Captain, the fleet that had been pursuing us has turned away.
Is there any indication why?
No, no indication.
Captain, I've just intercepted a communication from the United States.
They're repeating it. It sounds like a warning.
An atomic bomb has been dropped on Hiroshima?!
Is that all?
The city has been annihilated...
They're warning all ships to stay clear of the area.
Tachibana!
Leave him alone.
He had a younger brother in Hiroshima.
Takano! Take Tachibana's position at the gunnery seat.
Yes, Sir.
An atomic bomb...
I guess the next step will be the super energy, which powers our Ra.
Things are developing exactly as you said they would.
Further fighting is unnecessary.
Otherwise, the Ra will exhibit not only its awful powers,
but it will become the devil that leads all of mankind to destruction.
We have contact. There's a bogey on a parallel course at 4 o'clock.
Distance: 5000.
Is it one of ours?
No, it's not. It's approximately 400 meters long.
We have no other ships this large!
What shall we do, Captain?
Surface! We'll surface and show them that we are not hostile.
Surface!
Battle bridge and firing command, stand ready to confirm
the identity of the bogey as soon as we surface!
A battleship? Not a submarine?
Increase the magnification!
An American battleship? And that's...
Exactly the same as our Ra...
It can't be!
Avatar!
I feel her, on that ship.
I sense the presence of another of my kind...
What? Then, you don't mean, that's...
Reporting to control!
The main cannons of the U.S. ship are being aimed at us!
Send a message to the U.S. ship.
Tell them that we do not wish to fight!
What's the status on the message?! Next time they'll hit us!
U.S. ship, do you read me?
We do not wish to fight! Please call off your attack immediately!
Shit, what's going on?!
Avatar! Avatar, please stop!
Annette?
Avatar, stop!
Please stop, Avatar!
Please stop!
Annette?!
Avatar has stopped. She and I will fall asleep together.
Annette!
Captain!
No! No matter what happens, do not open fire!
No! Our main cannon is...
Number 2 turret! Who the hell is that?!
I haven't given any orders!
Captain, I'm sorry.
Tachibana?
Captain, I'm sorry. I...
Stop it! We must not fight!
I... have to...
Tachibana!
I have to shoot!
Number 2 turret has been hit! Heavily damaged!
Close the hatch! Hurry!
What's that?! I can't hear you!
XO!
XO: Executive Officer (2nd in command)
Take the lady with you and abandon ship.
What did you say?
Somebody has to tell the world the truth.
You're the best suited for the job.
Then... Then what are you going to do?!
No way! I'll fight beside you!
- That's right! YOU should abandon ship! You have your...
- XO... that's an order!
XO!
Japan will be depending on you!
XO!
XO! Please, go.
XO!
No, I just can't do this!
You're the one who should abandon ship!
What are you talking about?
The captain has responsibilities to his ship and crew.
That's not the point!
Do you know that Ms. Shino is...
Kageyama, please take care of Ms. Shino for me.
Hyuga!
You fool!
Hyuga!
Kageyama, we've had good times together, many of them...
Ship, full speed! Hard to port! 90 degrees!
Bowdrill, engage!
What you are seeing now is not one of the polar seas,
but a view of the South Pacific Ocean.
It has been determined that these icebergs have come from the Antarctic,
but the cause of this phenomenon is not yet clear.
Meteorological data shows no sign of sudden warming in the Antarctic.
And the specialists have stated that they cannot comment
without having completed a detailed investigation.
Meanwhile, following the loss of contact two weeks ago
with the U.S. and Russian Antarctic bases,
contact was also lost with the Australian base yesterday.
The Australian government claims
that this incident cannot immediately be connected
to the abnormal incidents that have been occurring in Antarctica.
But they have proposed to the United Nations
that a cooperative international team of specialists
be sent with all haste to investigate the incidents.
Finally, the day we have feared has come.
Yes, there is no mistaking it. I am one hundred percent certain of it.
But for all that, you seem somehow happy.
I guess I am.
