Re: Creators (2017) s01e14 Episode Script
Why We Travel ... I Feel Painful and So Useless That I Want to Cry But It's Fun Nevertheless.
1
CABINET GOVERNMENT BUILDING HALL 4
This is a project of the highest priority
for the Japanese government.
Please lend your cooperation.
The project finally started.
A big project of an unbelievable scale,
a crazy project.
Kikuchihara asked all of the publishers,
animation studios, broadcasters,
and other companies related to the Creations
for their cooperation.
Today's crowd is different from the usual.
Those were the execs.
The ones actually doing the work are people like us.
I see.
Did you know?
This meeting was granted a level of authority
equivalent to emergency situations.
That woman has enough authority to summon
the Administrative Vice-Minister of Defense
and the Deputy Director-General
of the National Police Agency.
Please be quiet.
The situation is just as I have explained previously.
This joint event will require the formation of an alliance
of an unprecedented scale
between the various companies.
This is the first government-private-sponsored event
of its kind.
Furthermore, it is the only strategy known to be effective
for countering an unknown threat.
Here is an overview of the event and its schedule.
We'll tell the public that it's a joint event
held by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
for comics, novels,
video games, and anime.
ELIMINATION CHAMBER FESTIVAL (SPIN-OFF)
"BORDER WORLD COLISEUM" (EPISODE 1)
The main feature will be an anime
featuring characters from the participating stories,
called Border World Coliseum.
The anime will be broadcast on TV in April and May
as 90-minute special episodes.
A special promotional video will be shown
at the event on July 23,
which will decide the outcome.
I will do my best
to raise the audience's approval as high as possible.
We will also have the creators of each of the stories
release spin-offs of the stories before the TV broadcast,
starting with Matsubara.
The stories will all be released
on the official website free of charge.
We will also expand the series
through various types of media.
We will not allow any delays on this project.
-What?
-I was able to animate the character two years ago,
but now
We haven't even started on the plot and storyboards.
There's no way we can finish on time.
The second season of Monomagia is coming up,
and on top of that, now this?
Our schedules are already packed.
No way, no way. There's absolutely no way.
Please stop talking.
I repeat,
we will not allow any delays on this project.
To put it simply,
I'm telling everyone to die.
What?!
Are we having a party in this huge place?
First, we will unite our stories into one
and expand our story through all types of media,
including an anime, novel and manga.
We're going to get Altair involved in the story
and get her to come here.
Is it really going to work?
The story will be fabricated
so that everything will be displayed
on the huge TV screen
that will be installed in this stadium.
Then our fate will be determined by the audience.
That sounds like fun. Right, Metchin?
Stop calling me that.
Our strategy is to link the events happening
in the story that the Creations appear in
with the events happening in the real world
through the story
and actively create a situation that is to our advantage.
The creators of each of the original stories will connect
the rules of each of the worlds
and create the setting and plot
that will form the backbone of the new story.
Then we will lure Altair into the closed space,
which we call the "bird cage,"
where Meteora and the others will battle
against her and win.
We will release this scene at the event.
The video will be streamed all across the nation.
We will have the audience
"accept" the fact that Altair died
or retreated from this world.
-Um
-Yes.
Can't we make Altair weak
in her character description?
If we can do that,
why don't we just make a story where Altair loses?
Right now, Altair is a completely independent existence
without a Creator.
Considering the rule in which modifications
to her are determined by the viewers,
I don't think we would be able
to gain their acceptance
by making a story like that.
Focusing on making the "bird cage" stronger
would increase our chances of success.
That's why it all depends
on how much we can increase the powers
of Meteora and the others before the showdown.
The key to victory lies here.
So, you mean, we can't mess
with Altair's character description.
Then we should make Meteora
and the others stronger than Altair.
-That's what you mean, right?
-In principle, yes.
But is it really that easy?
Oh, what do you mean?
Increasing the powers of Meteora and the others
is necessary for this plan to work.
However, sometimes the viewers get disappointed
when the creators change the characters on their own.
If we do that, we won't be able
to gain the audience's "acceptance."
We have to be careful
that the stories and settings of each character
don't oppose worldviews.
That hurts to hear.
I want everyone to create
every possible setting, scene and lead-in,
in order to do that.
Well, then, as of this moment,
this project has officially begun.
This plan and project will be called:
Elimination Chamber Festival.
No one knows when "The Great Destruction"
that Altair is working towards will begin.
Our world exists
on a thin sheet of ice.
However,
I believe that you will save this world.
