The AV-98, aka the Ingram patrol labor.
6.02 tons. 8.02 meters high.
SCB powered. SCLM drive system.
Armed and ready for combat with a 37 millimeter revolver and stun baton.
Designed specifically for police use...
to make a psychological impact on the community...
to deter criminals while making the public feel safe.
You must not let go of your dreams
And never turn your gaze away
Yet even still love may cloud up and fade away
And even though you comforted your love
When he was feeling down
Sadness was still weighing down his heavy heart
Hang tight onto your dreams - they're weapons in your arsenal
You'll find that you can get through anything at all
So never cry - you know I will always be watching over you
What I love about you is your strong sense of fairness
So never cry - you know I will always be right there by your side
And so now you can face your future fearlessly
You thief!
What's going on here?
Kubo, did you start this?
That little pervert stole all the fish I was drying!
How dare you insult my precious Kumiko!
Shut up!
So what's the damage?
Let's see, three full layers... that's 240 fish.
240?
Nice story, but no cat on Earth can eat 240 fish!
Maybe it dug a hole and hid them!
You're thinking of a dog.
Anyway, she's sick of your stinking fish!
It isn't even fit for seagulls!
Why you!
Is this what started the fight?
Good specimen. Very well preserved.
This batch was perfect!
Decent aroma.
You like it? I marinade it for six hours before smoking it.
You're a true connoisseur!
I knew you'd appreciate true art! Men like us...
You idiot!
We don't have time for this! Are you cooks or mechanics?
And Kazu - who told you it was okay to bring in a feral cat?
Er... um...
If you're busy with cooking and pets, you don't need time to fish!
You won't be needing the speedboat!
Fishing is forbidden until further notice!
But, Sir!
If I say it's forbidden, it's forbidden! Shige, finish up here.
In light of what just happened...
Kubo and lto are assigned two weeks of bathroom duty.
Now get back to work!
The Underground Mystery Tour
So, have you noticed something odd around here recently?
Whaddya mean?
I'm not sure, but it seems like a lot of things have gone missing lately.
Maybe I'm just being forgetful.
Didn't we get cream?
I bought some yesterday. Isn't it on the shelf?
Wasn't someone complaining about losing his pickled meat?
The Captain lost some whiskey out of his locked liquor cabinet.
The good stuff he got three years ago in Hachioji?
I didn't want to say anything...
but since we don't get many visitors...
it must be someone here.
You lost something?
Just some rice crackers and chocolate. Not much.
I thought Asuma had eaten it.
Hey!
What's wrong, Hiromi?
Kimie... Kimie and Miyoko!
They were here last night. I was just coming to feed them.
Wild dogs?
Lto's "little pervert?"
This is no longer funny.
It doesn't look like anyone broke in, and the cage is still secure.
Hiromi!
Whether this is an insider or someone from the outside...
this is definitely a crime. We have to stop this.
Starting tonight, we'll mount an armed watch!
I guess we'd better.
We'd probably better clear this with the Captain.
Fine with me.
Who's there?
Attack, Wyndham!
That's strange. I thought we had him cornered.
Come out, villain!
Shige, over here!
Good boy! Look, Shige!
I never heard about any tunnel.
I'm not surprised. It was used to haul garbage out to the landfill.
It was closed before Special Vehicles moved in.
Once the landfill was finished, they no longer needed it...
but the tunnels still crisscross this entire area.
So how do you know this?
I heard people talking, way back.
Some workers died in the tunnel. Their bodies were never found.
At least, that was the story.
How gruesome.
Hardly surprising. These things happen.
I'll bet they thought closing the tunnel solved the problem.
Can we seal it with concrete?
I know it's only food, and this may be beyond ourjurisdiction...
but this is a violation of police property. We should solve this.
Yeah, but...
So that's it. HQ won't give us backup on such a trivial case...
but we ARE policemen. We can handle this ourselves.
Yourjob is to capture the fugitive who's hiding down there.
Thank you both for volunteering for this difficult assignment.
Captain Nagumo looks happy. She got to dump it all on us.
We're the only choice. Division 1 is on standby.
Close it up.
Hey, Ota, isn't it kind of creepy down here?
Show some backbone.
This is Ota. Commencing search. Over.