At long last, the day has come, and I've lived to see it.
I feel that it has been worth living so long with so much shame.
Is something the matter?
Ms. Shino...
To be honest, the United Nations HQ in New York contacted me,
and told me that Go has applied for the investigation team.
Antarctica has always been a special place for him.
You already knew?
Yes, he called me this morning before his departure.
He would never have listened, even if I had tried to stop him.
The Arisaka Family's...
No, the blood of the Hyuga Family will tell.
First Hyuga, then your son, Magane, and now your grandson, Go...
I am sorry to have dragged three generations of your family into this.
However, this time, I am prepared to share the fate of my ship.
Got it!
- Hey, what are you doing?!
- Everybody! I got that locket of Go's we've been talking about.
Let me see.
Well, let's see it.
What a beautiful old-fashioned Japanese lady!
Are you going behind Ann's back?
You idiot, give it back!
Or might you be two-timing this girl and Ann?
That Go's mother.
She died when he was ten years old.
Now, do you understand, you idiots?!
First of all, this mission isn't a picnic or a Boy Scout camp out.
You may be seated.
As you know, the press hasn't been telling the whole truth.
We already know who our enemy really is.
What?!
Don't tell me you don't know that we have spy satellites.
This is a picture of Antarctica from 150,000km above the Earth.
It's almost completely covered by clouds.
Something is melting the ice, producing huge amounts of water vapor.
Because of this, the clouds are there 24 hours a day.
Is that what's gotten those bases?
This black object that can be seen at the pole... This is suspicious.
Judging by the length of this shadow,
it's a cylindrical object almost 250km in diameter and 100km tall.
However, there is no evidence that this object is producing heat.
Rather, the ground surrounding it seems to be generating the heat.
Our observations tell us it is emitting a powerful, high frequency radiation.
High frequency radiation?
In other words, microwaves?
Yes, a huge microwave emitter has appeared in the Antarctic
and is bombarding the entire area with high frequency radiation.
Thanks to it, the ice just keeps melting
and the national bases have been destroyed.
Your mission is to get visual confirmation of this object
and to collect as much data as possible to help determine what that thing is.
That's all! Any questions?
If not, you're dismissed. Arrival time is 10:00 tomorrow.
Magane, I'll be praying for your safe passage.
Mr. Kageyama, it's very kind of you to come all this way to see me.
Satomi, take care while I'm gone.
I will.
Go...
Take care of your mother.
Okay!
Mother? Mother! Mother...
Go!
Ann...
So, you did end up coming.
Why didn't you tell me that you'd joined this mission?
I didn't want you to come.
Why? You knew why I...
I didn't want you to come because I knew.
Large group of icebergs approaching from 20 degrees off starboard.
Even such huge icebergs are moving...
We're still close to the equator, aren't we?
The United Nation Armed Forces' investigation fleet is passing us.
How fast is the current pushing us?
10 knots per hour, heading northeast.
Hurry up the work.
We are currently passing checkpoint B.
We see nothing unusual.
Don't push it.
If you feel you're in even the slightest danger, return immediately.
Roger.
The investigation team's current location is 400km from the pole.
A river? A river in the inland area in winter?!
What? What the hell?
I think we've flown straight into the high frequency radiation.
Impossible! We're still 100km away from the danger zone!
Don't panic! lt's still only reacting to the metal!
The danger zone has expanded more than we'd expected, which means...
That either our enemy is getting closer,
or its power level is increasing.
Either way, the threat's the same.
I want to finish this quickly and go home.
What's the matter?
Jesus...
We can't hope to see the pole at this distance.
Yes.
Please let me go.
What did you say?
Someone has to go over there and directly get confirmation.
We won't have accomplished our mission if we go back now.
I'll go, too.
Ann?
He needs a co-pilot.
There's no problem if we avoid long-term exposure to the HF radiation.
Do you really understand?
Even if it is for a limited time,
there's still a possibility that you could be harmed.
- Yes, Sir.
Make sure to maintain a high altitude.
Roger.