Let's begin, for the sake of the world.
On January 14th,
the Elimination Chamber Festival was announced.
HURRY UP WITH THE
DETAILS ON PARTICIPATING SERIES
The first spin-off
6 DAYS UNTIL RELEASE
was a short story
for Elemental Symphony of Vogelchevalier.
And then, the main event
It was announced that
the production for the animation would be done
by TAC Products, the studio that did Monomagia.
I ask you once more.
I said, it's impossible.
If you really want it,
then I need 10 top-class producers and screenwriters.
How about it? Do you think you can get them?
I will arrange for it soon.
What? Hold on
Don't underestimate government-sponsored projects.
1 DAY UNTIL RELEASE
You guys were saying it'd be too difficult
or we're going to die,
but you look like you're having fun.
For Kanoya to abandon the problems
in his own world and go to another world,
I think the motivation is too weak.
Do you think you can still make more time?
Mr. Lead Screenwriter
Stop it.
I'm just the coordinator.
Oh, Sota.
Uh
I brought what you asked me to.
Thanks. Come in, come in.
I was feeling a little cramped.
Let's rest for a bit.
Where are Meteora and the others?
They said there were
two magnetic field fluctuations in a row.
They all went out searching.
What's this?
-A rough sketch for the spin-off.
-The one that will be released tomorrow?
Tomorrow is only one short story.
We're making several
and going to release a book of them
right before the event.
This is for the third one.
I take a lot of time to finish the drawings,
so I have to start early.
Wow. This is really cool.
It has a lot of aura.
Hearing you say that makes me feel relieved.
Oh, did you bring what I asked you to?
Salmon!
Thanks!
I need this whenever I take naps!
-Hey That.
-What?
This pen. It's easy to use.
Really?
The way it draws.
Wow.
It's too simple.
I couldn't think of anything else for the introduction.
Hey, I feel bad saying this
Your stories are for kids, so you might be able
to get away with stuff like that.
But I have no idea how a crossover
with the worldview from your story will work out.
Whatever you say.
I have no idea about the worldview in your story either.
What? Are you trying to say it's stupid?
Yatoji, just calm down.
The problem is that,
right now, the only way we have to counter Altair
is to depend on Meteora
and summon Selesia and the others to this world.
How can we defeat her with something like that?
I increased the strength of the characters
and had them summon weapons.
Maybe that's not enough.
If I tried to change something deeper than that
Hey.
What is it?
I had an idea.
What do you think?
I feel like this would still be able
to gain their "acceptance," just barely.
The good part
isn't quite right.
Oh, really? Then
this is being shelved!
Stop it.
I know it's a silly story,
but the fate of the world depends on it.
It doesn't matter.
I mean that,
no matter what happens to the world,
it's not related at all to what we write.
Um I think that's not quite right.
Ignoring the situation around you?
That's not what a real pro does.
A pro coordinates around deadlines
and the client's situation.
That's what salarymen writers like you
who work for others say.
Hey, I don't receive a salary like you.
I put myself on the line when I write.
Our work is fundamentally different.
No, that's wrong.
Don't you understand that if you do whatever you want
and cause a delay,
you cause problems for other people?
Your stories still sell because you have an editor
who handles those problems for you.
You
Sorry! I was wrong!
I was wrong!
This is stupid.
There's also the problem of "acceptance."
If we defeat Altair however we want
and it's not accepted by the viewers,
then all our work would go to waste.
I want to avoid a situation like that,
so I want to keep trying hard until the end.
I'm sure he feels the same way.
I understand that.
I'm also worried about this problem.
But if the production
of Border World Coliseum isn't on time,
then everything's over.
That would be a waste.
Before we start discussing
whether we're going to save the world or not,
I don't want anyone involved
to go unrecognized.
Oh, Marine
Um Uh
Oh, sorry.
Sorry.
Sorry for stepping out
while you were all working hard.
No I'm not doing anything.
Um Are you going to be okay?
Suruga and Yatoji also know we don't have a lot of time.
I've never seen their series go on hiatus suddenly.
I think they just don't have any ideas right now.
It's amazing.
I didn't know anything about this before.
I didn't know that pros argue like that.
I was surprised.
That's right.
Even if other people think it's silly,
the person in question
might think it's something very important.
We might have a tendency towards thinking like that.
But I think it's not related
to whether someone is a pro or not.
I think everyone has thoughts like this.
Everyone?
Something that you can't give up on,
or something that you don't want to lose in
Something that makes you hate yourself
for not being good
Me too.
