Original Concept EIICHI KAMAGATA
Original Story / Screenplay HIDEYUKI KURATA
Original Character Design TARAKU UON
Character Design / Animation Director MASASHI ISHIHAMA
Production Design NORIYUKI ZINGUZI
Art Director EASTER ｷ YATUKUMI Art Conception HIROSHI IZUMI Color Coordinator MAYUMI TANAHASHI
Director of Cinematography KAZUNARI NISHIDA Editing MASANORI SAKAMOTO
Sound Effects MINORU YAMADA Sound Mixer YASUSHI NAGURA
Recording Director HIROMI KIKUTA Music Director TAKASHI KODAMA
Music TAKU IWASAKI
Producer TOMONORI OCHIKOSHI
Animation Producer YUJI MATSUKURA
Director KOJI MASUNARI
Animation Produced by J.C. STAFF
Produced by ANIPLEX INC.
Episode 5 They Shout
Stoker's "Dracula"!
When you come to Romania, you simply must buy this.
There are a lot of different editions over here!
What are they doing?
Very lively sisters you have there.
I'm Kim-san. A coordinator at Dokusensha, Inc.
They told me to look for the most conspicuous three girls...
at the used book fair.
Took me no more than an instant to find you.
How embarrassing.
So, what is the assignment you have for us?
You've heard about the incident at the British Library, yes?
We saw it on the news.
That fire four years ago?
So many rare books were burnt...
It was such a tragic and heart-wrenching incident.
Come to think of it, it was the prologue to the collapse of Great Britain.
It is now a mere shadow of the glorious nation it once was.
We have intelligence that a few especially valuable books...
were smuggled out of the country at the time of the fire.
What kind of books?
I hear they were secret possessions of the British Library...
that were never made available to the public.
Your mission is to recover one of them.
It's titled "Book of the Pulsing Flesh".
Weird title.
Um, of course we are permitted to check the contents of the book, are we not?
We do the authenticity analysis ourselves.
To begin with, the book is locked...
so only a specially-trained squad could open it.
It's a book for which some collectors would pay a billion dollars.
In today's world...
nobody qualifies as a proper custodian but us, Dokusensha, Inc. of China.
So you're stealing from a thief, aren't you?
We steal from a thief in order to liberate a book.
That makes us the good guys.
That's the vacation home of Professor Webber...
a guest professor at the University of Bucharest.
He's been living there for the past four years.
It's very likely that he has the book hidden.
Who investigated that?
Our company staff.
There's no road or bridge to it.
Boats and helicopters will be noticed right away.
To get near it is a big job in itself.
It will be safer to wait until nightfall to sneak in.
I'm counting on you.
All right, let us begin.
OK.
The chambers near the perimeter walls...
do not have the proper environment to store the book.
If it's within the compound at all, it has to be in the central tower.
If we can sneak into the courtyard from the surveillance camera's dead spot...
it will be a shortcut.
Every five minutes...
ripples spread out across the lake from the castle in the center.
I wonder if the vibration is from a private electric generator.
Something's definitely fishy about this job.
We're merely recovering a stolen book.
But some people already went in to investigate, right?
Why didn't they bring back the book then?
Probably because they didn't have teamwork like we do.
I'll lead the way.
Anita-chan, you beat off any enemy attacks...
and Maggie-chan, you watch her back.
Let's have our usual teamwork...
and perform in a flexible and impromptu manner.
Wing it, you mean.
It's an approach only sisters can take.
May the power of Paper be with us.
Good luck.
Go round to the other side.
Got it.
What is it?
It's breaking apart!
What's going on?
Nee-san!
That was close.
Professor! Professor!
I hear you, Irving.
We have an intruder.
Oh, that's unusual.
Someone from the press? Just a curious bloke? A burglar?
It seems to be a Paper Master.
Are you certain?
Most likely.
One has come! At last, one has come!
How do you wish to deal with the situation, Professor?
It's obvious!
We will welcome him very, very hospitably, and then I will kill him.
The binding power is gone.
Is it due to some kind of effect?
I can't conjure up my bow either.
I can still cut as usual.
We've no other choice.
We'll just have to do without the bow and familiar.
Maggie-chan, you use Anita-chan's.
Do you girls have the route committed to memory?
Wouldn't it be better to retreat for now?
They've probably noticed us, after what we just did.
And how are we supposed to do that? You can't conjure up the familiar.
If they'd noticed us, the security alarm would've gone off or something.
It's all right, as long as the three of us stick together, there is a way.
Let's synchronize our watches.
Three.
Two.
One.
Zero.
The security seems surprisingly minimal.
Ma-nee?
What's the matter?
There's something here.
Don't wimp out on us. Jeez.
Sorry.
What does it mean? There are three voices.
It seems so.
Doesn't matter. Get me some wine.
Certainly, sir.
Nee-san.
It looks like a torture chamber.
Could it be one of the staff members that Kim-san spoke of?
Anita!
Girls, this way!
Anita.
Stop trying to do me unwanted favors!
I can protect myself! You leave me alone!
Stop it. Maggie-chan was trying to help you.
Let's go.
I wonder how many of them will return.
Oh, it's you.
This is where the map ended.
Which one do you think it is?
I don't know.
Let's split up. It'll be more efficient that way.
It's too dangerous to split up.
It's only dangerous for you two.
Anita?