Don't flinch! Full speed!
Its height has increased since we last got our data.
That was close.
It's rising? Or is it growing?
What?! You've been attacked?! By some kind of beam weapon?!
Get back here right away! We're withdrawing!
Don't land! Go on ahead!
Chief!
Yes, we have visual confirmation. There's no mistake about it.
What? My goodness.
I understand. Roger. Over and out.
We're withdrawing? Even though we haven't finished our investigation?
We are not withdrawing. We are evacuating.
Why?
The order has been given to attack that thing.
It's strange.
This seems too much like a setup.
Could it be
that we were the reconnaissance for the attack to begin with?!
It failed!
All it did was blow the clouds away.
Prepare the second wave!
Captain!
What is it?
We have contact. An unidentified object starboard and forward.
What?!
Confirmed off the port side as well.
What's going on?!
It's above the ship! Below the ship too!
What the hell are these things?!
Commander! We've lost all contact with the Hartford!
- Was it an accident?!
- What?!
We don't know. There's a possibility that it was attacked.
It's coming!
Port side, below the frigate... Unidentified object approaching!
Ann! It's dangerous up there!
What the hell are you doing?!
Avatar!
It bent the beam?!
It's a gravity lens.
Stop!
Please stop!
Ann!
All hands abandon ship!
So, a column like the one at the South Pole
has appeared at the North Pole, too?
And what of the column at the North Pole?
Sir, it continued to rise and took up an orbital position.
Currently, it's orbiting the Earth like a satellite.
What kind of situations can we expect in the future?
I do not know. But an object that emits microwaves is orbiting above Earth.
That is a hard fact.
Is there just one?
I heard the column at the South Pole annihilated the investigation team.
How long can we control the press?
Some civilians witnessed the incident at the North Pole, didn't they?
People were killed at the South Pole.
What are you going to tell their families?
That's an even bigger problem.
Timing is what's important. Timing.
How can we announce that a campaign to annihilate humanity has begun?
That will come later!
Campaign...
We're discussing how to stop the campaign, the column, remember?
The enemy already has total air superiority on a global scale.
Some country may come under attack, even as we speak.
Are you Go Arisaka?
Yes, I am, but....
Nice to meet you! I'm Annette Sugawara.
Sugawara?
Then, do you know Mr. Sugawara?
I was adopted. After my parents died...
Mr. Sugawara's a distant relative and he took me in.
Annette...
You can call me Ann. Everybody calls me that.
Sure!
Ann!
A dispensary?
Was I rescued by some ship?
Team 3, withdraw as soon as you finish reporting the situation!
Repeat! Team 3, withdraw as soon as you finish reporting the situation!
Explosive? Withdraw?
Are they going to sink this ship?
Chief Engineer Tachibana.
Please return to the Ra at once.
What the hell is this?
This ship isn't active... Is this a wreck?
This is a....
The Ra?
It looks like an old Japanese Navy battleship, but why is it here?
The missing Antarctic expedition ship Tatsunami...
There you are!
Hurry up and come with me, or I'm leaving you behind!
What?
Hurry up!
Yes, Sir!
What is this place?
The dry dock for the super ultra-class multipurpose battleship Ra.
The Ra?
Here we are. Carry this for me.
But what is the Ra?
Former Imperial Navy Yamato Class battleship No. 4.
Young ones like you are always trouble, asking so many questions.
Why is the Tatsunami here?
You know the Tatsunami?
It was my father's ship.
I see.
That's right. Let's hurry up.
Mister...
Don't call me ''Mister''. I have a name, Tachibana.
Mr. Tachibana, please wait.
The United Nations Fleet is still heading south.
Sorry for being late, Captain.
Chief Engineer Tachibana and one more, now on board.
Roger.
Hello, Go Arisaka, welcome to the Ra.
Welcome aboard! I'm the Executive Officer, Storner.
How do you know me?
I'd heard about you from your father.
My father? You knew my father?
The Tatsunami!
Your father was a member of this project too.
