We wish everyone...
...a Happy New Year!
What are you guys doing, all of a sudden?!
Whatcha talkin' 'bout? It's the new year now, so we're just offerin' our greetin's .
They usedta do it all the time in old TV shows, where the cast'd come out and give a greetin'.
Yeah, like Saori Minami and stuff.
What are we, a superhero show?!
I wonder... what're they gonna do with this scene in the translated version of the show?
Who knows.
All right then, now let's introduce the people who live in the row house.
"Also enjoy these previous scenes featuring the characters." All right then, now let's introduce the people who live in the row house.
"Also enjoy these previous scenes featuring the characters." First up, we have Santa the carpenter.
"Also enjoy these previous scenes featuring the characters." He still has a childish side no matter how old he gets, and he's hopelessly unreliable...
...but that's what makes him so cute.
Here's Shinza the engineer.
You wouldn't know it to look at him, but he's almost 30 years old.
Then there's Rokube the roof tiler.
This guy, on the other hand, is still quite young and--
All you seem to want to talk about is their age.
Really?
Captain Bellybutton, your age is still unknown to viewers, but you're getting up there in--
Okay! Next!
This is Rokube's wife.
We've seen so much of her lately that she's starting to seem even pretty.
And then we have Genzo's mom.
We call her " Genzo's mom," so she must have a son named " Genzo"...
...but I don't really remember one.
"Genzo does not appear in any scenes" ...but I don't really remember one.
"Genzo does not appear in any scenes" Coo coooo!
"Ten" " ho" "Ten" " ten"
Then there's Tenho and Tenten Adabanatei.
"Ten" " ho" "Ten" " ten" They're supposed to be brother and sister, but they don't look a thing alike.
Tenho is the only woman who never gave in when I tried to put the moves on her.
What about Sora?
I never gave in either!
I never put the moves on you!
But never mind. C'mon, c'mon...
Give us a greeting.
Okay. I'm the lovely little watchdog of this row house. My name is O-Nui.
But, um... what have you guys been doing here?
Yeah, now that I think about it, we haven't even introduced ourselves, have we?
Well, I just thought this was a recap episode.
Oh no! Are they all right at Studio Madhouse?!
They're totally fine!
I'm telling you, the studio's totally fine!
So then, we're now at the start of the new year in Year 14 of the Tenpo Era,
which in the system that we currently use corresponds to... 1840 and 3 years.
That sounds kinda like an intro to some historical TV drama.
What's a "TV drama" ? What's an " intro" ?
Let's begin by taking a look at the chronology behind us, prithee.
You Baijaku or something?
Prince of Echizen Lord Mizuno's Tenpo Reforms were finally coming to a head...
...the Peasant Repatriation Act was announced...
...and new immigration into the city of Edo was restricted.
And in the second month of the year,
North Edo City Commissioner Toyama, who had been actively opposed to the reforms,
is pushed aside via an ostensible promotion to the office of Senior Investigator.
Aa-choo!
Whoa! What the hell's this?!
Under " Month 4" it says "Seikichi Tamaya exiled from Edo"...!
That comes later.
Hey, and look here... why's this part for Leap Month 9 all covered up?
--Ow. --That comes later, too.
I'm pretty sure that something really significant is gonna happen at that point.
What is it, Shunpei?!
What do you know?!
I saw it in another anime a while back.
It's bad luck to talk about it!
--Ayakashi! --Ayashi!
Ahem.
Now then, from the opening... here we go!
Yay!
All the kids in America... they must be thrilled now.
Come take me far away
"Oh! Edo Rocket"
Artificial shooting stars made with tricks
Asia is all the rage these days
Take me away anytime
Take me far away
The Yokocho, the sushi stands, the Kaminari
The great international city of Edo
Take me all the way there
Take me far away
Up in the sky just after the rain
Way way up high
The Holy Sun smiles down upon us
Take me someplace far
Take me far away
I looked up from the roof of the castle
And the full moon was shining so pretty
At times like those
The tears come dripping out
Just kidding, it's all lies
Take me far away
"Dragon"
"Happy New Year" " Echigoya" "Fine Silks and Fabrics" " Suruga"
Lord Mizuno's reforms have filtered all the way down to the masses,
and New Year's this year seems to have taken on a somewhat quieter aspect.
This is good news, good news indeed.
Well, we can't even wear double-lined coats when we're out makin' our New Year's calls.
That means no coats to wear in this cold.
And that's gonna make the streets damn quiet, I'll tell ya.
Ginjiro! What kind of insolent tone is that in front of the City Commissioner?!
My mission here is to track down and capture sky beasts.
The reforms've got nothing to do with that.
In that case, perform your mission.
When will you be able to exterminate the sky beasts?
The sky beasts are increasing in number again.
We don't know that for certain!
Yes we do-- in addition to the white beast, there's now another blue beast.
I saw it with my own eyes!
It also appears that the white beast and the blue beast are fighting each other.
It's possible that one side is the monster that sucks blood
and the other side is working for our benefit.
That's impossible.
Just as a hypothetical.
Hypothetically, if that should turn out to be the case...
