1. Wh-What the heck is this?Copy !req
2. Tsubame, I'm a huge fan!Copy !req
3. Hey! Thanks for your support.Copy !req
4. I'm rooting for you!Copy !req
5. Whoa... Whoa, whoa, whoa!Copy !req
6. Asakusa?Copy !req
7. I found a robot!Copy !req
8. A robot?Copy !req
9. It was under a sheet, but the
shape was a giant robot.Copy !req
10. I could tell where the head and shoulders were!Copy !req
11. Something is definitely going on in this school!Copy !req
12. Let's go! I wanna see it, too!Copy !req
13. Mizusaki, it's a bad idea to just waltz in.Copy !req
14. I don't see anything.Copy !req
15. Huh... It's gone.Copy !req
16. "Iron Giant—"Copy !req
17. There's a bunch of robot books over here!Copy !req
18. Wait.Copy !req
19. Look at the floor. These are robot footprints!Copy !req
20. Who are you two?Copy !req
21. Out the window we go!Copy !req
22. Mizusaki's down...Copy !req
23. Mysterious pursuers, a missing robot...Copy !req
24. And Mizusaki, who has been captured!Copy !req
25. I had thought this was going
to be giant robot sci-fi,Copy !req
26. but now it's got the scent
of robot crime instead.Copy !req
27. The left side of the iron giant...
It's bigger than I thought!Copy !req
28. It really is giant robot sci-fi!Copy !req
29. A lost civilization existed
in ancient Shibahama! Maybe.Copy !req
30. Do those mysterious footprints point
to the existence of a giant robot?Copy !req
31. The Asakusa Expedition Series:Copy !req
32. "Speculating on the Whole Body
Based on the Footprint."Copy !req
33. The robot!Copy !req
34. Something about how plain it looks
makes it more realistic, and scary.Copy !req
35. Like, it'd barely be able to walk. It's so blocky!Copy !req
36. And it's got an action camera for an eye!Copy !req
37. Weapons development is behind schedule.Copy !req
38. Kanamori?Copy !req
39. Would this really be able to kill them?Copy !req
40. We're not bloodthirsty.
Suppression is good enough.Copy !req
41. So...Copy !req
42. No weapons, then?Copy !req
43. Mizusaki!Copy !req
44. She's been brainwashed...
I can't believe they got her!Copy !req
45. It's now clear that 66%
of the Eizouken's membersCopy !req
46. are involved with this giant robot!Copy !req
47. But wait... the way things are going,Copy !req
48. the two of them being bad
guys could be a red herring,Copy !req
49. when in reality, I'm the real
bad guy! And I have amnesia!Copy !req
50. It can shoot a rocket from its arm.Copy !req
51. Nice. Can you fire it?Copy !req
52. No, not here. It'd be too dangerous.Copy !req
53. Hey, it hit somebody!Copy !req
54. Wait, Asakusa?Copy !req
55. Aw, shoot! Someone get a towel!Copy !req
56. As usual, she has incredible timing.Copy !req
57. What the heck is that thing?Copy !req
58. This is Talos.Copy !req
59. A giant model robot that's been passed
down through the robot club's history,Copy !req
60. and although it's undergone modifications,
it dates back over 100 years!Copy !req
61. The robot club's roots can be
traced back to the late 1800s,Copy !req
62. before anyone knew what a "robot" was,Copy !req
63. with a collection of individuals
who studied French culture,Copy !req
64. and were fascinated with "The Future Eve."Copy !req
65. With the dawn of the 1900s, Japan created
Asia's first robot, Gakutensoku,Copy !req
66. which led to a shift in the
group's focus to giant robots.Copy !req
67. And after basing their first model
on the robot from 1952'sCopy !req
68. The King and the Mockingbird,
it's continued to be modified...Copy !req
69. To this very day!Copy !req
70. They've just been changing the head—Copy !req
71. Don't!Copy !req
72. What are you two doing here, anyway?Copy !req
73. They're hiring us to make an
anime based on this robot.Copy !req
74. Robot! Anime! Fun...Copy !req
75. Wait, what's the catch?Copy !req
76. If nothing else, we'll be getting paid.Copy !req
77. You're such a money-grubber!Copy !req
78. Bam!Copy !req
79. You accept money in order to
accept responsibility for a job!Copy !req
80. Pay exists to ensure a
quality standard for labor.Copy !req
81. If we're accepting money for this job,Copy !req
82. it means we have an obligation
