Anime SCRIPT: Macross

Macross Movie Summer 1984
(The Macross Movie)

Draft 1:
=English Translation Script= -Version 1- Date: 3/20/1987
-Translated by- Mike Thomas & Tom Mitchell
-Editing & Drama Comments by- Tom Mitchell

Draft 2 by Takayuki Karahashi 3/27/1987
Draft 3 by Takayuki Karahashi 4/5/1987
Draft 4 by Jeff Okamoto 12/24/1987
Draft 5 by Brandon Gillespie 11/4/92
-Edited to american script format.

Source Material for Translation:
Macross: The Movie Deluxe (Book)
Macross: Do You Remember Love (The Macross Movie on laser disc)
Both From Shogakukan Publishing Co.

Macross song & BGM Collections on JVC/Victor compact discs
"Macross: Do You Remember Love" is a trademark held by Tatsunoko
Productions, Inc. The word "Macross" is a jointly owned
trademark of Tatsunoko Productions, Inc. and Harmony Gold, USA.
This translation is produced for the public domain, and may not
be sold. Mitchell and Thomas are just a couple of dedicated fans
and are in no way affiliated with Harmony Gold, USA or Tatsunoko
Productions, Inc.

This script is a translation of a copyrighted work, and as such,
it is subject to applicable international copyright laws.

*****
Reproduction of this material is permitted
for NON-PROFIT purposes only!
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NOTES: All text enclosed in ">><<" are editors notes, about the
script and background.

STORYLINE NOTES: (By Brandon)

Robotech (a series nearly all anime fans have seen, if not
liked) was derived from the Macross television series. This script
is to Macross, the movie. Therefore there are many descrepencies
between characters, and actions, in the series.
The following notes are on the major characters, and how they
relate to Robotech, etc. Names that require no speculation, or
clarification, are not included.

HIKARU, ICHIJO: (Rick Hunter)
MISA, HAYAES: (Lisa Hayes)
BRITAI: (Breetai)
BORG BODOLZA: (Lord Dolza)
KAIFUN: (Lynn Kyle)
ATTILA: I believe that the Protoculture city, Attila, is supposed
to be the fabled Atlantis. However, I may be incorrect.

OTHER NOTES:
When I re-edited this, I primarily reduced the size of the
document, by placing it in a different script style. This changed
it from 70+ pages, to 52. I did not delete any text, nor did I
change any of the dialogue. I only edited some sentence structure
in scene descriptions, where it was poor grammar.
I would like to apologize to the initial translators, for
editing without their permission, but I was unable to contact them.
I would also like to add, that this is simply a translation
script, so english speaking fans can enjoy the storyline, as much
as they enjoy the animation. In no way is it meant to be a form of
copyright infringement, nor is it meant to be used for a profit.
To do otherwise is breaking the law.
Enjoy!

* * * * * ** * * * *

On the bridge of the ZENTRADI COMMANDER BRITAI'S cruiser,
BRITAI 7018 and his advisor EXEDOR 4970 examine some
objects captured from an enemy ship. Initially, they have
suspected that the ship belongs to the all-female
MELTRANDI forces. But the objects from the ship do not
appear to belong to them.

BRITAI: Do you say that that vessel does not belong to Meltran?

>>The Meltrandi. Meltran simply means "woman," and when
the Zentradi speak of Meltran, they're almost always
referring to the Meltrandi.<<

EXEDOR: During our previous battles, we found numerous objects of
microne size from the remains of the enemy ships. I shall show.
Observe.

EXEDOR extends one of his tentacles, manipulating a
vending machine.

BRITAI: Microne size . . . indeed, it seems these do not belong to
Meltran.

EXEDOR: Furthermore . . . a number of our soldiers received
strangesound signals near the enemy vessel and became unable to
fight.

BRITAI: Unable to fight? What could they have aboard that ship?

* * *

From out of the dark of its orbit around Titan, the SDF-1
MACROSS appears (we also see the opening "Macross" title).
The ZENTRADI FORCES have been hunting this ship for over five
months since its ill-fated hyperspace fold operation sent it
away to Pluto. It has been attempting to return to Earth,
fighting its way through. On the bridge of the MACROSS,
LIEUTENANT MISA issues flight instructions to the VALKYRIE
squads to intercept incoming ZENTRADI PODS.

MISA: This is Delta One to ARMD-01: check on your ASK and adjust to
the proper coordinates. Squads Skull, Angel, and Apollo: start
your engines and prepare to launch. Stand by.

HIKARU'S fighter, the VF-1A SUPER VALKYRIE, is swung outon
a launch arm, the ARMD-1, ready to take off.

LAUNCH CREW All: systems green. Good luck to you.

HIKARU: Thank you!

HIKARU and some other fighters proceed to launch into space.
Inside the ship, the people within MACROSS CITY go about
their daily business. We can hear the sound of music and
singing throughout the CITY as we come closer and closer to
a lighted amphitheater, where shipboard superstarlet LYNN
MINMAY is giving her very first live performance.

SONG LYRICS:
Two big hearts joined in the blue sky.
It is a love sign.
I love you.
You love me?
But he has a crush on his plane.
KYUN KYUN,
KYUN KYUN.
My boyfriend is a pilot.
>>KYUN, is a Japanese sound for engine noise, like our
"Zoom"<<

MINMAY: Good Evening everyone, I'm Lynn Minmay! Tonight is my
first concert and I thank everyone here for supporting me!

MAN IN CROWD: Minmay!

>>Voice by Director Masaharu Kawamori? This man, who
directed this movie, is reputed to have had a crush on Minmay
and Misa.<<

MINMAY: Thank You! It has been five months since our MACROSS left
Earth. During that time, many unhappy incidents have occurred.
But tonight, let's forget such sad things and enjoy!

CROWD: Yay!

MINMAY: And now, I will sing a medley from my soon-to-be-released
first album.

SONG LYRICS "Little White Dragon"
Remember, The silver wings that dance in the great sky.
Shao Pai Long!
Shao Pai Long!
Remember, The the burning eyes that tear apart the
darkness.
Shao Pai Long!
Shao Pai Long!
The man who came to seek the diseased city, Evirus.
Slayer! Slayer! Slayer!
Shao Pai...

The music suddenly stops. MINMAY and the crowd senses an
emergency.

MINMAY: What?

PA SYSTEM ANNOUNCEMENT - Attention! Attention! Our ship is to
make a Transformation in three minutes! Go to the nearest
shelter as soon as possible!

Cut to a shot of the crowd.

FIRST MAN IN CROWD - Transformation!

SECOND MAN IN CROWD - What? Transformation?

MINMAY is confused.

MINMAY: Uh?

The amphitheater closes itself up. We cut to a long shot
of Titan with Saturn in the background. A squad of
VALKYRIES appear out of the distance. The ZENTRADI are
staging another attack on the MACROSS to destroy it. MISA
sends out orders to the squad and can be heard in the
****pits of the fighters.

MISA: Delta One to squads Skull, Angel, and Apollo: course
correction to 308 + A15. Enemy estimated to be within firing
range in thirty seconds. Prepare to intercept the enemy.

ROY: Skull Leader to Squad: you heard the lady, so assume
intercept formation 17. Understand?

HIKARU and the others fire forty-eight missiles at the
incoming ZENTRADI BATTLE PODS. HIKARU nervously watches
his status board to see how many of the missiles hit. The
majority of them find their marks. We cut to HAYAO.

HAYAO (Shouting): Got them!

ROY: Don't celebrate so prematurely. Match their speed before
firing at them. Now break formation and reverse acceleration!

SQUAD: Roger!

The squad breaks formation. The sudden change in velocity
jolts HIKARU as he executes the retro-thrust maneuver.

HIKARU: Uh!

He looks at his heads-up display to find that his
VALKYRIE'S computer has locked onto three ZENTRADI BATTLE PODS.

HIKARU: There are three of them!

HIKARU fires and wipes out the three BATTLE PODS. But, he
soon finds three more BATTLE PODS attacking from behind.

HIKARU: They're for you, Max!

MAX: Roger!

MAX destroys the PODS following HIKARU. One of the
ZENTRADI leaves his crippled BATTLE POD, trying in vain to
punch MAX'S VALKYRIE with his first. MAX grabs the
ZENTRADI and blows his head away.

MAX: Three of them down!

HIKARU: Wow!

HAYAO: He's a genius!

HIKARU and HAYAO both see another ZENTRADI POD trying to
flee. HIKARU is already off in pursuit.

HIKARU: I can do that too!

The ZENTRADI fires at HIKARU, but HIKARU maneuvers out of
the way. HIKARU fires and destroys the last BATTLE POD.

HIKARU: Got him!

ROY receives an emergency message from MISA on the bridge
of the MACROSS.

ROY: What did you say?

MISA: This is Delta One. A large battle vessel has just
materialized out of a fold operation and is headed directly
towards us! Scanners detect a large number of enemy battle pods
on board! Emergency! Prepare to engage the enemy!

All the fighters rush back to the MACROSS.

HIKARU: The battle pods here were decoys!

HIKARU arrives back at the MACROSS just in time to stop a
ZENTRADI soldier in a BATTLE SUIT from firing on the
helpless bridge crew. Even though HIKARU has just saved
MISA'S life, she scolds him for being out of his assigned
position with the SKULL SQUAD.

MISA: Delta One to Skull Eleven: what do you think you are doing?
You're supposed to be attacking the enemy! Follow the
coordinates I gave you, and don't go wandering off again!

Drifting in front of the bridge window, HIKARU responds.

HIKARU: Are you kidding? I just saved your life! Is that any way
to speak to me?

MISA: Is that the way to speak to your superior? You'd better
follow my orders, or I'll have you thrown in the brig! Don't
disobey, you rookie!

HIKARU: But they were going to blast you! What did you want me to
do? Sit out here and do nothing?

MISA: Let Defense Group Two handle it! What did you expect to
attack by coming here anyway? This is an order!

HIKARU: No time for that! I'm going for the enemy pods that
intruded into the ship.

HIKARU turns his VALKYRIE around, heading back into the
battle.

MISA: Wait! Who does he think is superior? Man or woman?

We hear sounds of the battle outside from within the
MACROSS. MINMAY and her brother KAIFUN are in a shelter
with some other people waiting for the end of the battle.

MINMAY: I wonder if we'll survive today?

A fan sitting next to them gathers the nerve to ask MINMAY
for an autograph but falls flat on his face from the shock
of an explosion. >>He looks suspiciously like director
Kawamori, see previous footnote.<<

KAIFUN: It's more violent than ever today.

Three ZENTRADI soldiers in BATTLE PODS rip their way inside
to the CITY. Two of them land on the streets, but the tug of
the artificial gravity catches the third soldier off guard.
He falls on top of one of the buildings, effectively crushing
it. It happens to be the building housing the shelter that
MINMAY and KAIFUN are in. The POD'S head rips through the
ceiling where they are seated. The people inside run. MINMAY
and KAIFUN hit the street trying to find shelter, but one of
the soldiers spot them. The soldiers are shocked to see the
sight of KAIFUN and MINMAY (a man and woman) running
together.

