Macross Frontier: The Wings of Goodbye (2011) Movie Script
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[Sheryl breathing heavily]
I believed that my songs were my life.
[Ranka] I believed that we would
always be together.
[Alto] Having to make a choice
means having to give something up.
Even so, I will.
[Sheryl] I will.
[Ranka] I will.
[bell tolls, echoes]
[footsteps approaching]
Mix your DNA
Inside me!
[upbeat music playing]
From the gentle curve of the flask
Hot passion drips
The power to change the world
Is the distant promise
stabbing at my heart
As if revenge is the reason
I am shaken up and down
It doesn't take weapons to kill
A single sigh can do the job
With my wounds exposed
A light symphony plays
The signal from my lips
has already turned blue
The forbidden elixir!
The light at the end of sin
The chemical reactions
set off by my love
Leave me yearning for you
With only one button
Left fastened
Synthetic!
[Michael] Skull 2 to Skull 4,
entering a suspected hostile sector.
Are you ready?
- They're coming!
- What?
They're fast!
Damned Vajra!
I've got your back!
[Alto] Thanks!
Love is a wonderful thing
If you can return
from it alive, that is
I'm a naive material...
Sheryl.
Ranka, we're going to be late!
Coming!
[Sheryl] The mission is mutation
But just let me
make it through tonight
Stairs? They're a shortcut
I'm a divine goddess,
a flirty little devil
An enigma and a mystery
The spiral spins, but to no avail
The song, it's...
If you want it,
I'll gladly give up my life
The forbidden elixir
Glows with feverish warmth
The chemical reactions
set off by my love
Solve the mystery
Crossing the borderline
I overflow
Melancholy!
Melancholy
[gasps]
[male fan] Sheryl!
[audience cheering]
[music fades]
MACROSS Frontier: The Wings of Farewell
[narrator] The year is 2059 A.D.
Sheryl Nome, the "Galactic Fairy,"
descended upon the Macross Frontier,
a massive immigration fleet that traveled
the galaxy in search
of new worlds to settle.
- Sometimes adorable...
- [singing inaudibly]
...and sometimes alluring and mysterious,
she sang and danced.
- Ranka Lee, idolizing Sheryl...
- [speaking inaudibly]
...was also doing her best
to become a professional singer.
To protect these two,
and the Frontier itself,
Alto Saotome volunteered to join S.M.S,
a private military company.
Shadowy machinations
were in play regarding Fold Quartz,
a rare mineral that could transmit
information and energy
across time and space,
as well as the mystery
of the two songstresses
and the ability to manipulate
fold waves that lay hidden within them.
At that time, a swarm of the mysterious
super dimensional lifeforms
called the Vajra,
attacked the Frontier Fleet once again.
[Sheryl grunts]
[screaming]
Ranka!
[grunts]
[Ranka] Alto.
[narrator] In the middle
of this intense battle,
to protect the fleet
from the Vajra's attack,
they risked their lives,
and fought, and sang.
Ranka,
Sheryl,
Alto, and their comrades.
[Sheryl] Thank you, Alto, Ranka.
I know now that I'm not alone.
Sheryl.
Not alone, huh.
[narrator] The entwined future
of these three begins now.
[reporter] There is speculation
that Sheryl Nome,
who collapsed
during yesterday's live event,
wasn't merely exhausted, but in fact
may be suffering...
[Sheryl] Honestly, they just say
whatever they please.
[sighs]
- [Ranka] Sheryl!
- Uh?
[Sheryl] Ranka. How are you doing?
How am I?
[Ranka] I should be asking you that,
Sheryl! Are you okay?
I just felt a little faint, that's all.
I probably just overexerted myself.
[Ranka] Thank goodness!
[Sheryl] By the way, I heard it!
That Niji-iro Kuma Kuma
of yours is an adorable song.
[gasps] Thank you so much!
[Sheryl] Come on,
you say something to her too.
Huh...?
- [sighs]
- [Ranka gasps]
Wait, Alto?
What are you wearing?
I've been working for her
ever since our last operation.
Members from the S.M.S Frontier branch,
watch her in shifts.
She's still under suspicion
of being a spy...
- [sighs]
- ...so we double as surveillance.
You people don't trust anyone, do you?
You're the one that wanted
to clear your name,
and needed us as your bodyguards.
Well, I'm the one paying your fee.
In other words, my orders are absolute.
You could say Alto is my S-L-A-V-E.
"Slave"?
Hey! What were you just imagining?
[Ranka] Nothing.
[chuckles] How cute.
[coughs]
- [Alto] Sheryl!
- [Ranka] Are you okay?
What are you fussing about? I'm fine.
[Alto] Maybe so, but you're still
pushing yourself too hard.
Do you want to sing that badly?
[Sheryl] Of course I do. Singing
is my raison d'tre.
Singing is my life.
Same goes for you, right, Ranka?
Huh?
[Sheryl] Your songs
have a power to them, too.
Not at all.
[Grace] Sheryl, it's about time
we get going.
[Ranka] Uh... Sheryl!
Here!
It's an invitation
to my debut concert next weekend.
I'm sure you're too busy
and won't be able to come, but...
- I'll be there.
- [Ranka] Huh?
- Grace, adjust my schedule accordingly.
- [Grace] Mmm.
- I'm looking forward to it.
- [notepad beeps]
See you later.
[Ranka] Alto!
My big brother said the S.M.S crew
is headed to Mayan Island for some R&R.
Yeah.
[Ranka] I'll be there, too.
I'm off that afternoon.
If you don't mind... can we meet up?
[Brera] Don't waste your time on that man.
Brera?
Hey, Brera,
what was that supposed to mean?
You're capable,
but you don't fully commit to anything.
[Brera] Everything you do is half-assed.
What did you say?
[Sheryl] Hey!
What are you doing? We're leaving!
I'll message you later.
[young girl] Code Q1, Ranka Lee,
is manifesting steadily.
[man 1] At this rate, we'll need only
a few more battles to decipher the code.
[Grace] So which one shall we ultimately
choose as our medium?
[young girl] Sheryl's throat
won't hold out much longer.
[man 2] Growth of her fold bacteria
has accelerated
since she first came into contact
with Ranka Lee.
If Sheryl's vocal chords
are not surgically removed soon,
she has no hope of survival.
[Grace] But if we could unite
the Queen and the Fairy as one,
I believe that would increase
our ability to control the Vajra.
[man 1] A transplant?
[young girl chuckles] We're likely
to lose them both that way.
[man 2] No, fold bacteria need the will
of their host songstress
to manifest their power.
So if we could merge Ranka Lee's power
with Sheryl's will...
[man 1] Regardless, as we have
no fleet to return to,
we must seize the world
where the Vajra Queen resides.
[man 3] Even the Protoculture feared
these super dimensional lifeforms.
Once we have the Vajra's fold network...
[man 2] At that moment, the galaxy...
[young girl] Will be ours.
[man 3] We have little time left.
Do you understand, Colonel Grace?
[Grace] Yes, sir.
[Sheryl singing in background]
No matter how many suns there are,
they can't erase my beauty.
Protect my skin!
[Sheryl] For shining skin that's out of
this dimension, use Nome Pure Shield.
[Kabuki man grunts]
[Ranka] Alto?
[chuckles] Waiting long?
No.
[Alto] Not really.
Don't stare at me like that!
[Alto] I wasn't staring!
- Liar!
- I'm not lying!
- [squeaks]
- Huh?
[relaxed tropical music playing]
Oh... [gasps]
[groans]
See you later then.
[gasps]
Where'd you get off to, Sis?
[Alto] When we're relaxing like this...
It feels like our battle with the Vajra
was nothing but a bad dream.
[Ranka] Yeah, it does.
[Alto] How's work?
[Ranka] I feel like I'm giving it my all
every single day now.
With TV, magazines, and lessons.
My vocal coach has started
really raising the bar.
You know, making me sing
really high notes and stuff.
Honestly, there's so much going
on it makes my head spin!
[Alto] You're so popular now.
You and Sheryl saved the Frontier Fleet.
You're the new star of hope,
our "Super Dimensional Cinderella."
You're exaggerating.
I just ran in without thinking.
I can't even remember
why I did what I did.
If you hadn't saved me, Alto, I...
- Is this about the Vajra?
- Eh?
You wanted to see me because
you were worried about something, right?
[Ranka] How did you...
Come on, you've been on edge all day.
Alto...
[Ranka] Hey, Alto.
Why do you think the Vajra...
- [squeaks]
- ...didn't kill me?
Uh?
Why did they capture me and try
to take me back instead of kill me?
That's what you wanted to talk about?
When I think back on it,
it seems kinda strange.
- "Strange"?
- Mmm.
Promise you won't laugh?
Yeah, sure.
[crickets chirping]
When the Vajra captured me,
and I was trapped inside its tummy,
I should have been terrified,
but instead I felt
this weird sense of nostalgia.
As if it was saying, "Welcome home."
[chuckles] That's ridiculous.
See, you laughed.
Well, of course. Vajra barely have brains.
[Alto] Stop thinking about such nonsense.
Focus on your goals, your songs...
- [Ranka] Is it really ridiculous though?
- Huh?
If your brain is small, does that mean
you don't have a heart, either?
Do you think the bugs chirping here
don't have hearts? Don't have feelings?
The palm trees and the flowers,
don't they feel things?
That's...
- [Ranka exhales]
- [squealing]
[Ranka] Aimo aimo neder rusche
Noina miria ender protea
Fotomi
This place is
A warm sea
[gentle instrumental music playing]
Rurei rureia
The skylarks flying above
are teardrops
Rurei rureia
You are a gentle green child
Aimo aimo neder rusche
Noina miria ender protea
Fotomi
Ranka.
[music fades]
[door opens]
[Grace] What are you doing?
You shouldn't be
out of bed without permission.
Answer me, Sheryl.
[coughing]
Is this a cruel twist of fate?
[screen beeps]
[Grace] Sheryl, your throat...
Once the V-type infection has progressed
this far, there's no hope of...
[Sheryl] So you're telling me
to have the operation?
The one where they cut out my vocal cords?
[Grace] But that was the agreement
from the very beginning.
As Code Q1,
you were to serve as a substitute
until we could find a songstress with
a natural immunity to the V-type infection
and strong enough fold wave emission
abilities for our anti-Vajra strategy.
I know that!
Still, you're telling
me to give up on singing!
Never! I'd rather die
than not be able to sing!
[coughs]
[Grace] Even if it means you never
get to see him again?
[sighs]
That's...
[Grace] What if there was a way to save
both your life and your voice?
[Ranka] I think the Vajra have them, too.
Hearts and feelings, I mean.
[gasps]
There's no way!
[birds squawk]
[Alto] And even if they did,
why do they keep attacking us?
They've killed so many on the Frontier,
and nearly wiped out the Galaxy Fleet!
[Ranka] That's...
[squeaks]
I will protect you.
No matter what you think about them,
even if it costs me my life,
I will protect you from the Vajra!
Alto.
[wind whooshes]
[gasps]
[both gasp]
[Ozma shouts] What the hell
is going on here!
[groans]
[Alto] No, this is...
[Ranka] He was putting
my hat back on for me!
Since it almost blew away!
- [Ozma] That had better be true!
- [Alto] It is!
So what is it my big brother wants?
An emergency recall!
I came all the way out here to find
the idiot who turned his cell phone off!
You have to go?
[Grace] If we transplant Ranka's organs
and transfuse her blood into you,
her immunity might save you.
You'd have your life, and your voice.
[Grace] We'll be arriving soon.
Watch well,
for this will be the Super Dimensional
Cinderella's final performance.
[Nanase] Is something bothering you?
You look like you have
something on your mind.
No, I'm fine.
Then smile. Everyone is waiting
to see your smile, Ranka.
Thank you, Nanase.
A Boddole Zer-class fortress?
[Ranka] Rirameru rarameru ranruraran
Rirameru rarameru ranruraran
Rirameru rarameru ranruraran
Rirameru rarameru ranruraran
Rirameru rarameru ranruraran
Rirameru rarameru ranruraran
Rirameru rarameru ranruraran
Rirameru rarameru ranruraran
[crowd cheering]
For the longest time, the skies
have seemed lonely somehow
Even when we were holding hands
and laughing together
What were we afraid of
And what were we hiding?
Open the lock on my heart now
Open Teddy!
Open Ranka!
The town fills with flowers
And pebbles turn into candy
The handkerchief you used
to wipe away your tears
Turns into a little bird
A love that's lost its way
Crosses the rainbow
It will reach you
Surely it will reach you
Young maiden, muster your courage!
[crowd cheering]
As you live,
your heart gets kind of twisted
The weight of the future,
measured in dictionaries
Is red as bricks
Everyone together now!
[crowd singing along] Come on me
I have to try my hardest in life
The things I'm searching for
are surely within me
Now, Open Teddy!
Open Ranka!
My school uniform becomes a dress
There's an ocean in my bag
Splash it out over the desert
Let's play with the dolphins
in the forest
At walking pace do dreams come true
Young maiden, muster your courage!
A piano flies through the sky
Stardust turns to musical notes
Monsters sing
And dance inside the picture book
The miracle of love
Crosses the rainbow
It will reach you
Surely it will reach you
Ranka.
Young maiden, muster your courage!
[Jeffery] Our recon patrol reports
that this mid-sized
Boddole Zer-class fortress
was destroyed by the Vajra
about half a century ago
and has since become their nest.
[Luca] LAI's analysis indicates that Vajra
consume fold fuel to grow and reproduce.
If we don't put a stop to that here,
they will attack the Frontier Fleet again.
Vajra.
There's so many of them!
[Brera] Antares 1 to New U.N. Spacy
and S.M.S.
We will provide support on this operation.
Assuming you can keep up with me, that is.
- Brera.
- Here they come!
