I go to the darkness of the white forest's spring
To rid myself of memories
Many bitter fruits of the silverberry
And the sad fruit of the kusupia
In the garden full of black flowers
As my tears flow
It is these I must eat
A Tree of Palme
Original Story and Screenplay Takashi Nakamura
Art Director Mutsuo Koseki
Character Design Toshiyuki Inoue
Director of Animation Mamoru Sasaki
Color Design Kayoko Nishi
Animation Checker Kumiko Ohtani
Director of Photography Takashi Azuhata
Editor Shuichi Kakesu
Sound Director Masafumi Mima
Music Takashi Harada
Music Producer Shiro Sasaki
Animation Producer Katsumi Yamaguchi
Production GENCO INC.
Producer Taro Maki
Director Takashi Nakamura
There she is!
What happened? Where did she go?
Bola!
Hey, come on!
Did you see her?! She's a fiend!
She's been up to The Roof... to Touto and back.
To think this Sol Tribe warrior was a woman...
It's Palme, I'll bet...
He's woken up?
How many years has he been silent?
I'm an old man now...
so obsessed with a sap that doesn't exist...
I've lost track of time.
A niger triggerfish!
He's after it again!
Baron! There's going to be lightning!
No, Xian!
That's not crosskahla!
It's a stone! It's just a stone!
Snap out of it, Xian!
Xian!
No, Palme!
Silent once again...
You're made from kooloop wood.
Without your oil, you'll put down roots just standing in the sun...
like the trees out back.
I have no problem with you turning back into a tree,
but since I can't erase your memory...
I'm not certain what effect that would have.
The kooloop tree thrives on the particles of memory it draws up
from the remains of ancient civilizations buried in the soil.
What kind of grotesque monster would you become?
Xian!
I found it! Look, I found it!
A crow-snake egg...?
Wow, a crow-snake egg... where did you find it?
At the Pointed Rocks, just like you said!
Let's go there again when you get better.
It was very strange...
Look! I brought you kusupia flowers and berries! Bunches of them!! It was very strange...
Look! I brought you kusupia flowers and berries! Bunches of them!!
When you were feeling blue, Palme was out picking flowers,
making your meals, and running around full of energy.
Wasn't he, Xian?
Xian!
Ring...
Ring-a-ling...
Ring...
Ring-a-ling...
But the moment you died, he just stopped functioning.
Xian!
Here we go again...
Xian... Xian...
Palme!
Xian...
Is that an egg, Xian?
Palme's talking!
What kind of an egg? I'll take good care of it.
Wh-who are you? What are you doing in my house?
Koram. From Tamas.
Tamas? You're from Below?!
Wh-What are you doing here?!
I want the Egg of Touto delivered to Tamas.
Take this sap. It will keep the egg alive.
Don't talk nonsense! To go Below...
Look!
The light of crosskahla?!
It's her!
Th-This is...
Crosskahla.
What? Crosskahla?! I don't believe it!
Xian... Xian spent her life searching for that sap!
Xian...
It makes the same sound as the pendant you made to imitate it.
Let's go to the Pointed Rocks.
Xian!
Where did you get this? Does it still exist down Below?
In that condition, where could she have gone?
"The Egg of Touto"...
"The Egg of the Roof?" What could that mean?
Keep it down, will you? My boy's asleep.
Move, old man!
You old drunk!
Wake up, boy! C'mon!
What the hell?
It's a puppet!
Palme! My dear Palme!
This guy's giving me the creeps. Palme! My dear Palme!
This guy's giving me the creeps.
A Sol Tribe bag!
It was caught on the cliffs out back.
Where's the egg?
Gone, of course. Where's the egg?
Gone, of course.
Drat!
Where's the bola pointing?
I don't know. It's not reacting.
The crosskahla has the power of the sun that travels
across the roof of all Arcana.
It will awaken your dormant functions
and allow you to stay alive.
It's the sap I've been looking for, but it doesn't matter anymore.
You chase after the niger triggerfish
and call that woman "Xian" because you want to live.
I can't stop you now.
Listen to me, Palme. Deliver this for her.
Go and find your lost sense of purpose...
for her sake and for yours.
This is the life force she gave you.
Xian... what more could I possibly do?
Listen up! Try not to get too much sun.
And visit Cote Ploire someday.
Xian always wanted you to see the beautiful city she came from.
Wake up, Palme! Open your eyes! Open them...
Go Below, Palme!
"Palme?"
Go to Tamas, Palme!
"Tamas?"