ZENTRADI #1 (CONDA): What? Zentran and Meltran!

ZENTRADI #2 (LOLI): Zentran and Meltran?

CONDA: Zentran and Meltran in same place!

LOLI: Unthinkable!

CONDA: Un . . . unthinkable!

MINMAY and KAIFUN are still running on the streets, trying
to escape the soldiers. But it is too late to get to a
shelter, as the ship is only a few seconds away from
changing into BATTLE CONFIGURATION.

PA ANNOUNCEMENT: Transformation in five
Seconds...four...three...two...

As they run, MINMAY falls. KAIFUN stops running, turning
to help her.

KAIFUN: Minmay!

PA ANNOUNCEMENT: One...TRANSFORM!

Just as KAIFUN is about to reach for MINMAY, a large
airlock wall is thrown up between them. It throws KAIFUN
back.

KAIFUN: Hey! Oof!

MINMAY is left on the side of the wall, where the ZENTRADI
soldiers are. She begins to scream as one of them comes at
her. In a control room somewhere aboard the MACROSS,
technicians relay damage control information to the
bridge.

TECHNICIAN #1: Gravity system #11 is malfunctioning.

TECHNICIAN #2: Subsystem is also inoperational!

MINMAY screams as a ZENTRADI soldier reaches for her. But
HIKARU arrives on the scene with his VALKYRIE in GERWALK
mode. His appearance distracts the soldier. The ZENTRADI
soldier fires and misses. HIKARU blows him away. The
gravity system in their section gives out. Everything is
sent drifting in a free fall down a highway, including
MINMAY. She floats down the highway with loose cars and
other debris. She screams. HIKARU manages to catch up to
her in his VF-1A. He manipulates one of his GERWALK'S
arms to catch her. He breathes a sigh of relief.

HIKARU: Whew! WHAT?

He looks up and realizes...too late. His GERWALK is about
to collide with the back of the compartment. He can do
nothing but shield MINMAY with the manipulator arms of his
GERWALK as they crash into a sealed-off area of the ship.
Airlock doors close behind them. Meanwhile while on
patrol on the other side of Titan, a CAT'S EYE
reconnaissance craft spots an enemy ship coming out of a
hyperspace fold to attack the MACROSS. It relays the
information to the bridge.

CAT'S EYE: Enemy ship is approaching; course 107.

On the bridge of MACROSS, now TRANSFORMED to
BATTLE MODE...

MISA: Course confirmed. Activate lock-on.

CLAUDIA: Energy level rising. Guns, stand by. MISA Increase the
energy to the main guns...stand-by.

CAPTAIN GLOVAL: FIRE!

A burst of energy leaps forward from the main guns of the
MACROSS, destroying the incoming ZENTRADI cruiser. The
ZENTRADI BATTLE PODS and other small ships begin to flee
from the MACROSS. Inside a sealed-off area, HIKARU gets
out of his VALKYRIE. With a flashlight, he surveys the
damage. His light illuminates the unconscious form of
LYNN MINMAY near the wreckage. He looks her over,
surprised.

HIKARU: Could it be?

He realizes the girl he has just saved with his VALKYRIE
is the famous starlet LYNN MINMAY, of whom he is a fan.

HIKARU: It's the real thing!

HIKARU drops the flashlight and steps on it, breaking it.
MINMAY begins to wake up.

MINMAY: Uhn...what?

HIKARU is startled by MINMAY waking up.

HIKARU: Huh?

MINMAY: You're...?

HIKARU: Yes?

MINMAY: You're the one who rescued me, aren't you?

HIKARU: Yes! I'm U. N. SPACY Valkyrie Skull Squadron Pilot,
E-Ensign Ichijo, Hikaru.

MINMAY: Thank you, Mr. Ensign.

HIKARU: I-It was no problem at all. I'm a big fan of you.

MINMAY: I am very pleased to meet you. Do you listen to any of my songs?

HIKARU: Y-Yes...all the time.

MINMAY (Looking around) - Hm...do you know where we are, Mr. Ensign?

HIKARU (Producing a pen and his handkerchief) - Uh...could I please
have your autograph?

MINMAY: What? Oh, sure...(signing, pen cap in her mouth)...here you go.

HIKARU: Wow! Thanks...we fell into the engine block.

MINMAY (Looking over the wrecked GERWALK) - Is there a way out?

HIKARU: I'll go look. I don't think there's any.

MINMAY: Can't you break down the wall?

HIKARU: That's impossible. It's made of hyper-carbon.

HIKARU tries his wrist communicator.

HIKARU: No, there's too much static.

MINMAY: Can you get the plane's radio to work?

HIKARU: No...that's damaged too.

MINMAY: Oh.

She begins to walk around, shouting.

MINMAY: Is anybody out there? Anybody? No one? I guess not.

She sits down on some of the wreckage.

MINMAY: Ah...I'm so happy that I'm alone at last. I'm tired of my
over-booked schedule.

HIKARU: Huh?

The ship begins to move out of its orbit from Titan. The
jolt scares MINMAY so that she grasps onto HIKARU.

MINMAY: Huh! What was that, Ensign?

HIKARU: The MACROSS must be breaking away from the orbit of Titan.

MINMAY: What?

HIKARU: Really.

Without any warning, the artificial gravity in their
section gives out. MINMAY and HIKARU begin to drift.

MINMAY: Eek!

HIKARU: The artificial gravity system is malfunctioning.

MINMAY begins to drift away faster, and HIKARU attempts to
catch up to her.

MINMAY: Ah!

HIKARU: W-Wait, Miss Minmay!

HIKARU catches up to MINMAY. In his attempt to stop her,
he accidentally touches her breast.

MINMAY: Hey! Let me go!

She pushes away from HIKARU. The force sends her tumbling.

HIKARU (Looking at his hands) - It was an accident! A mistake!

HIKARU, trained for activity in zero-G environments, makes
a maneuver to bring himself down to the floor by throwing
his legs forward and down.

MINMAY: Never mind! Do something to help me!

HIKARU: Swing your legs forward and stop them slowly!

MINMAY tries the move.

MINMAY: Like this? Wow.

She begins to drift back down to the floor.

MINMAY: Hey! It worked! (Giggles) This is fun.

Before HIKARU has a chance to say anything, MINMAY tries the
opposite maneuver, launching herself into the air again. She
begins to drift to a darkened part of the huge room.

HIKARU: Wha...! Miss Minmay! Don't go there!

MINMAY: Wow.

HIKARU: Hey! Miss Minmay! Stop!

MINMAY Giggles. HIKARU'S flight suit starts to glow,
reminding him of the dark. He tries to find his
flashlight.

HIKARU: Dammit, I forgot...I broke the flashlight.

MINMAY'S dress begins to glow. She giggles. HIKARU
stares amazed.

HIKARU: Wow!

MINMAY: Look! look! My dress, it's the latest fashion light holography!

They reach a different, lighter part of the sealed
bulkhead. There is all sorts of junk that had followed
them in from the CITY before the doors closed. There is
even a giant tuna fish.
>>A joke referring to the MACROSS TV series that this movie
is based on. Also, let's not forget that tuna in Japanese is
called "maguro" - a wordplay on "Macross").<<

MINMAY: There's a tuna and some vegetables floating around.
Look, there is even a doll of me here.

MINMAY flicks the MINMAY DOLL away with her finger. It
spins away, head over heels, playing a song that is stored
in it. Music begins. We see scenes of the stranded
couple's daily life (since they become stranded for three
days). They play with a Coke machine. HIKARU builds
MINMAY a zero-G shower. Etc.

SONG LYRICS
Zero-G love, zero-G love!
On my way home from school with my boyfriend,
At the usual corner where we part,
Seeing no one's around, He kissed me without warning.
I pretended to get angry at him
...but...but...My head dimmed,
and my heart pounded.
Zero-G love, zero-G love.
Four, three, two, one, zero-G love.
My body went floating away on the wind.

* * *

On his battle cruiser, BRITAI listens to EXEDOR'S report
of what has been discovered about the MACROSS during the
battle. They both study a recording of what the
infiltrating soldiers saw and did.

EXEDOR: The invasion troop reports the unthinkable. Microns exist
inside the enemy vessel, as suspected. Furthermore...

BRITAI: Wait! Increase the magnification. These are . . . !
Microns of Zentran and Meltran!

EXEDOR: There is more evidence showing Zentran and Meltran in coexistence.

BRITAI: Not proper!

EXEDOR: I have an unthinkable premonition. Our ancient combat
manual says, "Do not harm micrones. Those who do will perish."

BRITAI: What? Perish? Zentran's fleet will perish? Unthinkable!

Somewhere within BRITAI'S ship, a group of soldiers
investigate an unusually small female MICRONE. Actually,
it is a MINMAY DOLL with a recording of her song.

ZENTRADI SOLDIER #1: Is this a microne of a microne?

SOLDIERS: Wait! Wait!

As the soldier taps the doll on its head with his gun, it
begins to move and sing. A soldier raises his gun to it but
is strangely affected by the music. He finds that he can't fire.

SONG LYRICS:
KYUN, KYUN! KYUN, KYUN!
My boyfriend is a pilot.
It shines and makes a quick dive.
It fires its engines and makes a quick ascent.
Pulling a tail of white smoke,
it draws two big hearts...

SOLDIERS: It moves! Retreat! Retreat!

SOLDIER #1: What is this? Unthinkable!

SOLDIER #2: Weapon sound!

SOLDIER #3: Unthinkable sound!

* * *

Aboard the MACROSS, ROY, MAX, and HAYAO hold a briefing in
the U. N. SPACY cafeteria.

ROY: There is still no evidence that they are dead,
so we must continue searching.

MAX: I think we should search the west block today.

ROY: All right, good idea.

MAX and HAYAO get up to leave, saluting ROY. ROY gets up and
walks over to the soda fountain where MISA and CLAUDIA are
having something to drink and discussing the new recruit,
HIKARU.

CLAUDIA: That kid still hasn't been found yet, huh?

MISA: Well, he has been missing for three days now. Maybe he got
scared and deserted. Isn't that a possibility? He isn't the
military type. You know, a boy will be unhappy for life if he
chooses the wrong occupation. Well, what I mean is that he
would probably do a lot better if he chose another line of work.

CLAUDIA: Well now, you're so critical about everything as always.
If you keep this up...

MISA: No one will ever want to marry me?

CLAUDIA: Hm...?

MISA: That's all right. I've stopped thinking of myself as a girl
for a long time now.

CLAUDIA: Not that again. Stop talking like an old maid. But don't
worry. I can guarantee you're a great person...

MISA: stares into her soda and her mind flashes back to a
time when she was in love with a man named Carl Riber, who
was killed in the service while stationed on Mars Base Sarah.

* * *

In a sealed-off area, MINMAY shares her personal history
with HIKARU.

MINMAY: And then my mom and dad said, (imitating her father)
"Don't you know how hard your brother works to take care of
you? If you don't behave, I'll disown you!" So, I thanked them
for taking care of me and told them that I was going to work
very hard and one day become a famous singing star.