...then how should we respond, Mister Commissioner?
Regardless, they cannot be allowed to dwell in our land.
People from foreign lands and beasts from the sky amount to the same thing.
If that's our attitude, then what can we hope to preserve?
We preserve Japan.
Captain Bellybutton... what are your orders for today?
I'm sure even beasts take a day off on New Year's , boys.
And so can you-- go ahead and get some rest.
Are you sure about that, sir?
That blue beast appeared to be targeting the firework.
So if we stake out the Tamaya place, it might just show up again.
I thought I told you to leave those guys to me, didn't I?
Speaking of which...
I heard talk someone saw a strange woman lurking near the site of the last murder.
What became of that?
That's what I've been meaning to tell you.
We got the same kind of information on a previous one as well.
So Seikichi Tamaya is definitely connected to the white beast, right?
It's the aluminum-- we're the only ones who would know about it.
In that case, I'll just haul him into cust--
No, wait... it'll probably be too hard to drag it out of him.
Okay, then! I'm going back to the Furai Row House!
That whole place is up to its neck in this, I'm sure of it!
Well have fun, then.
What are you, my wife...?!
"I'm so tired from singing karaoke all night with the neighborhood gals"...
"Just buy yourself some lunch at a convenience store," eh?!
Come with me!
I don't wanna... go outside.
What's wrong?
Are you sick?
You feel pretty cold...
My mean internal body temperature is completely different from yours.
Huh?
Anyway, I'm gonna go snoop around the row house, even if I have to do it myself.
I'm telling you, it's not gonna fly!
How do we know unless we give it a try first?
Yeah, we went to all the trouble of makin' it!
What's your problem with just lettin' us try it out?
This thing's awesome!
What in the world gave you the idea?
It was this!
A stick dragonfly!
Maybe we don't need to use fireworks. If we do this instead...
...we should be able to make it to the moon!
The old man showed me something like this at his place.
It was, um... in a picture drawn by some guy named Leo something or other.
Was it Leon Giordana?
Who?
No clue.
Well, just watch how it works. I'm pretty proud of it!
"Designer" " Shinza" "Construction" " Santa" " Rokube" '
Let's do it.
One, two...
...spin it!
C'mon you, fly!
This thing of ours...!
Our machine...!
Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go!
What went wrong?
If you guys wanna fly using revolving wings, they've gotta be a lot bigger than that.
Huh?
But the bigger you make it, the heavier it gets.
And to increase the speed of revolution,
you add more people, making it heavier still.
But if you do that, then you've gotta have even bigger wings than before.
At that point, the wings won't even hold up under their own weight anymore.
See? I've figured the whole thing out from my calculations!
Shunpei!
Hm?
But we don't know any math or anything like that.
So we don't know if it's gonna work unless we build it.
I've built plenty of houses in my day, but this...
Well, anyhow... thanks a bunch, you guys!
Now it's our turn to show our stuff!
Everyone come and watch, okay?
Let's get goin', Shunpei!
Thank you. But we can't go to the moon in this.
It sucks that bad...?!
No no, that's not it. It'll fly, all right.
But in space there's no air.
There's no... air...?
"Tama"
Allllllll right! Everyone ready?
"Shira" Allllllll right! Everyone ready?
"Shira" Ready! Ready! Ready!
Start pulling!
Up up and away! Up up and away!
Is that high enough?
Um... just a little higher, please.
Huh?
You guys are amazing! You're gonna try to go all the way to the moon in that kite?
No... the idea's to launch it from high up in the sky.
That way the firework should be able to make it even higher.
Waaah! So high!
Well, here goes! Let's do this, Shunpei!
Huh? What's wrong, bro?
Oh... it's just, it never even crossed my mind...
...that there might not be any air in space...
Well hey, there're some things in the world even you don't know.
You're right.
Okay!
Time for the Shunpei-Style...
...Spinning-Top Spec...
...Mechanical Firework!
"Shunpei-Style!" ...Mechanical Firework!
"Shunpei-Style!"
"Shunpei-Style!" " Spinning-Top Spec"
"Mechanical Firework"
Spinning-top, huh?
Is that really gonna make it fly straight?
How many times do I hafta explain it?!
A spinning top always tries to keep itself level with the ground.
"Black Box" A spinning top always tries to keep itself level with the ground.
"Black Box" So if we link one to the nozzles, then the nozzles will always point toward the ground.
"Black Box" And that's what's gonna make it fly straight, huh?
I wonder if it'll really work.
Well, that's why we're testing it, isn't it...?
Right, right.
Here goes!
Let's send this sucker to the moon! Time to launch the rocket!
You haven't learned your lesson... and now you're launching fireworks from a kite?!
You have to get up pretty early in the morning to fool Nishinosuke Akai!
Uh! Ah... you caught us, huh?
But, uh... we ain't done nothin' yet.
Why the moon?
Someone asked you to do it for them, didn't they?
To make them a firework to go to the moon?
And you got alu... alu... " aluminority" or whatever it is from them!
Who was it? Tell me!
Uh... it was, um...!
We don't know nothin' 'bout that!
This was my own idea!