Not only the Tatsunami,
but all the other ships here have been collected
by arranging their disappearance in various ways,
such as fake shipwrecks and forged documents.
As material with which to rebuild the Ra.
Of course, we've been collecting people too.
Then my father...
I'm sorry, but he passed away.
He died in an unfortunate accident during the rebuilding.
No...
Fighters from the United Nations carrier are about to engage.
Why in hell did you need to rebuild such a thing?
For the battle for the fate of the world.
For the surface of this Earth.
The United Nations forces won't be able to stand against them.
All hands to battle stations!
It's too dangerous to go through these icebergs.
Especially when we have no idea where the enemy might attack us.
The enemy's proven to be very versatile.
We can use anything that might serve as a shield.
We have to win, or else.
Or else what?
As a last resort, the U.S. and Russia will launch ICBM's
until they're silenced.
If they do that,
the ice at the South Pole will melt and make the situation even worse.
No, forget the South Pole, the whole Earth will be...
You are free to speculate, but the order must be carried out.
As I've told you, we have to win.
Mr. Sugawara,
I heard that the current UN military activity
is based on a report you wrote fifty years ago.
And to find that your report is the same as this file
which has been passed on from one prime minister to the next...
And what do you want me to do?
Please, tell me.
What is happening to the Earth and what we should do about it.
I'm ashamed to say the situation is beyond my ability to predict.
Then, to make a long story short,
you may not believe it, but the Earth is an empty shell
and inside it lives a people called Subterranean Humans.
As always, they have a single purpose...
To annihilate all humans living on the surface of the Earth.
Mother Goose to Cock Robin, watch out!
We've got bandits approaching!
Here it comes!
Did we get it?!
- They did it!
You idiots! Don't start celebrating yet!
The extreme temperature difference destroyed it
because it plunged into the seawater while it was really hot.
It was just a lucky accident!
Doc, what's the situation over there?
Controlling the icebergs is coming along nicely.
We'll catch the fleet in 35 minutes.
What the hell? Damn, I don't have time to be here.
Hurry up!
They're not an undefeatable enemy.
After the attack on the column at the South Pole,
the enemy retaliated immediately.
That means our attack had an effect on them!
That ring just proved it.
We'll proceed directly to the South Pole!
And you're saying the entrances to this Inner Space are at the poles?
Exactly, not only do those columns come from those holes,
but they themselves come and go through them.
Assuming there is such an enemy...
Basically, I am still not entirely convinced,
but is there any way we can stand against them?
Yes, there is.
There is just one way.
However, it is not the property of any country.
Where is it now?
It is preparing to launch, even as we speak.
It will appear soon.
Captain, we'll be annihilated at this rate!
Captain!
Communicate to all hands! Install the fuses in the nuclear warheads.
Wait for my orders!
But, Captain!
Where's my Commander?!
Captain! A huge unidentified object is approaching from six o'clock.
Speed is 49 knots.
What?
The iceberg is flowing against the current?!
Energy power 200%.
Engine, normal.
Reactor furnace, normal.
Rigging pressure for equipping the ship, normal.
Electric lines, normal.
Defensive shield, ready.
All outside workers inside ship.
Fill the dock with water for impact absorption.
Water level inside dock, currently ten meters.
Executive Officer Storner.
Yes, Sir.
As soon as the dock explodes, we'll assume battle stations.
I'll take charge of the explosion.
Dock filled with water. Everything normal.
All right everybody! We'll shoot off some fireworks before the attack!
Roger!
All hands, prepare for the impact!
Captain!
Undersea Battleship Ra, launch!
What the hell is that?!
Undersea Battleship?!
The old Japanese Navy used to have such a thing?!
I never knew there was such a secret side to our history.
Mr. Sugawara, who the hell are you and what the hell are you planning?
You're a leading figure in the financial world.
I won't forgive you if this is just a joke!
- Why are you the only one to know such a secret?!
- Prime Minister!
As you surmised, Chairman of the Sugawara Concern, Naomichi Sugawara,
is an alias I took after the war to disguise myself from the world.