All ships, open fire!
[Catherine] All squadrons
are cleared to engage!
All units! Fire Reaction missiles!
Reverse formation!
[Ozma] Match relative velocity
and close to point-blank range.
[Michael] A new type?
A pincer attack?
Fold wave signal increasing.
It's that one.
[Luca] It's controlling the Vajra swarm.
All right! You're mine!
[Meena] All sections,
energy cool down all green.
Main cannon,
energy charge is reaching critical.
- Evac all maintenance, save for emergency.
- [Monica] Adjusting pursuit angle.
X-3. 67, Y-4. 49!
Ready!
Damn, that thing's tough!
[Brera] This is Antares 1.
Now entering enemy mothership.
Brera!
Alto! Don't go too far ahead!
[Alto] But if we don't stop them here...
[pop instrumental music plays]
Even when it's gloomy and raining
so hard I just want to cry
Above the clouds awaits
a brilliant blue sky
Come on, take off
From the sky of your one-sided love
Break through the clouds of doubt
The pulse of romance...
Damn him!
This song!
Ranka.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh
I'll fire all my kiss missiles...
What are they doing?
The song is reaching them.
The song's fold waves are jamming
the Vajra's communications
I don't understand it, but it's
slowing them down! Now's our chance!
Let's go, Michael.
I know already!
[Ranka] Miracles spin round and round
[shouts]
Even when it's gloomy and raining
So hard I just want to cry
I won't hesitate
You can almost see it, but you can't
The future,
even when your heart freezes over
[gasps]
The galaxy, brimming
with burning stars
This is...
[young girl] It's resonating.
The Queen's song is resonating!
[man 3] Decipher the protocol!
[man 2] I'm already on it!
[Ranka] Come on, tilt the nose upward
Deactivate the inhibitor on your heart
And fly from the darkness of solitude
Dive head over heels and
Super fall in love
I want to feel love,
faster than light...
What's that?
Alto, give me a hand.
[Ranka] Whoosh whoosh whoosh...
[Brera] Quickly, while the song's jamming
is still effective!
It can't be.
[Ranka] I think the Vajra have them, too.
Hearts and feelings, I mean.
[Brera] If you can't shoot, then leave!
I have no use for a man
who can't pull the trigger when necessary!
I'll do it! I'm a pilot!
[Brera] I'll take care of the swarm
on the right side.
You enter from the opposite side.
Three...
Two...
One.
[Alto grunts]
[Ranka] Time, dreams, scars, and tears
Cling to us unsteadily
Love is a dogfight
A love-filled cross fight
Miracles spin round and round
I just want to hold you tight
At 17Gs...
[system buzzing]
[panting]
Vajra... rescuing their injured.
[screeching]
[gasps, grunts]
[audience cheering]
A super-directed fold wave.
[Luca] No way! It's directed towards...
the Vajra home world?
What was that?
[Ozma] Hold on!
You intend to leave a man behind?
[Brera] I've also taken damage.
And I knew you people would most
likely collect your wounded.
[Catherine] Delta 1 to Skull 1. The Vajra
outside are folding out and withdrawing.
I see. We've lost Skull 4's Messiah.
[Catherine] And the pilot?
[Ozma] Life signs confirmed.
But he's wounded.
Have a med team on standby.
[Catherine] Roger.
[Sheryl] Out of the way!
Alto!
[monitor beeping]
[Sheryl] It can't be!
Open your eyes! Speak to me!
Alto!
Alto.
- [Alto] Damn, you're loud.
- Huh?
I thought my head was going to explode.
Alto?
What are you doing?
I heard you got hurt.
The blunt trauma
and internal bleeding were pretty bad,
but they say that I'll be better
after a couple days hooked up to this.
What? Then I got worried for nothing!
"Worried"?
[gasps]
[Sheryl] Shut up! Stupid Alto!
[young girl] How is deciphering
the protocol going?
[man 2] It's 98.5% complete.
It'll probably be about
half a day or so before we finish.
[man 1] Good. How about our infiltration?
[Grace] Our agents have disguised
themselves as refugees.
As planned, they have entered
almost every section.
[man 3] Splendid.
We will begin the operation
to take control of Frontier
before LAI's engineers realize
the true power of the fold network.
Yes, sir!
[young girl] Sheryl's song
will be the signal.
By the time her song ends,
we will be as one with this ship.
Is this okay? Can you really
afford to waste time being here?
Be quiet.
I don't do things like this very often.
You should be grateful.
Ow!
[Alto] Oh?
Geez. You'll be a fine wife someday.
I've been taught this kind of stuff
since I was little.
Cleaning, laundry, cooking.
I studied all kinds of domestic duties.
So you could perform female Kabuki roles.
You knew?
Of course I did. I knew of you
as Galactic Kabuki's genius child actor.
[Sheryl] Even on Galaxy,
you were pretty famous.
[Alto] Hmm.
Well, that's all in the past.
Look!
- [mimics airplane flying]
- [Sheryl gasps]
- [Sheryl] Geez.
- [Alto chuckles]
[exclaims]
Wings?
[Sheryl] Why do you want to fly so much?
How about you?
Why did you become a singer?
[Sheryl] At first,
I sang so I could keep living.
But now, I live so I can keep singing.
I love the silence before I go on stage.
I love the exhilaration I feel
the moment the curtain rises.
The way my heartbeat quickens
as the intro begins.
The way my song makes space tremble
with countless sounds and dancing waves.
[audience cheering]
And the way everyone's
enthusiasm pushes inside me.
That rush intoxicates me.
It sends me flying
to the far ends of the galaxy.
[gasps]
To me, the stage is...
The stage is like a monster
that has taken me captive.
But I don't regret it at all.
That's how bewitching that place is to me.
[Ranka panting]
[Sheryl] Hey, Alto.
[Alto] Hmm?
[Sheryl] Give up flying.
There's no need for you
to throw your life away.
There are plenty of other pilots.
But, Alto...
There is only one Alto Saotome!
[gasps] Alto!
[gasps]
[enchanting music playing]
[vocalizes]
- [man 2 chuckles]
- [young girl] It's starting.
[Grace] Brera, go secure Ranka and Sheryl.
[Brera] Roger.
[Grace chuckles]
[Sheryl] When I was in love with God
I never expected
We'd part ways like this
[vocalizes]
If we're never to touch again
I wish you could have at least held me
one last time...
[man 3] Commence the takeover of Fronti...
[gasps]
It's long, long good-bye
I say farewell, farewell,
again and again
I repeat the word
to myself endlessly...
[spy 1] Colonel Grace!
[spy 2] Colonel Grace,
why don't you respond?
Right now,
I'd like the strength to carry on...
[Grace] The implant network
is being cut off?
[Sheryl] Upon meeting you,
a star shined and I was born
All because I loved
All because I was there
What good does it do to wait for
a miracle when there's no hope?
My eyes are bleary with tears...
I'm sorry!
[grunts]
Ranka!
[Leon] My, what a splendid triangular.
I would have
loved to watch a little bit longer,
but that's simply not possible.
- [helicopter whirring]
- [Sheryl gasps]
[Leon] Sheryl Nome! You are suspected
of 12 charges, including espionage,
sedition, and violating
the State Secrets Preservation Act.
And are hereby placed under arrest!
How?
Simply put, fold quartz
technology is not yours alone.
[Alto] Let her go!
Now we can amplify
and seal fold waves at will.
Have a look.
[Leon] Such a pity,
Colonel Grace Godunowa.
Or should I refer to you as
one of the 117th Survey Fleet's
head researchers, Dr. Godunowa.
Have you terminated all their operatives?
Only one, Brera Sterne,
is still on the run.
But we are tracking his location.
Bring him in quickly, dead or alive.
Yes, sir!
[Leon] Oh. This look suits you.
Hold on, damn it!
Do you have any evidence?
Anything to prove she's a spy?
- [detector blares]
- [Alto gasps]
[soldier] Lieutenant.
This is fold quartz, as expected.
Just as we thought.
[Leon] You used the quartz
to amplify your singing,
and lead the Vajra toward Frontier.
That can't be true! Sheryl!
[Leon] I look forward
to tomorrow's headlines,
when the Galactic Fairy
will become the False Songstress.
Damn it! Hold up! Sheryl!
[Alto shouts] Sheryl!
[helicopter whirs]
[camera shutter clicks]
[Howard] Throughout history,
celebrities have abused
the freedom granted by their position
for purposes of espionage
more times than can be counted.
Sheryl Nome, she too is another such case.
The government is declaring
a state of war.
Sheryl Nome will be charged under
the Special War Measures Act.
- [crowd gasps]
- Wait! Doesn't that mean...
[Howard] It is regrettable, but she
will be sentenced to death without trial.
[crowd gasps, clamors]
[melancholy music playing]
[inhales sharply]
[thunder rumbling]
[lightning crackling]
[lightning crackles]
[footsteps approaching]
Take me back, now!
[Ranka] Are you going to run away?
Alto is hurt. He feels betrayed, Sheryl.
Your fans do too.
Stop deluding yourselves!
I'm not your Galactic Fairy,
or anything like that!
I'm only human!
[somber music playing]
[Ranka] I thought
you were stronger than this.
But that time,
on the hill at Griffith Park,
and during the battle with the Vajra,
when I sang together with you,
I could feel it.
I felt that you were lonely too.
Forgive me if I was wrong.
But I thought you were amazing for that.
Even you, who shone so beautifully,
were actually lonely, sad, and alone.
But you didn't let that beat you,
and sang with all your soul.
I was happy to be able to sing with you.
Our songs became one.
I could feel a trembling
in the pit of my stomach.
A feeling that told me
I wasn't alone, either.
I'm sorry, this may seem selfish.
But there's one last thing.
Please, tell me the truth.
Sheryl,
what are your feelings toward Alto?
I love him... as much as you do.
But that will have to be our secret.
After all, I'll be dead soon.
[Luca] This isn't what I agreed to!
You weren't supposed to execute Sheryl!
[Leon] There's no avoiding it. I am merely
following the letter of the law.
[Luca] I knew that defending humanity
from the Vajra was just an excuse to you.
You were really planning to steal
Galaxy's plan out from under them
and rule the Vajra yourself, weren't you?
Are you sure it's wise
for you to say that?
[Leon] It could cause problems
for Julia, could it not?
Is that a threat?
Should anything happen to my sister,
I have options.
[unsettling music playing]
[shouting inaudibly]
[Ai-kun squeaks]
- [muffled groan]
- [Ai-kun squeals]
- [Ranka screaming]
- [Brera] Keep quiet, Ranka Lee.
[Ranka] Brera?
- [gasps]
- There is something I must tell you.
[exhales]
Frontier wants to eliminate
the Vajra and steal their resources
- by using your songs as a weapon.
- [gasps]
[Brera] You are the only one who can
contact the Vajra in Sheryl's place.
Why?
[Brera] Even if there's
a stay of execution,
Sheryl will be dead soon.
Unless her vocal chords, infested with
the V-type infection, are removed.
- [gasps]
- But since you were infected in the womb
of Vajra researcher Ranshe Mei,
you were born with an immunity
to the fold bacteria.
And you have the power
to control the Vajra!
[siren wailing in distance]
[Ranka] How do you know that?
I am your brother.
[gasps]
[Brera] Only your will
can make the song's power manifest.
That's why I intended to wait
for your memories to return.
- [harmonica tune playing]
- [Ranka] That can't be. But...
[Brera] Eleven years ago,
on Gallia 4, rescuers from Galaxy
saved my life after a Vajra attack.
Ranka, I lived on believing the day
would come when we would meet again.
This can't be.
[siren wailing]
[Brera grunts]
[groans]
No, no!
My brother.
[Ozma] Pretty good, eh?
The YF-29.
It's a test model based
on the 25 that's being
developed for the final battle
against the Vajra.
They haven't just given it four engines.
They've also used fold quartz
salvaged from Vajra remains
to increase its firepower
and energy shield capabilities.
[chuckles dryly] Do you want to quit now?
You've lost sight
of why you fly, why you fight.
[Ozma] You think that maybe
you're just acting the role of a pilot.
It's not hard to figure out
what a kid like you is thinking.
Alto, what do you see me as?
[Alto] Uh... Captain. You're the captain.
[Ozma chuckles] You don't get it.
No matter what my role is, inside I'm...
[grunts]
Inside I'm just a kid!
I'm no less of one than you are!
My role as a captain,
my role as a big brother,
my role as a soldier,
and my role as a lover...
All of that is me!
And I am all of that!
There's not a single person
who isn't acting out some sort of role.
Captain.
[Ozma] I'm a man
whose only talent is fighting.
But you, Alto, are different.
And here at S.M.S, we aren't soldiers.
So as long as we aren't in battle,
you can quit whenever you want.
In exchange, that means you can't
blame your decision on anyone else.
So think hard and ask yourself!
What role are you going to play
from here on out?
[ringtone plays, Ranka singing]
Hao chi lai lai Mei gu niang
[Ozma] Ranka?
What was that?
[Jeffery] Well done, Luca.
[Luca] Mishima really was the culprit.
Thank you for bringing my sister in.
[Jeffery] The S.M.S has taken your sister
into our custody
and will take responsibility
for protecting her.
[Michael] After all, you put your life
on the line to protect her.
[Luca] Michael.
I imagine my father, President Glass,
has also been deceived by his Lieutenant.
But I wonder if they're true.
The things Brera Sterne
told Ranka, that is.
[Canaria] It seems they are.
This is the result of Ranka's test.
Just as Brera said, fold bacteria
were detected in Ranka's body.
[Luca] In her small intestine?
That's just like the Vajra then.
What do you mean?
At LAI we've been investigating
the bodies of the Vajra.
Our results showed that the fold bacteria
breed in their small intestines.