to deliver to a certain standard.Copy !req
83. Which sounds more wholesome:Copy !req
84. accepting money for something
and being responsible for it,Copy !req
85. or not getting paid and not
caring how it turns out?Copy !req
86. Yeah, but wouldn't not
having to worry about moneyCopy !req
87. and just making anime be the best?Copy !req
88. I was thinking that!Copy !req
89. Absolutely not!Copy !req
90. It's 3.5 meters in height,Copy !req
91. weighs 4.7 tons, and can
move at up to 70 km/h...Copy !req
92. That's fast... Wait, this thing can run?Copy !req
93. Nah, that ain't happening.
It's got no power source.Copy !req
94. It says they want it to fight a giant monster.Copy !req
95. I don't see how it can be all that giant.Copy !req
96. I mean... three meters is pretty big!Copy !req
97. Building-sized giant monsters are unrealistic!Copy !req
98. I dunno about buildings, but a
giraffe is taller than this thing.Copy !req
99. If the monster is only three meters tall,Copy !req
100. wouldn't a heavy machine gun do the job?Copy !req
101. Shooting in the middle of
the city is too dangerous,Copy !req
102. so they need the robot to take it down!Copy !req
103. Wouldn't ramming it with a truck be easier?Copy !req
104. It says that the monster has a heat attack.Copy !req
105. Okay, now that is unrealistic!Copy !req
106. Maybe a fire-breathing giraffe...Copy !req
107. I'd like to get a broad estimate on the budget,Copy !req
108. No, it could be a rhino that threatens
to burn the whole city down.Copy !req
109. so I can break down the time frame
and the work hours involved.Copy !req
110. Like how the Asian bombardier beetle canCopy !req
111. emit a gas that's over 100 degrees Celsius.Copy !req
112. Seriously?Copy !req
113. You'd need a machine gun for sure.Copy !req
114. Y'know, "massive frontal profile"Copy !req
115. It'll also help with my analysis,
which is already under way,Copy !req
116. is basically giant humanoid
robots in a nutshell.Copy !req
117. and knowing exactly how much
more I need to figure out.Copy !req
118. Having an opening in the front
would be like an exposed weakness,Copy !req
119. so wouldn't it make more sense
for the hatch to be on the back?Copy !req
120. These...Copy !req
121. girls...Copy !req
122. are...Copy !req
123. annoying!Copy !req
124. KeepCopy !req
125. YourCopy !req
126. HandsCopy !req
127. OffCopy !req
128. Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!Copy !req
129. Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!Copy !req
130. Is this it?Copy !req
131. Seems like it.Copy !req
132. Man, it goes so far down!Copy !req
133. This underground pit is supposed
to predate the school's construction.Copy !req
134. Why, exactly?Copy !req
135. They built it beforehand to make it easier
to maintain pipes and the like.Copy !req
136. This is absolutely the kind of
place a creature would pop up!Copy !req
137. Are you scared, Asakusa?Copy !req
138. All right, let's start scouting the location
for our robot-versus-monster battle!Copy !req
139. But I don't like being scared!Copy !req
140. You're the one who wanted to
stage the battle down here.Copy !req
141. And we're already stuck.Copy !req
142. It's rusted shut.Copy !req
143. I think I've got some oil...Copy !req
144. Scared...Copy !req
145. Well, it didn't open! Let's leave!Copy !req
146. There's no such thing as
a door that doesn't open.Copy !req
147. A door's whole job is opening.Copy !req
148. So do your damn job!Copy !req
149. Classic Kanamori! She can even get
inanimate objects to fall in line.Copy !req
150. Considering this isn't live action,
is location scouting really necessary?Copy !req
151. Experience makes a difference.Copy !req
152. For the record, I'm not here
to play explorer with you two.Copy !req
153. It helps stoke...Copy !req
154. the imagination.Copy !req
155. Seems pretty... haunted down here, huh?Copy !req
156. Hey, it's those shoes for kids
that light up when you walk!Copy !req
157. We're looking for monsters,
not ghosts! Get serious!Copy !req
158. Oh, I'm sorry! What else do
you have in that bag, Asakusa?Copy !req