About Suruga.
Before
Suruga showed me her manga.
I thought that she was really amazing.
She could draw such cool drawings so fast
Really amazing.
And then I started to think, "Hmm."
I shouldn't be thinking that. Really.
That's not true.
Marine, your drawings are really popular.
You have a lot of fans.
Thank you.
But I
I myself know that I'm not good,
so I can't pretend like I am.
In order for me to accept myself,
there's no other way, other than drawing what I can.
But
there's no end to that.
But it's something that's fun.
It hurts, and I feel so hopeless and feel like crying.
But it's still something that's fun.
Fun
That's right.
I
After all, I
We bought some drinks.
Let's have these together.
Thank you
I think we'll be able to gain more acceptance with this.
This
I told you, it's no good.
It isn't "no good."
I just thought that it's a little weak with just that.
Your idea. I think there's nothing else
that would fit better. I think so too.
So you do compliment people sometimes.
I'm not complimenting anyone.
Yatoji!
What?
That's good.
It looks like you got out of the tunnel.
No, it's her idea.
You're such a classic hot-and-cold personality.
No, I'm not!
Matsubara.
I have something to talk about.
-No way.
-Please!
Let me participate too!
-We're not playing around here.
-I know that.
I thought that I should draw her.
So that it looks like the Altair that she created.
I understand the situation.
But like I said just now,
we're not playing around here.
It's not something that I can say yes to easily.
Let's hear what he has to say.
Anyway, just tell us what your idea is.
Yeah.
I
That's pretty good, right? You're pretty funny.
Sota.
Yes.
You come up with horrible ideas.
You scare me.
Anyway, try making a character.
But I'm not sure about
how much I can let your character get involved.
If I put a character like that in,
the story would move forward.
-Yes!
-Yeah.
Weird things are interesting.
-Did you track down the magnetic field fluctuation?
-Too bad, we lost it.
Why did two occur at the same time?
It's probably an effect of the weakening
of the world's rationality.
I think the amount
of variable imaginative force increased.
Also, although it isn't a clue,
there's something that caught my attention.
One of the eyewitnesses of a previous Creation
that we lost reported seeing a robot,
a huge power driver.
There is a high probability
that the Creation transported to this world
is from a robot or science fiction series.
Um
Um
Is there a police station around here?
I don't know where this is
Selesia.
I found her.
CABINET GOVERNMENT BUILDING HALL 4
This is a project of the highest priority
for the Japanese government.
Please lend your cooperation.
The project finally started.
A big project of an unbelievable scale,
a crazy project.
Kikuchihara asked all of the publishers,
animation studios, broadcasters,
and other companies related to the Creations
for their cooperation.
Today's crowd is different from the usual.
Those were the execs.
The ones actually doing the work are people like us.
I see.
Did you know?
This meeting was granted a level of authority
equivalent to emergency situations.
That woman has enough authority to summon
the Administrative Vice-Minister of Defense
and the Deputy Director-General
of the National Police Agency.
Please be quiet.
The situation is just as I have explained previously.
This joint event will require the formation of an alliance
of an unprecedented scale
between the various companies.
This is the first government-private-sponsored event
of its kind.
Furthermore, it is the only strategy known to be effective
for countering an unknown threat.
Here is an overview of the event and its schedule.
We'll tell the public that it's a joint event
held by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
for comics, novels,
video games, and anime.
ELIMINATION CHAMBER FESTIVAL (SPIN-OFF)
"BORDER WORLD COLISEUM" (EPISODE 1)
The main feature will be an anime
featuring characters from the participating stories,
called Border World Coliseum.
The anime will be broadcast on TV in April and May
as 90-minute special episodes.
A special promotional video will be shown
at the event on July 23,
which will decide the outcome.
I will do my best
to raise the audience's approval as high as possible.
We will also have the creators of each of the stories
release spin-offs of the stories before the TV broadcast,
starting with Matsubara.
The stories will all be released
on the official website free of charge.
We will also expand the series
through various types of media.
We will not allow any delays on this project.
-What?
-I was able to animate the character two years ago,
but now
We haven't even started on the plot and storyboards.
There's no way we can finish on time.
The second season of Monomagia is coming up,
and on top of that, now this?
Our schedules are already packed.
No way, no way. There's absolutely no way.
Please stop talking.
I repeat,
we will not allow any delays on this project.
To put it simply,
I'm telling everyone to die.
What?!
Are we having a party in this huge place?
First, we will unite our stories into one
and expand our story through all types of media,
including an anime, novel and manga.