[Luca] We realized that creates
their super dimensional fold network
and allows them to communicate
with each other.
I see.
The bacteria in Ranka's body
respond to her songs
and emotions by releasing fold waves.
Her songs and her emotions...
So I'm sure I can feel theirs as well.
I can feel what the Vajra feel
in my belly.
[Ozma] The Vajra's feelings?
Ranka! Those things
barely even have brains!
[Canaria] There's a theory that the soul
resides in the abdomen.
[Klan] The idea is that the soul
doesn't just come from the brain,
it comes from the guts
and other organs as well.
[Bobby] Huh?
The soul comes from one's organs?
My father always told me
that actors feel with their stomach,
and to act from my stomach.
That's right.
When people are sad,
they feel pain in their chest.
And if they can't muster strength in their
stomach, they can't motivate themselves.
[Luca] Perhaps the Vajra thought
Ranka was one of them
because she releases fold waves
from her tummy too.
[Bobby] No way,
you mean the Vajra were trying
to rescue Ranka from us strange humans?
[Catherine] But if the Vajra are sentient,
and have hearts and emotions,
what Mishima is trying to do is...
[Monica] In violation
of the Galactic Directive!
It's a clear act of invasion.
[Canaria] And if the Vajra
are capable of communication...
[Klan] Ranka and Sheryl's songs
can reach them.
[Ranka] I was happy
to be able to sing with you.
[gasps]
- [coughs, thuds]
- [spoon clanks]
[gasps]
[Jeffery] All right then, everyone.
We now stand at a critical juncture
which will decide the fates
of Humanity and the Vajra.
In order to investigate the possibility
of communication with the Vajra,
we must rescue our client Sheryl Nome.
Our contract with her is still binding
as we have not yet received
the remaining balance owed to us.
But this will likely be viewed by Mishima
and the Frontier government as treason.
Of course, for us to claim
this as just cause
while we also participate
in squabbles between humans,
may be mere hypocrisy.
Even so, will you follow me?
[Catherine] But how?
Alcatraz Prison's security is tight.
If we can just get in,
I can connect to the network and do
something about the security system.
[Michael] You sound awfully confident.
[Luca] Their security was built at LAI.
[Michael chuckles]
Is there anything your company doesn't do?
[Klan] Then how do we get in?
Leave that to me!
Ranka?
I have a plan!
[crowd chanting] Ranka! Ranka! Ranka!
Ranka! Ranka! Ranka! Ranka! Ranka!
Good evening, Alcatraz!
I'm Ranka Lee!
Today, as a favor from your warden,
I'm holding a Relief Concert!
[crowd cheering]
[Leon chuckles] What a brilliant idea.
Using a singer with the same fold
bacteria infection as the Vajra
to try and decipher
their communication protocol.
[Grace] What happened to her?
What's happened to Sheryl?
[Leon] It seems she's been composing
lyrics on her cell wall.
[Grace] Lyrics?
[Leon] How pointless.
When she's going to die as soon
as the protocol is analyzed.
[Grace] I see it's a song.
[Leon] That's right.
The hive mind of the network
that sent you your orders
has offered to cooperate
in exchange for its life.
[Grace] Huh?
And we will, at least until
we complete the protocol analysis,
and find a way to control the Vajra.
[Leon] Still, how pitiful they are.
To think they would willingly
take on such a wretched form to survive.
Everyone hold me tight!
To the ends of the galaxy!
[upbeat instrumental music playing]
The water's surface quivers
The circling wind picks up
Blue electricity courses between
our fingertips as they touch
Just by looking at each other...
Who is that girl?
Don't you know?
That girl is the one
who protected Frontier alongside Sheryl
during the First Contact Battle.
She's becoming a star!
[Temjin] She's the
Super Dimensional Cinderella,
Ranka!
I don't care if it'll be a tragedy
I want to spend my life with you
- Everyone together!
- Kira!
[crowd singing along]
Riding on a shooting star
I descend rapidly towards you
In the starry deep blue sky
We are like fireworks
Our hearts shoot out arrows of light
[crowd cheering]
Here I go!
[instrumental riff plays]
Almost there.
They're having the time of their lives
out there, damn it.
[Ranka and crowd]
This is a night full of wonders
Where I can dive inside you
and read your thoughts
As if your name is a magic spell
I repeat it endlessly...
This song is...
Got it!
Everyone together!
[Luca] Kira!
Floating like a picture
[singing along]
Even if our lives are insignificant
We twinkle like stars
[spoons clanking against bars]
And the galaxy comes tumbling
down on our souls
Riding on a shooting star
You rapidly ascend...
[guard] Stop that!
In the starry deep blue sky
We are like fireworks
Our hearts shoot out arrows of light
Even if our lives are insignificant
We twinkle like stars
- [Ai-kun squeaks]
- Up there?
[guard grunts]
Sheryl!
Sheryl!
Stand back and take cover!
That voice!
Hurry!
Alto!
Lyrics?
You were writing even at a time like this?
Well, how about you,
what are you doing here?
I told you, didn't I? You're not alone.
You dummy!
- [crowd cheering]
- [upbeat instrumental music plays]
At an angle
that's as innocent as a comet
Your skirt flutters up
Get it on...
All right! Do it!
Get that Zentran blood fired up!
Until the urgent climax
[operator] Sheryl Nome's
fold waves are increasing.
They're resonating with Ranka Lee's waves
and influencing the Vajra's fold network!
Protocol Analysis stands at 97.5%.
Deciphering will be complete
in 90 seconds.
Good!
But we've got an escape in progress
and a riot breaking out!
Don't panic.
[Leon] That falls within
operation parameters.
The fold bacteria become more active
when the host sings
like her life depends on it.
Good. Keep singing just like that!
[guard] Stop!
Time to fly.
[screams]
[Ranka] After that...
This is...
Remember these?
[crowd cheering]
[gasps]
Sheryl!
Ranka, thank you.
[female fan shouts] Sheryl!
[crowd gasping]
[male fan shouts] Sheryl!
Everyone, we're getting out of here!
[crowd shouts] Yeah!
[both singing] Get it on, get it on...
Merger of fold waves detected!
Protocol analysis complete!
Send in the riot squad.
Multiple defold signatures detected!
[operator] It's...
the Vajra!
[Ranka and Sheryl] Don't just sit there,
invincible teenager
Speed will become love...
[guards grunting]
Leave this to us! Hurry up!
Don't get yourself killed!
And you make sure you
protect those two properly.
[Ranka and Sheryl] Never alone...
We're going!
You're a star
[song fades]
All forces, go to Level 1 alert!
Intercept the Vajra at once!
All forces, go to Level 1 alert.
[operator] All forces,
go to Level 1 alert.
This is not a drill. Repeat.
[operator 2] Pegasus Griffon Squadron,
stand by to launch.
[operator 3] Electromagnetic catapult
open, flight path clear.
Permission to use all of Island 1's
energy to emit the jamming code?
[Howard] Will this really work?
Is it really necessary to put
the citizens' lives in danger?
The Vajra are fearsome enemies
who destroyed even the Galaxy Fleet.
If this proves ineffective,
then either way,
we have no chance of survival.
- But...
- [door opens]
[operator 4] Purple Squadron
has been wiped out!
[gasps]
[operator 5] CV47, Uraga, sunk!
- [indistinct clamor]
- [explosions booming]
Those damned Vajra!
Your decision?
Very well.
[Howard] Initiate
anti-Vajra operation "Hypnosis"!
[intense music playing]
My grandmother,
a Vajra research specialist,
searched endlessly for a songstress
like her vanished sister.
One who could communicate
from the heart not only to people,
but to the birds and the beasts,
the grass and the flowers...
- [eagle screeches]
- ...and even the wind and sea.
One called "Guide of the Wind".
[Alto] Communicate from the heart
with the birds and the wind?
[Sheryl] Yes, someone like Ranka.
Me?
[Sheryl] My grandmother thought that,
if we had a "Guide of the Wind,"
we might just be able
to communicate with the Vajra.
But her plan failed
and the Vajra attacked the Survey Fleet.
Grace told me that.
[Ranka] No, it wasn't an attack.
I remember now.
Back then, the Vajra might not
have been attacking,
but instead trying to rescue me.
Rescue you?
[Brera] I'm glad your memory
has returned, Ranka.
[Alto] Brera!
[brake screeching]
[Brera] I've come for you, Ranka.
So we can end the battle with the Vajra.
My brother.
[Brera] Now come with me, Ranka.
[Alto] Ranka!
[Sheryl] You can't, Ranka!
That thing isn't your brother anymore!
To control you,
Galaxy's military used implants
to turn your brother into their puppet.
Are you betraying us, Fairy 9?
They plan to murder you and transplant
your immune system into my body!
[Alto] What?
[Brera] Are you man enough
to pull the trigger?
Yeah. If that's what it takes
to protect these two!
[scoffs]
[intense music builds]
[Alto grunts]
Alto!
[Brera] Now, we're going.
Ranka.
- Ranka!
- Big brother!
Captain!
Sorry to keep you waiting, Ranka.
Now, get back to the Quarter!
Ozma Lee!
We've gotta go!
- [alert beeping]
- [people gasping, screaming]
[device beeps]
[Grace] It's quite the commotion
out there.
What's going on?
[operator] I don't know!
You keep quie...
[Ranka grunts]
[Ranka screams]
[Ozma and Brera grunting]
[Ranka] Big brother!
[Alto] Hurry, Ranka!
[Ozma grunts]
[gasps]
[screams] Stop!
Captain!
[coughs]
It'll take more than that to kill me.
[both grunting]
[Ranka screams]
[screaming]
Alto!
[Ai-kun squeals]
[screams]
Sheryl!
Ranka!
[Alto] Sheryl!
[intense music peaks, fades]
[gasps]
[somber music playing]
[screams] Sheryl!
[mechanic 1] Anti-Vajra jamming code
setup complete.
- [tense music playing]
- Jamming system, standby to transmit.
[mechanic 3] All reactors output
at maximum.
Transmit!
[VF-171 pilot 1] Stay away! Stay away!
[VF-171 pilot 2] They stopped?
[operator] Vajra energy shields nullified!
[deputy head] It's working!
[VF-171 pilot 1] Now it's our turn,
you damned bugs!
Die!
[all gasping]
Do it now!
All forces, proceed to Phase 2!
[operator 1] All forces, go to Phase 2.
Commence anti-Vajra implant attack.
[mechanic] Vajra fold network
connection rate is at 93.5%.
[Howard] The Vajra are...
[Leon] With this, we can win!
We can defeat the Vajra!
Then we use this inertia to push
until we take the Vajra home world!
[Alto] Captain. Sheryl. [groans]
[Michael] Get a hold of yourself, Alto.
This isn't the time to get emotional.
Snap out of it!
What's wrong with being emotional?
No matter how sad I get,
I won't run away anymore.
Until this battle is over, I will fly!
Alto.
Alto.
Guess I can't call you "Princess" anymore.
[sentimental music playing]
[Lam] This ship will soon
make an emergency fold!
I repeat, this ship will soon
make an emergency fold!
[Jeffery] This is Macross Quarter Captain
Jeffery Wilder to all hands.
The Frontier military
has been detected separating Island 1,
and folding to the Vajra home world.
They are believed to have analyzed
the Vajra's communication protocol,
and to be using powerful fold waves
to place the Vajra under their control.
If this continues, and the Frontier
military invades the Vajra home world,
our friends and families, and millions
of other lives will be in danger.
On top of this, should they
successfully take control of the Vajra,
they will essentially
rule the entire galaxy.
But due to damage
caused by fold distortion,
our hails to New U.N. Spacy and S.M.S
Headquarters have gone unanswered.
Now that our mission to rescue
Sheryl Nome has failed,
there is but one option left open to us.
With the other songstress,
Ranka Lee's, fold song,
we must communicate with the Vajra
and bring a conclusion
to this meaningless war.
The lives of the hostages aboard Island 1,
and the fate of the galaxy itself
rests in your hands.
[Jeffery] All hands,
deploy for the final battle!
[all] Yes, sir!
[operator 1] Speed of descent reduced
to 800 meters per second.
Gravity control system
is functioning normally.
[operator 2] Atmospheric composition
is 77.9% nitrogen, 21.2% oxygen,
0.037% carbon dioxide.
This is an Earth-class planet.
[all gasp]
[Leon] Wonderful.
This planet is the greatest discovery
since Columbus'
or Magellan's 500 years ago.
Its vast reserves of fold quartz
and habitable land
will make it a grand new frontier.
President Howard Glass,
your name will surely shine forever
in the history of the galaxy.
Ah. Thank you, Mishima.
I am grateful for your assistance.
[system beeping]
[Leon] Now we need only send
a unit into their nest
to take control of the queen Vajra.
Then the galaxy will be ours!
[all] Yes, ours!
What is this?
- [pounding on door]
- [gasps]
- [woman screams]
- [Leon] You...
[grunts]
[man 1] Well done, Antares 1.
[Brera] I merely followed my programing
for independent action
during times of emergency.
[man 2] It was so stifling in there.
Now we have a little more space.
[young girl] Oh, my. it seems
that someone has followed us.
What curious people,
coming with only a single ship.
[Brera] Should I head out
to intercept them?
[man 1 chuckles] Let the Vajra
finish them off.
[man 3] We will force our way into
the queen's nest with the Battle Frontier.
[Ranka panting] Alto!
Thank goodness.
I'm glad I caught you before you launched.
Ranka, your outfit?
Does it suit me?
This is the costume for my new song.
New song?
Who would have thought
I'd end up singing at a time like this?
Also, this is the first song
I've written the lyrics for.
I see, you wrote them yourself.
I wrote these lyrics with someone
very important to me in mind.
That's why I'm sure
it can reach the Vajra.
An important someone?
I...
I love you, Alto!
