Macross 7 (1994) s01e23 Episode Script

Sound Force

1
[song playing]
MACROSS 7
FIRE BOMBER
When I look up at the purple panorama ♪
The galactic highway ♪
A SHOOTING STAR pierces my heart ♪
When I match my quickening heartbeat ♪
To the sleepless city ♪
Praying to an uncertain tomorrow ♪
I hear that melody ♪
A mysterious voice
That won't let me go ♪
Tell me, SEVENTH MOON ♪
Where are you taking me ♪
And this troubled heart of mine? ♪
Palely shimmering, SEVENTH MOON ♪
I'm just looking for an answer ♪
In the rhythm
With this crazy dance of mine ♪
[narrator] Macross 7 is
MACROSS 7 FLEE
a giant emigration fleet traveling the
galaxy in search of a habitable planet.
BATTLE 7
MACROSS 1 FLEE
There are many other space emigration
fleets aside from Macross 7.
MACROSS 5 FLEE
And they communicate through
a network called the Galaxy Network.
CITY 7
For reasons unknown
SLUMS
there is an unregistered area
called Slums attached to City 7.
BASARA NEKKI
That is where
the rock singer Basara Nekki lives.
FIRE BOMBER
FIRE VALKYRIE
He is an extraordinary man
who risks his life singing
SPEAKER MODE
whether it be on the stage or in battle.
Now, people are starting to think
CITY 7 MAYOR, MILIA F. JENIUS
that his music might hold
a tremendous power.
CITIZENS
SOUND FORCE
[crowd chattering]
[spectator] Oh, I'm so excited.
-[music playing]
-[gasps]
[crowd cheering]
Kept you waiting!
Let's go!
[song playing]
Okay, let's get started SATURDAY NIGHT ♪
How you feelin'? ♪
LET'S STAND UP ♪
Can you feel the beat? ♪
[grunts]
This is a flying paradise ♪
[gasps]
A half-forgotten energy ♪
NOW HURRY UP ♪
Let's get it back ♪
NO MORE WASTIN' TIME ♪
Before everything fades away ♪
Like a dream ♪
HEY, EVERYBODY ♪
-Captain Max.
-[grunts]
Oh, taking it easy and watching some TV?
Must be nice.
Have you located the vampires
who infiltrated the city?
No, Madam Mayor. We have not yet
made sufficient progress to report.
Why am I not surprised?
But I guess complaining
won't get us anywhere,
so let's get down to business.
As I said,
there's a new enemy inside the ship.
We were able to capture it on video.
I've just sent it to you.
Please take a look at it.
Thank you for your assistance,
Mayor, as always.
I just hope you'll increase
security measures, as we've discussed.
There must be someone
Who has eyes only for you ♪
I don't understand anymore.
When did our conversations become so cold?
After successfully docking with Battle 7,
a great festival was held
at the Starry Sky Hall in City 7.
The band Fire Bomber was invited
to play at the festival,
and their performance
excited the crowd so much
that much of the younger audience fainted.
Now on to our next report
Sound Force.
So, it's time to test out the concept.
Yes.
Well, I've already negotiated
with all agencies involved,
but who are you going to have as members?
Me and Basara. Also Veffidas.
-Those are the three I'm considering.
-[grunts]
And if possible, one more.
You don't mean
No, Mylene
I mean, your daughter, Miss Mylene,
is not a candidate, Captain.
I'm still considering
who the last member should be.
[grunts]
Please do so.
For the Macross 7 fleet
No, for all spacefarers, this is a project
that could determine their safety.
It's that important.
So we need to choose
the members carefully.
Captain, I would like to have full control
over putting the team together.
[grunts] Granted.
I wouldn't have the slightest idea
who to choose anyway.
It's time for the meeting.
-I'd like you to stay and observe.
-Yes, sir!
Lt. Illyna Hayakawa of the Varauta IV
Ruins Investigation Team.
City 7's medical team
think they may have broken
the mind control he's under
with Fire Bomber's music,
but they're still uncertain.
No, the doctors of City 7 are right!
I believe it to be true.
Fire Bomber,
specifically Basara Nekki's song energy,
has some kind of psychological effect
on those being mind-controlled.
That's what I believe.
Dr. Chiba, isn't it a bit soon
to jump to conclusions?
Surely the removal
of his mind control helmet
was the cause of the change.
No, I have data to back up my theory.
This is how it
Doctor, you can explain the details later.
Anyway, I'm leaving this patient
in your care.
I'd like you to work
with the City 7 doctors on curing him.