Bolas! Stay real quiet!
They give me the creeps!
They'd be downright bad luck if they smelled of death. Scary!
Hey! Out of the way or I'll run you over!
It's Jamji!
Here he comes!
What the hell are you doing? Move! Move!
Of all the luck!
Out of the way! I can't get through!
Don't touch! I won't allow you to steal them!
Wow!
More locks every time!
Damn! I'll give Roualt the signal!
Damn you! Ow!
Pu's giving us the signal. Roualt!
How long does he intend to keep doing this?
What's Shatta thinking?
Stop complaining!
I'm saying it's childish! Here goes!
We're getting you out. Stay back.
Uh-oh!
He missed!
He won't be selling kids for a while!
Serves him right!
Come on!
Huh?
Hey! Quit dawdling or you'll get lost.
Did you hear me?
Forget that! Go home and you'll get sold off again.
Parents are worthless.
We're going to knock over the Boss of this town
and take Flamingo over. We've got big plans, see?
For that we need money.
We'll buy a kooloop tree and get rich off the oil!
Not so fast, Roualt...
Shatta!
The night patrol returns!
What a great haul!
Roualt, there's a trader at Gyariko's.
Darumaya? Great!
It's been a while since we've been able to see Gyariko's treasures.
That slug only opens his warehouse when she comes, so we gotta hurry!
Where were you, Pu? Hey, a crow-snake!
Come here! Where did you come from?
It's his. It goes wherever he does.
Who?
He says his name's Palme. Who?
He says his name's Palme.
One of those kids we rescued?
He's slow and completely useless. One of those kids we rescued?
He's slow and completely useless.
Palme! Don't you have somewhere you need to be? You'd better get going!
He kind of looks like us... Where are you from?
Stop it, Mu!
"Mu... "
If you pay attention to him, he'll never leave you alone. "Mu... "
If you pay attention to him, he'll never leave you alone.
We're going to Gyariko's.
A new guy?
Hey! Isn't this cool!
Let me have it. C'mon, what do you say?
Cut it out, Roualt! It's his!
Who cares?
In exchange we'll let him join our gang, right, Pu?
Join our gang?!
Take care of him. Let's go!
"Pu... "
What are you sulking about?!
And no playing cute!
Hello, Gyariko! How are you? It's Darumaya.
Don't just stand there, get in here!
Look! Gyariko's opened up his warehouse!
Wow!
Oh, you're such a tease, Gyariko!
It's true!
I was there all the time!
When Gala danced, every man in town would be there.
They were all so infatuated with you, no one would do any work!
That was years ago.
You dimwit! You need to show him those items too!
Where'd he go?!
It's been a while since the last time I saw you...
You've grown into quite a beautiful girl, haven't you?
Oh, that's right! I've got a present for you.
A tailor from Kumochi Forest brought it. It's very beautiful.
If Gala had worn it, it would've suited her perfectly.
Look!
What's wrong? Don't you like it?
It's a little big,
but soon you'll be as lovely as your mother.
Look! Isn't it beautiful?
Listen, Palme...
to survive in this town, you've got to listen to me.
It's for your own good!
To the fountain of the white forest...
What are you doing?!
Oh, no!
Well, well! What have we here? Who gave you this?
You don't have to tell me. But next time I hope you accept my gift too.
Ow! Settle down, Palme!
Don't worry! We'll get it back for you later! Ow! Settle down, Palme!
Don't worry! We'll get it back for you later!
What's going on?!
Pu dropped his pendant!
'Cause he's such a goof!
This place is hardly ever open!
Ow!
R- Roualt!
Roualt!
Stop it, Roualt!
Damn it! Let go of me!
Grab him! Damn it! Let go of me!
Grab him!
Take it easy, Roualt!
Shut up!
That's enough, Roualt! You'll kill him!
Let him die! Let go of me!
I told you he was weird! He acts like nothing happened!
He's sick.
I'd say he's probably in shock from being taken away from his parents.
Zakuro will make us some medicine.
Okay, but he's not joining the gang, all right?
A kooloop-tree puppet?!
I have to wear those gloves.
Sorry.
To Tamas, eh?
Many centuries have passed since the people of Arcana went Below.
Who knows if you could even reach there?
But Zakuro, the townspeople say that sometimes
you can see people from Below up here in Arcana.
Maybe there's a way out that we don't know about.
Speaking of kooloop trees...
They say there's an ancient kooloop tree in Tamas
that has miraculous powers.
Does that have anything to do with Palme?