[gasps]
I said it.
Ranka... I...
[Ranka] Don't say it!
It's strange, isn't it?
I'm about to sing
in the middle of a battle,
yet it's far, far less frightening
than asking how you feel about me.
If you answer me now,
I may not be able to sing anymore.
So I'll go out there
and sing like I'm supposed to.
For Sheryl and my big brother, too.
I'll make sure my song
gets through to the Vajra.
So, Alto, promise me.
Promise me you'll definitely
come back alive!
Ranka.
[upbeat music playing]
[Meena] Fold sound stage, standby.
[mechanic] Pin-point barrier,
output rising.
Protect our songstress at all costs!
[Monica] Enemy main force closing rapidly.
[Lam] Skull 4, new fold wave amp
data link at optimum.
[crew] Electromagnetic catapult
open, launch area clear.
[Ranka] Alto.
[Alto] Let's do this, Ranka!
Because you've a gentle soul
You take all the pain on yourself
As you support me, and play that role
It becomes the real you
Even if you're hurt by my weakness
I'm sure you wouldn't say a word
Even though everyday life
is run-of-the-mill
Looking up to see your profile
Always felt special
If we part ways after school
We may not be able
to meet again tomorrow...
[Alto] Ranka's song isn't working?
Tears flowed from my eyes like rain...
Alto! You're flying too far ahead!
[Alto] I need to get much, much closer.
I need to make her song reach them!
The control waves
from Island 1 are too strong.
They're blocking Ranka's song.
[Jeffery] We have no choice
but to force our way into Island 1,
and shut down the fold broadcast station.
Monica, our chances?
Captain, if we clear a hole in
the Vajra swarm with the Macross Cannon,
and pass through there at maximum
velocity, it might just be possible.
But at that speed, the ship will burn up
upon entering the atmosphere.
Crap!
As you murmured
"I couldn't protect her..."
[Alto] This is the Vajra's pain.
Formation: Big Wednesday! Engage!
- [whistles]
- Okay.
What's "Big Wednesday"?
[gasps]
[Ranka] I believed things would change
HEAVY PARTICLE REACTION CANNON
Fire!
[Ranka] But they'd become
a faded memory
The blue storm of time
Strikes against my cheeks
as it races past
The Quarter?
I will always love you
Love you
[Alto] I get it!
[grunting]
- All right, crew, surf's up!
- [gasps]
[Ranka] If we part ways after school
We may not be able
To meet again tomorrow
Before I open my eyes in the morning
In the skies to the east...
[Alto] Why?
We don't even want to fight you!
If we part ways after school...
[Alto] Why?
Sadness?
This is what's controlling the Vajra?
That's got to be it!
[Ranka] Became a faded memory
[gasps]
My song got through to them?
Keep it up, Ranka! The Vajra are being
controlled by implant recept...
[gasps] No.
[Ranka] Alto.
[wistful music playing]
[gasps] So pretty.
[young Sheryl] You really are a boy.
I... I thought your kabuki was wonderful.
It was really... really like a heavenly
maiden was flying through the sky.
[chuckles softly] The sky?
Thank you, young lady,
but Alto is still only in training.
Someday I'll sing, too!
[young Sheryl] I won't lose to you.
My song will move the galaxy!
[music intensifies]
[Alto] Sheryl! Hang in there! Sheryl!
- Sheryl!
- [Sheryl] Alto...
[Ozma] Sheryl! Hang in there! Sheryl!
Hey, Sheryl!
[Sheryl] Ozma...
[Ozma] Good, looks like you're all right.
[Sheryl] How am I still alive?
We were saved by this little guy.
[Ai-kun squealing]
[Sheryl] It did?
[Ozma] Poor thing.
The fold jamming seems
to be messing with it.
- Maybe it's related to the Vajra somehow.
- [squealing]
[Sheryl] What happened to Alto,
Ranka, and everyone else?
- [clattering]
- [Sheryl] Grace?
Grace!
[gasps] Go on. Sing, Sheryl.
I've activated the church stage's
fold amp.
[Sheryl crying] Why?
Ironic, isn't it?
It was only by being reduced to this state
that I was finally freed from my implants.
[Sheryl sighs]
Grace.
Besides, I raised you.
[Grace] Now, let me hear
your song one more time.
[Sheryl] Here I go, Grace.
I'll sing for you too.
[Ozma] Is this okay, Sheryl?
If you sing again, your body won't...
[Sheryl] Even if I die...
my song will not!
Could someone
Caress the outline
Of my emptiness?
Kicked by the beating in my chest
Words of love...
The Galactic Fairy.
But alas
I get no response
Crucified by destiny
The north star is burning...
Sheryl. [gasps]
Why can I hear her song?
I actually loved
how you'd smile so sweetly...
This song... Sheryl?
Sheryl!
Alto!
I actually loved
How you'd...
[Alto] Sheryl?
Captain?
Skull 4 to Quarter, confirming
Sheryl Nome and Captain Ozma are alive.
Retrieving them now.
- [relieved gasps]
- Ozma!
[gasps] Big brother!
Open Ranka!
A light symphony plays...
[Alto] Get on!
Alto, fly to that stage over there!
[Sheryl] If we go there,
we can amplify my singing!
But you can't.
You of all people should understand!
If I'm going to die,
let it to be on stage!
Besides, I want to move
the galaxy with my song!
My song will move the galaxy!
You... You were that girl.
Honestly, you pick now
to finally remember?
Now, Alto. If the real sky is your stage,
let me see you dance one more time.
Show me Alto Saotome's true dance!
Spin the stars,
from the center of the world
If you sneeze, the butterflies
will dance in a forest somewhere
The key to the door you guard
isn't real
It's an embarrassing story
But even as they lick
each other's wounds
Lions are strong
I want to survive
I want to survive
It makes me want to keep living
Guided by the constellations,
we gaze at each other
I want to survive
I'm completely at a loss
I wither away in a flash...
Yeah, these are some gnarly waves!
- Captain!
- All hands, brace for impact!
[Catherine grunts]
- [alert blares]
- [gasps]
Enemy fleet closing in from above.
We're surrounded!
What?
[Lam] Transmission
from S.M.S reinforcements!
"We're here to provide support."
[Monica] Multiple defold signatures
detected in satellite orbit!
It's a joint S.M.S
and New U.N. Spacy Fleet!
- [Bobby] Really?
- They made it!
[Isamu] Let's go, old girl! [whoops]
[Alto] Skull 4 to all squadrons!
The Vajra are being controlled
by implant receptors.
Destroy the receptors
that have been fired into their joints!
Implant receptors?
All right, now we know what to do!
I want to survive
Even if I'm hanging by a thread
I love you
Guided by the constellations...
Kira!
I'm not alone...
[Catherine] Ozma, this belong to you?
Thanks!
[young girl] Resonance between Code Q1
a nd Fairy 9's fold waves detected.
It seems they've noticed
the Vajra's implants as well.
[man 2] It's too late now.
No matter how much backup they call,
once we've secured the Vajra queen,
victory is ours.
Besides, Sheryl is unlikely
to last much longer.
[man 1] Accelerate the merging
of Battle Frontier with the Vajra.
If we hook them up by direct cable,
outside interference won't be an issue.
[Sheryl and Ranka] Giving you a glimpse
Of the line of my hip, danger
I'll signal you with a wink
and you'll dive into my cleavage...
[man 3] Once the fusion
with the Vajra is complete,
we will sweep away all these nuisances.
I don't care if you sink
Island 1 entirely!
I'm so naive, wide-eyed to 1000%
I'm oblivious, bold to 1000%
I'm vulnerable on the inside
You light up my life...
Sheryl!
Ranka!
Don't worry about me,
we're just getting started!
[Ranka] Sheryl!
[both singing] Swear an oath
upon those tears
Obsessed with miracles
Leaping over the ruins
- On an upwards trajectory
- Seek the pulse in your heart
Before this life ends
Will you make it in time?
Klan!
Swear an oath upon...
You're the one person I won't let die!
Leaping over the ruins
On an upwards trajectory
- [both grunt]
- What's going on?
[Monica] Battle Frontier
and the queen Vajra are merging!
No! They're trying to control
the Vajra directly
and seal off the power of our songs!
No!
[Alto] I'll go.
Together with this crystal that conveys
feelings, I will carry their song!
- Alto!
- Alto!
This is the dance of my wings!
May the wind be in your wings!
And songs throughout the galaxy!
[soulful instrumental music playing]
[Alto] Brera, what are you doing here?
[Brera] The Vajra and Frontier are now
under the control of Galaxy.
Say what?
The wind shakes the horizon...
[Brera] A mere flesh and blood
human cannot fight us!
Are the flames still burning?
[both singing] Trembling, I stand
at the entrance to the world
I cannot die
until I tell you my feelings
Yours are the wings of a Valkyria
She who appears before warriors
wounded in battle, Valkyria
A phantasmal lover
descending from the skies
Valkyria...
Crossing the rainbow bridge
to be their souls' guide...
[Brera] I'm done playing around!
Even should you turn
your back on fate, Valkyria...
[Alto] I know this sadness!
It's the same as the Vajra's.
Implants?
Wake up, Brera!
Come to your senses!
Nonsense. I am awake!
Valkyria, the wings of farewell
[network] You're going down!
[booming voices vocalizing]
They're singing?
[gasps] The Vajra.
They're singing.
[Ai-kun squeals]
Ai-kun.
You protected us, didn't you?
[squeals]
Vajra! All right!
[Brera] Damned Vajra!
Where do your eyes
Look to now?
This is the Vajra's pain.
I see! If we can feel like the Vajra!
I kept on singing
Believing we could meet some day
Until I could atone for everything
And offer you my all
Yours are the wings of a Valkyria
[Brera] Those movements,
he can anticipate our moves?
A phantasmal lover
descending from above
So that you will not dissolve
Into the blue of the sky, Valkyria
She who lifts me up with both hands,
Valkyria...
[network] No!
What is this information chaos?
Clutching the seed...
The galaxy, it's moving.
[Sheryl and Ranka] Head east...
The light is dancing.
He's doing Kabuki!
[Brera] What is this feeling?
I have feelings?
So pretty!
Transmission from the joint fleet!
[Lam] They're ordering an organized strike
of all Macross Cannons
while the enemy is in disarray!
[Catherine] No way!
Just when we're almost there!
Skull 4, get out of there!
[Catherine] Get out of there!
The blue storm of time strikes against
my cheeks as it races past
I will always love you
Love you
This song is Ranka's.
[grunts]
[screams]
Ranka!
It's my brother!
[Brera screams]
[network] Impossible!
He tore out his own implants?
I'm not your puppet anymore!
I met the wind, Valkyria
[Sheryl and Ranka] And one day
I will see the wind off, Valkyria...
Ranka.
[Sheryl and Ranka] No life fails
To shine before the dawn
For they are alive...
Believe me, Vajra,
we are not your enemies!
[Sheryl and Ranka]
And soar across the skies
Valkyria!
The wings of farewell
Vajra.
Ranka,
I can't give you the answer
you hoped for, I'm sorry.
But thank you.
[crying]
[Alto] Sheryl,
this may be coming a little late,
- [gasps]
- but I...
lov...
[screams] Alto!
[Ranka] Sheryl!
Sheryl!
[Sheryl] I love you!
THE VAJRA SWARM LEFT THEIR HOME WORLD,
AND THE BATTLE CAME TO AN END
[Ranka] A month has passed
since the war ended.
Those that survived set foot on the land
left behind by the Vajra,
beginning a new life.
Perhaps the Vajra mean to ask us
how long can we keep this
green planet beautiful.
Certainly, a day will come
when humans and Vajra live together.
[monitor beeps]
Having burnt out what was left of her life
with a song that moved the galaxy,
Sheryl is still sleeping.
[wistful music playing]
But I believe...
someday, surely, Alto will return
and Sheryl will awaken.
Without a doubt these feelings
are within me
Unable to be contained, they overflow
When I think of you
My bosom becomes the universe
Holding the stars close
Our days are limited
I've decided to spend them loving you
I'm starting to find the strength
To say I love you
It's a long road
Guided by the light
Shining in the distance
Let us always meet again
I have chosen to love
I will continue to pray
for your happiness
With unclouded eyes
No more will I look back
on the darkness of the night
Because I know we can
always meet again like this
If it will dry your sodden wings
Be at my side
Close to my heart
I love you
So love you
In the infinite expanse
Whenever I sing of my longing for you
A star will twinkle
From beyond eternity
[crowd chanting] Sheryl! Sheryl! Sheryl!
Sheryl! Sheryl!
[Sheryl] Hi! I know you've been waiting!
If everyone calls for me,
a miracle can happen any time!
Let's go, Ranka!
[Ranka] Okay, Sheryl!
[both] One, two! Listen to our song!
When something fun is about to begin
Start it with a wink!
I'll seduce you the way I do,
from a distance
I give to you the greatest
melody in history
Cue the romance!
Riding the atmospheric currents,
we rapidly ascend
Can we reach that star, I wonder?
Speed it up, space flight
Jet coaster spin, let's intertwine
And go crazy with it!
Together we fly away
The world can change
with a "Hallelujah!"
It's like magic!
With a flutter of the cape
A miracle for an instant,
a shooting star!
The fact I was able to say it
makes me smile
In my own way, that's my stance
Take me on a date
with your charming plans
Please, guy
Embrace me, with rainbow-colored
feathers on your back
Fly! Swing! Free-style it!
I want to dance until dawn
The two of us,
we're just getting started
A never-ending story
Is beginning
Change the world with a "hallelujah!"
For you and for me, a decisive miracle
A shining star!
That's just how love always is
Coach me with your charming approach
Please, guy
You get more than one chance in life
So challenge yourself
to do something with it, peace!