Yes, sir. I promise I'll cure him
with my sound treatment.
Now on to the next item.
Play the video sent by the mayor, please.
[Gamlin] This is the new enemy
that attacked City 7.
Its speed and power are far superior
to anything encountered previously.
Diamond Force's Capt. Kinryu is
in his current state due to this battle.
And it was driven off by Basara's music.
That also is uncertain.
I think it's unwise
to draw conclusions so quickly.
There's no doubt about it. He affected it.
I never thought Sound Force
would actually be realized.
[Gamlin] This is a direct encounter
captured on video.
[Exsedol] Protodeviln.
[whimpering]
What's wrong, Mr. Exsedol?
What is a Protodeviln?
The Protodeviln agitate
those with Zentradi blood.
They are not to be spoken of.
What? Mr. Exsedol!
What in the world is a Protodeviln?
Agitate those with Zentradi blood?
-[Gamlin] Captain.
-What is it?
I think it was probably around
the same time this enemy appeared
that incidents involving Zentradi citizens
in City 7 began to increase.
What?
Captain, we're being contacted
by Macross 5.
Macross 5?
[controller]
I'll patch them through to your screen.
[commander] Early this morning,
Macross 5 arrived at a planet
located in the region of S1350 N3605.
This planet that we discovered
proved to be bountiful in nature
and has environmental conditions
very similar to Earth.
Therefore, we have decided
to settle on this planet.
Our fleet has named this
beautiful planet "Lux."
If you want to replenish provisions,
feel free to come pay us a visit.
Thank you for the kind offer.
By the way, Captain Maximilian,
Macross 7's Fire Bomber
is all the rage in our fleet right now.
It'd be nice if we could hear them live,
so please do drop by.
Oh, I see.
Sound Force?
Yes. We'll work with the military
so we can all fly out to space and sing.
Instead of just you.
That's Sound Force.
What, really? The military
-They're serious?
-Yeah.
[chuckles] They're starting to catch on.
Sounds fun.
Veffidas, you're okay with this, right?
And me?
Mylene.
Eavesdropping, huh? How much did you hear?
What about me?
You can't, Mylene. It's too dangerous.
Why not? I'm a member of
Fire Bomber too, right?
Why am I being left out?
He said you can't, all right?
Sound Force is too dangerous?
Don't make me laugh.
If I meet an enemy out there,
I'll shoot 'em down!
And that's exactly the kind of attitude
that's getting you excluded!
What kind of attitude?
Anyway, we're not letting you do it.
What the heck. You're so selfish!
Oh, yeah?
You and your stupid "Oh, yeah?"
You gotta be kidding me!
[shouting, groaning]
[no audio]
I'm reminded ♪
Anima Spiritia.
Of the time when all I did was dream ♪
The wind trailing from the star ♪
Sweeps me back to yesterday ♪
Huh?
[music continues]
MACROSS 7
Anima Spiritia.
I've been dying to meet you.
Now listen to my song!
[song playing]
[breathing heavily]
[vocalizing]
[gasps]
Come on, Ray. Make me a member
of Sound Force too. Please?
I know how you feel,
but this is a U.N. Spacy affiliated team.
I can't let you be part of it.
Why not?
Because Captain Max won't allow it.
Neither will Mayor Milia.
That's irrelevant!
I'm part of Fire Bomber, right?
A crowd of eyes searching ♪
I mean, am I just in the way?
Am I really that useless?
Gimme a reason, Ray!
Even stunning blue diamonds
Will turn into glass ♪
If this is how it is,
then I would've been better off
if I hadn't joined Fire Bomber.
HOLY LONELY LIGH
Hurry up, believe in yourself ♪
HEAVY LONELY NIGH
Go find the answer ♪
Within the darkness ♪
[shrieks]
Anima Spiritia!
Some love you mustn't give up ♪
Even for the entire universe ♪
Sometimes you can't tell ♪
[shrieking continues]
What's true or false ♪
One look into each other's eyes
And the morning seems so far away ♪
I want to embrace you just for tonight ♪
Light the fire ♪
HOLY LONELY LIGHT ♪
[gasps] Ecstas.
[Sivil] Basara
[Basara] Sivil
[both gasp]
[Basara shouts]
-[gasps]
-What the
[grunts]
What the hell was that?
Basara!
Basara!
Basara, what happened?
It's nothing, man.
[explosion]
[gasps, shouts]
-[alarm blaring]
-An enemy attack.
I'll go
B-Basara, wait!
What are you thinking? Unbelievable.