159. I'm not saying!Copy !req
160. Would you two please focus on this?Copy !req
161. We're going to have the spotlight
at the culture festival.Copy !req
162. You didn't mention that!Copy !req
163. The theme this year is robots, so the
robot club will be the big stars.Copy !req
164. We're doing a promotional video for them,
which will be good for us, too.Copy !req
165. That's a pretty big spotlight!Copy !req
166. I'd settle for a desk lamp.Copy !req
167. I've always preferred quiet places,
away from the lights.Copy !req
168. I thought you were afraid of the dark.Copy !req
169. If you want people to appreciate your work,
it needs to see the light of day.Copy !req
170. Isn't that the exact opposite
of what we're doing right now?Copy !req
171. And for the record, dark places
don't bother me. Creepy ones do!Copy !req
172. Those boards are gonna break!
Walk along the walls!Copy !req
173. It'll be fine.Copy !req
174. But they sound so dull. And soft.Copy !req
175. They're rotten!Copy !req
176. If there's a big hole underneath, we'll be dead!Copy !req
177. It looks like there's more space up ahead.Copy !req
178. Fantastic! This place is perfect!Copy !req
179. You're taking pictures too, Mizusaki?Copy !req
180. Of course I am!Copy !req
181. There's background animation to consider,Copy !req
182. and the setting influences the movement!Copy !req
183. Like that beam that looks
like it could collapse!Copy !req
184. What exactly are you doing?Copy !req
185. Picturing the in-frame imagery, I bet.Copy !req
186. That looks an awful lot like screwing around.Copy !req
187. Well, it kind of is.Copy !req
188. We're making something fun.Copy !req
189. It's better to get out in the world
than stare at a blank sheet of paper.Copy !req
190. Locations like this feed your imagination.Copy !req
191. The things you experience
personally lead to originality.Copy !req
192. Do you follow?Copy !req
193. Over your fear of the dark now?Copy !req
194. I forgot until you reminded me.Copy !req
195. Asakusa!Copy !req
196. Come here for a sec!Copy !req
197. Whatcha want?Copy !req
198. I want the monster to blast out of here!Copy !req
199. From water?Copy !req
200. Yeah.Copy !req
201. From out of the mist it appears...Copy !req
202. A giant pistol crabtle!Copy !req
203. Is that the right size?Copy !req
204. It's a giant monster with
an arm like a pistol shrimp,Copy !req
205. that resembles both a crab and a turtle.Copy !req
206. By locking its open claw, flexing,
and then releasing the lock,Copy !req
207. the claws snap shut with a ton of force,
causing a powerful shock wave!Copy !req
208. It likes to eat Japanese alders
that grow in wetlands.Copy !req
209. They're generally pretty docile,
and in the old days,Copy !req
210. they helped the people of the wetlands
with trade and land development!Copy !req
211. That sounds more like livestock.Copy !req
212. It's endearing, though.Copy !req
213. Couldn't you turn it into roast crab
with a flamethrower, even without a robot?Copy !req
214. You're going to set the robot club off again.Copy !req
215. Asakusa, sometimes your focus on
realism can be pretty harsh on fiction.Copy !req
216. Facing it will be our robot!Copy !req
217. What should its weapon be?Copy !req
218. How about fighting with a chainsaw?Copy !req
219. Do you know how much work
those teeth are to draw?Copy !req
220. You can't tell them apart when
it's spinning, so it's fine.Copy !req
221. The handle!Copy !req
222. A recoil starter!Copy !req
223. The pistol crab's special attack
is the massive shock waveCopy !req
224. generated when it unlocks
its claw after flexing!Copy !req
225. That's kind of like a forehead flick.Copy !req
226. So the robot digs into the
ground with the chainsaw...Copy !req
227. And uses it to move faster!Copy !req
228. That's really intense! It seems super strong!Copy !req
229. Let's head back!Copy !req
230. You're just scared, aren't you?Copy !req
231. Asakusa—Copy !req
232. Hang on, don't push!Copy !req
233. We fell!Copy !req
234. I noticed.Copy !req
235. This is why I said to walk along the walls!Copy !req