HIKARU: And then?

MINMAY: Then I left home and came here.

HIKARU: Wow, you're pretty brave.

MINMAY: But I think I was too rough on them. I just hope that they
are all right.

HIKARU: Aren't they on the MACROSS?

MINMAY: They're on Earth.

HIKARU: Earth...

MINMAY: Do you know what has been happening on Earth? What it has
become like?

HIKARU: The official announcement says heavy radio jamming is
preventing us from making contact.

MINMAY: I mean, the truth.

HIKARU: The Zentradi bombarded Earth so heavily. I doubt anyone
remained safe.

MINMAY: So...

HIKARU: But don't worry. We'll be home in only a month.

MINMAY: Is that so?

HIKARU: Yes. By the way, could I ask you? (Asking candidly,
trying to change the subject.)

MINMAY: What?

HIKARU: The other day, on TV...

MINMAY: TV?

HIKARU: Yes. The TV show "For Nights When You Want to Cry." There
are rumors floating around about that other actor.

MINMAY: Do you also believe those rumors? They're only stories
made up by the magazine publisher. PEOPLE, eh?

HIKARU: Is that true? The love scene seemed so real.

MINMAY: (Giggle) I was just acting. It's business, you know.

HIKARU: No way!

MINMAY: Want me to show you?

HIKARU: Show me?

MINMAY Giggles, Floats up to HIKARU and embraces him.
HIKARU is taken by surprise.

MINMAY: Oh, Hikaru...

HIKARU: Wha...?

MINMAY: Hikaru, I've loved you all my life. Tell me you love me.

HIKARU: But...but...

MINMAY: You don't love me, do you?

HIKARU: Yes...yes, I do love you.

MINMAY: Do you, really?

HIKARU: Yes, really.

MINMAY: I'm so glad. (She kisses him.)

While they are embraced in their kiss, they fail to notice
that the artificial gravity in their area has begun to
return and they have begun drifting to the floor.
Although why they drift from a horizontal back to a
vertical position is still a mystery. The safety door to
their isolated area are unlocked. A group of reporters
rush in, snapping photographs of the couple locked in
their floating embrace.

REPORTER: (OBVIOUSLY, a PEOPLE magazine reporter.) A scoop!

Minmay and Hikaru are startled

MINMAY & HIKARU: Ah...?

Later, in a U. N. SPACY officer's lounge, Misa scolds Hikaru
about his conduct with Minmay. Hikaru sits looking
depressed, while Misa stands over him.

MISA: The PR department told me to specially pardon you because you
rescued Miss Minmay. But any further disobedience of orders
will lead to strict punishments. Remember that.

HIKARU: OK...

MISA: What is the matter? Are you dissatisfied?

HIKARU: No.

MISA: (Annoyed by Hikaru's rebellious attitude) From now on you
had better watch your conduct. Do you hear? DO YOU HEAR?

HIKARU quickly stands up and looking very stiff, stands at
attention and salutes her.

HIKARU: Yes, sir!

MISA, frustrated with him since he reminds her of her own
strict military background (also shown to us behind HIKARU is
a recruiting poster featuring MINMAY), turns and walks out of
the room in a huff. HIKARU slumps down in his chair.

HIKARU: So mean . . . I wonder how she can still be a woman?

Later, ROY and the guys rush into the lounge to HIKARU to celebrate
his rescue and his time spent with the star, LYNN MINMAY. They all
surround him at the table and press him for information about
his "adventure."

ROY: You did it . . . you did it, Hikaru!

HIKARU: Roy?

HAYAO: (Tweaking HIKARU: on the cheek) You, you womanizer! Boy, you
did pretty good!

ROY: So, how did you enjoy our idol, Minmay?

HIKARU looks at them, confused.

MAX: (Mockingly didactic) I didn't know you were such an
unscrupulous character. I'm disappointed in you.

HAYAO: Tell us what happened.

HIKARU: I didn't do anything.

HAYAO: Really! Do you actually think for one moment that we would
believe that?

MAX: You will have to accept the responsibilities.

>>So naturally when HE gets involved later with Miria, he
accepts the responsibilities.<<

HIKARU: But I really didn't do anything at all.

HAYAO: You didn't do anything to her in the three days you were
alone with her?

HIKARU: Nothing.

ROY: And you still call yourself a man?

ALL EXCEPT HIKARU: Stupid!

HIKARU: (Confused again) Huh?

In a cafe elsewhere in MACROSS CITY, some members of the
female bridge crew look over a gossip magazine--PEOPLE again?
and talk about HIKARU and MINMAY.

KIM: (Reading from the magazine) "What was she doing with Valkyrie
pilot Ichijo?" "Has she decided to outgrow her `innocent
girl' image?"

VANESSA: (Grabs magazine from Kim) Let me see..."Her mate was a
pilot...a filthy relation?"

KIM: Just as I told you.

VANESSA: You're right. No one's innocent anymore these days.

KIM: The entertainment industry deserves corruption. I wonder what
number he was?

SAMMI: How despicable, changing lovers like that.

VANESSA: Actually, you're jealous, aren't you?

SAMMI: (Nodding naively) Yes!

KIM: (Teasing Sammi) But the truth is she doesn't understand
anything.

VANESSA: (Joins in teasing Sammi) That's right.

* * *

In her home, MINMAY watches a talk show about her and HIKARU.

GUEST: Minmay and pilot Ichijo could have gotten out of the area if
they tried. But they didn't. Here lies the suspicion. Etc.

Dejected, MINMAY shuts off the TV in disgust and falls back on
her bed in thought, staring at the holographic sculpture on her
dresser.

At the officer's club, HIKARU reports to ROY, after he
has finished his duties for the day. MISA and CLAUDIA
are also there.

HIKARU: Lieutenant Commander, I've brought the patrol schedule
chart for tomorrow.

ROY: Thanks. Why don't you have a drink with us before you go?

HIKARU: (Noticing MISA) No...I...

ROY: Come on, have a seat!

HIKARU: But...

MISA: I think I'll be going now.

ROY: What?

MISA: I don't want to be a bother to you.

ROY: Come on Hikaru. See, your superior's trying to make room for you.

HIKARU: OK.

HIKARU: sits down next to MISA.

Both of them look uncomfortable.

ROY: What's the matter, Hayase? What's this sulking face you're
making? You should try to relax and act more like a woman when
you are away from your post.

MISA: A person's habits are not always easily changed!

ROY: Ha, ha, ha...you got me there. Hayase, even though you graduated top
of the class from military school, you're also a woman. So even
if what a man does is wrong, it's important you sometimes pretend
he's right. (Looking at HIKARU) And you, Hikaru!

HIKARU: Y-yes?

ROY: You're a man, aren't you? If you want a girl, you must be
prepared to go after it. Don't get carried away laboring not to
hurt her feelings. If you really love her, you must have the
aggressiveness to make her your own by force, if necessary.

CLAUDIA: Oh, Roy. You have already said too much.

ROY: I'll show you how a man and a woman are supposed to act
together. Open your eyes and watch closely.

ROY grabs CLAUDIA, pins her down on the couch, and kisses her.

CLAUDIA: Roy!

HIKARU AND MISA: (Looking shocked) Huh?

CLAUDIA: See, the two look dazed.

ROY: Aww...that's all right. ROY begins to kiss CLAUDIA again as a
waiter approaches the table.

CLAUDIA: Roy!

WAITER: Excuse me, but there is a phone call for Mr. Ichijo.

HIKARU: For me?

WAITER: From one of your family members.

HIKARU: Family?

HIKARU grabs the phone.

HIKARU: This is Ichijo. What?...Really? I'll be right over.

ROY: What's wrong, Hikaru?

HIKARU: P-Please excuse me, but there is a sudden illness in my family.

HIKARU runs off.

ROY: (The only one who knows HIKARU does not have a family) Family?

HIKARU meets MINMAY in a park in MACROSS CITY. She sits on a
park bench wearing a pony tail and a big pair of glasses,
trying her best at disguise.

HIKARU: Sorry to keep you waiting.

MINMAY: Oh my. You can recognize me? I tried so hard to disguise myself.

HIKARU: I'd know you anywhere. I have all of your pictures.

MINMAY: I tried so hard.

HIKARU: Is it OK for you to be doing this?

MINMAY: Are you dissatisfied to be with me?

HIKARU: (Surprised) Huh? All right then...tonight I'll take you
out on the town! What do you say to that?

MINMAY: Great!

After a busy and fun-filled tour of the city >>One of the
backdrops includes a KMEL-106 bumper sticker. Apparently,
during one of director Kawamori's stays in the Bay Area, he
came to like the station<< MINMAY and HIKARU rest on a park
bench with a big window in front of it, providing a
spectacular view of space.

MINMAY: I've become sick of my present life.

HIKARU: I suppose, if your dream is to become a star, you must
endure a little.

The planet Saturn slides into the view of the window.

MINMAY: Ah. It's so beautiful. I wish I could go there.

HIKARU decides that he is going to treat MINMAY to a flight
outside in a VT-1 two-seater trainer type SUPER VALKYRIE.
MINMAY is a little scared by HIKARU'S flying...and the fact
that they are using the VALKYRIE without permission.

MINMAY: (Relieved to be alive after one of HIKARU'S maneuvers)
Whew! But are you sure we can just leave without any
authorization?

HIKARU: (Waving the question aside) I'm going to take you to see an
incredible thing!

MINMAY: What?

HIKARU: Ready to go?

HIKARU has the VT-1 blast away into the rings of Saturn.

MINMAY: Aah!

HIKARU flies through some of the rings, kicking up the dust with
his VALKYRIE. He flies through one of the rings, scattering the
ice particle in it. Then, he turns the VT-1 around so that they
can view the rainbow.

HIKARU: You can open your eyes now.

MINMAY: (Noticing the rainbow) Wow! (Hugging Hikaru from behind his
seat in the VT-1) This is the greatest!

HIKARU: This is the rainbow of Saturn.

Aboard his battle cruiser, BRITAI receives a
mysterious order from his superior, BODOLZA.

BODOLZA: BRITAI 7018.

BRITAI: Yes!

BODOLZA: Your report has been analyzed. Capture an enemy microne
human as a specimen.

BRITAI: Understood! (To EXEDOR) What is he going to do with a specimen?

EXEDOR: The Supreme Commander must have a plan.

One of the soldiers on the bridge notifies BRITAI.

SOLDIER: Reconnaissance reports the appearance of one Meltran
vessel across the primary warning line.

BRITAI: What?

SOLDIER: What shall we do now?

BRITAI: Reinforce our defense. Do not let Meltran near us.

EXEDOR: If we do not act quickly, it is possible Meltran will
succeed before us.

BRITAI: Understood. Commence execution of the microne capture
operation immediately.

MINMAY sings, as she and HIKARU fly among the ice in the
rings of Saturn.

