strng magnitude.

S strng that if enugh were made, the entire galaxy culd be destryed.

If the building blck f the universe - ether - is utilized, an explsin larger than can be imagined culd ccur.

The enemy wanted t knw Ghten's secret.

This very bmb.

That's why I didn't want t launch Ghten.

The infinite universe has always made my dreams cme true.

And in return, I destry the universe t save the Earth?

What cruel irny that is.

Father!

Father!!

This bmb must never be built again. It must never be used.

That is my prayer.

Repair Team, let's get mving.

ANS Cmputer, repairs cmpleted.

Are yu kay?

Laser Beam Antenna, repairs cmpleted.

First Armaments Rm, repairs cmpleted.

Main Engine, repairs cmpleted.

All units, reprt t yur statins.

We will return t Earth.

Fin.