This is HQ. Activate your transponder. Over.
It was short notice, but I was able to dig up a really old map.
Still, we're better off with it than without it.
Are Ota and Shinshi going to be okay?
Why wouldn't they be?
Ota!
We're ready, Sir.
It's been two hours since we lost contact with Ota and Shinshi.
We don't know what happened, but since their radio is out...
we must presume there is some difficulty.
This may be a simple case, or...
A monster.
Recovering Ota and Shinshi is your top priority.
Proceed with caution, and stay in contact.
Officer Kumagami and three men, departing on the search.
Good luck! Try not to get killed! Take care!
Maybe we should've just sealed it.
There are things in this world that it's best not to tamper with.
Is it working?
This program's a last minute rush job. A real clunker.
Signal received.
Good, pipe it through.
This is Hawkwind. Do you read me?
Reading you loud and clear.
We're 20 meters north, now heading east.
It's much larger than I expected.
Should we pull them out, or send in reinforcements?
What's wrong?
They're picking up movement. About 50 meters ahead of them.
Asuma!
Something's moving. It's coming this way!
What's wrong Shinohara? Lzumi?
Man, that surprised me!
Ouch!
Noa, are you all right?
I think so. Hiromi?
You're sitting on me.
Miss Kumagami fainted, but I think she's okay.
I'm sure she's happier that way. Noa, turn on your flashlight.
I dropped it when we fell.
Do you still have your flare? Use that.
Um...
Shinohara! Lzumi! Answer me! Kumagami, report!
We've lost their signal. I don't know where they are.
What now? Send in another wave of kids?
Too risky. We still don't know what's down there.
Contact HQ.
What was that?
Maybe we should have sealed it?
Time for an equipment check. Noa, you go first.
I have two shells for my M-31, flares, and three caramels.
I lost everything in the panic back there.
I have two shotguns and three shells.
I'm getting scared.
And now for the really bad news.
What?
I lost the radio. We can't contact the surface.
Oh?
That's not all. I dropped the transponder, too.
Then how are we going to get back?
We're completely lost.
What'll we do?
Got any ideas?
How should I know?
Then how do you expect me to know?
So where are you leading us?
I was just wondering that myself.
Hey...
What?
About those rats...
What about them?
Wasn't it kind of weird?
Yeah, so?
They just ignored us.
It was like something was chasing them.
Come on, what could possibly chase a huge pack of rats?
Well...
Shinshi!
Asuma!
I was so scared! It was horrible!
Okay, everything's all right now. What happened?
An alligator! A HUGE alligator!
Kimie!
How could they do this to you?
Where are we?
This is the Captain's whiskey! Look, it says "Goto."
This is incredible!
This stuff looks awfully familiar.
We've found the thief's hideout!
This guy is really riding high on the hog!
After him!
Halt! Wait! Stop!
Fumihiro Tadayama, 42 years old.
He was a temp worker at the landfill, back in the fall of 1990.
After a spell of unemployment, he returned to the landfill...
into the tunnels.
He's been stealing water and power and living like a king.
And they say there's nothing but garbage in a landfill.
But there's no food.
He stole a little at a time, so we wouldn't get suspicious.
The lonely emperor of a secret underground kingdom.
Was he truly happy down there?
Shinobu, are YOU happy?
Seal it up.
We look after our own.
We always return, even from the depths of hell.
We return to ensure that no man may ever repeat our errors.
When I looked out, the storm had passed a long time ago.
The morning dew betrays how yesterday's...
sorrows have been washed away.
Dawn is let loose by unbolting the panels of night.
Even machines and the buildings all wake up.
Now I can see so far ahead, an unfolding panorama;
Wherever I watch from, I see a peaceful, happy island.
The thing I want to tell to you, the thing I want to show to you:
The shining gate to our dreams lays open to us...
right now before our eyes.
This story is fiction... but in 10 years, who knows?
The A.V.S. 98 Mark 2? What is that??
Shinohara Industry's newest labor, a mass market prototype!
It's got great power and maneuvering. It's awesome!
So, it's different from the last prototype?
Yeah, my grandfather is marketing it as the BEST labor ever!
I don't believe the hype.
Then, why don't YOU try it out?
Next Episode: Mass Market Product Plan! Target, locked on!