SONG LYRICS
You walk indifferently ahead.
I follow you with a sulking face.
The shiny white beach goes on forever.
You say I love him, But I love you more.
Always together on Sunset Beach, Ocean breeze, big wave.
He, who's starting to occupy my heart, Jumps around merrily.
Surf, sun, pendant.
An afternoon at Sunset Beach...

A message on the VALKYRIE'S intercom interrupts MINMAY.
LIEUTENANT MISA HAYASE and MINMAY'S brother, LYNN KAIFUN have
come for MINMAY in a shuttle craft from the MACROSS (MINMAY
has a homing device on her).

MINMAY: Huh? MINMAY tries to hind from the intercom camera behind
her helmet.

MISA: (On the intercom) No use hiding, Miss Minmay.

MINMAY: I'm sorry...

MISA: I'm amazed! Using a Valkyrie for a personal reason?

MINMAY: It isn't Hikaru's fault. I asked him to take me!

KAIFUN: Minmay! Come back IMMEDIATELY!

MINMAY: (Startled) Big brother!

KAIFUN: (To HIKARU over the radio) Ensign Ichijo! If the media
ever find out about this, it would be the end of her career!
I've already taken care of those in the upper ranks, but I won't
have mercy on you.

HIKARU: I understand. I was already prepared to take my punishment.

KAIFUN: What a pilot. Now hurry and get back to the ship!

HIKARU: (To MINMAY) Let's go home.

MINMAY: (Like a stray kitten picked up by its mother) Yes...

The group of ZENTRADI BATTLE PODS that BRITAI has sent to
capture the MICRONES arrives on the scene. Their orders are to
capture, but not harm, the specimens.

HIKARU: (Surprised) Dammit!

KAIFUN: (Furiously shouts at MISA, as though this ZENTRADI attack
is all her fault) An enemy attack! DO SOMETHING!

MISA: I know! (Talking into the radio to the MACROSS) This is
Lieutenant Hayase. Relay this to Lieutenant Commander Fokker's
quarters...THIS IS AN EMERGENCY!

HIKARU manages to outmaneuver the ZENTRADI PODS, getting the
VALKYRIE into a firing position.

HIKARU: Don't worry. I'll take care of them. He presses the fire
button on his control stick...but nothing happens.

MINMAY: Hikaru...? He tries to fire again.

HIKARU: Oh no, I forgot this is a training plane!

HIKARU turns the VT-1 around to try his best to outrun the
ZENTRADI BATTLE PODS and get back to the MACROSS.

MISA: That's strange...I wonder why they don't fire?

A ZENTRADI POD manages to catch up to the VALKYRIE. It looks
very big up close.

MINMAY: (Screaming) Go away!

HIKARU: Dammit, stop teasing us!

ROY arrives on the scene in his VF-1S SUPER VALKYRIE.
He appears a little drunk (they probably called him
out when he was about to hit his bunk). He pulls up
behind HIKARU and the pursuing ZENTRADI.

ROY: (Over the radio) Hey, Hikaru! Making trouble again, eh?

HIKARU: Roy!

ROY: But you did the right thing...(belch)...you need that
aggressiveness to use force if you want to make that girl your
own, you know.

HIKARU: Roy! You're drunk!

ROY: Stupid! Who can go to war if he is afraid of alcohol?

ROY is alerted by his heads-up weapons display that some of
the ZENTRADI SOLDIERS are in firing range. He performs a
rolling maneuver and destroys three of the pursuing soldiers.
But some of the ZENTRADI manage to capture HIKARU'S VALKYRIE
and MISA'S shuttle craft. ROY is too involved in shooting
down ZENTRADI PODS and does not notice until it's too late.

HIKARU (Startled by the soldiers catching his VALKYRIE) Wha...!

MINMAY: (Screaming) Go away!

HIKARU: Damn!

ROY doesn't notice yet.

ROY: (Shooting down pod) Yeah! Did you see that, Hikaru?

At last he notices they're caught, but the ZENTRADI have
already taken them inside their ship...this isn't good. The
ZENTRADI SOLDIERS make it back to BRITAI'S SHIP with the
captured "MICRONE specimen." ROY, his VALKYRIE changing
into BATTLOID mode, follows them into the entrance of the
ship. An armed group of ZENTRADI soldiers greet him, forcing
him to surrender. The prisoners are gathered together in a
large cell, which is really nothing but a huge MICRONE
container. BRITAI and EXEDOR walk up to the container to
interrogate the MICRONE prisoners. BRITAI'S face fills the
view above the prisoners, revealing just how big the ZENTRADI
are. They are all startled by the sight.

MINMAY: Eek!

KAIFUN: (Awed) Who are they?

EXEDOR: Enemy's language is already interpretable. Answer Zentran's questions.

BRITAI: How can micrones of Man and Woman coexist?

HIKARU: Micrones of man and woman?

ROY: What?

MISA: I wonder what they're after?

BRITAI: We have already found that Man and Woman can coexist on the same ship.

HIKARU: What's the use in finding that out?

MISA: It seems their culture is different from ours.

BRITAI: Why does not Enemy fight? Why did Enemy become micrones?

MISA: Unlike you giants, we are born this way.

EXEDOR: "Boorn?" Does "boorn" mean "created?"

MISA: Created?

EXEDOR: Yes, is that not correct?

ROY: Well, essentially you're right. Man and woman cooperate to "create."

EXEDOR: Man and Woman cooperate? Unthinkable!

BRITAI: Why do not fight?

ROY: Are you kidding? It's far better to hug a woman than fight her.

BRITAI: "Huug?" Show what is "huug."

ROY: THIS is a hug...

ROY grabs MINMAY, but KAIFUN objects.

KAIFUN: Hey! What do you think you are doing?

BRITAI: Do Man and Woman of your kind always perform such unthinkable?

ROY: (Kidding BRITAI) Yes...with kisses and everything else included.

BRITAI: "Keese?" Show what is "keese."

ROY is stumped this time.

ROY: That is...

BRITAI'S patience wears thin. He smashes the container as he
reaches in and grabs MINMAY in his fist.

MINMAY: (Screaming) AHH!

BRITAI: Show what is "keese!"

KAIFUN: (Stepping forward) I'll kiss her! Let her go!

BRITAI: (Setting MINMAY back down) Very well...

KAIFUN: (Whispering to MINMAY) Quick, act it out, or they will kill us.

He begins to kiss her.

MINMAY: What? Ahh...

This display shocks the two ZENTRADI.

BRITAI AND EXEDOR: Oh! Keese! Oh!

* * *

The prisoners are taken away in two separate containers, a
ZENTRADI guard carrying each one. MINMAY and her brother
KAIFUN are in one container. ROY, HIKARU, and MISA are in
the other. Each of the groups is taken away in different
directions. HIKARU sees MINMAY taken somewhere else, away
from him.

HIKARU: (Depressed, looking out of the window of the container) Minmay...

MINMAY: (Looking at HIKARU from the window of her container) Hikaru...

HIKARU: Minmay...

ROY: Imagine that...they freaked out when they saw just a kiss.

MISA: It would appear that their men fight against their women.

All of a sudden, gunfire is heard. The ZENTRADI guard carrying
HIKARU'S container is shot dead. Shots also shatter the
container. HIKARU, ROY, and MISA make a break for it. A troop
from the all-female MELTRANDI is making a surprise attack on
BRITAI'S battle cruiser. The fierce warrior MIRIA 639 leads this
small group of women.

ROY: Is everyone all right?

MISA: Yes.

HIKARU: Barely!

Meanwhile, on the bridge of the ship . . .

INTERCOM MESSAGE: Intrusion by Meltran! Three of the micrones have
escaped in the confusion!

BRITAI: Put the ship on full alert! Annihilate the enemy and capture the
micrones. (Bitterly)...that we let this Meltran intrusion happen...

EXEDOR: We still have two micrones in detention. We must take them
to the Supreme Commander.

In their escape, ROY, HIKARU, and MISA stumble across the
area where their fighter crafts are stored.

ROY: We found them!

ROY'S VALKYRIE is still in BATTLOID mode. He climbs to the
head to enter the ****pit. Just as they are getting into
their fighters, some ZENTRADI soldiers discover them. But ROY
makes quick use of his brain.

MISA: AAH!

ROY: Hikaru! Do a kiss!

HIKARU: What? Oh yeah, that's right...!

HIKARU turns and grabs MISA.

HIKARU: Excuse me!

HIKARU kisses MISA.

MISA: (surprised) What?

The soldiers are stunned. They can only stare, as HIKARU and MISA kiss.

ZENTRADI SOLDIER: Unthinkable!

HIKARU finishes kissing MISA. She slaps him.

HIKARU: (Holding a hand to his cheek) That hurt!

MISA: (Holding her hand that she hit HIKARU with) Hurry!

HIKARU: You don't have to tell me...

HIKARU closes the fighter canopy and begins to take off.

HIKARU: I must rescue Minmay.

The MELTRANDI women burst in upon the scene, blowing away any
ZENTRADI soldier in sight. ROY and HIKARU park their
VALKYRIES under cover and watch the battle.

MIRIA: (Blowing away another ZENTRADI soldier) Too weak...

ZENTRADI SOLDIER: Arrgh!

The body of the soldier falls at her feet. More ZENTRADI
arrive on the scene to fire at MIRIA. She picks up the body
of the dead soldier at her feet, using it as a shield. Then,
she throws the body at the other ZENTRADI soldiers. The dead
soldier's BATTLE SUIT explodes, killing some more ZENTRADI.
Next, she cuts down the remaining ZENTRADI with the machine
guns in her BATTLE SUIT. Blood and body parts start falling
all over the ground. With the foot of her ARMORED BATTLE
SUIT, she crushes the head of one of the SOLDIERS.

MIRIA: Disappointing. None can match my fighting?

Satisfied with the damage she has caused, MIRIA instructs her
troops to leave. She flies to the ceiling of the hangar bay
and fires several missiles to blow a hole to the outside.
Then, she escapes into space. As the other MELTRANDI
soldiers follow her, an unseen ZENTRADI soldier shoots one of
them down. The female soldier and her BATTLE SUIT crash to
the floor. She struggles out of her BATTLE SUIT, crawling out
onto the floor. Mortally wounded, she quickly dies, giving
HIKARU, MISA, and ROY their first glimpse of a MELTRANDI, the
giant female warrior counterpart to the ZENTRADI.

HIKARU: It's a woman!

MISA: Men and women ARE fighting!

HIKARU: What's going on?

ROY steps out of his hiding place, seeing a chance to
escape in all of the confusion caused by the MELTRANDI.

ROY: Hikaru! Now! This is the chance to escape!

HIKARU: Yes, sir!

All of a sudden, a ZENTRADI soldier drops from his hiding
place in the ceiling. He clobbers ROY'S VALKYRIE. The VF-1S
stumbles to the floor. This is the ruthless KAMUJIN 03350,
a ZENTRADI OFFICER.

KAMUJIN: Will not escape, microne!

HIKARU, his VALKYRIE in GERWALK mode, rushes at KAMUJIN. The
fist on his VALKYRIE'S arms are balled in anger.

HIKARU: Stop it! Aah!