My real name is...
Commander of the Imperial Japanese Navy Super Ultra Class Battleship Ra,
and its sole survivor, Mitsugu Kageyama.
Undersea Battleship?
That's right, since I woke up...
You would have, too...
Is it all right to go to the fore so boldly?
Their attacks do not have any blind spots.
Don't worry! We have the perfect defense.
We've also thought of a way to deal with the gravity lens.
Gravity lens?
Yes! The center of that ring functions as a miniature black hole,
and it can do things like bend light and fire off gravitons.
It's a gravity lens!
Ann...
The lens is aiming this way!
We deflected it?!
It's because of the magnetic shield.
What the hell is this ship?
How were they able to build such a thing during the Pacific War?
The enemy lenses are moving!
They intend to crush us using gravity thrust.
Doc, will the magnetic shield hold up?
I don't think we should be overly optimistic.
The magnetic shield requires tremendous energy,
so it's not possible to use it for long durations.
However, if we cut the shield, we'll be crushed instantaneously.
Doc, if we turn off the shield,
how long can this ship survive unharmed?
I understand. Wait a moment. Give me ten minutes.
Yoshioka!
Yes, Sir.
Fill the starboard tank with water and tilt the ship 45 degrees.
Roger!
Hino!
Yes, Sir.
Prepare all the batteries to fire.
Port 90 degrees, 45 degrees elevation.
Aim to shoot right above the ship, along the list.
Set a distance of 10,000 meters and use reaction shells.
Roger!
Hino, please rotate the batteries first.
I want to balance the ship after that.
Okay. All batteries! Prepare the main battery for firing.
Direction: port 90 degrees! Elevation: 45 degrees!
Distance: 10,000 meters. Load reaction shells.
Main battery preparation for firing, complete!
Starboard tank, starting water intake.
We're going to cut the shields and attack?!
But if the enemy explodes this close to us...
Captain!
Keep the conning tower level!
What happened to the balancer?!
Wow, wow, wow...
Hey, Captain, I have the results of my calculations!
Wow, wow, wow...
We can turn the shield off for 0.33333 seconds.
0.3 seconds? Turning it on and off in 0.3 seconds...
When you think about it,
0.3 seconds seems like an extraordinarily short moment,
but if you divide it mechanically like this, it's quite a bit of time.
Analog is still great.
A stopwatch?
I modified it to be the switch itself.
Once we connect that cable, it'll be ready to go.
Try it.
See! Okay, you do it!
Right, Captain?
No way!
We're counting on you, Go!
All hands, prepare for bombardment!
After engaging full shield power, we will shut off everything!
When the enemy begins to fall, we'll use their momentum to thrust against!
Go, anytime.
Five! Four! Three! Two! One! Go!
Fire!
We did it!
It's too early to be pleased.
Look.
The column is rising into the sky!
We cannot claim victory until that thing has been stopped.
This is Vice Admiral Bogart of the United Nations Armed Forces.
Identify yourselves!
The name of my ship is the Undersea Battleship Ra.
We belong to no nation or organization.
I repeat.
The name of my ship is the Undersea Battleship Ra.
My ship refuses intervention from any nation.
Captain...
Didn't you disembark?
No, I didn't. There was something I just had to make sure of.
Why did you abandon Mother and me?
What are you talking about?
Why did you build this battleship, with all you've done to us?
I have a right to ask!
I am under no obligation to answer.
Mother died feeling so lonely.
If you were alive, why couldn't you... You could have at least contacted her!
Your father, Magane Arisaka, died.
The man standing before you is Captain of the Undersea Battleship Ra,
Magane Hyuga!
Father!
The dirk on your hip is a keepsake of my grandfather, Tadashi Hyuga,
and it was something precious to you that you always kept by your side!
Am I wrong?!
You're my old man, you left my mom to die, and now Annette is dead!
- Am I wrong?!
- Stop it!
Ann?
Too bad for you, Annette.
The Indra's departure from the South Pole has succeeded.
You're next.