You know what I'm thinking.
And you should know
it's impossible in your condition!
-Basara.
-[door opens]
You'll be killed, Basara!
I'm okay.
[grunting]
[Basara] What are you doing?
-[Mylene] You know what I'm doing.
-[door closes]
[shouts]
You better watch out.
I won't let you get away with this!
Don't shoot. Missiles are pointless.
Sing.
What are you saying? They're the enemy!
You're just gonna let them be?
Everybody will die!
This is why you're excluded
from Sound Force, Mylene.
All right, I'll do it!
That felt good!
[giggling]
-How's that?
-Yeah.
You satisfied?
Let's go!
Like that, right?
[song playing]
A SAD SONG of resignation ♪
Sung by a liar ♪
NO, THANKS! ♪
You're not welcome here ♪
Ever-shifting constellations ♪
Unseen sweat and tears ♪
INTO MY HEART ♪
They give me courage ♪
NO MORE WASTIN' LOVE ♪
Don't you waste love ♪
There must be someone
Who has eyes only for you ♪
HEY, EVERYBODY ♪
[soldier] Spiritia level rising fast.
Rate of increase, unprecedented.
And still rising.
JUMPIN' ON THE PLANET DANCE ♪
[Chiba] Wh-What's this? It's unbelievable!
Doctor, what's going on?
The Song Gauge!
It's up to 10,000 Chibasongs!
What?
It's a measurement I invented for
the song energy I discovered.
Captain, we can't get through
to the mayor!
Open all emergency channels.
We need the mayor's approval
to mobilize Battle 7.
[device beeps]
Captain! Basara's Song Energy
has surpassed 10,000 Chibasongs.
He usually peaks at 3,000 Chibasongs.
What is he talking about?
NO MORE WASTIN' LOVE ♪
Spiritia Gauge out of control.
Anomaly Code C is abnormal.
It's affecting the gauges.
I'm throwing this beat
In the face of tomorrow ♪
[sighs]
HEY, EVERYBODY ♪
[soldier] Spiritia Anomaly Code C
is dangerous. Extent unknown.
Let's dance, man ♪
DANCIN' ON THE PLANET DANCE ♪
HEY, EVERYBODY ♪
Follow your heart ♪
Let's shout it out loud ♪
JUMPIN' ON THE PLANET DANCE ♪
[crowd cheers]
HEY, EVERYBODY ♪
HEY, EVERYBODY ♪
HEY, EVERYBODY ♪
HEY, EVERYBODY ♪
This might work.
Huh? What?
You.
Huh?
[celebratory music playing]
Ray Loverock.
I hereby appoint you commander
of the civilian support team, Sound Force.
Yes, sir!
I ask you to serve U.N. Spacy
from here on out.
Yes, sir! Now let me introduce
the members of Sound Force.
Basara Nekki!
Basara Nekki, come forward!
[attendees murmuring]
Weird. He was here just a moment ago,
but he's a bit shy, so
Next! Veffidas Feaze.
And Mylene Jenius.
Mylene?
[grunts]
The four of us, including Basara Nekki,
constitute Sound Force!
Ray, you said you weren't
going to include Mylene.
[Ray] Yes, but I changed my mind.
What?
Captain, you promised me full control
over the choice of members.
Yes, I know.
But Mylene is still a child!
And I was reminded that Mylene Jenius
is a vital member of Fire Bomber.
I hereby present you with this certificate
from the Macross 7 U.N. Spacy.
[Basara] To hell with this!
Basara.
[sighs]
If Sound Force is gonna be controlled
by the military, I'm out!
I sing when I wanna sing. That's my sound!
Let's go!
Ray, what is this?
Um, he must not be himself right now.
Maybe he's overjoyed
that Sound Force is officially certified.
[laughs]
Bomber!
[song playing]
As if in love ♪
Our voices intermingle in a KISS ♪
My HEART is here ♪
Forever always ♪
But, OH! What are those
Sparkling eyes of yours ♪
Still searching for? ♪
OH! MY FRIENDS ♪
I run with you ♪
Towards a world
Where our dream goes on ♪
If we look into each other's eyes
See? ♪
Everything will come true ♪
NEXT EPISODE
[Mylene] Basara! You shouldn't be late
for Sound Force meetings!
[Basara] You're the one who's late!
Keep up with my singing, will ya?
-[Mylene] And gloomy to boot!
-[Basara] We got no harmony at all!
[Mylene] Next episode: Merry-Go-Round.
[Basara] Fire to the extreme!
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