(Charging at KAMUJIN) KAMUJIN turns to shoot at HIKARU:, but
ROY blasts at KAMUJIN, making him fall to the floor in his
BATTLE SUIT. KAMUJIN gets out to leap on top of ROY, just as
his BATTLE SUIT explodes. He rips the canopy of ROY'S
VALKYRIE off, glaring at ROY, exposed and injured.

HIKARU: ROY!

ROY: Get out of here! Go rescue Minmay! Hurry...

ROY then faces KAMUJIN.

ROY: **** , you!

With KAMUJIN standing over his VALKYRIE, ROY manages to have
the manipulator arm of his battloid lift its GUN POD and
blast KAMUJIN in the chest. The wounded KAMUJIN spits blood
inside his helmet on the faceplate. He falls dead on top of
ROY'S BATTLOID. ROY himself is fatally wounded. His battloid
begins to overheat.

ROY: Hikaru...tell Claudia...

HIKARU: Roy!

ROY'S VALKYRIE explodes in a great ball of orange flame.

HIKARU: WHY?

MISA: Don't waste this opportunity his death gave us.

HIKARU: What! You cold...(notices Misa is about to break down weeping)

MISA: Minmay has a homing device. Follow its signal.

HIKARU: (Understanding) Roger...

Meanwhile, on the bridge of this battle cruiser...

NAVIGATOR: Energy level rising. Flagship coordinates estimation completed.

BRITAI: Long-range fold, stand by.

HIKARU, following MINMAY'S homing device, has located where
she and KAIFUN are held. He uses the manipulator arms of the
VALKYRIE to rip the wall apart and sticks the nose of his
GERWALK through the wall.

HIKARU: MINMAY!

MINMAY: Hikaru! (Turning to her brother KAIFUN) It's Hikaru! He's
come for us! (Noticing something strange) Ahh?

As HIKARU starts to come through the wall, the room begins to
blur out of focus. There is a strange humming noise.

MISA: A fold! This ship is trying to fold!

The big ship begins its hyperspace fold. A MELTRANDI outside
shoots one last missile at the ship, creating a hole in the
outer wall. The vacuum sucks HIKARU'S VALKYRIE into space.
HIKARU dives back at the ship, hoping to get back in before
it disappears.

HIKARU: MINMAY!

MINMAY: Hikaru...

HIKARU'S VALKYRIE is caught in the battle cruiser's hyperspatial field.

HIKARU AND MISA: Aahh...The

GERWALK disappears into a hyperspatial storm.

MINMAY: (Crying) Hikaru...Hikaru...

BRITAI'S battle cruiser fades into hyperspace.

* * *

The scene opens with a view of a harsh, desert-like world--
dry, burnt-out with raging lighting storms, sand, and
little else. All of a sudden, there is a crackle and a flash
of energy. HIKARU'S VALKYRIE bursts into the scene. MISA is
unconscious as HIKARU lands the GERWALK, lost in his own
thoughts. He sees the reading of MINMAY'S homing device
disappear from his radar display.

HIKARU: Minmay...

MISA: (Waking up) Mmm...uhn...where are we?

HIKARU: How could I know?

MISA: And the enemy vessel?

HIKARU: No sign of it.

MISA: I see. In any case, what a creepy planet.

MISA looks out of the VALKYRIE'S canopy, studying the horizon.

MISA: Look! That looks like an ocean! Can you fly us out that way?

HIKARU: Why would I want to go out there for?

MISA: What?

HIKARU: Going there won't reunite me with Minmay.

MISA: What are you saying?

HIKARU: Minmay will probably be killed...like Roy was.
If I hadn't taken her out, this never would have happened.

MISA: But it's our duty to investigate where this place is.

HIKARU: (Turning around in his seat, yelling at her) Duty! Duty! Is
that all you ever think about?

MISA: I understand...I won't ask you anymore.

HIKARU: (Taken by surprise) Wait, Lieutenant...

MISA activates the controls of the VALKYRIE in her seat. She
attempts to take off. The VT-1 blasts off the sand
uncontrollably.

MISA: (Screaming) AHH!

HIKARU: AHH!

HIKARU regains control of the VALKYRIE. He crash lands it on
the beach at the ocean MISA has spotted earlier. There
appears to be a large shipwreck near by.

MISA (Regretfully) Whew!

HIKARU: (Yelling at MISA) THAT was dumb!

MISA looks outside and spots the wreck.

MISA: (Surprised) Ahh?

HIKARU: Huh--ah? This is the...

MISA: (Shocked but holding it back) United Navy Pacific Fleet
Offensive Aircraft Carrier...PROMETHEUS!

HIKARU: How could it be...

MISA: (Nothing more to inhibit her) This is Earth!

* * *

BRITAI and EXEDOR take MINMAY and KAIFUN to their leader, the
MOBILE FORTRESS GORG BODOLZA, who is himself the huge
ZENTRADI flagship. Inside the round container sit MINMAY,
dejected, and KAIFUN. MINMAY sings a sad song to pass the
time. While she sings, we see scenes of MISA and HIKARU
exploring the PROMETHEUS, searching for food and survivors.
The dead bodies and rotten canned food they find leave them,
especially MISA, depressed.

SONG LYRICS:
When the bell tolls at the midnight hour,
the magic will disappear.
At the top of the stairs is a pair of glass slippers.
Like Cinderella's love affair,
mine is all worked by the clock.
Everything that can tell the time,
Please stop...until day breaks.
Please stop...until day breaks.

BRITAI, EXEDOR, and some other ZENTRADI commanders have been
listening to MINMAY'S song in awe with BORG BODOLZA.

ALL EXCEPT BODOLZA: Ooh!

BODOLZA: Protoculture.

ALL EXCEPT BODOLZA: Protoculture?

BODOLZA: Microne with "Culture" is, therefore, Protoculture.

EXEDOR: "Culture"?

BODOLZA: Even I do not know much besides that it means "creative
activity that is not fighting." Our Creators did not teach me
anything about "Culture," except for our programming, "Never
become involved with Culture."

EXEDOR: That unthinkable sound is "Culture?"

BODOLZA: That is "Song."

ALL EXCEPT BODOLZA: "Song?"

BODOLZA: I am a Mobile Fortress that has endured 120,000 cycles since my
Creation. In my countless battles, I have come to comprehend a
little of the "Culture" of Protoculture. This "song" appears to
have the power to bring men and women together.

BRITAI: What power?

ZENTRADI COMMANDER: Power that deprives us of our will to fight?

From his great height, BODOLZA extends one of his tentacles
down to the commanders. In it is something that looks like
a card.

BRITAI: What's this?

BODOLZA: A "Fragment of Culture" that was captured a long time ago.

EXEDOR: "Fragment of Culture?"

BODOLZA: The two Protocultures may know what this is.

* * *

HIKARU stares at the setting sun over what used to be Tokyo,
after a long day of searching for survivors with MISA. He
talks to her in sarcasm.


HIKARU: Tokyo, too, was destroyed. The United Forces Headquarters
at Alaska Base was buried in lava. We couldn't find one single
living person in a whole week. So, where to now? London?
Paris? Or how about New York? Well, Lieutenant? Give me your
orders. Where to?

MISA: (Sobbing) Stop it! Please stop...

* * *

HIKARU and MISA take shelter from a storm in a tent
underneath their VALKYRIE. MISA is ill, loosing her will to
live. HIKARU tries to feed her some horrible looking fish he
has prepared.

HIKARU: (Holding the fish on a stick to show MISA) There now, it's
cooked. You have not eaten a thing in three days. At least eat
a little...

MISA: I would rather die before I eat that.

HIKARU: I put the anti-radiation drug in the recipe. So, a little bite of
this won't hurt. Survival is also a soldier's duty, isn't it?

MISA: It doesn't matter anymore.

HIKARU: But we finally made it back to Earth. And if the Macross is safe,
it will be here soon enough. Here...(offers her the "fish").

MISA: Don't you understand?

HIKARU: What?

MISA: The MACROSS won't be able to do anything even if it does get here.

HIKARU: Why?

MISA: There is no one left on Earth!

HIKARU: The people on the MACROSS are still alive.

MISA: The Zentradi could kill the 10 billion people on Earth in
just a matter of seconds. (Cough, cough, cough.) See...(cough,
cough, cough)...how miserable it is to be the officer of an army
whose defeat is obvious.

HIKARU sits at MISA'S side and places a folded wet
handkerchief on her forehead.

MISA: But you're much tougher than I. Lieutenant Commander Fokker told me...

HIKARU: Roy?

MISA: That you don't have a family. You mother died when you were
very young, and your father died in an accident.

HIKARU: (Masking grief) He made a mistake during an acrobatic
maneuver. "Zoom - splat." Like that.

MISA: So then you have lived by yourself until now?

HIKARU: I've been just an air race prize hunter. I have flown
planes since I was small.

MISA: But that's why you're holding up, but not I. I thought I was
a soldier, who would struggle for survival even if I were the
last one left. But this is the sorry state I'm in now.

HIKARU sits facing the fire in thought. As MISA sits up, the
handkerchief falls off her forehead, landing in her lap. She
notices LYNN MINMAY'S autograph on it.

MISA: I'm sorry...I was arro-...

Surprised, she begins to speak to HIKARU, but she stops
herself short as she thinks of how losing MINMAY must have
tortured him. She picks up the cooked fish and tries a piece
...realizing she is not the only one suffering.

* * *

HIKARU and MISA: fly out over the ocean, once again searching for
any signs of life. MISA spots a strange tower sticking out of the
water near the horizon.

MISA: (Pointing) What's that column over there?

HIKARU: Let's check it out.

HIKARU parks the VALKYRIE on the water near the entrance of
this large tower-like structure that sticks out of the water.
It is covered by seaweed and algae. They enter the tower.

MISA: It appears to have sunk a long time ago.

HIKARU: (Lost in thought) Hmm . . . no one seems to be around.

The rooms are filled with computer screens and terminals that
look more like some biological machinery.

MISA: But some of the devices seem to be working.

HIKARU: They're made for our size.

MISA: If these don't belong to the giants, then who...?

They walk up to one of the banks of buttons and monitors.

MISA: Could this be a fold communications system...?

HIKARU: (Looking over Misa's shoulder) A fold communication system?

MISA: Maybe we can contact the MACROSS with it. It seems to be in
working condition.

HIKARU: But it'll be bad if the others intercept our call.

MISA: I know, but we must give it a try. (She begins to try to
controls.) If the MACROSS has not been destroyed, they will
answer. (She stands back.) No response...(breaks into a sob).

HIKARU: It's probably damaged. Maybe we pushed the wrong buttons.
Let's try the other ones.

MISA AND HIKARU: (Surprised) Ahh!

HIKARU has activated a large holographic display. In an
ancient, more complex dialect of the ZENTRADI'S language, the
display computer presents the history of the building of
SPACE-CITY ALTILLA to MISA and HIKARU. The computer thinks
they might be the original inhabitants returning to Earth.
MISA, who has had training in the ZENTRADI'S language,
understands what the computer says.

MISA: "We have been waiting?" For us?

