Tenacious Bunch
That's..
Hey!
Are you okay?
Snap out of it.
Snap out of it!
There's no mistaking that it's from our galaxy.
The we can go home!
Yes.
Really? We can finally go home!
But why did only this person escape?
Looks like he's comin' to.
Where is this?
You were washed up on the rocks. Kaoru found you.
Kaoru?
What are you doing?
They...
They?
Yeah!
Did they make it?
That tenacious bunch...
If they find you, you'll all be killed!
What do you mean by killed?
Aren't there any adults?
There sure are! There's an adult right here!
What's wrong with this brat?
Brat?
There's nobody here but us.
We were swallowed up by a gravity storm during our school trip.
Don't tell me you're them.
Do you know about us?
Of course.
The disappearance of students from Soria Academy...
...was big news across the galaxy.
There's nobody who didn't know.
The president of the Howard group put up prize money for whoever found and returned them.
Papa did!
I see. Everyone's been worried.
Dad... Mom...
More importantly, what were you saying?
If they're still alive, I'd better tell you about them.
I'm Polt, the mechanic for the interstellar transport ship Orion.
This was right after Orion reached colony B-3.
Old Man Porte, we have permission to go ashore.
Go on ahead. I'm going to check things out here.
What? It's started up again?
This is the engine room. What's going on?
Captain, we're not supposed to leave until tomorrow.
This ship is departing immediately.
Captain!
They were escaped prisoners from an interim prison.
What happened after that?
Somehow the Orion left Colony B-3, but the police were hot on our tail.
And then...
What's wrong?
The Gyrostabilizer's been taken out!
You, fix it.
I won't know if I can 'till I look.
What?
If you can't fix it, you're finished.
What is it this time?
This is...
...a gravity storm!
A gravity storm?
Yes...
It was the first time I'd seen such a large gravity storm.
Naturally I was expecting the worst.
But somehow the Orion made it through the gravity storm safely.
Damn it!
That was when it happened.
The distress signal I sent.
So that explains it.
But they took advantage of that.
What do we do, Brindo?
Leave it to me.
This is the Orion. We received your distress signal.
--Hello? Hello? --And they found out that you have a Gyrostabilizer...
Hey, Gramps.
Take care of the ship until we get to where they are.
They were after our Gyrostabilizer.
Yes.
But I wouldn't give up hope.
If I fixed the ship, they'd just kill me anyway.
So there was only one thing to do.
I broke all the other pods, leaving only my own.
Now!
You know the rest.
That was your escape pod then, Porte.
Oh yeah...
I'd forgotten, but...
Here.
A gravity control unit!
You said you didn't have one, so I swiped the transport ship's spare.
So, where's your ship?
Our shuttle's long since broken.
It won't function as a ship anymore.
But...
...we have Adam's spaceship.
Adam?
Yes.
Adam is of another species.
Another species?
Nice to meet you, kid.
Well, should we get going?
When the storm clears, they'll come ashore.
Let's fix the ship and get off this planet before that happens.
Let's hurry.
If we leave now, the rain will wash away our footprints.
We won't have to worry about them catching up with us.
Thanks.
I'll stay behind and keep an eye on them.
Be careful.
Yeah.
These are pretty impressive trees.
It was caused by the gravity unit on Adam's ship failing.
It's not just the vegetation.
The insects and animals are stupidly big.
Animals too?
Don't worry about it! I'm here, after all.
Hey, say something!
You mean this is a space ship?
Yes.
This is...
Hey, Gramps!
This way.
This is the cockpit?
Huh? What's wrong, Gramps?
My mechanic skills are of use!
Is this geezer okay?
The basic systems seem just like mine.
Don't they?
But it's well done.
Stop just admiring it and hurry up and fix it!
Novice ??
The first thing is to inspect everything.
Everything starts from there.
Outsiders, shut up!
Outsiders?
I see. This is the Gyrostabilizer, right?
In that case...
Take this...
Yes, yes...
This is fine.
Okay, I've pretty much figured it out.
Well, let's get started.
My toolkit.
That's amazing, Porte!
What is?
Well, first we should take out the gravity control unit.
Okay!
I hope this going well.
Put this there.
Okay.
Right. And next is... here.
Here?
Yes. Take that.
Good work, kid.
I'm not a kid.
How about this?
Is it okay?
Yep.
Great, now it should be okay.
Is it fixed?
Don't be impatient.
Well, here we go.
Polt...
Won't it move even a little?
It's strange... that should have worked fine.
How about now?
One more time!
Okay!
It won't be so easy after all, I suppose.
Getting our hopes up...
Where's the problem?
It's mostly settled down.
They may start to move.
Isn't it done yet?
If you're just gonna complain, go outside 'till you calm down!
Okay, give it a try.
Right.
Okay, here we go.
You're just going to fail again anyways.
Howard!
Is it working?
Keep going... keep going...
Just like that!
Like I said, they failed.
It's impossible to fix after all.
Howard!
More importantly, I had a good idea.
Good idea?
Yeah.
We give this Gyrostabilizer back to them.
What did you say?
If we do that, we won't be able to fly!
Why not? It can't fly anyways.
We give them the Gyrostabilizer and catch a lift with them.
That's the only way to escape from this planet!
That's naive.
What?
They only take what they want.
They're not the kind of guys who'd let us hitch a lift.
That's where negotiation comes in.
Negotiation?
Didn't this geezer say?
We're famous around the galaxy.
They must know too.
If they take me home, they'll get the reward money from Papa.
If they have a reason to save us, there's no way they'd kill us!
But they're escaped prisoners.
It's too dangerous.
I'm opposed.
I think we should let Porte try a little longer.
Even if they've come ashore...
...they won't get here right away.
We still have time.
Then I guess it's decided.
Leave it to me!
This time we'll get it working!
Do what you want.
Luna!
What's wrong?
The storm... the storm cleared!
What'd you say?
Bell...
It seems to have calmed down.
Then shall we go take their Gyrostabilizer?
We're ready to go.
Let's go!
Here they come.
Damn that geezer.
When we find him he's in for a world of hurt.
A laser gun?
What was that?
This is an interesting planet.
He's laughing it up!
Looks like the old man was with them.
It's great to be free again.
Anything there?
Looks like there used to be.
They even took the cloth off the seats.
Which means they have another ship where their Gyrostabilizer is.
Yeah.
Probably.
Let's go!
A laser gun and an electric whip.
And the big one is a cyborg.
How is it?
Looks like it'll still take a little while.
Really...
I wonder if Kaoru's okay.
Kaoru!
They're at Everyone's House?
Yeah.
But I can't believe they took out that sea snake in one shot.
It seems wise to stay away from them.
Where's Howard?
Come to think of it, he's been gone a while.
He's just gone back there to goof off.
I hope so, but...
Like I'd leave it to them any longer!
Oh no! Howard's gone to negotiate with the escaped prisoners in secret!
He took an important part with him!
If the space ship can't fly, what'll we do?
I'm worried about Howard.
We have to do something!
Even if he's that kind of guy, he's our friend.
He's a real troublesome guy!
Next time: This is for everyone's sake too.
Vocal Performers Luna Iwai Yukiko Chako Koidzuka Kiyoe Menori Andou Mabuki Sharla Kishita Naoko
Vocal Performers Howard Ishida Akira Shingo Minagawa Junko Kaoru Madono Mitsuaki Bell Takase Akimitsu
Vocal Performers Adam Okushima Kazumi Porte Tsukada Masaaki Brindo Morita Junpei Bob Hoshino Mitsuaki Zilba Hikami Kyouko Engineer Nakamura Toshihiro