1. It was the year 1999.Copy !req
2. It was the year 1999.Copy !req
3. The object that had suddenly come
screaming from the heavensCopy !req
4. was a gigantic space battleship
over 1,200 meters in length.Copy !req
5. The ship's technology was far in
advance of mankind's own,Copy !req
6. and while no trace of alien beings
could be found aboard,Copy !req
7. it was clear that life did indeed
exist beyond our planetCopy !req
8. and that it had made the
stars its battlefield.Copy !req
9. This prompted both the founding of the
Earth United Nations Government,Copy !req
10. which would take precedence over the
interests of the individual nations,Copy !req
11. and a concerted effort to restore
the giant spacecraft.Copy !req
12. But the road to establishing the Earth U.N.
Government was by no means an easy one,Copy !req
13. and pockets of intense fighting
sprang up across the world.Copy !req
14. Despite this, restoration of the
battleship progressed steadily.Copy !req
15. Finally, the long and painful
Unification Wars came to an end,Copy !req
16. and the Earth was once again at peace.Copy !req
17. In time, this wrecked craft of alien design
was rebuilt by human hands,Copy !req
18. and given new life as the giant
battleship, Macross.Copy !req
19. It is now ten years since the Macross
crash-landed on Earth.Copy !req
20. That thunderbolt which pierced the mighty skiesCopy !req
21. And struck the EarthCopy !req
22. Was let looseCopy !req
23. To awaken us, the young mankindCopy !req
24. Macross! Macross!Copy !req
25. Even as they protect their loved onesCopy !req
26. The youths who have bravely taken a standCopy !req
27. Will set out on their continuing fightCopy !req
28. Will you love me tomorrow?Copy !req
29. Slicing through the darkness they fly towardCopy !req
30. That blue planet that shines in the distanceCopy !req
31. Macross! Macross!Copy !req
32. Macross!Copy !req
33. What is it, Mr. Mayor?Copy !req
34. I was just thinking, I've looked up
at the Macross for so long,Copy !req
35. and today, it'll be leaving
our sight for good.Copy !req
36. Still, I wonder if that huge
thing will even fly?Copy !req
37. And I wonder what will happen
to our local businesses?Copy !req
38. There goes one of the Macross proponents,
and a VIP to boot.Copy !req
39. He's probably headed for the launch
ceremony, don't you think?Copy !req
40. What's with you, Captain Global?
You have a hangover or something?Copy !req
41. The citizens are out here to celebrate
the launch of your ship.Copy !req
42. Why don't you try showing
some appreciation?Copy !req
43. Huh?Copy !req
44. Oh! 1st Lieutenant Hayase!Copy !req
45. It looks like the captain has
reached the stage.Copy !req
46. There's still fifteen minutes until
the ceremony starts.Copy !req
47. We might just make it.Copy !req
48. I wonder what the captain has
been doing this whole time?Copy !req
49. He was probably out partying,
don't you think?Copy !req
50. He left last night saying something about
the Earth Defense Committee.Copy !req
51. That sly old fox!Copy !req
52. Not that you would do anything like that.Copy !req
53. Oh? Whatever do you mean?
Not that you would do anything like that.Copy !req
54. Oh? Whatever do you mean?Copy !req
55. You and Major Focker came home
together this morning.Copy !req
56. He's quite the celebrity, you know.Copy !req
57. Getting home late won't affect my performance.Copy !req
58. You may be fine, but the major has to
fly escort for the Macross later!