We're going to get Altair involved in the story
and get her to come here.
Is it really going to work?
The story will be fabricated
so that everything will be displayed
on the huge TV screen
that will be installed in this stadium.
Then our fate will be determined by the audience.
That sounds like fun. Right, Metchin?
Stop calling me that.
Our strategy is to link the events happening
in the story that the Creations appear in
with the events happening in the real world
through the story
and actively create a situation that is to our advantage.
The creators of each of the original stories will connect
the rules of each of the worlds
and create the setting and plot
that will form the backbone of the new story.
Then we will lure Altair into the closed space,
which we call the "bird cage,"
where Meteora and the others will battle
against her and win.
We will release this scene at the event.
The video will be streamed all across the nation.
We will have the audience
"accept" the fact that Altair died
or retreated from this world.
-Um
-Yes.
Can't we make Altair weak
in her character description?
If we can do that,
why don't we just make a story where Altair loses?
Right now, Altair is a completely independent existence
without a Creator.
Considering the rule in which modifications
to her are determined by the viewers,
I don't think we would be able
to gain their acceptance
by making a story like that.
Focusing on making the "bird cage" stronger
would increase our chances of success.
That's why it all depends
on how much we can increase the powers
of Meteora and the others before the showdown.
The key to victory lies here.
So, you mean, we can't mess
with Altair's character description.
Then we should make Meteora
and the others stronger than Altair.
-That's what you mean, right?
-In principle, yes.
But is it really that easy?
Oh, what do you mean?
Increasing the powers of Meteora and the others
is necessary for this plan to work.
However, sometimes the viewers get disappointed
when the creators change the characters on their own.
If we do that, we won't be able
to gain the audience's "acceptance."
We have to be careful
that the stories and settings of each character
don't oppose worldviews.
That hurts to hear.
I want everyone to create
every possible setting, scene and lead-in,
in order to do that.
Well, then, as of this moment,
this project has officially begun.
This plan and project will be called:
Elimination Chamber Festival.
No one knows when "The Great Destruction"
that Altair is working towards will begin.
Our world exists
on a thin sheet of ice.
However,
I believe that you will save this world.
Let's begin, for the sake of the world.
On January 14th,
the Elimination Chamber Festival was announced.
HURRY UP WITH THE
DETAILS ON PARTICIPATING SERIES
The first spin-off
6 DAYS UNTIL RELEASE
was a short story
for Elemental Symphony of Vogelchevalier.
And then, the main event
It was announced that
the production for the animation would be done
by TAC Products, the studio that did Monomagia.
I ask you once more.
I said, it's impossible.
If you really want it,
then I need 10 top-class producers and screenwriters.
How about it? Do you think you can get them?
I will arrange for it soon.
What? Hold on
Don't underestimate government-sponsored projects.
1 DAY UNTIL RELEASE
You guys were saying it'd be too difficult
or we're going to die,
but you look like you're having fun.
For Kanoya to abandon the problems
in his own world and go to another world,
I think the motivation is too weak.
Do you think you can still make more time?
Mr. Lead Screenwriter
Stop it.
I'm just the coordinator.
Oh, Sota.
Uh
I brought what you asked me to.
Thanks. Come in, come in.
I was feeling a little cramped.
Let's rest for a bit.
Where are Meteora and the others?
They said there were
two magnetic field fluctuations in a row.
They all went out searching.
What's this?
-A rough sketch for the spin-off.
-The one that will be released tomorrow?
Tomorrow is only one short story.
We're making several
and going to release a book of them
right before the event.
This is for the third one.
I take a lot of time to finish the drawings,
so I have to start early.
Wow. This is really cool.
It has a lot of aura.
Hearing you say that makes me feel relieved.
Oh, did you bring what I asked you to?
Salmon!
Thanks!
I need this whenever I take naps!
-Hey That.
-What?
This pen. It's easy to use.
Really?
The way it draws.
Wow.
It's too simple.
I couldn't think of anything else for the introduction.
Hey, I feel bad saying this
Your stories are for kids, so you might be able
to get away with stuff like that.
But I have no idea how a crossover
with the worldview from your story will work out.
Whatever you say.
I have no idea about the worldview in your story either.
What? Are you trying to say it's stupid?
Yatoji, just calm down.
The problem is that,
right now, the only way we have to counter Altair
is to depend on Meteora
and summon Selesia and the others to this world.
How can we defeat her with something like that?
I increased the strength of the characters
and had them summon weapons.