I don't know. But he doesn't come from any ordinary kooloop tree.
I know!
We'll ask Shatta, he'll know! He came from Below!
I completely forgot about that. Right, Pu?
Pu? Huh?
His neck's full of wires!
You can see inside his head!
No wonder his head's so hard.
Cut it out, Roualt!
Pu! What did you tell them?!
Nothing!
Let's think about this, Mu.
We'll sell him for a good price to Gyariko.
He's eccentric. Once he sees the puppet, he'll pay whatever we want.
Uh-huh. Uh-huh. He's eccentric. Once he sees the puppet, he'll pay whatever we want.
Uh-huh. Uh-huh.
We could even trade him for a giant kooloop tree that gushes oil!
Whoa!
We're not finished talking just yet.
Pu...
"Ring-a-ling, ring-a-ling"...
What are you doing, Mu! That's kahla oil!
If you try to sell Palme, I'll set this on fire!
Careful, Mu!
Here, Shatta!
What's the matter, Mu? Calm down.
Shatta!
You'll be as bad as the grown-ups you hate!
Settle down, will you? It's just a kooloop-wood puppet.
But he's one of us!
Let's not fight. Even puppets don't want to get torn apart.
We're going to pawn him off on some rich sucker.
There's nothing wrong with that!
Roualt! You...
What's with this dagger?!
Where did you get it?
Uh, well...
Where?!
From him?
Don't move!
Hey! What happened?
What? What? Hey! What happened?
What? What?
Look! What's that light?!
Palme! Hurry!
This way!
Wait! Let me talk to him!
Mu! Wait! Mu!
Mother...
From Gyariko? Give it here.
I'm sorry!
Don't touch my clothes!
Gyariko sent you that.
Sending presents to little girls who haven't even grown breasts yet!
For Heaven's sake!
You're just like your father!
He never said a word. He always had that stupid grin on his face...
He had no stomach for anything, your father.
And now I'm stuck looking after the child I had with him.
This is what my life's become?!
Say something!
We're going to Toroi.
What?! You're going Below with this... thing?!
We can't just leave him like this!
So what'll happen to US?
We're the only family we've got!
What's wrong, Palme?
I go to the darkness of the white forest's spring
I go to rid myself of memories
Many bitter fruits of the silverberry
Xian! Many bitter fruits of the silverberry
And the sad fruit of the kusupia
Xian! Xian! And the sad fruit of the kusupia
In the garden full of black flowers
Xian, look! Lilias! In the garden full of black flowers
As my tears flow
Xian! Hey, Xian! As my tears flow
Xian? As my tears flow
Xian? It is these I must-
Xian?
Xian!
Palme!
I was calling you.
Didn't you hear me?
What's wrong with him?
That's right! The pendant!
Popo! Your pendant!
So you had it, Xian...
Palme?!
Thank goodness!
No!
Sing. Please? Sing for me.
Xian! Sing for me!
No!
I love it when you sing, Xian.
Xian!
Shatta, you saw that blue light that came from his neck, right?
That's some incredible oil!
Shatta?
Roualt, I'm taking this dagger.
Palme!
Xian! Xian! Xian!!
Ma'am!
Xian! Ma'am!
Xian!
Let him out!
Xian! Xian!
Please! He just mistook her for someone else!
You pests! Crickle! Get these runts off the ship!
You want to sell him!
The scholars of Toroi will go gaga for him.
There they are!
What the hell...?!
We're going to crash!
Pu! We're going to crash!
Pu!
Who are you?!
Xian! Xian! Xian!
Shatta!
They took Palme! Shatta!
They took Palme!
Xian!
Forget about that puppet!
You dummy! He means money!
Xian!!
What a day!
Crickle! Don't just stand there, get this boat moving!
Settle down!
Don't stop! Shake them off!
Damn it!
Xian!
The crest of Soma!
Damn!
He's caught!
Xian...
Where are you, Xian?
I'm coming to you!
It's inside him?!
I'm coming to you!
No... no... I'm not Xian.
I'm... I'm...
There's no mistaking it. That's the capsule Soma gave to the Sol Tribe!
So this is where she hid it!
The Egg of Touto's inside here!
I'll cut it out of him!
Damn it! The crosskahla's seeped into his body!
The oil preserving the egg will leak out if not removed carefully.
Let go of him!
A kid from Below?!
Tell me! Who gave you that dagger?!
Maggot!
Stop! Guns don't work on them! Hota! What are you doing?!
Damn you!
Xian's dead, Palme.