Getting home late won't affect my performance.Copy !req
59. You may be fine, but the major has to
fly escort for the Macross later!Copy !req
60. Oh, that man can drink all night
and it won't even faze him.Copy !req
61. He always brags about shooting down five
fighters in the Unification Wars while hung over.Copy !req
62. Even so, if something were to happen...Copy !req
63. He'll be fine! I guarantee it!
Even so, if something were to happen...Copy !req
64. He'll be fine! I guarantee it!Copy !req
65. Or perhaps you'd like to take him off my hands!Copy !req
66. You can have him! He's all yours!Copy !req
67. Wow! Even our 1st Lieutenant
is interested in men!Copy !req
68. I had no idea!Copy !req
69. What a terrible thing to say!Copy !req
70. To think, 1st Lieutenant Hayase, the top
graduate from the academy, is...Copy !req
71. Why, you!Copy !req
72. Look! The screen's picked up something.
Why, you!Copy !req
73. Look! The screen's picked up something.Copy !req
74. Small craft approaching on heading 1057,
please state your affiliation, over.Copy !req
75. This is Hikaru Ichijo, invitation
number 1021. Over.Copy !req
76. Confirmed. You were invited
by Major Focker, I see.Copy !req
77. Please proceed along heading 1069, over.Copy !req
78. Roger!Copy !req
79. We will now present an aerobatics
demonstration performed byCopy !req
80. the newest, most powerful of
The Valkyrie!Copy !req
81. Commentary will be provided by Major Roy
Focker, ace pilot of the Unification Wars!Copy !req
82. Please keep your eyes on planes 2 and 4.Copy !req
83. They will pass each other at 950 km/h,
only 20 meters above the ground!Copy !req
84. What's more, the two planes will be
just a few meters apart!Copy !req
85. Hikaru! Get the hell outta there!Copy !req
86. I know that voice... Sempai!Copy !req
87. It's been a while! How are you?Copy !req
88. "How are you?" You ass!Copy !req
89. Hikaru! What's the big idea,
puttering around up there?Copy !req
90. Huh? That's pretty cold, considering you were
the one who sent me the invitation!Copy !req
91. Nobody asked you to come buzzing in
here in a propeller plane!Copy !req
92. It's perfectly safe.Copy !req
93. Cut the crap! Besides, you could never keep
up with me, so don't go talking all big!Copy !req
94. I won't be in your shadow forever, Sempai.Copy !req
95. What?Copy !req
96. That idiot!Copy !req
97. Damn it!Copy !req
98. Sempai!Copy !req
99. When did you get so good at...Copy !req
100. I mean, what the hell was that
little stunt just now?Copy !req
101. It was just a boost to an inverted climb.
You taught me that yourself.Copy !req
102. Still, those military pilots were
all pretty good too.Copy !req
103. Look, kid, don't get cocky
just because you wonCopy !req
104. the Amateur Pilot Competition
two or three times.Copy !req
105. Would you mind adding the
other four times too?Copy !req
106. Seven times? Big deal!Copy !req
107. In the Unification Wars, I shot
down more than 180 planes!Copy !req
108. Murderer!Copy !req
109. "Murderer?" Look, it's not
like I had a choice!Copy !req
110. I was just doing my job.Copy !req
111. But you made a promise to
my dad, didn't you?Copy !req
112. That you'd come back to the team
once the war was over.Copy !req
113. I let your dad down, and I'm sorry.Copy !req
114. But once you've flown a fighter plane...Copy !req
115. Well, if you rode one for yourself,
you'd understand.Copy !req
116. You sure have changed, Sempai.Copy !req
117. Cola! I wanna have a cola!Copy !req
118. No! I'm not going to buy you any!Copy !req
119. You just had some juice a while ago!Copy !req
120. Cola! Cola!
You just had some juice a while ago!Copy !req
121. Cola! Cola!Copy !req
122. It'll make you want to go to the bathroom! No!Copy !req
123. I gotta pee!Copy !req
124. You see? Here we go already!
I gotta pee!Copy !req
125. You see? Here we go already!Copy !req
126. I'm gonna pee my pants!Copy !req
127. Oh, gosh!Copy !req
128. That's the one thing about you
that hasn't changed!Copy !req
129. Their de-fold signature was tracked
here, to this planet?Copy !req
130. That is correct, Sir.Copy !req
