Mobile Era 8013...
This anime is made for the viewer to enjoy the cuteness of robots, while enjoying a hardly noticeable, inoffensive investigation.
On Earth, where humans have long been extinct,
the hordes of fighting robots that were left behind
continue fighting an endless war.
They're all fighting again today...
I guess that's to be expected.
They were built to fight. It can't be helped.
War not ending. Let's hurry and obtain laughter.
You're right.
Let's hurry and obtain this laughter, and make it a peaceful world.
By the way, I was sorting through my library yesterday,
and found a new document on laughter.
A new document?
Apparently the organic life forms,
humans, that once inhabited this planet, used a technique
called "impression" as a method to cause laughter.
Im... pres... sion?
What is this "impression"?
Impression refers to copying the voice,
Impression (noun) To mimic a person or animal's form, mannerisms, and or voice.
words, or mannerisms of a person
and the people watching will
laugh if the mimicry resembles the original or not.
Apparently that's the logic behind it.
What? Does an impression mean to copy, then?
To put it simply, I believe that's right.
Impressions will... finally end the war.
Anyways, let's try doing this impression thing.
Fujii, you can do whatever. Just give it a try.
Then how about this?
Cleaning, la, la.
The room is shiny, shiny!
You and I are both smiley, smiley.
What is that an impression of?
Um, it's of an older maid robot, Run-Run-san.
But I guess it didn't cause laughter?
Yes. I don't know this Run-Run-san, so I couldn't relate.
Oh, I see. Sorry about that.
And this how it's going.
So it won't work unless it's some famous robot that we all know?
I think so. All right, this time I'll do an impression
of one of the mass produced robots of the rebellion.
I know... that one.
Yes.
Dot... dot... dot...
And this is still how it's going...
How was that?
It received some serious damage and can no longer fight.
I got it perfectly, right?
Y-Yeah...
I thought you copied it quite well,
but I think I felt sadness more than laughter.
Serious damage... not moving... sad.
Impressions that make people sad is a new genre all together.
What did I do wrong?
I copied a robot that everyone knows.
I'm not sure.
Maybe the feeling of sadness is getting in the way of laughter.
It's hard to... differentiate.
I see.
So a combat robot is not a good subject for an impression
I don't think that's the issue here, Kato.
Then maybe we should just do an impression of one of us.
A brilliant idea.
Mori, try doing an impression of me.
I'll try.
I'm Kato.
Wow! You look just like her!
Indeed. It's just like I'm looking into a mirror.
It's just like I'm looking into a mirror.
What do you think, Fujii?
Will Mori's impression cause laughter?
Well...
What do you think, Fujii?
Will Mori's impression cause laughter?
Thank you, Mori. That's enough.
I said that's enough.
Cut that out already!
Stop, stop!
Please stop, Mori!
At this rate, it's going to cause another quarrel
rather than cause laughter.
That wasn't my... intention.
I think what I've learned is
it doesn't feel great being the subject of the mimicry.
I wonder if this actually caused laughter for the humans.
I wonder...
If it's done right, it's pretty funny to everyone but the person being mimicked.
Oh, one second.
In one of the files you shared with us the other day...
There it is!
Long ago, among the top of the impressionist world,
there was an impressionist that would not only mimic a person,
but would deform themselves and get even more laughter.
It is the person named after a fried food.
I wonder what they mean by deform?
For example, doing an impression of someone, but at five times the speed.
So perhaps changing the speed has something to do with laughter?
Mori, try it out by doing an impression of me at five times the speed.
Moritryitoutbydoinganimpression ofmeatfivetimesthespeed.
That's indeed fast...
That'sindeedfast.
So this is how I seem five times faster.
SothisishowIseemfivetimesfaster.
However, now I think I'm even less amused.
Actually, you can say that I'm rather annoyed.
That wasn't my... intention.
I think you're almost there.
On what basis are you saying that, Fujii?
Are there other methods of deforming?
Apparently, there was another style of deforming,
where they would use adhesive film to contort their face
to bring forth laughter.
Made popular by one of the four kings.
Let's try it out.
Ta-da.
I wonder what's so amusing about this.
I'm not really sure.
It may work as protection for minor cuts.
I wonder if that's what it's supposed to be.
I don't feel like we're getting any closer to laughter at all.
I wonder if deforming was inaccurate information...
Oh, maybe we won't need a special skill to do this next thing.
Did you find something else?
Apparently the most exciting thing when doing impressions
was a thing called "the real person appears."
The real person... appears?
What does that mean?
For example,
the person who the impressionist is mimicking
would show up as a surprise,
and that, in turn, would cause laughter at the unexpected.
Then, Fujii, do an impression of Mori,
and then, Mori, appear behind her while she's doing the impression.
What? I'm the one that's going to be surprised?
Yes.
I'll give it a try.
Hello. I am the industrial robot, Mori.
I will do my best being industrial again today
for the sake of the world and for robots.
Hello.
Oh, Mori.
Dot... dot... dot...
I don't think I'm understanding laughter at all.
The robots' investigation has just begun.
To be continued in the second half.
What kind of experiment should we do today?
I found something interesting called "hot, hot oden" in a file.
Apparently it was a popular method to make laughter happen.
Then maybe if we use this "hot, hot oden,"
we might be able to stop the war with laughter.
Subaru!
I wonder what temperature would be sufficient for "hot, hot"?
Well, they repeat the word hot twice in "hot, hot,"
so I'm guessing around 20,000 degrees.
Experiment commencing.
Scorching Hot Oden
I think this somehow created more casualties again...
I believe you are correct.
Experiment failed!
Let's take a look at things humans had around them again today.
To know laughter... we must understand humans.
Right. Go ahead and bring out whatever.
Then...
What's this?
Apparently this is a store called a "supermarket."
Then let us all explore every inch of the database
and figure out what everything is used for.
Yes, let's try it.
Who wants to start?
Uh—
Then—
Go for it, Mori.
Understood.
Then I'll have you two hold these wire screens.
G-56. G-56. Anyone get a bingo?
Is that... a game?
This is something... civilization... used to play with.
They would pull out... something with numbers written on them...
And they would check... to see if it matched with what they had,
then they would open holes in it...
Apparently if you open all of the holes,
something amazing will happen.
I see.
So...
Wire screens...
Wire screens already have holes in them, though, right?
I didn't have anything else!
I see.
Yes.
Then... Fujii...
Before you show yours, I'll do mine.
Please.
Oh, I might get in trouble for this.
Um...
How about we get the explanation first.
Yes, the explanation.
I don't have an explanation.
This was just an image in the database.
So I copied it.
Um... something that is very familiar to
a certain something that's been on at the same time forever.
Like something from their opening?
Well, let's move on.
All right, I'll go, then.
Let's bring it in!
This... apparently is a game.
Some old, um, game that the humans played
called baseball, or something...
Why are you holding bananas?
This is... um...
It's a game that involves a hard ball,
and humans themselves are rather weak,
so since they couldn't handle the hard ball,
they would um, guard their hands,
with bananas, like this I think.
Why would the humans...
Play such a game with a hard ball if they're so weak?
I think it's because they're all masochists.
That's deep.
Next time on Straight Title: Robot Anime:
Episode Three. Next week, the robots face hell agai—
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