236. We're lucky these leaves were here.Copy !req
237. And it's nice and warm.Copy !req
238. Let's calm down and call for―Copy !req
239. No reception.Copy !req
240. This place was used to dump leaves.Copy !req
241. And it's warm because the
leaves are fermenting!Copy !req
242. Which means there's gas everywhere...Copy !req
243. If we stay here for too long, we'll die!Copy !req
244. At times like this...Copy !req
245. You take out your rope,Copy !req
246. take a sock off,Copy !req
247. put your Swiss army knife in the sock,Copy !req
248. tie it to the rope, and throw it!Copy !req
249. Take out your collapsible shovel,Copy !req
250. pile up the leaves and dirt in one spot,Copy !req
251. to get some height...Copy !req
252. And escape!Copy !req
253. Holy cow.Copy !req
254. That's just who she is.Copy !req
255. Now that we've got our
suggestions for the setting,Copy !req
256. it's time for a meeting with the robot club.Copy !req
257. Did you get a haircut, Kanamori?Copy !req
258. I did.Copy !req
259. Girls, this is our first paid job!Copy !req
260. We'll need game faces on in there!Copy !req
261. I didn't know you could be so motivational.Copy !req
262. She's awkward in conversations,Copy !req
263. so she tries to sound quirky
as an emotional defense.Copy !req
264. Are you trying to make me more defensive?Copy !req
265. The deal is basically done already,Copy !req
266. so the presentation should
be a piece of cake.Copy !req
267. We won't try to sell them
on our own suggestions,Copy !req
268. but instead, choose one of
their suggestions to work on,Copy !req
269. all while nudging things in
the direction we want to take.Copy !req
270. Do you think they'll get mad again?Copy !req
271. It's not an actual disagreement,Copy !req
272. so as long as they think they're in charge,
it'll be a pretty smooth process.Copy !req
273. But for the worst case scenario...
It wouldn't hurt to have an advantage.Copy !req
274. I'll put my feelers out for blackmail bait.Copy !req
275. The eizouken is bad news!Copy !req
276. They're nothing but trouble!Copy !req
277. I heard them mention that nonsense
about frontal profiles myself!Copy !req
278. There goes Ono, again.Copy !req
279. Those girls don't even enjoy fictional robots!Copy !req
280. The entire reason we wanted this anime madeCopy !req
281. was to secure funding for our new giant robot!Copy !req
282. Yeah, but—Copy !req
283. And who are we partnered with?Copy !req
284. The kind of plebs that would make an
anime about a robot losing to a tank!Copy !req
285. Even though the entire point of giant
robots is that they're a fantasy!Copy !req
286. Here! This is the plan I've put together
to keep the eizouken under control!Copy !req
287. When did you have time to make this?Copy !req
288. We need to think seriously
about one thing!Copy !req
289. Our love for robots, which the
eizouken could never understand!Copy !req
290. And the beauty of that love, and our ideology!Copy !req
291. At this rate, we're going to be
responsible for a reprehensible anime,Copy !req
292. with the eizouken cooking up
something full of homing lasersCopy !req
293. Excuse us...Copy !req
294. Excuse us!Copy !req
295. No response.Copy !req
296. and sudden power ups, instead of realism!Copy !req
297. He is being loud.Copy !req
298. Ono...Copy !req
299. Wait, Ono!Copy !req
300. Before you said the whole appeal
of giant robots is the fantasy!Copy !req
301. Excuse us.Copy !req
302. We're here.Copy !req
303. Before that unrealistic nonsense gets made,Copy !req
304. we need to find some advantage
over the eizouken!Copy !req
305. Well, our client certainly
doesn't seem to trust us.Copy !req
306. Forgive me...Copy !req
307. Such a lack of faith.Copy !req
308. There have been times when this sort of
thing could get you executed, you know?Copy !req
309. I think I'll make a record
of this, for future use.Copy !req
310. Kanamori is really good at negotiating.Copy !req
311. I don't know if that's what I'd call it.Copy !req
312. Your tea.Copy !req
313. We've got our documents right here.Copy !req
314. Right...Copy !req
315. Asakusa, you can show them the actual proposal.Copy !req