131. Any sign of are-fold?Copy !req
132. No, we have detected no indications
of a second hyperspace jump.Copy !req
133. But they should've been withdrawing
from this system eight Terms ago.Copy !req
134. It's probably some other downed vessel.Copy !req
135. That is a possibility.Copy !req
136. Send out a recon ship.Copy !req
137. This is one of those new fighters,
like the ones from before!Copy !req
138. Hikaru, you wanna take this baby up?Copy !req
139. Can I really?Copy !req
140. I'll be in the back seat with you.Copy !req
141. Well? This is one of those fighter
planes you hate so much.Copy !req
142. It all depends on who's using it!Copy !req
143. Whatever you say, smart guy.Copy !req
144. The Macross has ushered in vast
improvements in individual welfare,Copy !req
145. and has profoundly contributed to
the development of humankind.Copy !req
146. Once the Macross is launched, Earth's
defenses will finally be complete...Copy !req
147. Captain Global...
Once the Macross is launched, Earth's
defenses will finally be complete...Copy !req
148. We've just received a message
from Space Carrier ARMD I.Copy !req
149. They've detected anomalies in
the gravitational field,Copy !req
150. and luminescent phenomena
originating in lunar orbit.Copy !req
151. Gravitational anomalies and
luminescent phenomena?Copy !req
152. It's just like ten years ago...Copy !req
153. When the Macross arrived.Copy !req
154. Let's get to the bridge.Copy !req
155. Now, let me introduce the commander
of the Macross, Captain Global!Copy !req
156. Where are you going, Captain? Captain!Copy !req
157. What's going on?Copy !req
158. What is it?Copy !req
159. Look! The ship's original systems have
just powered themselves up!Copy !req
160. Huh?Copy !req
161. Oh, no! It's switched to firing mode!Copy !req
162. Shut down all systems!Copy !req
163. I can't! They're not responding!Copy !req
164. What is going on?Copy !req
165. The main cannon is activating!Copy !req
166. So it was hiding on the planet after all.Copy !req
167. Attention all ships!
Advance into the strike zone!Copy !req
168. The... The ship's systems are back
under our control, Captain.Copy !req
169. Now that was one flashy salute!Copy !req
170. Don't tell me...
I'm gonna go check things out.Copy !req
171. Hikaru, you stay right here!Copy !req
172. Sempai!Copy !req
173. This is a Star-class code.Copy !req
174. The beam from the main cannon has
destroyed what appears to have beenCopy !req
175. a spaceship in lunar orbit,
at a range of 280,000 km.Copy !req
176. Several additional spacecraft
are now closing in rapidly!Copy !req
177. Captain!Copy !req
178. We fell for it!Copy !req
179. It was a booby trap!Copy !req
180. Booby trap?Copy !req
181. German troops often used them
during the Second World War.Copy !req
182. They would hide explosives in things
that would get attention,Copy !req
183. like pens or guns, and then they'd retreat,
leaving those things behind.Copy !req
184. When somebody picked the
object up, boom!Copy !req
185. I'll bet the aliens that crashed
this ship devised a programCopy !req
186. that set up an automatic defense system.Copy !req
187. Captain!Copy !req
188. Smoking isn't allowed on the bridge!Copy !req
189. Oh, brother...Copy !req
190. Shammy!
Oh, brother...Copy !req
191. I know that!
I was just keeping it in my mouth!Copy !req
192. All hands, Level One combat alert!Copy !req
193. What were those weapons just now?Copy !req
194. Well, perhaps...Copy !req
195. Out with it!Copy !req
196. But no, it couldn't be.Copy !req
197. Two enemy vessels approaching!Copy !req
198. We believe they are the craft that
launched the weapons just now!Copy !req
199. Crush them!Copy !req
200. They don't seem to be part of
the Supervision Army.Copy !req
201. Plow through them!Copy !req
202. Message from ARMD II.Copy !req
203. ARMD I is out of commission, and ARMD II
has sustained minor damage.Copy !req
204. The enemy fleet has broken through
the space defense perimeterCopy !req
205. and is headed straight for us.Copy !req
206. At the Space Defense Council yesterday,Copy !req
207. it was decided that if the Macross