With your charming smile
as your only style, live a happy life
- [crowd cheering]
- [music fades]
[Sheryl breathing heavily]
I believed that my songs were my life.
[Ranka] I believed that we would
always be together.
[Alto] Having to make a choice
means having to give something up.
Even so, I will.
[Sheryl] I will.
[Ranka] I will.
[bell tolls, echoes]
[footsteps approaching]
Mix your DNA
Inside me!
[upbeat music playing]
From the gentle curve of the flask
Hot passion drips
The power to change the world
Is the distant promise
stabbing at my heart
As if revenge is the reason
I am shaken up and down
It doesn't take weapons to kill
A single sigh can do the job
With my wounds exposed
A light symphony plays
The signal from my lips
has already turned blue
The forbidden elixir!
The light at the end of sin
The chemical reactions
set off by my love
Leave me yearning for you
With only one button
Left fastened
Synthetic!
[Michael] Skull 2 to Skull 4,
entering a suspected hostile sector.
Are you ready?
- They're coming!
- What?
They're fast!
Damned Vajra!
I've got your back!
[Alto] Thanks!
Love is a wonderful thing
If you can return
from it alive, that is
I'm a naive material...
Sheryl.
Ranka, we're going to be late!
Coming!
[Sheryl] The mission is mutation
But just let me
make it through tonight
Stairs? They're a shortcut
I'm a divine goddess,
a flirty little devil
An enigma and a mystery
The spiral spins, but to no avail
The song, it's...
If you want it,
I'll gladly give up my life
The forbidden elixir
Glows with feverish warmth
The chemical reactions
set off by my love
Solve the mystery
Crossing the borderline
I overflow
Melancholy!
Melancholy
[gasps]
[male fan] Sheryl!
[audience cheering]
[music fades]
MACROSS Frontier: The Wings of Farewell
[narrator] The year is 2059 A.D.
Sheryl Nome, the "Galactic Fairy,"
descended upon the Macross Frontier,
a massive immigration fleet that traveled
the galaxy in search
of new worlds to settle.
- Sometimes adorable...
- [singing inaudibly]
...and sometimes alluring and mysterious,
she sang and danced.
- Ranka Lee, idolizing Sheryl...
- [speaking inaudibly]
...was also doing her best
to become a professional singer.
To protect these two,
and the Frontier itself,
Alto Saotome volunteered to join S.M.S,
a private military company.
Shadowy machinations
were in play regarding Fold Quartz,
a rare mineral that could transmit
information and energy
across time and space,
as well as the mystery
of the two songstresses
and the ability to manipulate
fold waves that lay hidden within them.
At that time, a swarm of the mysterious
super dimensional lifeforms
called the Vajra,
attacked the Frontier Fleet once again.
[Sheryl grunts]
[screaming]
Ranka!
[grunts]
[Ranka] Alto.
[narrator] In the middle
of this intense battle,
to protect the fleet
from the Vajra's attack,
they risked their lives,
and fought, and sang.
Ranka,
Sheryl,
Alto, and their comrades.
[Sheryl] Thank you, Alto, Ranka.
I know now that I'm not alone.
Sheryl.
Not alone, huh.
[narrator] The entwined future
of these three begins now.
[reporter] There is speculation
that Sheryl Nome,
who collapsed
during yesterday's live event,
wasn't merely exhausted, but in fact
may be suffering...
[Sheryl] Honestly, they just say
whatever they please.
[sighs]
- [Ranka] Sheryl!
- Uh?
[Sheryl] Ranka. How are you doing?
How am I?
[Ranka] I should be asking you that,
Sheryl! Are you okay?
I just felt a little faint, that's all.
I probably just overexerted myself.
[Ranka] Thank goodness!
[Sheryl] By the way, I heard it!
That Niji-iro Kuma Kuma
of yours is an adorable song.
[gasps] Thank you so much!
[Sheryl] Come on,
you say something to her too.
Huh...?
- [sighs]
- [Ranka gasps]
Wait, Alto?
What are you wearing?
I've been working for her
ever since our last operation.
Members from the S.M.S Frontier branch,
watch her in shifts.
She's still under suspicion
of being a spy...
- [sighs]
- ...so we double as surveillance.
You people don't trust anyone, do you?
You're the one that wanted
to clear your name,
and needed us as your bodyguards.
Well, I'm the one paying your fee.
In other words, my orders are absolute.
You could say Alto is my S-L-A-V-E.
"Slave"?
Hey! What were you just imagining?
[Ranka] Nothing.
[chuckles] How cute.
[coughs]
- [Alto] Sheryl!
- [Ranka] Are you okay?
What are you fussing about? I'm fine.
[Alto] Maybe so, but you're still
pushing yourself too hard.
Do you want to sing that badly?
[Sheryl] Of course I do. Singing
is my raison d'tre.
Singing is my life.
Same goes for you, right, Ranka?
Huh?
[Sheryl] Your songs
have a power to them, too.
Not at all.
[Grace] Sheryl, it's about time
we get going.
[Ranka] Uh... Sheryl!
Here!
It's an invitation
to my debut concert next weekend.
I'm sure you're too busy
and won't be able to come, but...
- I'll be there.
- [Ranka] Huh?
- Grace, adjust my schedule accordingly.
- [Grace] Mmm.
- I'm looking forward to it.
- [notepad beeps]
See you later.
[Ranka] Alto!
My big brother said the S.M.S crew
is headed to Mayan Island for some R&R.
Yeah.
[Ranka] I'll be there, too.
I'm off that afternoon.
If you don't mind... can we meet up?
[Brera] Don't waste your time on that man.
Brera?
Hey, Brera,
what was that supposed to mean?
You're capable,
but you don't fully commit to anything.
[Brera] Everything you do is half-assed.
What did you say?
[Sheryl] Hey!
What are you doing? We're leaving!
I'll message you later.
[young girl] Code Q1, Ranka Lee,
is manifesting steadily.
[man 1] At this rate, we'll need only
a few more battles to decipher the code.
[Grace] So which one shall we ultimately
choose as our medium?
[young girl] Sheryl's throat
won't hold out much longer.
[man 2] Growth of her fold bacteria
has accelerated
since she first came into contact
with Ranka Lee.
If Sheryl's vocal chords
are not surgically removed soon,
she has no hope of survival.
[Grace] But if we could unite
the Queen and the Fairy as one,
I believe that would increase
our ability to control the Vajra.
[man 1] A transplant?
[young girl chuckles] We're likely
to lose them both that way.
[man 2] No, fold bacteria need the will
of their host songstress
to manifest their power.
So if we could merge Ranka Lee's power
with Sheryl's will...
[man 1] Regardless, as we have
no fleet to return to,
we must seize the world
where the Vajra Queen resides.
[man 3] Even the Protoculture feared
these super dimensional lifeforms.
Once we have the Vajra's fold network...
[man 2] At that moment, the galaxy...
[young girl] Will be ours.
[man 3] We have little time left.
Do you understand, Colonel Grace?
[Grace] Yes, sir.
[Sheryl singing in background]
No matter how many suns there are,
they can't erase my beauty.
Protect my skin!
[Sheryl] For shining skin that's out of
this dimension, use Nome Pure Shield.
[Kabuki man grunts]
[Ranka] Alto?
[chuckles] Waiting long?
No.
[Alto] Not really.
Don't stare at me like that!
[Alto] I wasn't staring!
- Liar!
- I'm not lying!
- [squeaks]
- Huh?
[relaxed tropical music playing]
Oh... [gasps]
[groans]
See you later then.
[gasps]
Where'd you get off to, Sis?
[Alto] When we're relaxing like this...
It feels like our battle with the Vajra
was nothing but a bad dream.
[Ranka] Yeah, it does.
[Alto] How's work?
[Ranka] I feel like I'm giving it my all
every single day now.
With TV, magazines, and lessons.
My vocal coach has started
really raising the bar.
You know, making me sing
really high notes and stuff.
Honestly, there's so much going
on it makes my head spin!
[Alto] You're so popular now.
You and Sheryl saved the Frontier Fleet.
You're the new star of hope,
our "Super Dimensional Cinderella."
You're exaggerating.
I just ran in without thinking.
I can't even remember
why I did what I did.
If you hadn't saved me, Alto, I...
- Is this about the Vajra?
- Eh?
You wanted to see me because
you were worried about something, right?
[Ranka] How did you...
Come on, you've been on edge all day.
Alto...
[Ranka] Hey, Alto.
Why do you think the Vajra...
- [squeaks]
- ...didn't kill me?
Uh?
Why did they capture me and try
to take me back instead of kill me?
That's what you wanted to talk about?
When I think back on it,
it seems kinda strange.
- "Strange"?
- Mmm.
Promise you won't laugh?
Yeah, sure.
[crickets chirping]
When the Vajra captured me,
and I was trapped inside its tummy,
I should have been terrified,
but instead I felt
this weird sense of nostalgia.
As if it was saying, "Welcome home."
[chuckles] That's ridiculous.
See, you laughed.
Well, of course. Vajra barely have brains.
[Alto] Stop thinking about such nonsense.
Focus on your goals, your songs...
- [Ranka] Is it really ridiculous though?
- Huh?
If your brain is small, does that mean
you don't have a heart, either?
Do you think the bugs chirping here
don't have hearts? Don't have feelings?
The palm trees and the flowers,
don't they feel things?
That's...
- [Ranka exhales]
- [squealing]
[Ranka] Aimo aimo neder rusche
Noina miria ender protea
Fotomi
This place is
A warm sea
[gentle instrumental music playing]
Rurei rureia
The skylarks flying above
are teardrops
Rurei rureia
You are a gentle green child
Aimo aimo neder rusche
Noina miria ender protea
Fotomi
Ranka.
[music fades]
[door opens]
[Grace] What are you doing?
You shouldn't be
out of bed without permission.
Answer me, Sheryl.
[coughing]
Is this a cruel twist of fate?
[screen beeps]
[Grace] Sheryl, your throat...
Once the V-type infection has progressed
this far, there's no hope of...
[Sheryl] So you're telling me
to have the operation?
The one where they cut out my vocal cords?
[Grace] But that was the agreement
from the very beginning.
As Code Q1,
you were to serve as a substitute
until we could find a songstress with
a natural immunity to the V-type infection
and strong enough fold wave emission
abilities for our anti-Vajra strategy.
I know that!
Still, you're telling
me to give up on singing!
Never! I'd rather die
than not be able to sing!
[coughs]
[Grace] Even if it means you never
get to see him again?
[sighs]
That's...
[Grace] What if there was a way to save
both your life and your voice?
[Ranka] I think the Vajra have them, too.
Hearts and feelings, I mean.
[gasps]
There's no way!
[birds squawk]
[Alto] And even if they did,
why do they keep attacking us?
They've killed so many on the Frontier,
and nearly wiped out the Galaxy Fleet!
[Ranka] That's...
[squeaks]
I will protect you.
No matter what you think about them,
even if it costs me my life,
I will protect you from the Vajra!
Alto.
[wind whooshes]
[gasps]
[both gasp]
[Ozma shouts] What the hell
is going on here!
[groans]
[Alto] No, this is...
[Ranka] He was putting
my hat back on for me!
Since it almost blew away!
- [Ozma] That had better be true!
- [Alto] It is!
So what is it my big brother wants?
An emergency recall!
I came all the way out here to find
the idiot who turned his cell phone off!
You have to go?
[Grace] If we transplant Ranka's organs
and transfuse her blood into you,
her immunity might save you.
You'd have your life, and your voice.
[Grace] We'll be arriving soon.
Watch well,
for this will be the Super Dimensional
Cinderella's final performance.
[Nanase] Is something bothering you?
You look like you have
something on your mind.
No, I'm fine.
Then smile. Everyone is waiting
to see your smile, Ranka.
Thank you, Nanase.
A Boddole Zer-class fortress?
[Ranka] Rirameru rarameru ranruraran
Rirameru rarameru ranruraran
Rirameru rarameru ranruraran
Rirameru rarameru ranruraran
Rirameru rarameru ranruraran
Rirameru rarameru ranruraran
Rirameru rarameru ranruraran
Rirameru rarameru ranruraran
[crowd cheering]
For the longest time, the skies
have seemed lonely somehow
Even when we were holding hands
and laughing together
What were we afraid of
And what were we hiding?
Open the lock on my heart now
Open Teddy!
Open Ranka!
The town fills with flowers
And pebbles turn into candy
The handkerchief you used
to wipe away your tears
Turns into a little bird
A love that's lost its way
Crosses the rainbow
It will reach you
Surely it will reach you
Young maiden, muster your courage!
[crowd cheering]
As you live,
your heart gets kind of twisted
The weight of the future,
measured in dictionaries
Is red as bricks
Everyone together now!
[crowd singing along] Come on me
I have to try my hardest in life
The things I'm searching for
are surely within me
Now, Open Teddy!
Open Ranka!
My school uniform becomes a dress
There's an ocean in my bag
Splash it out over the desert
Let's play with the dolphins
in the forest
At walking pace do dreams come true
Young maiden, muster your courage!
A piano flies through the sky
Stardust turns to musical notes
Monsters sing
And dance inside the picture book
The miracle of love
Crosses the rainbow
It will reach you
Surely it will reach you
Ranka.
Young maiden, muster your courage!
[Jeffery] Our recon patrol reports
that this mid-sized
Boddole Zer-class fortress
was destroyed by the Vajra
about half a century ago
and has since become their nest.
[Luca] LAI's analysis indicates that Vajra
consume fold fuel to grow and reproduce.
If we don't put a stop to that here,
they will attack the Frontier Fleet again.
Vajra.
There's so many of them!
[Brera] Antares 1 to New U.N. Spacy
and S.M.S.
We will provide support on this operation.
Assuming you can keep up with me, that is.
- Brera.
- Here they come!
All ships, open fire!