HIKARU: You can understand...?

MISA: Yes...a little. (To the computer) Who are you? The computer
of a colonization vessel? (Listening) No, we are people of
this planet. The computer speaks.

MISA: Genetic manipulation?

The power to the computer fades, and the display goes dead.

HIKARU: It disappeared.

MISA: NO! Wait! I still have some more questions!

HIKARU: What did it say?

MISA: It's diverting all that's left of its power to raise the city.

HIKARU: Raise the city?

MISA: Yes.

They step out of the tower and watch, as a huge city rises
out of the sea. MISA explains to HIKARU the history, that she
has learned from the computer, of the island, as they watch.

MISA: A long time ago, there was an interstellar civilization
called Protoculture. They were advanced in genetic engineering.
Eventually, the men and women were able to reproduce themselves
on their own. Their men separated to become the Zentradi, and
the women, the Meltrandi. The two started wars against each
other.

HIKARU: That was the time when they created the giants, who only
knew to fight?

MISA: But when the giants' fighting became too intense, those who
realized, at last, the mistake sought to start over, with men
and women in coexistence, and they found refuge on Earth.

The city has finished rising. It glistens wet in the sun.

MISA: After they arrived on Earth, they manipulated the genes of
the indigenous creatures to create our ancestors.

HIKARU: Even our ancestors were their cre-...?

MISA: Yes.

HIKARU: Is that so? Where did the people of this city go?

MISA: Twenty thousand years ago, the giants' fighting reached
this solar system. They sunk this city to hide it and
temporarily left Earth.

HIKARU: But they were unable to return? So, the computer mistook
the Zentradi attack of a half year ago as their return and
raised the city?

MISA: And so that we could live here in this city.

HIKARU: But after it waited for 20,000 years, we were the only ones
to return.

MISA: Truly...

* * *

The couple explores the city, and they come across an ancient
PROTOCULTURE residence. They enter the kitchen of the
dwelling. It actually looks modern, except for all the algae
inside. It reveals how advanced the PROTOCULTURE'S society
was, so long ago.

HIKARU: Everything seems to be in ruins.

MISA: Yes...

MISA: spots something near the sink in the kitchen.

MISA: Hmm...I wonder what this could be?

HIKARU: Did you find something?

MISA picks up a small card-like object. It is similar to the
one that BODOLZA has shown to his commanders.

MISA: There appears to be some kind of writing on it. (She tries
to read it.) "Remember...you remember...do you remember?" I
can't understand it that well. The language is more complex
than the giants'.

HIKARU: I see. This looks like it's just an ordinary house. Let's
go look somewhere else.

MISA: Can we stay a little longer? I really have no reason, but
I just have this vague feeling of...

HIKARU: (Nothing better for her to do, eh?) I see. Well, I'll just
go have a look around. I'll be back soon.

HIKARU leaves. MISA is left alone in the abandoned
PROTOCULTURE home. She explores the kitchen and its
contents...jugs and plates in the sink.

MISA: (Looking in the kitchen sink) Some things never change.
(Pouring water out of a simply but well designed jug, watching
it pour) Ah.

* * *

HIKARU returns to the dwelling after a long
search through the city.

HIKARU: No one is here, as expected, and all the machines are useless.

MISA: Welcome home, dear!

HIKARU finds MISA waiting for him with eating utensils,
plates, and glasses. She has set a rather nice table for the
two of them and greets him as if the two were a newly wed
couple.

HIKARU: I'm home, dear.

MISA: Shall we eat?

HIKARU: (Dramatic pause) Yes!

They play "house," pretending to have an elegant dinner.
HIKARU accidentally knocks one of the glasses off the table
onto the wet floor. MISA looks at it. Suddenly she is
depressed. She folds her hands and lowers her head.

MISA: (Sobbing) I want to go home...where everyone is...

HIKARU reaches for MISA'S hand to hold it.

MISA: Ensign Ichijo...

They kiss and watch the sunset over the island together from
a hole in the wall of the kitchen.

* * *

Early next morning, MISA comes out of the apartment, zipping
up her uniform and straightening her hair. >>Gee, I wonder
what went on between the two the night before?<< She stands
next to HIKARU.

MISA: It is starting to move again?

HIKARU: (Looking up) No, this sound is from the sky.

MISA: The sky?

HIKARU: (surprised) Ahh!

They spot the MACROSS coming over the edge of the horizon,
nearing the island.

MISA: Ahh!

They hug, kiss, and watch the MACROSS come towards the
island.

HIKARU AND MISA: MACROSS!

MISA: Our transmission did reach them!

* * *

Back on the MACROSS, HIKARU and MISA report to CAPTAIN
GLOVAL'S office.

MISA: Hayase, Misa, and Ichijo, Hikaru reporting for duty, sir!

GLOVAL: I am glad you have come back. How is Earth?

MISA: Well, during the period of a month, we searched 15,000 square
kilometers of land and this alien city, but found no survivors.

GLOVAL: I see. I'll have the full report. For now, I suggest that
the two of you get some well deserved rest.

MISA AND HIKARU: Yes, sir.

They turn and face CLAUDIA, not knowing what to say about
ROY'S death.

CLAUDIA: (Sad but holding it back) Did Roy...did he end his life
for a worthy cause?

HIKARU: Yes.

CLAUDIA: Thank you...that's all I wanted to know.

CAPTAIN GLOVAL breathes a deep sigh and turns to stare out
his window to look at the sea. Storm clouds are on the
horizon. He lights his pipe.

* * *

Elevator doors open. MISA and HIKARU step out into the bright
light and sounds of MACROSS CITY. The sight of people going
about their daily business and the sight of children playing
make them realize how much they missed the MACROSS. Looking
up, HIKARU is reminded of another thing he has missed. On a
giant video screen, a MINMAY music video is playing over the
city. Her song fills the air.

SONG LYRICS:
In a glowing red cafe terrace,
With the fragrance of Turkish coffee,
The Tango rhythm, sounding depressed, dances alone.
Wind blows in my heart...

HIKARU: (Staring at the video) Minmay...

SONG LYRICS:
If you're not coming,
I wonder who I'll want to dance with...

MISA: It's strange, isn't it? Minmay is somewhere so far away, and
yet we can still hear...

HIKARU: Her songs...

MISA: As though she were still alive.

HIKARU: I somehow miss those days. It's only been a month since the
time I took her out into space, but it seems as if it was such
a long time ago.

SONG LYRICS:
Silver moon, red moon.
You are so cold, a Shanghai dandy.
My eyes smart with Jitan smoke...

MISA: I see.

As the song ends, we see a view of Earth from a low orbit in
space.

SONG LYRICS:
The night makes the Gypsy violin cry.
A wine bottle and two glasses.
But my burning passion has nowhere to go.
Tonight I toast myself, in my loneliness.

Into this tranquil view of space, the blue static storm of
a hyperspace fold crackles. It is a MELTRANDI battle cruiser.
On board, MIRIA 639 receives her orders from LAPRAMIZ, the
MELTRANDI'S SUPREME COMMANDER.

LAPRAMIZ: The "Fragment of Culture" must be in the Protoculture ruin. For
our victory, seize control of this ruin.

MIRIA: (Saluting) Understood. I swear for the pride of Woman, I
shall not fail.

* * *

The MACROSS has detected the incoming group of aliens.
HIKARU, MAX, and HAYAO have been sent out in their VALKYRIES
to intercept the enemy. With ROY gone, MAX now rides the the
VF-1S. MISA, from the bridge, radios the latest report on
the enemy to the fighters.

MISA: (On the radio) We have detected an enemy fighter squad coming
in from the ocean on a heading of 27 degrees. They are presumed
to be the all-female Meltrandi.

HAYAO: Only women? This is good.

HIKARU: They may be women, but don't underestimate them! They might
even be tougher than the Zentradi!

MAX: That's interesting.

HIKARU: Interesting?

MAX (Teasing HIKARU) What's the matter, Lieutenant Junior Grade
Ichijo? Suddenly, you're a chicken now.

HIKARU: What?

HAYAO: (Teasing) Leader Max is right. Maybe it's because he has a
woman now...AAAKKKUH!

HIKARU: KAKIZAKI!

In his monitor, HIKARU can see HAYAO'S head exploding.
Hayao's VF-1A VALKYRIE is destroyed by an incoming MELTRANDI
missile. They have failed to notice this long-range attack
while they have been fooling around. HAYAO'S plane falls into
the ocean, as HIKARU ICHIJO and MAX GENUS split off to go on
the defensive.

MIRIA: What's the big deal about Protoculture?

MAX and HIKARU split up. The MELTRANDI break off to follow
them. The other MELTRANDI WOMEN go after HIKARU, as MIRIA
goes after MAX. MAX and MIRIA dogfight. Missiles fire,
particle beams blast, and machine guns strafe. Each of them
score hits on the other. One thing is becoming apparent;
both of them have met their match in fighting skills.

MAX: Missed!

MIRIA: Unthinkable! Enemy! Unthinkable!

With the hope that she might be able to turn the tide of
the combat, Miria leaves the sky over the PROTOCULTURE
island ALTILLA, and heads back to her space cruiser,
with MAX in hot pursuit.

MAX: I won't let you escape! (Noticing MIRIA'S cruiser) A battleship!

MIRIA ducks into an entrance into the ship. MAX follows, gun
ready, his VALKYRIE in BATTLE mode. He enters a long, thin,
closed-off corridor. There is no sign of MIRIA. From behind
at the outside entrance, a gun blasts. MAX maneuvers his
BATTLE SUIT in a spinning roll across the floor to avoid the
gunfire. MIRIA has positioned herself near the ceiling at
the entrance, springing her trap on MAX. They duel in the
closed corridor, guns blazing and battle suits dodging. They
are equally matched. Soon, their gunfire shoots out the
lights. Only their shots light the corridor, as they enjoy
this deadly dance.

* * *

MIRIA'S CRUISER fires at the MACROSS, destroying its main
guns. The MACROSS topples onto ALTILLA. HIKARU becomes
desperate as he sees the MACROSS losing. Then, over his
radio comes the voice of MINMAY humming a tune.

HIKARU: (Regarding the battle) Dammit, at this rate...(hears song,
startled)...Minmay!

On the bridge of the MACROSS, the crew also hears MINMAY'S tune.

SAMMI: What is this. . .?

KIM: Where does this song come from?

MISA: Minmay!

* * *

MINMAY'S humming can be heard on board the MELTRANDI battle
cruiser as well. In the corridor, MAX has finally won over
MIRIA. He gets out of his VALKYRIE to take a look at his
opponent. She is still alive. Her helmet comes off.

MAX: Beautiful.

MIRIA: (Dazed, staring at MAX) Beau-ti-ful?

* * *

On the bridge of the Meltrandi cruiser filling the air,
Minmay's song stuns the crew.

MELTRANDI FIRST OFFICER: Miria's the captain, and she's the first
officer. Soldiers' fighting efficiency dropping! (Startled by
Minmay's song) What is this sound? Is this the "Power of
Culture?"