launched into space todayCopy !req
208. and were to in time to encounter
an alien species,Copy !req
209. under no circumstances were
we to initiate hostilities.Copy !req
210. How ironic...Copy !req
211. Launch all fighters!Copy !req
212. Roger! All fighters, launch!Copy !req
213. We are currently engaged in
hostilities with alien forces.Copy !req
214. This is not a drill!Copy !req
215. I repeat, this is not a drill!Copy !req
216. Another war, huh? It's been two years!Copy !req
217. Ghost Squadron, launch complete!Copy !req
218. Major Focker! Launch Valkyrie Squadron!Copy !req
219. Roger!Copy !req
220. What? They're completely disorganized!Copy !req
221. This must surely be a primitive species.Copy !req
222. So they did find a Supervision Army ship.Copy !req
223. What's this?Copy !req
224. I have no memory of this type of vessel.Copy !req
225. No memory? But you're the Chief Archivist.Copy !req
226. What's more, it seems to resemble
the weapons of this planet.Copy !req
227. You can't mean that they
found this ship and...Copy !req
228. Restored it. Yes, it's quite possible.Copy !req
229. Preposterous!Copy !req
230. I can't believe that such a primitive species
could possibly possess the lost technology!Copy !req
231. It fits the facts. It would also explain
the missiles we saw earlier.Copy !req
232. The legendary...Copy !req
233. Reaction weaponry.Copy !req
234. And if that's the case, we cannot
simply destroy them outright.Copy !req
235. Gnerl target pinpointed. Now launching!Copy !req
236. VT-102!Copy !req
237. VT-102 on the display grounds!
Why haven't you taken off yet?Copy !req
238. VT-102?Copy !req
239. Huh?Copy !req
240. Stop fooling around! Take off at once!Copy !req
241. This is a war situation!Copy !req
242. Take off? But the runway's a mess!Copy !req
243. Oh, well...Copy !req
244. Here goes nothing!Copy !req
245. This is Skull Leader.Copy !req
246. Attention, all fighters in
Sepia and Mont squadrons:Copy !req
247. Scatter and take down the
enemy in zone 428!Copy !req
248. Sempai!Copy !req
249. Sempai Focker! Where are you?Copy !req
250. Is that you, Hikaru?Copy !req
251. When did you become a fighter pilot?Copy !req
252. Get real! Like I'd ever become a fighter.Copy !req
253. Hey! What's going on? Hikaru!Copy !req
254. You okay?Copy !req
255. I think so.Copy !req
256. Calm down, Hikaru. What happened to that
hotshot attitude you had earlier?Copy !req
257. Say, Hikaru. Flying in formation like this
feels just like the old days, don't it?Copy !req
258. How can you be so laid-back
at a time like this?Copy !req
259. I was always in front, and you'd be
puttering around behind me, right?Copy !req
260. I told you before, didn, t I?
I'm not gonna be in your shadow forever!Copy !req
261. That's the spirit. Follow me!Copy !req
262. Hikaru!Copy !req
263. Damn!Copy !req
264. Damn it!Copy !req
265. I swore that when I died, it'd be during
a stunt, just like my dad.Copy !req
266. VT-102!Copy !req
267. You're on a collision course with us!
Veer off at once!Copy !req
268. It's no good!Copy !req
269. The rudders and spoilers are acting crazy,
and nothing else is responding!Copy !req
270. Why don't you just change to configuration B?Copy !req
271. Configuration B?Copy !req
272. You don't know what that is?Copy !req
273. But that would mean...Copy !req
274. Okay, pull the B switch on the left of
your console and engage ACS!Copy !req
275. Understood!Copy !req
276. Huh?Copy !req
277. I'm saved.Copy !req
278. Still not clear what's happening around him,
Ichijo finds himself drawn into the conflict.Copy !req
279. Amidst the flames of battle awaits a
fateful encounter: Lynn Minmay.Copy !req
280. Hikaru has no way of knowing
just how importantCopy !req
281. this beautiful young girl will become.Copy !req
282. I won't follow anymoreCopy !req
283. The shadow you cast as you run awayCopy !req
284. We all keep runningCopy !req
285. But we still can't see the goalCopy !req
286. What awaits us after today?Copy !req
287. What awaits us beyond tomorrow?Copy !req
288. Even now, I keep running towardCopy !req
289. The light that shines so far awayCopy !req