316. Oh, right.Copy !req
317. The idea is for it to take place on
the Shibahama High School campus.Copy !req
318. All right...Copy !req
319. Next are the details on the giant monster.Copy !req
320. Is that a turtle?Copy !req
321. I-It's a crabtle.Copy !req
322. From combining crab and turtle... crabtle.Copy !req
323. It can generate shock waves with
its claws, and has a heat attack.Copy !req
324. Underwater, it can create
cavitation by closing its claws,Copy !req
325. which results in sonoluminescence,Copy !req
326. the plasma from which reaches
a temperature of 5000 degrees Kelvin...Copy !req
327. And a pressure of 1000 millibars.Copy !req
328. W-Whoa, isn't that a little extreme?Copy !req
329. It's an ability taken from pistol shrimps,
which live in the Atlantic Ocean.Copy !req
330. Since it's 507.3 times the size,
its abilities increase proportionately.Copy !req
331. The robot sticks the chainsaw on its right armCopy !req
332. into the ground in order to move at high speeds.Copy !req
333. This is great, Ono.Copy !req
334. Doesn't sound like there are
any last minute power-ups,Copy !req
335. but it's just fantastical enough that—Copy !req
336. This is all wrong!Copy !req
337. It can't have a flashy weapon like a chainsaw!Copy !req
338. And it sounds like there's too much action!Copy !req
339. I thought the robot club's goal was
preaching the merits of down-to-earth,Copy !req
340. real robot aesthetics!Copy !req
341. But real robots are more like...Copy !req
342. Not what I meant!Copy !req
343. The big ones! That people pilot!Copy !req
344. Then...Copy !req
345. Not that, either!Copy !req
346. It has to be humanoid and piloted by someone!Copy !req
347. And it fights!Copy !req
348. It needs to be realistic! Like in
real life! A real-life giant robot!Copy !req
349. Realistically speaking, I thought it
was generally accepted that humanoid robotsCopy !req
350. exceeding a certain size
have really limited uses.Copy !req
351. It's true that human-scale
ones could do more jobs.Copy !req
352. They'd be more versatile, I guess.Copy !req
353. It's frustrating, really.Copy !req
354. Even when tanks stop being useful,Copy !req
355. it won't mean bipedal robots being deployed.Copy !req
356. They'll probably just make stronger tanks.Copy !req
357. Yeah, realistically speaking,
they'd probably evacuate the townCopy !req
358. and then bring out the tanks.Copy !req
359. People who want to make robots
because of anime run into that factCopy !req
360. sooner or later...Copy !req
361. But what we're after has always been
the machines we've admired in movies,Copy !req
362. manga, light novels, and anime.Copy !req
363. So it's reality that doesn't
care about humanoid robots.Copy !req
364. Come to think of it, there are
fewer giant robot anime lately...Copy !req
365. Should I have not brought that up?Copy !req
366. Yep.Copy !req
367. I get it.Copy !req
368. I know it's actually impossible!Copy !req
369. I realize that... it's probably impossible.Copy !req
370. But I still want to pilot a robot, okay?Copy !req
371. So much I could die! Damn it!Copy !req
372. "Anything one man can imagine,
another man can make real"?Copy !req
373. Screw whoever said that!Copy !req
374. Even if it's possible, if it
doesn't happen during my lifetime,Copy !req
375. then that Wells guy sold me a bill of goods!Copy !req
376. I can see it right now when I close my eyes...Copy !req
377. And when I try to think about it
realistically, it becomes contradictory!Copy !req
378. I hate how it puts me in this place
where all I can do is dream!Copy !req
379. I hate it so damn much!Copy !req
380. I see now.Copy !req
381. He's not making sense because he
can't visualize the finished product.Copy !req
382. That makes him so anxious,Copy !req
383. all he can manage is a passionate
plea full of incoherent ranting.Copy !req
384. If we present a calm response,Copy !req
385. it should calm him down
and make controlling them—Copy !req
386. I wanna travel to the fringes of space!Copy !req
387. I cry in the bath every night
about how big the universe is!Copy !req