[Catherine] All squadrons
are cleared to engage!
All units! Fire Reaction missiles!
Reverse formation!
[Ozma] Match relative velocity
and close to point-blank range.
[Michael] A new type?
A pincer attack?
Fold wave signal increasing.
It's that one.
[Luca] It's controlling the Vajra swarm.
All right! You're mine!
[Meena] All sections,
energy cool down all green.
Main cannon,
energy charge is reaching critical.
- Evac all maintenance, save for emergency.
- [Monica] Adjusting pursuit angle.
X-3. 67, Y-4. 49!
Ready!
Damn, that thing's tough!
[Brera] This is Antares 1.
Now entering enemy mothership.
Brera!
Alto! Don't go too far ahead!
[Alto] But if we don't stop them here...
[pop instrumental music plays]
Even when it's gloomy and raining
so hard I just want to cry
Above the clouds awaits
a brilliant blue sky
Come on, take off
From the sky of your one-sided love
Break through the clouds of doubt
The pulse of romance...
Damn him!
This song!
Ranka.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh
I'll fire all my kiss missiles...
What are they doing?
The song is reaching them.
The song's fold waves are jamming
the Vajra's communications
I don't understand it, but it's
slowing them down! Now's our chance!
Let's go, Michael.
I know already!
[Ranka] Miracles spin round and round
[shouts]
Even when it's gloomy and raining
So hard I just want to cry
I won't hesitate
You can almost see it, but you can't
The future,
even when your heart freezes over
[gasps]
The galaxy, brimming
with burning stars
This is...
[young girl] It's resonating.
The Queen's song is resonating!
[man 3] Decipher the protocol!
[man 2] I'm already on it!
[Ranka] Come on, tilt the nose upward
Deactivate the inhibitor on your heart
And fly from the darkness of solitude
Dive head over heels and
Super fall in love
I want to feel love,
faster than light...
What's that?
Alto, give me a hand.
[Ranka] Whoosh whoosh whoosh...
[Brera] Quickly, while the song's jamming
is still effective!
It can't be.
[Ranka] I think the Vajra have them, too.
Hearts and feelings, I mean.
[Brera] If you can't shoot, then leave!
I have no use for a man
who can't pull the trigger when necessary!
I'll do it! I'm a pilot!
[Brera] I'll take care of the swarm
on the right side.
You enter from the opposite side.
Three...
Two...
One.
[Alto grunts]
[Ranka] Time, dreams, scars, and tears
Cling to us unsteadily
Love is a dogfight
A love-filled cross fight
Miracles spin round and round
I just want to hold you tight
At 17Gs...
[system buzzing]
[panting]
Vajra... rescuing their injured.
[screeching]
[gasps, grunts]
[audience cheering]
A super-directed fold wave.
[Luca] No way! It's directed towards...
the Vajra home world?
What was that?
[Ozma] Hold on!
You intend to leave a man behind?
[Brera] I've also taken damage.
And I knew you people would most
likely collect your wounded.
[Catherine] Delta 1 to Skull 1. The Vajra
outside are folding out and withdrawing.
I see. We've lost Skull 4's Messiah.
[Catherine] And the pilot?
[Ozma] Life signs confirmed.
But he's wounded.
Have a med team on standby.
[Catherine] Roger.
[Sheryl] Out of the way!
Alto!
[monitor beeping]
[Sheryl] It can't be!
Open your eyes! Speak to me!
Alto!
Alto.
- [Alto] Damn, you're loud.
- Huh?
I thought my head was going to explode.
Alto?
What are you doing?
I heard you got hurt.
The blunt trauma
and internal bleeding were pretty bad,
but they say that I'll be better
after a couple days hooked up to this.
What? Then I got worried for nothing!
"Worried"?
[gasps]
[Sheryl] Shut up! Stupid Alto!
[young girl] How is deciphering
the protocol going?
[man 2] It's 98.5% complete.
It'll probably be about
half a day or so before we finish.
[man 1] Good. How about our infiltration?
[Grace] Our agents have disguised
themselves as refugees.
As planned, they have entered
almost every section.
[man 3] Splendid.
We will begin the operation
to take control of Frontier
before LAI's engineers realize
the true power of the fold network.
Yes, sir!
[young girl] Sheryl's song
will be the signal.
By the time her song ends,
we will be as one with this ship.
Is this okay? Can you really
afford to waste time being here?
Be quiet.
I don't do things like this very often.
You should be grateful.
Ow!
[Alto] Oh?
Geez. You'll be a fine wife someday.
I've been taught this kind of stuff
since I was little.
Cleaning, laundry, cooking.
I studied all kinds of domestic duties.
So you could perform female Kabuki roles.
You knew?
Of course I did. I knew of you
as Galactic Kabuki's genius child actor.
[Sheryl] Even on Galaxy,
you were pretty famous.
[Alto] Hmm.
Well, that's all in the past.
Look!
- [mimics airplane flying]
- [Sheryl gasps]
- [Sheryl] Geez.
- [Alto chuckles]
[exclaims]
Wings?
[Sheryl] Why do you want to fly so much?
How about you?
Why did you become a singer?
[Sheryl] At first,
I sang so I could keep living.
But now, I live so I can keep singing.
I love the silence before I go on stage.
I love the exhilaration I feel
the moment the curtain rises.
The way my heartbeat quickens
as the intro begins.
The way my song makes space tremble
with countless sounds and dancing waves.
[audience cheering]
And the way everyone's
enthusiasm pushes inside me.
That rush intoxicates me.
It sends me flying
to the far ends of the galaxy.
[gasps]
To me, the stage is...
The stage is like a monster
that has taken me captive.
But I don't regret it at all.
That's how bewitching that place is to me.
[Ranka panting]
[Sheryl] Hey, Alto.
[Alto] Hmm?
[Sheryl] Give up flying.
There's no need for you
to throw your life away.
There are plenty of other pilots.
But, Alto...
There is only one Alto Saotome!
[gasps] Alto!
[gasps]
[enchanting music playing]
[vocalizes]
- [man 2 chuckles]
- [young girl] It's starting.
[Grace] Brera, go secure Ranka and Sheryl.
[Brera] Roger.
[Grace chuckles]
[Sheryl] When I was in love with God
I never expected
We'd part ways like this
[vocalizes]
If we're never to touch again
I wish you could have at least held me
one last time...
[man 3] Commence the takeover of Fronti...
[gasps]
It's long, long good-bye
I say farewell, farewell,
again and again
I repeat the word
to myself endlessly...
[spy 1] Colonel Grace!
[spy 2] Colonel Grace,
why don't you respond?
Right now,
I'd like the strength to carry on...
[Grace] The implant network
is being cut off?
[Sheryl] Upon meeting you,
a star shined and I was born
All because I loved
All because I was there
What good does it do to wait for
a miracle when there's no hope?
My eyes are bleary with tears...
I'm sorry!
[grunts]
Ranka!
[Leon] My, what a splendid triangular.
I would have
loved to watch a little bit longer,
but that's simply not possible.
- [helicopter whirring]
- [Sheryl gasps]
[Leon] Sheryl Nome! You are suspected
of 12 charges, including espionage,
sedition, and violating
the State Secrets Preservation Act.
And are hereby placed under arrest!
How?
Simply put, fold quartz
technology is not yours alone.
[Alto] Let her go!
Now we can amplify
and seal fold waves at will.
Have a look.
[Leon] Such a pity,
Colonel Grace Godunowa.
Or should I refer to you as
one of the 117th Survey Fleet's
head researchers, Dr. Godunowa.
Have you terminated all their operatives?
Only one, Brera Sterne,
is still on the run.
But we are tracking his location.
Bring him in quickly, dead or alive.
Yes, sir!
[Leon] Oh. This look suits you.
Hold on, damn it!
Do you have any evidence?
Anything to prove she's a spy?
- [detector blares]
- [Alto gasps]
[soldier] Lieutenant.
This is fold quartz, as expected.
Just as we thought.
[Leon] You used the quartz
to amplify your singing,
and lead the Vajra toward Frontier.
That can't be true! Sheryl!
[Leon] I look forward
to tomorrow's headlines,
when the Galactic Fairy
will become the False Songstress.
Damn it! Hold up! Sheryl!
[Alto shouts] Sheryl!
[helicopter whirs]
[camera shutter clicks]
[Howard] Throughout history,
celebrities have abused
the freedom granted by their position
for purposes of espionage
more times than can be counted.
Sheryl Nome, she too is another such case.
The government is declaring
a state of war.
Sheryl Nome will be charged under
the Special War Measures Act.
- [crowd gasps]
- Wait! Doesn't that mean...
[Howard] It is regrettable, but she
will be sentenced to death without trial.
[crowd gasps, clamors]
[melancholy music playing]
[inhales sharply]
[thunder rumbling]
[lightning crackling]
[lightning crackles]
[footsteps approaching]
Take me back, now!
[Ranka] Are you going to run away?
Alto is hurt. He feels betrayed, Sheryl.
Your fans do too.
Stop deluding yourselves!
I'm not your Galactic Fairy,
or anything like that!
I'm only human!
[somber music playing]
[Ranka] I thought
you were stronger than this.
But that time,
on the hill at Griffith Park,
and during the battle with the Vajra,
when I sang together with you,
I could feel it.
I felt that you were lonely too.
Forgive me if I was wrong.
But I thought you were amazing for that.
Even you, who shone so beautifully,
were actually lonely, sad, and alone.
But you didn't let that beat you,
and sang with all your soul.
I was happy to be able to sing with you.
Our songs became one.
I could feel a trembling
in the pit of my stomach.
A feeling that told me
I wasn't alone, either.
I'm sorry, this may seem selfish.
But there's one last thing.
Please, tell me the truth.
Sheryl,
what are your feelings toward Alto?
I love him... as much as you do.
But that will have to be our secret.
After all, I'll be dead soon.
[Luca] This isn't what I agreed to!
You weren't supposed to execute Sheryl!
[Leon] There's no avoiding it. I am merely
following the letter of the law.
[Luca] I knew that defending humanity
from the Vajra was just an excuse to you.
You were really planning to steal
Galaxy's plan out from under them
and rule the Vajra yourself, weren't you?
Are you sure it's wise
for you to say that?
[Leon] It could cause problems
for Julia, could it not?
Is that a threat?
Should anything happen to my sister,
I have options.
[unsettling music playing]
[shouting inaudibly]
[Ai-kun squeaks]
- [muffled groan]
- [Ai-kun squeals]
- [Ranka screaming]
- [Brera] Keep quiet, Ranka Lee.
[Ranka] Brera?
- [gasps]
- There is something I must tell you.
[exhales]
Frontier wants to eliminate
the Vajra and steal their resources
- by using your songs as a weapon.
- [gasps]
[Brera] You are the only one who can
contact the Vajra in Sheryl's place.
Why?
[Brera] Even if there's
a stay of execution,
Sheryl will be dead soon.
Unless her vocal chords, infested with
the V-type infection, are removed.
- [gasps]
- But since you were infected in the womb
of Vajra researcher Ranshe Mei,
you were born with an immunity
to the fold bacteria.
And you have the power
to control the Vajra!
[siren wailing in distance]
[Ranka] How do you know that?
I am your brother.
[gasps]
[Brera] Only your will
can make the song's power manifest.
That's why I intended to wait
for your memories to return.
- [harmonica tune playing]
- [Ranka] That can't be. But...
[Brera] Eleven years ago,
on Gallia 4, rescuers from Galaxy
saved my life after a Vajra attack.
Ranka, I lived on believing the day
would come when we would meet again.
This can't be.
[siren wailing]
[Brera grunts]
[groans]
No, no!
My brother.
[Ozma] Pretty good, eh?
The YF-29.
It's a test model based
on the 25 that's being
developed for the final battle
against the Vajra.
They haven't just given it four engines.
They've also used fold quartz
salvaged from Vajra remains
to increase its firepower
and energy shield capabilities.
[chuckles dryly] Do you want to quit now?
You've lost sight
of why you fly, why you fight.
[Ozma] You think that maybe
you're just acting the role of a pilot.
It's not hard to figure out
what a kid like you is thinking.
Alto, what do you see me as?
[Alto] Uh... Captain. You're the captain.
[Ozma chuckles] You don't get it.
No matter what my role is, inside I'm...
[grunts]
Inside I'm just a kid!
I'm no less of one than you are!
My role as a captain,
my role as a big brother,
my role as a soldier,
and my role as a lover...
All of that is me!
And I am all of that!
There's not a single person
who isn't acting out some sort of role.
Captain.
[Ozma] I'm a man
whose only talent is fighting.
But you, Alto, are different.
And here at S.M.S, we aren't soldiers.
So as long as we aren't in battle,
you can quit whenever you want.
In exchange, that means you can't
blame your decision on anyone else.
So think hard and ask yourself!
What role are you going to play
from here on out?
[ringtone plays, Ranka singing]
Hao chi lai lai Mei gu niang
[Ozma] Ranka?
What was that?
[Jeffery] Well done, Luca.
[Luca] Mishima really was the culprit.
Thank you for bringing my sister in.
[Jeffery] The S.M.S has taken your sister
into our custody
and will take responsibility
for protecting her.
[Michael] After all, you put your life
on the line to protect her.
[Luca] Michael.
I imagine my father, President Glass,
has also been deceived by his Lieutenant.
But I wonder if they're true.
The things Brera Sterne
told Ranka, that is.
[Canaria] It seems they are.
This is the result of Ranka's test.
Just as Brera said, fold bacteria
were detected in Ranka's body.
[Luca] In her small intestine?
That's just like the Vajra then.
What do you mean?
At LAI we've been investigating
the bodies of the Vajra.
Our results showed that the fold bacteria
breed in their small intestines.
[Luca] We realized that creates
their super dimensional fold network
and allows them to communicate
with each other.