All of a sudden, sensors come alert. The battle cruiser
swings around to detect a great new threat. Over the
horizon, millions of Zentradi battle cruisers appear, including
Bodolza's great flagship. Perversely outnumbered, the Meltrandi
battle cruiser beats a hasty retreat into hyperspace. EXEDOR,
BRITAI, and BODOLZA watch the ship leave. They have been
experimenting on using the captured Minmay's voice as a weapon
to confuse the Meltrandi.

EXEDOR: It is a success. Meltran has retreated.

BODOLZA: If we can add to this "Song" what Minmay calls the
"Leerics", then we will be able to make Meltran surrender.

The MACROSS receives a transmission from the ZENTRADI.

MISA: Captain, the Zentradi are proposing a peace negotiation.

GLOVAL: A peace negotiation?

* * *

All over Macross City, TVs, radios, and public speakers
broadcast Gloval's announcement.

ANNOUNCER: Captain Gloval will now make his official announcement.

In a large conference room on board the MACROSS, CAPTAIN
GLOVAL appears in his formal dress uniform, to address the
press and refugees on the MACROSS about their present
situation.

GLOVAL: Effective September 11, 11 AM, U.N. SPACY SDF-1 MACROSS
will have established peace with the Zentradi 425th Bodol Fleet.


REPORTERS: (Shocked) What? What did he say? Oh, my God!

GLOVAL: And now, as a result of investigating this alien
space-city, we have found that...

People all over MACROSS listen to the announcement, stopping
all activity in the city.

GLOVAL: The aliens who built it were the descendants of a highly
advanced interstellar civilization, called Protoculture, that
prospered 500,000 years ago and that originally, we humans, the
Zentradi, and their enemy the Meltrandi all had the same genetic
structure as the Protoculture's.

The thought hushes the people watching, all eyes intently
watching GLOVAL as he continues his presentation of their
findings of the shared origin of the human, ZENTRADI, and
MELTRANDI races. The PROTOCULTURE civilization has created
all of them.

GLOVAL: They were created by the Protoculture's advanced science of
manipulating the human genes.

A large projection screen comes down behind Gloval. It shows
a recording of RESTRUCTURING CHAMBERS that the ZENTRADI use
to reduce the size of their members to MICRONES. It shows
three ZENTRADI soldiers being reduced to human size.

GLOVAL: Please observe. By utilizing the Protoculture's genetic
engineering techniques, it is possible to change Zentradi back
into humans.

GLOVAL motions the audience to look to his right, to three bald men.

GLOVAL: These three gentlemen sitting with us now are the Zentradi
soldiers you have just seen.

The crowd gasps with astonishment.

GLOVAL: They are a warrior race that knows nothing of culture. They
are split into two forces, the males and the females, and have
been fighting each other for over 500,000 years.

The ZENTRADI soldiers speak to the audience, all of them in
a heavy ZENTRADI accent.

ZENTRADI SOLDIER #1 (LOLI): (He lifts a cup to his mouth and drinks
from it) This is the first time that I have ever ingested
anything of such Culture.

ZENTRADI SOLDIER #2 (WARERA): And to be treated like this by
Meltran-I mean women-is far more pleasing than to be treated the
same by men.

ZENTRADI SOLDIER #3 (CONDA): I agree!

On his battle cruiser, BRITAI eavesdrops on GLOVAL'S announcement.

EXEDOR: I thought we were forbidden to receive the Protoculture's
broadcasting until the operation succeeds. What is it?

BRITAI: Can you see those three?

EXEDOR: What about those three micrones we sent to make the
Earthers stop fighting?

BRITAI: (he has never seen a Zentran so full of Culture.) I wish I
could become a microne.

EXEDOR: Unthinkable!

BRITAI: It is a joke.

EXEDOR: "Jooke?"

BRITAI: Do you not know?

EXEDOR: No.

BRITAI: Minmay of the Protoculture taught me. I think it means "I
am not serious."

EXEDOR: Unthinkable!

Back in the conference room on the MACROSS...

ANNOUNCER: And now, may I introduce the greatest superstar in the
Galaxy...MISS LYNN MINMAY!

MINMAY: This melody you hear now comes from an ancient Zentradi
memory plate we decoded. Unfortunately, their memory plate did
not have the lyrics recorded.

HIKARU and MISA sit in a waiting room, in dress uniform.

MINMAY: So, our lyric writers on the Macross are writing wonderful
lyrics to this melody right now. And I wish to broadcast this
song to the universe, so that we can negotiate for peace with
the Meltrandi and establish a warless, peaceful world.

ANNOUNCER: We can take this first step toward peace because of
countless sacrifices people have made in the past. All of us
suffered though unhappy times. All of a sudden, many of our
young people were forced into this war. Some became prisoners of
war, others were separated from each other, and many others have
lost their lives. And now, Lynn Minmay waits and hopes for a
reunion of joyful tears with some special people. They
are...Chief Operator of our United Forces Lieutenant Commander
Hayase, Misa...and Valkyrie Skull Squadron Leader Lieutenant
Junior Grade Ichijo, Hikaru.

They got promoted. MINMAY is surprised at this announcement.
She looks around, confused. HIKARU and MISA step out onto the
stage. MINMAY stares at them with tears swelling in her
eyes. All of a sudden, she drops the microphone, which
feedsback as it hits the floor, and runs to eagerly hug
HIKARU.

MINMAY: (Tears in eyes) Hikaru!

HIKARU: Minmay...

MINMAY: Hikaru...Hikaru...Hikaru...?

HIKARU looks at MINMAY and then to MISA. MINMAY follows his
glance. There three of the stand there. MINMAY senses that
something has change between them. The crowd gasps. The press
has a field day popping pictures of the love triangle. HIKARU
apologetically looks at MISA, while MINMAY still holds him.
We cut to a shot of a couple of lyric writers crammed in a
studio.

LYRIC WRITER #1: "A girl in love"?

LYRIC WRITER #2: "A season for dreams"?

LYRIC WRITER #1: None are good.

* * *

Later in her quarters, MISA looks at the artifacts she has
brought back from ALTILLA. She takes a look at the memory
card and tries to read it. She begins to realize that these
could be the lyrics to the PROTOCULTURE song that MINMAY
presented only the melody at the press conference.

MISA: (Reading from the card, then trying to sing the words as she
makes a realization) "Do you remember...eye to eye...when our
eyes met for the first time...?" (Startled by the sudden
revelation) Could this be...?

HIKARU is standing in his quarters, contemplating in front of
his poster of MINMAY. He reaches for it, about to tear it off
the wall, when the doorbell rings.

HIKARU: (Hearing the doorbell) Coming! (Opens the door. Surprised)
Minmay!

Meanwhile, MISA busily translates the PROTOCULTURE lyrics in
front of a computer terminal. A few minutes later, HIKARU: is
making coffee.

HIKARU: You're very busy now, I suppose. By the way, is the melody
to the song fini--

MINMAY walks up behind HIKARU and hugs him, wrapping her arms
around him. He forgets about the coffee brewing in Mr. Coffee.
The pot overflows.

HIKARU: (Startled) Minmay...

MINMAY: (Hugging HIKARU) I love you. I don't know what happened
between you and that woman on that island, but...but I still
love you.

HIKARU: Minmay, I...

MISA abruptly walks into the room without even knocking.
She sees MINMAY hugging HIKARU.

HIKARU: (Surprised) Lieutenant!

MISA is surprised by this sight of them together. She
quickly tries to compose herself, without much success.

MISA: What is this?

HIKARU: What do you mea--

MISA: (Holding out the Protoculture memory card) Do you remember
this? This is the plate I found in the ruined city. I found out
that it contains the lyrics to that melody.

HIKARU: That song?

MISA: (Clearly upset now) I wanted you to confirm it first...but...

MISA, depressed, leans against HIKARU'S dresser.
HIKARU tries to comfort her.

HIKARU: (To MISA) Wait! It's not what you think. You're misunderstanding.

This upsets MINMAY.

MINMAY: (Crying) "It's not what you think" `A misunderstanding"?
I can't take it. I can't. (She turns and runs out of the room).

HIKARU: Minmay!

MISA: (Bitterly sarcastic) Hurry and go after her. You two were
just reunited. Don't hesitate because of me. It's more
miserable to be receiving sympathy from you.

HIKARU: That's not it! That's not what I was thinking! When the
two of us wandered on the uninhabited Earth and barely made it
back on the Macross and heard Minmay's song in town and saw her
in the screen--that's when I found out. The one who I wanted by
my side forever--was you. I still feel the same way.

MISA: (Looking at Hikaru tearfully) Honestly?

HIKARU: There's no telling when I might get killed. But if you
don't mind such a person like me...

MISA: (Crying) What's happening? Isn't it funny, Hikaru? Tears
won't stop flowing from my eyes.

FLYING HAIR. THE EMBRACE.

HIKARU: Misa...

MISA: Hikaru...

They begin to kiss, but all of a sudden an alert is sounded.

MISA: It's a RED ALERT . . . priority one!

* * *

The ship buzzes with ordered activity. Pilots run to their
fighters. Equipment is checked. Crew report to their
stations. Civilians take cover in the city.

ANNOUNCEMENT: Attention! Attention! Take positions for maximum
impact. This is not a drill. A fold reaction has just been
identified. Many ships are approaching in a duster formation. We
are going to have 60 seconds before the Meltrandi warp out.

HIKARU desperately tries to find MINMAY in all the confusion.
The attack has begun, and explosions rock the MACROSS. MISA
has given him the song lyrics for MINMAY in hopes that it
will be their one key to survival. Her words echo in his
mind. "Give this song to Minmay. You are the only one who
can convince her to sing." He climbs the stairs that lead to
the observation deck he and MINMAY once saw the magnificent
view of Saturn together. Aboard the flagship, GORG BODOLZA
watches the beginning of the battle.

BODOLZA: Unthinkable! The "Leeric" is not created yet?

ZENTRADI: Also, Minmay is reported to be missing.

BODOLZA: Unthinkable!

ZENTRADI: Meltran will de-fold...all Meltran now de-folded.

The ZENTRADI FLEET is amassed and now ready to destroy the
MELTRANDI FLEET and the MACROSS by force. BODOLZA has planned
to use the ancient PROTOCULTURE song as a weapon to defeat
the MELTRANDI, but the MACROSS has failed to produce the
lyrics in time. Without the song, he has no use for the
MACROSS anymore.

BODOLZA: If the song is incomplete, then we cannot make Meltran
surrender. Therefore, we must annihilate them. Target; the
MACROSS and Lapramiz's fleet. All Zentran will fight.

Aboard the MACROSS, CAPTAIN GLOVAL prepares for a final
showdown with the ZENTRADI and MELTRANDI.

GLOVAL: It could only have been a short peace, after all. (To the
bridge crew) Lift off immediately! Let's get out of here!

The MACROSS takes off of the island just as the ZENTRADI BEAM
BOMBING annihilates ALTILLA. The expanding blast wave rocks
the MACROSS.

HIKARU: (Stumbling) It has begun!