Maybe that's not enough.
If I tried to change something deeper than that
Hey.
What is it?
I had an idea.
What do you think?
I feel like this would still be able
to gain their "acceptance," just barely.
The good part
isn't quite right.
Oh, really? Then
this is being shelved!
Stop it.
I know it's a silly story,
but the fate of the world depends on it.
It doesn't matter.
I mean that,
no matter what happens to the world,
it's not related at all to what we write.
Um I think that's not quite right.
Ignoring the situation around you?
That's not what a real pro does.
A pro coordinates around deadlines
and the client's situation.
That's what salarymen writers like you
who work for others say.
Hey, I don't receive a salary like you.
I put myself on the line when I write.
Our work is fundamentally different.
No, that's wrong.
Don't you understand that if you do whatever you want
and cause a delay,
you cause problems for other people?
Your stories still sell because you have an editor
who handles those problems for you.
You
Sorry! I was wrong!
I was wrong!
This is stupid.
There's also the problem of "acceptance."
If we defeat Altair however we want
and it's not accepted by the viewers,
then all our work would go to waste.
I want to avoid a situation like that,
so I want to keep trying hard until the end.
I'm sure he feels the same way.
I understand that.
I'm also worried about this problem.
But if the production
of Border World Coliseum isn't on time,
then everything's over.
That would be a waste.
Before we start discussing
whether we're going to save the world or not,
I don't want anyone involved
to go unrecognized.
Oh, Marine
Um Uh
Oh, sorry.
Sorry.
Sorry for stepping out
while you were all working hard.
No I'm not doing anything.
Um Are you going to be okay?
Suruga and Yatoji also know we don't have a lot of time.
I've never seen their series go on hiatus suddenly.
I think they just don't have any ideas right now.
It's amazing.
I didn't know anything about this before.
I didn't know that pros argue like that.
I was surprised.
That's right.
Even if other people think it's silly,
the person in question
might think it's something very important.
We might have a tendency towards thinking like that.
But I think it's not related
to whether someone is a pro or not.
I think everyone has thoughts like this.
Everyone?
Something that you can't give up on,
or something that you don't want to lose in
Something that makes you hate yourself
for not being good
Me too.
About Suruga.
Before
Suruga showed me her manga.
I thought that she was really amazing.
She could draw such cool drawings so fast
Really amazing.
And then I started to think, "Hmm."
I shouldn't be thinking that. Really.
That's not true.
Marine, your drawings are really popular.
You have a lot of fans.
Thank you.
But I
I myself know that I'm not good,
so I can't pretend like I am.
In order for me to accept myself,
there's no other way, other than drawing what I can.
But
there's no end to that.
But it's something that's fun.
It hurts, and I feel so hopeless and feel like crying.
But it's still something that's fun.
Fun
That's right.
I
After all, I
We bought some drinks.
Let's have these together.
Thank you
I think we'll be able to gain more acceptance with this.
This
I told you, it's no good.
It isn't "no good."
I just thought that it's a little weak with just that.
Your idea. I think there's nothing else
that would fit better. I think so too.
So you do compliment people sometimes.
I'm not complimenting anyone.
Yatoji!
What?
That's good.
It looks like you got out of the tunnel.
No, it's her idea.
You're such a classic hot-and-cold personality.
No, I'm not!
Matsubara.
I have something to talk about.
-No way.
-Please!
Let me participate too!
-We're not playing around here.
-I know that.
I thought that I should draw her.
So that it looks like the Altair that she created.
I understand the situation.
But like I said just now,
we're not playing around here.
It's not something that I can say yes to easily.
Let's hear what he has to say.
Anyway, just tell us what your idea is.
Yeah.
I
That's pretty good, right? You're pretty funny.
Sota.
Yes.
You come up with horrible ideas.
You scare me.
Anyway, try making a character.
But I'm not sure about
how much I can let your character get involved.
If I put a character like that in,
the story would move forward.
-Yes!
-Yeah.
Weird things are interesting.
-Did you track down the magnetic field fluctuation?
-Too bad, we lost it.
Why did two occur at the same time?
It's probably an effect of the weakening
of the world's rationality.
I think the amount
of variable imaginative force increased.
Also, although it isn't a clue,
there's something that caught my attention.
One of the eyewitnesses of a previous Creation
that we lost reported seeing a robot,
a huge power driver.
There is a high probability
that the Creation transported to this world
is from a robot or science fiction series.
Um
Um
Is there a police station around here?
I don't know where this is
Selesia.
I found her.