I see.
The bacteria in Ranka's body
respond to her songs
and emotions by releasing fold waves.
Her songs and her emotions...
So I'm sure I can feel theirs as well.
I can feel what the Vajra feel
in my belly.
[Ozma] The Vajra's feelings?
Ranka! Those things
barely even have brains!
[Canaria] There's a theory that the soul
resides in the abdomen.
[Klan] The idea is that the soul
doesn't just come from the brain,
it comes from the guts
and other organs as well.
[Bobby] Huh?
The soul comes from one's organs?
My father always told me
that actors feel with their stomach,
and to act from my stomach.
That's right.
When people are sad,
they feel pain in their chest.
And if they can't muster strength in their
stomach, they can't motivate themselves.
[Luca] Perhaps the Vajra thought
Ranka was one of them
because she releases fold waves
from her tummy too.
[Bobby] No way,
you mean the Vajra were trying
to rescue Ranka from us strange humans?
[Catherine] But if the Vajra are sentient,
and have hearts and emotions,
what Mishima is trying to do is...
[Monica] In violation
of the Galactic Directive!
It's a clear act of invasion.
[Canaria] And if the Vajra
are capable of communication...
[Klan] Ranka and Sheryl's songs
can reach them.
[Ranka] I was happy
to be able to sing with you.
[gasps]
- [coughs, thuds]
- [spoon clanks]
[gasps]
[Jeffery] All right then, everyone.
We now stand at a critical juncture
which will decide the fates
of Humanity and the Vajra.
In order to investigate the possibility
of communication with the Vajra,
we must rescue our client Sheryl Nome.
Our contract with her is still binding
as we have not yet received
the remaining balance owed to us.
But this will likely be viewed by Mishima
and the Frontier government as treason.
Of course, for us to claim
this as just cause
while we also participate
in squabbles between humans,
may be mere hypocrisy.
Even so, will you follow me?
[Catherine] But how?
Alcatraz Prison's security is tight.
If we can just get in,
I can connect to the network and do
something about the security system.
[Michael] You sound awfully confident.
[Luca] Their security was built at LAI.
[Michael chuckles]
Is there anything your company doesn't do?
[Klan] Then how do we get in?
Leave that to me!
Ranka?
I have a plan!
[crowd chanting] Ranka! Ranka! Ranka!
Ranka! Ranka! Ranka! Ranka! Ranka!
Good evening, Alcatraz!
I'm Ranka Lee!
Today, as a favor from your warden,
I'm holding a Relief Concert!
[crowd cheering]
[Leon chuckles] What a brilliant idea.
Using a singer with the same fold
bacteria infection as the Vajra
to try and decipher
their communication protocol.
[Grace] What happened to her?
What's happened to Sheryl?
[Leon] It seems she's been composing
lyrics on her cell wall.
[Grace] Lyrics?
[Leon] How pointless.
When she's going to die as soon
as the protocol is analyzed.
[Grace] I see it's a song.
[Leon] That's right.
The hive mind of the network
that sent you your orders
has offered to cooperate
in exchange for its life.
[Grace] Huh?
And we will, at least until
we complete the protocol analysis,
and find a way to control the Vajra.
[Leon] Still, how pitiful they are.
To think they would willingly
take on such a wretched form to survive.
Everyone hold me tight!
To the ends of the galaxy!
[upbeat instrumental music playing]
The water's surface quivers
The circling wind picks up
Blue electricity courses between
our fingertips as they touch
Just by looking at each other...
Who is that girl?
Don't you know?
That girl is the one
who protected Frontier alongside Sheryl
during the First Contact Battle.
She's becoming a star!
[Temjin] She's the
Super Dimensional Cinderella,
Ranka!
I don't care if it'll be a tragedy
I want to spend my life with you
- Everyone together!
- Kira!
[crowd singing along]
Riding on a shooting star
I descend rapidly towards you
In the starry deep blue sky
We are like fireworks
Our hearts shoot out arrows of light
[crowd cheering]
Here I go!
[instrumental riff plays]
Almost there.
They're having the time of their lives
out there, damn it.
[Ranka and crowd]
This is a night full of wonders
Where I can dive inside you
and read your thoughts
As if your name is a magic spell
I repeat it endlessly...
This song is...
Got it!
Everyone together!
[Luca] Kira!
Floating like a picture
[singing along]
Even if our lives are insignificant
We twinkle like stars
[spoons clanking against bars]
And the galaxy comes tumbling
down on our souls
Riding on a shooting star
You rapidly ascend...
[guard] Stop that!
In the starry deep blue sky
We are like fireworks
Our hearts shoot out arrows of light
Even if our lives are insignificant
We twinkle like stars
- [Ai-kun squeaks]
- Up there?
[guard grunts]
Sheryl!
Sheryl!
Stand back and take cover!
That voice!
Hurry!
Alto!
Lyrics?
You were writing even at a time like this?
Well, how about you,
what are you doing here?
I told you, didn't I? You're not alone.
You dummy!
- [crowd cheering]
- [upbeat instrumental music plays]
At an angle
that's as innocent as a comet
Your skirt flutters up
Get it on...
All right! Do it!
Get that Zentran blood fired up!
Until the urgent climax
[operator] Sheryl Nome's
fold waves are increasing.
They're resonating with Ranka Lee's waves
and influencing the Vajra's fold network!
Protocol Analysis stands at 97.5%.
Deciphering will be complete
in 90 seconds.
Good!
But we've got an escape in progress
and a riot breaking out!
Don't panic.
[Leon] That falls within
operation parameters.
The fold bacteria become more active
when the host sings
like her life depends on it.
Good. Keep singing just like that!
[guard] Stop!
Time to fly.
[screams]
[Ranka] After that...
This is...
Remember these?
[crowd cheering]
[gasps]
Sheryl!
Ranka, thank you.
[female fan shouts] Sheryl!
[crowd gasping]
[male fan shouts] Sheryl!
Everyone, we're getting out of here!
[crowd shouts] Yeah!
[both singing] Get it on, get it on...
Merger of fold waves detected!
Protocol analysis complete!
Send in the riot squad.
Multiple defold signatures detected!
[operator] It's...
the Vajra!
[Ranka and Sheryl] Don't just sit there,
invincible teenager
Speed will become love...
[guards grunting]
Leave this to us! Hurry up!
Don't get yourself killed!
And you make sure you
protect those two properly.
[Ranka and Sheryl] Never alone...
We're going!
You're a star
[song fades]
All forces, go to Level 1 alert!
Intercept the Vajra at once!
All forces, go to Level 1 alert.
[operator] All forces,
go to Level 1 alert.
This is not a drill. Repeat.
[operator 2] Pegasus Griffon Squadron,
stand by to launch.
[operator 3] Electromagnetic catapult
open, flight path clear.
Permission to use all of Island 1's
energy to emit the jamming code?
[Howard] Will this really work?
Is it really necessary to put
the citizens' lives in danger?
The Vajra are fearsome enemies
who destroyed even the Galaxy Fleet.
If this proves ineffective,
then either way,
we have no chance of survival.
- But...
- [door opens]
[operator 4] Purple Squadron
has been wiped out!
[gasps]
[operator 5] CV47, Uraga, sunk!
- [indistinct clamor]
- [explosions booming]
Those damned Vajra!
Your decision?
Very well.
[Howard] Initiate
anti-Vajra operation "Hypnosis"!
[intense music playing]
My grandmother,
a Vajra research specialist,
searched endlessly for a songstress
like her vanished sister.
One who could communicate
from the heart not only to people,
but to the birds and the beasts,
the grass and the flowers...
- [eagle screeches]
- ...and even the wind and sea.
One called "Guide of the Wind".
[Alto] Communicate from the heart
with the birds and the wind?
[Sheryl] Yes, someone like Ranka.
Me?
[Sheryl] My grandmother thought that,
if we had a "Guide of the Wind,"
we might just be able
to communicate with the Vajra.
But her plan failed
and the Vajra attacked the Survey Fleet.
Grace told me that.
[Ranka] No, it wasn't an attack.
I remember now.
Back then, the Vajra might not
have been attacking,
but instead trying to rescue me.
Rescue you?
[Brera] I'm glad your memory
has returned, Ranka.
[Alto] Brera!
[brake screeching]
[Brera] I've come for you, Ranka.
So we can end the battle with the Vajra.
My brother.
[Brera] Now come with me, Ranka.
[Alto] Ranka!
[Sheryl] You can't, Ranka!
That thing isn't your brother anymore!
To control you,
Galaxy's military used implants
to turn your brother into their puppet.
Are you betraying us, Fairy 9?
They plan to murder you and transplant
your immune system into my body!
[Alto] What?
[Brera] Are you man enough
to pull the trigger?
Yeah. If that's what it takes
to protect these two!
[scoffs]
[intense music builds]
[Alto grunts]
Alto!
[Brera] Now, we're going.
Ranka.
- Ranka!
- Big brother!
Captain!
Sorry to keep you waiting, Ranka.
Now, get back to the Quarter!
Ozma Lee!
We've gotta go!
- [alert beeping]
- [people gasping, screaming]
[device beeps]
[Grace] It's quite the commotion
out there.
What's going on?
[operator] I don't know!
You keep quie...
[Ranka grunts]
[Ranka screams]
[Ozma and Brera grunting]
[Ranka] Big brother!
[Alto] Hurry, Ranka!
[Ozma grunts]
[gasps]
[screams] Stop!
Captain!
[coughs]
It'll take more than that to kill me.
[both grunting]
[Ranka screams]
[screaming]
Alto!
[Ai-kun squeals]
[screams]
Sheryl!
Ranka!
[Alto] Sheryl!
[intense music peaks, fades]
[gasps]
[somber music playing]
[screams] Sheryl!
[mechanic 1] Anti-Vajra jamming code
setup complete.
- [tense music playing]
- Jamming system, standby to transmit.
[mechanic 3] All reactors output
at maximum.
Transmit!
[VF-171 pilot 1] Stay away! Stay away!
[VF-171 pilot 2] They stopped?
[operator] Vajra energy shields nullified!
[deputy head] It's working!
[VF-171 pilot 1] Now it's our turn,
you damned bugs!
Die!
[all gasping]
Do it now!
All forces, proceed to Phase 2!
[operator 1] All forces, go to Phase 2.
Commence anti-Vajra implant attack.
[mechanic] Vajra fold network
connection rate is at 93.5%.
[Howard] The Vajra are...
[Leon] With this, we can win!
We can defeat the Vajra!
Then we use this inertia to push
until we take the Vajra home world!
[Alto] Captain. Sheryl. [groans]
[Michael] Get a hold of yourself, Alto.
This isn't the time to get emotional.
Snap out of it!
What's wrong with being emotional?
No matter how sad I get,
I won't run away anymore.
Until this battle is over, I will fly!
Alto.
Alto.
Guess I can't call you "Princess" anymore.
[sentimental music playing]
[Lam] This ship will soon
make an emergency fold!
I repeat, this ship will soon
make an emergency fold!
[Jeffery] This is Macross Quarter Captain
Jeffery Wilder to all hands.
The Frontier military
has been detected separating Island 1,
and folding to the Vajra home world.
They are believed to have analyzed
the Vajra's communication protocol,
and to be using powerful fold waves
to place the Vajra under their control.
If this continues, and the Frontier
military invades the Vajra home world,
our friends and families, and millions
of other lives will be in danger.
On top of this, should they
successfully take control of the Vajra,
they will essentially
rule the entire galaxy.
But due to damage
caused by fold distortion,
our hails to New U.N. Spacy and S.M.S
Headquarters have gone unanswered.
Now that our mission to rescue
Sheryl Nome has failed,
there is but one option left open to us.
With the other songstress,
Ranka Lee's, fold song,
we must communicate with the Vajra
and bring a conclusion
to this meaningless war.
The lives of the hostages aboard Island 1,
and the fate of the galaxy itself
rests in your hands.
[Jeffery] All hands,
deploy for the final battle!
[all] Yes, sir!
[operator 1] Speed of descent reduced
to 800 meters per second.
Gravity control system
is functioning normally.
[operator 2] Atmospheric composition
is 77.9% nitrogen, 21.2% oxygen,
0.037% carbon dioxide.
This is an Earth-class planet.
[all gasp]
[Leon] Wonderful.
This planet is the greatest discovery
since Columbus'
or Magellan's 500 years ago.
Its vast reserves of fold quartz
and habitable land
will make it a grand new frontier.
President Howard Glass,
your name will surely shine forever
in the history of the galaxy.
Ah. Thank you, Mishima.
I am grateful for your assistance.
[system beeping]
[Leon] Now we need only send
a unit into their nest
to take control of the queen Vajra.
Then the galaxy will be ours!
[all] Yes, ours!
What is this?
- [pounding on door]
- [gasps]
- [woman screams]
- [Leon] You...
[grunts]
[man 1] Well done, Antares 1.
[Brera] I merely followed my programing
for independent action
during times of emergency.
[man 2] It was so stifling in there.
Now we have a little more space.
[young girl] Oh, my. it seems
that someone has followed us.
What curious people,
coming with only a single ship.
[Brera] Should I head out
to intercept them?
[man 1 chuckles] Let the Vajra
finish them off.
[man 3] We will force our way into
the queen's nest with the Battle Frontier.
[Ranka panting] Alto!
Thank goodness.
I'm glad I caught you before you launched.
Ranka, your outfit?
Does it suit me?
This is the costume for my new song.
New song?
Who would have thought
I'd end up singing at a time like this?
Also, this is the first song
I've written the lyrics for.
I see, you wrote them yourself.
I wrote these lyrics with someone
very important to me in mind.
That's why I'm sure
it can reach the Vajra.
An important someone?
I...
I love you, Alto!
[gasps]
I said it.
Ranka... I...