On board the MELTRANDI flagship, their SUPREME COMMANDER
LAPRAMIZ, herself a MOBILE FORTRESS, gives orders for their
attack on the ZENTRADI.

LAPRAMIZ: (Cursing) Enemy Bodolza!

HIKARU is still climbing the stairs that lead to where MINMAY
might be. As he runs, his mind flashes back over all the
strange events that have occurred over the past few months.
He finds MINMAY sitting on the bench by the large observation
window where they had watched Saturn, as he expected.

MINMAY: Hikaru...

HIKARU: Minmay!

MINMAY: You came...you came for me.

HIKARU: (Trying to hand Minmay the translated song lyrics that Misa
has prepared) I want you to sing this song.

MINMAY: (Yelling in rejection) What is that? Why must I sing the
song that woman found?

Cut to BODOLZA.

ZENTRADI: We can only fire once because of the damage in the
stabilization circuit.

BODOLZA: Immediate victory awaits.

ZENTRADI: But there are ten of thousands of our ships in the line of fire.

BODOLZA: Immediate victory awaits! Fire!

A great energy bolt leaps out of the center of BODOLZA'S huge
SHIP. It finds its mark and destroys MELTRANDI LEADER
LAPRAMIZ'S SHIP. The energy rips through her SHIP and
annihilates her.

BRITAI: (Objecting to Bodolza's merciless sacrifice of thousands of
his ships) Unthinkable!

LAPRAMIZ: (Screaming in disbelief) Unthinkable!

On the observation deck, Hikaru tries to convince Minmay so
sing.

MINMAY: Just by singing that? There is no possibility we could win with
such a thing! (Grasping HIKARU) Just stay here with me if we're
going to die anyway.

HIARU: It's not just our problem. It is for everyone on board the Macross.

MINMAY: That has nothing to do with us at all. Why aren't we two the only
ones in the world? I wish everyone will die except you and me!

SLAP!

HIKARU: (Holding his hand, looking away) Roy died. Kakizaki died.
They all died. They must have left many things they wanted to
have done. You can still sing, can't you?

MINMAY holds her cheek, crying. All of a sudden a huge
explosion rips the external shutter away, exposing them to
the battle outside. The gravity gives out. The two float and
hold hands.

MINMAY: I'm sorry Hikaru. I don't know what got into me. I choose
a singing career for myself. If I don't sing, my mother and
father who passed away will not be able to rest in peace. I'll
sing with all my heart!

* * *

MINMAY stands on a special stage, below the MACROSS' huge
bridge area with a grand view of space. She has a microphone
in hand, dressed to give her greatest performance ever. This
song will be broadcast to everyone, including the ZENTRADI
and MELTRANDI. HIKARU is launched into space in his VALKYRIE
to fight his greatest battle ever.

SONG LYRICS:
I hear your voice now, saying "come here,"
When I'm about to be overcome by sadness...

Aboard a MELTRANDI BATTLE CRUISER, COMMANDER MIRIA prepares to
enter her BATTLE SUIT. She is startled by the song. She turns
to MAX, >>Probably married to Miria by now (and certainly as large
as her) to take responsibility for defeating her. Yes, she would
be a HEAVY responsibility to take care of. BTW, what is the
opposite of "micronization"? "Zentradization"?<< also about
to enter his MELTRANDI BATTLE SUIT, for an explanation.

SONG LYRICS
I see your figure now, walking toward me,
As I wait with my eyes close...

MIRIA: What is this?

MAX: (Surprised) It's Minmay singing! (They continue with their
preparations for battle.)

Cut to BRITAI'S BATTLE CRUISER.

BRITAI: This is strange. This song. I feel as though I heard it a
long time ago. Why?

SONG LYRICS:
My heart that was clouded with tears, until yesterday is now.
Do you remember the moment when our eyes first met?

EXEDOR: I have found the answer. The Culture of those who provided
our gene is being awakened . . .

BRITAI: What?

EXEDOR: Over the interval of 500,000 cycles.

SONG LYRICS:
Do you remember the moment our hands touched?
It was the first glow of love between you and me...

BRITAI: Can Culture be brought back to us?

SONG LYRICS:
I love you so.

As the MACROSS flies though the battle, beams from the
ZENTRADI rip through the ship into MACROSS CITY, causing mass
destruction. A ZENTRADI BATTLE CRUISER prepares to ram the
MACROSS head on. But it is blown apart...all of a sudden by
BRITAI'S SHIP. On the bridge of the MACROSS, they receive a
message from BRITAI.

BRITAI: BRITAI 7018 to MACROSS we will protect you from now on.

GLOVAL: Protect us?

EXEDOR: We cannot allow the Culture of Protoculture to be lost.

BRITAI brings his SHIP alongside the MACROSS. Other ships,
both ZENTRADI and MELTRANDI, do likewise. They are forming an
Armada to reclaim what they have been missing for 500,000
years..."Culture," as they call it.

BRITAI: (Announcing to all) To all listening to Lynn Minmay's song:
we have only one enemy: defeat Gorg Bodolza and bring Culture
back to us.

MINMAY is overjoyed over BRITAI'S announcement. She tries to
hold back her tears that flow from the excitement.

SONG LYRICS:
I can see your eyes now, even if we're separated,
Making my body warm up...

BODOLZA also hears MINMAY'S song.

BODOLZA: So, this is Lynn Minmay's song.

Ships attack the BODOLZA MOBILE FORTRESS like a swarm of
wasps. The fighting is heavy, and the newly united forces
meet with heavy resistance. MAX and MIRIA advance as a
deadly team, as they enjoy each other's fighting. HIKARU
blasts away, while MINMAY continues to sing.

SONG LYRICS:
Now I believe in your love.
Although you are far away, please protect me...

MISA looks at HIKARU in his VALKYRIE from the bridge of the
MACROSS. He TRANSFORMS to BATTLE mode to salute her.

SONG LYRICS:
Until yesterday, my world was clouded with tears.
Do you remember when our eyes first met?
Do you remember the moment our hands touched?
That was the first glow of love between you and me.
I love you so.
I'm not alone anymore, Because you are here.
Do you remember when our eyes first met?
Do you remember the moment our hands touched?
That was the first glow of love between you and me.
I love you so.

HIKARU TRANSFORMS back into FIGHTER mode and flies on a final
mission. The battle has opened the way for HIKARU to fly
inside the BODOLZA MOBILE FORTRESS and attempt to destroy
him. MINMAY continues to sing as HIKARU flies through many
maze-like tunnels, sometimes using missiles to blast his way
through. >>One of the missiles he shoots is a sake bottle.
Another is a Budweiser beer can.<<

SONG LYRICS:
I'm not alone anymore, Because you are here.

MISA: (Giving Hikaru the coordinate for the final target)
Main target is at A-133 Z-165.

SONG LYRICS:
I'm not alone anymore...

HIKARU flies in front of GORG BODOLZA'S face. He is open to
the attack. The VALKYRIE transforms into BATTLOID mode.
Using every single firearm on his VF-1S SUPER VALKYRIE, >>At
last, the kid gets to ride a real VF-1S.<< he shoots at
BODOLZA'S head. BODOLZA dies a painful death.

BODOLZA: (Dying) Protoculture!

SONG LYRICS:
Because you are here.

The MOBILE FORTRESS begins to disintegrate. The giant
pumpkin-like hull implodes, while other parts of the SHIP
explode. Nothing is left but the skeleton of the structure.
HIKARU still stands in the same spot where he has killed
BODOLZA.

HIKARU: Skull One to Delta One; mission accomplished. I'm coming home.

MISA: (Overjoyed) This is Delta One...acknowledged!

GLOVAL and members of the bridge crew slump in their chairs
with relief. The war is over. Throughout the MACROSS and
MACROSS CITY, people cheer at the top of their lungs.
Meanwhile, on the bridge of BRITAI'S SHIP...

EXEDOR: The real hardship starts now.

BRITAI: (Brought out of his thoughts) Hmm?

EXEDOR: Even in this galaxy alone, there are supposed to be over a
thousands fleets lead by mobile fortresses of Bodolza-and
Lapramiz-class in action.

BRITAI: But a single song could bring all this change. We can only
believe in the power of Culture.

From her position on the stage below the bridge, MINMAY looks
up and meets MISA'S gaze. They stare, smiling at each other.
MINMAY holds up her hand, waving the song sheet with MISA'S
translation. MISA replies in silence.

CLAUDIA: (To MISA) What was that song, after all?

MISA: Just a popular tune.

CLAUDIA: A tune?

MISA: Just an ordinary love song that was popular in the aliens'
city tens of thousands of years ago.

Later, MINMAY stands alone on a dark stage, deep in thought,
tapping the toe of one shoe in time with the beat she is saying aloud.

MINMAY: (Tapping her foot) One, two, three, four...one, two, three, four...

She goes on like this for several seconds and then explodes
into one final song, the closing theme for the film. The
accompanying band is almost assuredly a mixture of human and
ZENTRADI musicians. HIKARU and MISA are probably in the
audience, newly wed or engaged, enjoying their anonymity in
the crowd for the time being.

MINMAY: One, two, three, four...AH ONE TWO!

SONG LYRICS:
When I look up at the sky,
Breathing in the shining wind,
that Lands on the window sash reflecting the twilight,
And my heart the unhappy incidents stained blue
I will repaint with the angel's paint,
Any way I want.
When we first met, I was even drawn to Space.
Without noticing the love that always protected me,
I said good-bye to you, and
"I love you."
Will this feeling become tears
If I look away, everything will leave me.
The eternal light will sometime invite me.
And my heart the unhappy incidents stained blue
I will repaint with the angel's paint,
Any way I want.


* * * * END * * * *


SPECIAL THANKS: We, Mike Thomas and Tom Mitchell, would like to the
Shogakukan Publishing Company for the publication of the book
MACROSS MOVIE DELUXE and MACROSS: DO YOU STILL REMEMBER LOVE on
laser video disc. Without these two items, this translation
would have been a real pain in the...well, anyway, thanks. Also,
thanks to the folks that have written or published translations
and explanations of this movie before us. It is your work that
made us try to do better.

SPECIAL DEDICATION FROM TOM: I would like to thank the following
folks and organizations for their help in introducing me to and
helping me with this fantastic exploration into the world of
Anime, and the Japanese language. Without these people, I would
still be just a ROBOTECH fan... never knowing the fun that
Japanese anime has brought me.

THANKS TO: Takayuki Karahashi, Gordon Barbay, Doug Quinn,
CompuServe's Comic Book and Animation Forum, George <the SysOp>
(of the Comic Forum), The Macross Fan Club, Steve Bennett,
Marilyn Morey, Craig Mercer, Ray Pelzer, and all the other folks
that hang out at our Sunday night anime conferences on the Comic
Book and Animation Forum, Kodansha International, Books Nippan,
Wyvern Web Graphics, and most of all: HAL, YAS, Miyazaki, and
all the other folks involved with anime in Japan who work so
hard entertaining us with their fantastic skills and
imagination.

 

Oro!

Thanks Cloud this script is awesome ^_^