388. I try to do a Hadoken every night before bed!Copy !req
389. You two are crying now?Copy !req
390. I like to imagine I'm in a cockpit
when I'm on the toilet...Copy !req
391. Comrade!Copy !req
392. I have huge problems with people who
solve problems with emotional appeals.Copy !req
393. All right, let's modify this robot together!Copy !req
394. You mentioned having the hatch
in the front would be a weakness,Copy !req
395. and moving it to the back would help, right?Copy !req
396. In the name of high adventure,Copy !req
397. we're going to keep it in the front,
like your actual model Talos.Copy !req
398. Plus...Copy !req
399. You can do a shot reverse shot
with the pilot and robot.Copy !req
400. Like this...Copy !req
401. Which makes for a really cool
depiction of two pilots talking!Copy !req
402. I'm not so sure.Copy !req
403. I think having it open up
in front seems weaker, too.Copy !req
404. But the back of a robot
has to look cool, too!Copy !req
405. Okay, then.Copy !req
406. In that case, we'll ditch the
rule of cool on the hatch,Copy !req
407. and go for a safer choice.Copy !req
408. She's got a tendency to only enjoy workingCopy !req
409. when there's some odd line
of reasoning into it.Copy !req
410. Right here.Copy !req
411. Let's make the entrance on the top.Copy !req
412. That works.Copy !req
413. Next up is the cockpit.Copy !req
414. It's not a cockpit unless
it looks like this!Copy !req
415. Analog-style instruments.Copy !req
416. CRT monitors have good response time.Copy !req
417. The main monitor seems to have
a pretty wide range of vision.Copy !req
418. Is the camera in the mono-eye
really going to cut it?Copy !req
419. Should we add more?Copy !req
420. Cameras?Copy !req
421. Let's change it.Copy !req
422. Let's change the model and add some.Copy !req
423. We'll add more, and different, cameras!Copy !req
424. Copy that.Copy !req
425. The kind of cameras and sensors that
robots use are usually along these lines.Copy !req
426. So if we combine them...Copy !req
427. Cool!Copy !req
428. Lame!Copy !req
429. Okay, how about something like this?Copy !req
430. Ta-dah!Copy !req
431. It's got kind of a classic vibe.Copy !req
432. Time to activate!Copy !req
433. Are all these switches
actually helpful as controls?Copy !req
434. It shows that the people making robot animeCopy !req
435. ultimately put their faith in people!Copy !req
436. I'm disengaging the break!Copy !req
437. Starboard clear!Copy !req
438. Port side clear!Copy !req
439. All clear below!Copy !req
440. We're rising up! Please brace yourselves!Copy !req
441. Wasn't it standing already?Copy !req
442. Time to go for it!Copy !req
443. All at once?Copy !req
444. Oh man, I forgot seat belts!Copy !req
445. Those are important!Copy !req
446. We'll partially engage the clutch,
and then make our way up!Copy !req
447. That's a lot of Gs!Copy !req
448. Time to straighten up!Copy !req
449. It... It stood!Copy !req
450. I want a pile bunker!Copy !req
451. Okay!Copy !req
452. It'd be a good idea to change
the body to match the face!Copy !req
453. A hydraulic cutter! Snip!Copy !req
454. We've come this far, let's go harder!Copy !req
455. How about a drill?Copy !req
456. A boom-mounted cutting head!Copy !req
457. Is it a hole-digging robot now?Copy !req
458. This one, then!Copy !req
459. Those bits are for wood!Copy !req
460. Ah, you noticed.Copy !req
461. You realize the robot club is a
technical club, right? Of course I did!Copy !req
462. At least use one for metal!Copy !req
463. It's already got a chainsaw!
We're gonna need more arms.Copy !req
464. Can you even animate something
with all these add-ons?Copy !req
465. Why not just remove the legs and make it fly?Copy !req
466. That'd take the fun out of making it move!Copy !req
467. But... is it okay if we cover up the joints?Copy !req
468. It's done!Copy !req
469. Holy cow!Copy !req
470. It looks totally different.Copy !req
471. Isn't it kinda... elaborate?Copy !req
472. Are you sure you can animate this thing?Copy !req
473. We ended up with a blue-collar robot!Copy !req
474. But what'll happen next?Copy !req