[Ranka] Don't say it!
It's strange, isn't it?
I'm about to sing
in the middle of a battle,
yet it's far, far less frightening
than asking how you feel about me.
If you answer me now,
I may not be able to sing anymore.
So I'll go out there
and sing like I'm supposed to.
For Sheryl and my big brother, too.
I'll make sure my song
gets through to the Vajra.
So, Alto, promise me.
Promise me you'll definitely
come back alive!
Ranka.
[upbeat music playing]
[Meena] Fold sound stage, standby.
[mechanic] Pin-point barrier,
output rising.
Protect our songstress at all costs!
[Monica] Enemy main force closing rapidly.
[Lam] Skull 4, new fold wave amp
data link at optimum.
[crew] Electromagnetic catapult
open, launch area clear.
[Ranka] Alto.
[Alto] Let's do this, Ranka!
Because you've a gentle soul
You take all the pain on yourself
As you support me, and play that role
It becomes the real you
Even if you're hurt by my weakness
I'm sure you wouldn't say a word
Even though everyday life
is run-of-the-mill
Looking up to see your profile
Always felt special
If we part ways after school
We may not be able
to meet again tomorrow...
[Alto] Ranka's song isn't working?
Tears flowed from my eyes like rain...
Alto! You're flying too far ahead!
[Alto] I need to get much, much closer.
I need to make her song reach them!
The control waves
from Island 1 are too strong.
They're blocking Ranka's song.
[Jeffery] We have no choice
but to force our way into Island 1,
and shut down the fold broadcast station.
Monica, our chances?
Captain, if we clear a hole in
the Vajra swarm with the Macross Cannon,
and pass through there at maximum
velocity, it might just be possible.
But at that speed, the ship will burn up
upon entering the atmosphere.
Crap!
As you murmured
"I couldn't protect her..."
[Alto] This is the Vajra's pain.
Formation: Big Wednesday! Engage!
- [whistles]
- Okay.
What's "Big Wednesday"?
[gasps]
[Ranka] I believed things would change
HEAVY PARTICLE REACTION CANNON
Fire!
[Ranka] But they'd become
a faded memory
The blue storm of time
Strikes against my cheeks
as it races past
The Quarter?
I will always love you
Love you
[Alto] I get it!
[grunting]
- All right, crew, surf's up!
- [gasps]
[Ranka] If we part ways after school
We may not be able
To meet again tomorrow
Before I open my eyes in the morning
In the skies to the east...
[Alto] Why?
We don't even want to fight you!
If we part ways after school...
[Alto] Why?
Sadness?
This is what's controlling the Vajra?
That's got to be it!
[Ranka] Became a faded memory
[gasps]
My song got through to them?
Keep it up, Ranka! The Vajra are being
controlled by implant recept...
[gasps] No.
[Ranka] Alto.
[wistful music playing]
[gasps] So pretty.
[young Sheryl] You really are a boy.
I... I thought your kabuki was wonderful.
It was really... really like a heavenly
maiden was flying through the sky.
[chuckles softly] The sky?
Thank you, young lady,
but Alto is still only in training.
Someday I'll sing, too!
[young Sheryl] I won't lose to you.
My song will move the galaxy!
[music intensifies]
[Alto] Sheryl! Hang in there! Sheryl!
- Sheryl!
- [Sheryl] Alto...
[Ozma] Sheryl! Hang in there! Sheryl!
Hey, Sheryl!
[Sheryl] Ozma...
[Ozma] Good, looks like you're all right.
[Sheryl] How am I still alive?
We were saved by this little guy.
[Ai-kun squealing]
[Sheryl] It did?
[Ozma] Poor thing.
The fold jamming seems
to be messing with it.
- Maybe it's related to the Vajra somehow.
- [squealing]
[Sheryl] What happened to Alto,
Ranka, and everyone else?
- [clattering]
- [Sheryl] Grace?
Grace!
[gasps] Go on. Sing, Sheryl.
I've activated the church stage's
fold amp.
[Sheryl crying] Why?
Ironic, isn't it?
It was only by being reduced to this state
that I was finally freed from my implants.
[Sheryl sighs]
Grace.
Besides, I raised you.
[Grace] Now, let me hear
your song one more time.
[Sheryl] Here I go, Grace.
I'll sing for you too.
[Ozma] Is this okay, Sheryl?
If you sing again, your body won't...
[Sheryl] Even if I die...
my song will not!
Could someone
Caress the outline
Of my emptiness?
Kicked by the beating in my chest
Words of love...
The Galactic Fairy.
But alas
I get no response
Crucified by destiny
The north star is burning...
Sheryl. [gasps]
Why can I hear her song?
I actually loved
how you'd smile so sweetly...
This song... Sheryl?
Sheryl!
Alto!
I actually loved
How you'd...
[Alto] Sheryl?
Captain?
Skull 4 to Quarter, confirming
Sheryl Nome and Captain Ozma are alive.
Retrieving them now.
- [relieved gasps]
- Ozma!
[gasps] Big brother!
Open Ranka!
A light symphony plays...
[Alto] Get on!
Alto, fly to that stage over there!
[Sheryl] If we go there,
we can amplify my singing!
But you can't.
You of all people should understand!
If I'm going to die,
let it to be on stage!
Besides, I want to move
the galaxy with my song!
My song will move the galaxy!
You... You were that girl.
Honestly, you pick now
to finally remember?
Now, Alto. If the real sky is your stage,
let me see you dance one more time.
Show me Alto Saotome's true dance!
Spin the stars,
from the center of the world
If you sneeze, the butterflies
will dance in a forest somewhere
The key to the door you guard
isn't real
It's an embarrassing story
But even as they lick
each other's wounds
Lions are strong
I want to survive
I want to survive
It makes me want to keep living
Guided by the constellations,
we gaze at each other
I want to survive
I'm completely at a loss
I wither away in a flash...
Yeah, these are some gnarly waves!
- Captain!
- All hands, brace for impact!
[Catherine grunts]
- [alert blares]
- [gasps]
Enemy fleet closing in from above.
We're surrounded!
What?
[Lam] Transmission
from S.M.S reinforcements!
"We're here to provide support."
[Monica] Multiple defold signatures
detected in satellite orbit!
It's a joint S.M.S
and New U.N. Spacy Fleet!
- [Bobby] Really?
- They made it!
[Isamu] Let's go, old girl! [whoops]
[Alto] Skull 4 to all squadrons!
The Vajra are being controlled
by implant receptors.
Destroy the receptors
that have been fired into their joints!
Implant receptors?
All right, now we know what to do!
I want to survive
Even if I'm hanging by a thread
I love you
Guided by the constellations...
Kira!
I'm not alone...
[Catherine] Ozma, this belong to you?
Thanks!
[young girl] Resonance between Code Q1
a nd Fairy 9's fold waves detected.
It seems they've noticed
the Vajra's implants as well.
[man 2] It's too late now.
No matter how much backup they call,
once we've secured the Vajra queen,
victory is ours.
Besides, Sheryl is unlikely
to last much longer.
[man 1] Accelerate the merging
of Battle Frontier with the Vajra.
If we hook them up by direct cable,
outside interference won't be an issue.
[Sheryl and Ranka] Giving you a glimpse
Of the line of my hip, danger
I'll signal you with a wink
and you'll dive into my cleavage...
[man 3] Once the fusion
with the Vajra is complete,
we will sweep away all these nuisances.
I don't care if you sink
Island 1 entirely!
I'm so naive, wide-eyed to 1000%
I'm oblivious, bold to 1000%
I'm vulnerable on the inside
You light up my life...
Sheryl!
Ranka!
Don't worry about me,
we're just getting started!
[Ranka] Sheryl!
[both singing] Swear an oath
upon those tears
Obsessed with miracles
Leaping over the ruins
- On an upwards trajectory
- Seek the pulse in your heart
Before this life ends
Will you make it in time?
Klan!
Swear an oath upon...
You're the one person I won't let die!
Leaping over the ruins
On an upwards trajectory
- [both grunt]
- What's going on?
[Monica] Battle Frontier
and the queen Vajra are merging!
No! They're trying to control
the Vajra directly
and seal off the power of our songs!
No!
[Alto] I'll go.
Together with this crystal that conveys
feelings, I will carry their song!
- Alto!
- Alto!
This is the dance of my wings!
May the wind be in your wings!
And songs throughout the galaxy!
[soulful instrumental music playing]
[Alto] Brera, what are you doing here?
[Brera] The Vajra and Frontier are now
under the control of Galaxy.
Say what?
The wind shakes the horizon...
[Brera] A mere flesh and blood
human cannot fight us!
Are the flames still burning?
[both singing] Trembling, I stand
at the entrance to the world
I cannot die
until I tell you my feelings
Yours are the wings of a Valkyria
She who appears before warriors
wounded in battle, Valkyria
A phantasmal lover
descending from the skies
Valkyria...
Crossing the rainbow bridge
to be their souls' guide...
[Brera] I'm done playing around!
Even should you turn
your back on fate, Valkyria...
[Alto] I know this sadness!
It's the same as the Vajra's.
Implants?
Wake up, Brera!
Come to your senses!
Nonsense. I am awake!
Valkyria, the wings of farewell
[network] You're going down!
[booming voices vocalizing]
They're singing?
[gasps] The Vajra.
They're singing.
[Ai-kun squeals]
Ai-kun.
You protected us, didn't you?
[squeals]
Vajra! All right!
[Brera] Damned Vajra!
Where do your eyes
Look to now?
This is the Vajra's pain.
I see! If we can feel like the Vajra!
I kept on singing
Believing we could meet some day
Until I could atone for everything
And offer you my all
Yours are the wings of a Valkyria
[Brera] Those movements,
he can anticipate our moves?
A phantasmal lover
descending from above
So that you will not dissolve
Into the blue of the sky, Valkyria
She who lifts me up with both hands,
Valkyria...
[network] No!
What is this information chaos?
Clutching the seed...
The galaxy, it's moving.
[Sheryl and Ranka] Head east...
The light is dancing.
He's doing Kabuki!
[Brera] What is this feeling?
I have feelings?
So pretty!
Transmission from the joint fleet!
[Lam] They're ordering an organized strike
of all Macross Cannons
while the enemy is in disarray!
[Catherine] No way!
Just when we're almost there!
Skull 4, get out of there!
[Catherine] Get out of there!
The blue storm of time strikes against
my cheeks as it races past
I will always love you
Love you
This song is Ranka's.
[grunts]
[screams]
Ranka!
It's my brother!
[Brera screams]
[network] Impossible!
He tore out his own implants?
I'm not your puppet anymore!
I met the wind, Valkyria
[Sheryl and Ranka] And one day
I will see the wind off, Valkyria...
Ranka.
[Sheryl and Ranka] No life fails
To shine before the dawn
For they are alive...
Believe me, Vajra,
we are not your enemies!
[Sheryl and Ranka]
And soar across the skies
Valkyria!
The wings of farewell
Vajra.
Ranka,
I can't give you the answer
you hoped for, I'm sorry.
But thank you.
[crying]
[Alto] Sheryl,
this may be coming a little late,
- [gasps]
- but I...
lov...
[screams] Alto!
[Ranka] Sheryl!
Sheryl!
[Sheryl] I love you!
THE VAJRA SWARM LEFT THEIR HOME WORLD,
AND THE BATTLE CAME TO AN END
[Ranka] A month has passed
since the war ended.
Those that survived set foot on the land
left behind by the Vajra,
beginning a new life.
Perhaps the Vajra mean to ask us
how long can we keep this
green planet beautiful.
Certainly, a day will come
when humans and Vajra live together.
[monitor beeps]
Having burnt out what was left of her life
with a song that moved the galaxy,
Sheryl is still sleeping.
[wistful music playing]
But I believe...
someday, surely, Alto will return
and Sheryl will awaken.
Without a doubt these feelings
are within me
Unable to be contained, they overflow
When I think of you
My bosom becomes the universe
Holding the stars close
Our days are limited
I've decided to spend them loving you
I'm starting to find the strength
To say I love you
It's a long road
Guided by the light
Shining in the distance
Let us always meet again
I have chosen to love
I will continue to pray
for your happiness
With unclouded eyes
No more will I look back
on the darkness of the night
Because I know we can
always meet again like this
If it will dry your sodden wings
Be at my side
Close to my heart
I love you
So love you
In the infinite expanse
Whenever I sing of my longing for you
A star will twinkle
From beyond eternity
[crowd chanting] Sheryl! Sheryl! Sheryl!
Sheryl! Sheryl!
[Sheryl] Hi! I know you've been waiting!
If everyone calls for me,
a miracle can happen any time!
Let's go, Ranka!
[Ranka] Okay, Sheryl!
[both] One, two! Listen to our song!
When something fun is about to begin
Start it with a wink!
I'll seduce you the way I do,
from a distance
I give to you the greatest
melody in history
Cue the romance!
Riding the atmospheric currents,
we rapidly ascend
Can we reach that star, I wonder?
Speed it up, space flight
Jet coaster spin, let's intertwine
And go crazy with it!
Together we fly away
The world can change
with a "Hallelujah!"
It's like magic!
With a flutter of the cape
A miracle for an instant,
a shooting star!
The fact I was able to say it
makes me smile
In my own way, that's my stance
Take me on a date
with your charming plans
Please, guy
Embrace me, with rainbow-colored
feathers on your back
Fly! Swing! Free-style it!
I want to dance until dawn
The two of us,
we're just getting started
A never-ending story
Is beginning
Change the world with a "hallelujah!"
For you and for me, a decisive miracle
A shining star!
That's just how love always is
Coach me with your charming approach
Please, guy
You get more than one chance in life
So challenge yourself
to do something with it, peace!
With your charming smile
as your only style, live a happy life
- [crowd cheering]
- [music fades]