You don't have to bring her flowers...
or make her meals any more.
She doesn't need them.
Xian... is dead.
Baku! They're gathering around the bola! Stab it to death!
Your job's done. Go join your friends!
Hey! Hey!
Palme! Hey! Hey!
Palme!
He's wrecked!
Take him to the ship!
Shatta! Take him to the ship!
Shatta!
Is anyone here?!
Hey!
Roualt!
Pu! You double-crosser! I'll remember this!
The transformer's busted.
Damn! If that puppet falls into the hands of the scholars of Toroi,
they'll take the capsule apart!
Quick! I can't breathe!
This is the last filter.
And if that happens, not only will our tribe remain banished...
Soma will destroy our villages!
I know.
You know, Gus...
It's strange.
The Egg of Touto is what the Sol Tribe were so desperate to reclaim.
So why did she hide it in that puppet? There's not even a trace of her.
Who cares?
If the capsule is for real, that's all that matters.
All we have to do is work out a deal with Soma.
He's not moving at all.
We'll get the scholars of Toroi to fix him.
You believe Darumaya?
When we reach the valley of Toroi,
we'll look for a chance to get him out of here.
C'mon! Let's just forget about it and leave that pile of junk!
Sheesh!
Uncle...
Xian!
Palme!
It's Palme! He...
That thing's going to make us a fortune!
We risked our lives to bring it here.
I expect you to give me a good price.
What?! Not even a can of oil?!
Look at it, Doctor! This is no ordinary kooloop tree!
Palme!
Been shopping, eh? Sawadust of the Sol!
Who are you?!
You're growing a lot of kooloop trees.
The Mohi Tribe?! You've been banished! Why are you here?
Why, you! No one who abandoned his comrades talks to me like that!
Soma would kill you for desertion!
Were you sent from Tamas to bring me in?!
Relax.
Was a woman from your tribe here?
I don't know. I'm not a man of the Sol Tribe anymore.
And I don't intend to ever go back.
I suppose that doesn't matter. We need your help. You're coming with us.
I want nothing to do with you! Now get out!
If Sol blood flows within you, surely you'll want to hear us out.
No, Palme.
Do you intend to turn into a tree in a place like this?
Remember, Palme.
Xian's alive. Don't fall asleep!
No.
Xian's... dead.
She doesn't need me.
No.
If that were true, why did that girl's music remind you of Xian?
Why did you rest your head in her lap?
Think, Palme.
Xian is alive even now, within you.
I don't believe it!
They took the Egg of Touto?!
You'll see.
It's them again! They're still alive!
Shatta!
Crosskahla flows in you, Palme.
Crosskahla?
The oil Xian spent her life looking for!
Xian?
It's true!
Xian's alive inside me!
She's got lilias in her hand. She's smiling at me!
Yes.
You have inside you the memory of being loved.
It's inside you.
Koram? Is that you?
It's Koram!
Sawadust!
No, Baku!
K- Koram's here!
Mother? Mother!
Mother?!
Baku! Hey, Baku!
This is terrible...
Move!
You again?!
What are you doing?! Get out of here!
Palme!
You're better!
Hi, Baron.
Is that all?
Your mother vanished?! Is that all?
Your mother vanished?!
Just forget about it.
She gave you this. So hold on to it!
She really said "the Egg of Touto?"
Yes.
Touto is far above the rock roof Yes.
Touto is far above the rock roof
that covers the sky way up there.
The only things that live there are giant heads!
Which is why it's not a place that people can go to!
That's what Koram said.
Alright. I'll come along.
What?!
Really?! What?!
Really?!
Really?! The people Below abandoned me, and they're planning something.
The people Below abandoned me, and they're planning something.
I want to see with my own eyes what that is.
What about our plan to take over Flamingo? I want to see with my own eyes what that is.
What about our plan to take over Flamingo?
Are you going to abandon us, Shatta?
Besides, how will you find a hole that leads down Below?
He'll find it.
You're Popo, right?
Don't be afraid. I was made to help Xian after she got sick.
But she died.
I'm sorry I thought you were her.
Popo...
I want to hear it.
The song that Xian always sang.
Don't worry. I won't make the same mistake again.
Once I deliver the Egg, I'm going to Xian's hometown.
It's called Cote Ploire.
Look, Popo!
Stone light is falling from the Roof!
Aren't they beautiful?
Come here.
What?
Palme...
Wow!
Selene flowers.
Flowers?!
Look, Palme!
What's that, Popo?
Crystallized honey the insects collected.