You can't use the bow or familiar. I'm fine 'cause my skills are unaffected.
But try not to burden me!
Anita-chan, apologize to Maggie-chan!
Apologize!
Nee-san, stop it!
Why should I?
Ma-nee is the one who's being a nuisance!
Nee-san!
Run!
Anywhere! Just run, now!
Maggie-chan!
This way!
Ma-nee... Mi-nee...
Apologize!
Fine, I'm going!
Nee-san.
I slapped her.
I'm a terrible big sister, aren't I?
No, you're not.
It's because I caused you guys trouble that we ended up in this situation.
Maggie-chan.
I don't know why.
But since we got here, something's been wrong with me.
I feel more and more depressed.
Anita-chan, too. She is not the kind of girl who says things like that.
There's something strange about this castle.
Irving, have you ever been to St. Paul's Cathedral in London?
There, if you whisper at one end of the cloister...
your voice will be carried all the way to the other end.
Why do you suppose that is?
Reflection, maybe?
Correct. The curves on the walls reflect sound repeatedly...
thereby carrying your voice a great distance.
I used to scare the students!
How I long to return, to my beloved London.
To my England!
It's cold in here, damn it.
Damn it...
Bats and a dog... What does it mean?
They're signaling the animals in a way humans can't sense.
Yes.
If that's the case, I think I know how they are doing it.
Nee-san.
The air is vibrating.
We have to run!
Where am I?
Mi-nee?
Anita-chan?
Welcome to my experiment chamber.
Beautiful Paper Masters.
What are you looking at?
Over here.
Over here! Yes, getting warm.
My name is Webber.
Pleased to make your acquaintances.
You are the master of this castle.
Indeed.
We know all about this castle's mysteries.
Oh?
The odor! You are emitting an odor into the air to control the animals!
I do not recall emitting such a peculiar thing.
No, Nee-san! It's sound!
Correct. I am a professor who possesses a thorough understanding...
of the quintessence of sound.
Anita-chan dear!
Maggie-chan!
Oh, you can still move?
Humans "hear" sound only within a 20 kHz to 30 Hz range.
Nee-san, save Anita... Humans "hear" sound only within a 20 kHz to 30 Hz range.
However, I am capable of manipulating both the ultrasonic...
and infrasonic sounds that are outside of that range.
Mere mediocrities such as yourselves cannot hear it...
but your bodies are compelled to react.
They have no choice.
And what do you suppose will happen...
if a certain kind of music is composed using those frequencies?
How interesting!
The ultrasonic sounds promote irritation in the human mind...
and the infrasonic sounds cause anxiety.
It is a song of nightmares I composed, inspired by my predecessors.
That's why Anita-chan and Maggie-chan are...!
Precisely. They reacted almost too easily.
Resonance value 50.
Your paper skills do not work on me.
By adjusting the resonance, I can render any changes ineffective.
Although you seem to have strangely well-balanced emotions...!
How do you like the specially-mixed dissonance?
Nee-san! How do you like the specially-mixed dissonance?
Thanks to you, my research is now verified! I hereby declare...
The Paper Masters are defeated!
I know you came for this book.
You foolish thieves!
They have gone inside a dead spot.
However, no one can escape from sound.
We can't win by attacking him individually. However, no one can escape from sound.
What are we going to do? However, no one can escape from sound.
Don't worry.
We'll protect you with our lives if necessary.
Nee-san, how many of the paper cubes do we have left?
Have you given up?
You seem to have a death wish.
This is ridiculous!
Take this!
A pointless thing to do...
Impossible! Why doesn't she collapse?
Silencer effect...
Noisy man...
...I detest your kind!
Resonance value zero...
Just an ordinary book.
Professor!
Irving, draw the curtains. My musical performance is over.
Professor!!
Mi-nee! Ma-nee!
I feel like I'm hung over, seasick, and carsick all at once...
Ma-nee!
Get up!
Open your eyes!
Ma-nee, you're supposed to be robust!
You can't break with a little blow like that!
Anita...
Oh, I think my ear drums are blown.
Can't hear.
It's only temporary. She'll be all right soon.
And you, Anita?
You're not hurt?
Not... hurt...?
I'm sorry...
I'm sorry for calling you a burden!
I'm sorry for being so conceited!
I'm sorry for always making you protect me!
Sorry, I can't hear you...
But...
I'm glad you're OK.
Here is the book you requested. Please confirm.
Good work.
Thank you very much!
Look forward to doing business with you again.
Who's that?
He works for Dokusensha.
Sonny Wong-san.
A.k.a. Paper Recycler.
Those rolls serve as vouchers for your payment.
Anyway, let's hurry to a hospital. We need to take care of Maggie.
This is for the Professor.
Die!
Anita-chan!
Ma-nee.
But this time...
Ma-nee! Ma-nee!
My "Dracula"...
But she is some girl, isn't she?
Of course.
She is my sister, my pride.
I'm home...
What are they doing?
Yes, indeed.
Ow!
Are you trying to pick a fight with me?
All the things I cherish
Continue to fall away
Only my memories with you...
Are held fast within my heart of hearts
By the cooling ocean
Our playful shadows
Melted into your slightly over-tanned skin
And the sunset
I wish we could grow up
Without letting go of our hands
I followed in the sunlight
Searching for your form
There was an omen that our love was ending
So we cuddled close