Launchin' a firework all the way to the moon... ain't no one ever tried that before!
That's why--
Cut the bullshit!
At any rate, I'm taking this one with me!
Give it back!
--Give it here...! --Give it back...!
Whoa-whoa-whoa...! Stop it, you guys!
--Here you go! --Have it back!
--Here you go...! --Have it back...!
Just hurry up and let go of it!
--Oh. --He's right.
What just happened?
The rope broke.
If we don't do something, the kite's gonna fall to the ground...
...and Seikichi and Shunpei'll...!
Let's go, Tenten!
Roger!
Here comes my big sister Tenho!
Ta-dah!
From what I hear, you can fly and stuff, but now's not the time.
There's a Hatchobori officer right up there in that kite.
You go flying around in front of Akai and you'll get captured this time for sure.
But Seikichi and Shunpei are up there!
Hey, c'mon you guys! Do something!
If the wind changes direction, we're gonna hurtle headlong to our deaths!
I can't do it, Seikichi! I've never done this kinda calculation before!
I don't know what I'm s'posed to do!
Shunpei...
Hey, you guys!
Hurry and get up there! Go save 'em in that machine of yours!
Wh-Wh-Wh-What're you talkin' about?!
We already tried it... it won't fly.
But Sora said so herself! Didn't she say it'd fly?
There must be some way to make it work!
It'll fly, all right. But in space...
"It'll fly... all right"...
Hmmm...
There's something I built a long time ago that I think you guys might be able to use.
What is it?!
The unveiling!
A" steam engine"... that's what it's called, anyway.
Give you a hand...?
We don't even know who you guys are, but...
...joining forces is our only move here!
You gotta be kiddin'. You're askin' us to expose our powers for everyone to see...?
On the other hand, it is to help people.
And Akai's up there, too.
I, for one, am gonna help 'em!
Thank you!
Su-Sure...
I guess it's up to Captain Bellybutton, then.
Bellybutton...?
Never mind, never mind!
So... you got a plan?
Men in Black!
One shot of... fighting power!
Let's go...!
Here I go!
Be careful, sis!
Seikichi...!
"Tama" "The record this time" "The record last time"
Ta-dah!
We just can't seem to reach it.
Seikichi... if anything happens to you, Sora'll...
Hey! Let's do it one more time!
B-Big brother! What are you doing?!
Hm...?
Wha--?! You can't be serious!
You wanna blow us up before we hit the ground...?!
Shunpei, your calculations are solid, right?
Huh?
All these fireworks'll definitely shoot straight up if we launch 'em, right?
Um, yeah...
Then all right.
Big brother...?
We're gonna light these all up at once.
With all the jets from the gunpowder blasts firing at once, it should make us fall slower
and bring us safely down to the ground.
Y-You really mean it?
Yeah! My little brother's calculations ain't never been wrong!
Don't do it!
We can't ... we just can't risk it.
If my calculations are even just a little bit off, the fireworks'll corkscrew...
...and flip the whole kite upside down!
But they're solid, ain't they?
They're solid... but just on the desktop.
Just a desktop plan... that's all my calculations are.
I'm not like Shinza and Santa. I've never built any machines or houses or anything.
All I've ever done is just push numbers around on top of a desk.
It was just fun for me, that's all.
But it's not... it's not the same as real life.
W-We know all that! But our lives are on the line here!
I just can't ! Not like this!
Shunpei... if that's how you feel, then why do you do math in the first place?
Huh?
Is this separate from what you do at your desk?
I don't think so-- haven't the two always been connected?
When you're at your desk, you're able to calculate things,
about the moon or other countries, almost like they're right there with you.
I'm sure what you thought up at your desk will turn out to be true.
Men in Black!
One shot of... fighting power!
Let's go...!
This time we'll make it!
Here we go, sis!
Shunpei...!
"Tama" "The record this time" "The record last time" "The record the time before last"
Ta-dah!
The wind... it's shifting...!
They're gonna fall!
I'm ready, big brother... and Mister Hatchobori.
It's Nishinosuke Akai!
All right. One, two...!
Hi!
All right, as long as we just keep goin' down slow like this...
What the...?
You guys all right?
It's flyin'
Shinza's contraption! The damn thing's flyin'
How come?! How come it's able to fly...?!
Because... it's something Shinza thought up at his own desk, bro.
He believed in his heart that it'd fly.
Yeah.
"Out of Nowhere! Air Raid at New Year's "
Shabara pappara Shabara pappara
I'm lovesick
Inside my head
All the things I'm not supposed to do
Just rattling around
Aa, what a seductive profile
I'm already used to seeing your poker face
But you know what I want, and still it's another da capo
Our happy ending is still a long ways off right now
But I want to do more ad-lib loving first
I got rhythm
Lalalala lalalala
Lalalala lalalalalaaaa
"Next time"
Hi there, this is Shinza the engineer.
I'm really short, so I don't even show up on screen unless I stand on tiptoes!
It's true! It's definitely not 'cuz I don't getta appear in very many episodes!
Eh? You said a machine to make myself taller...?!
Whoa!
Next time, the sixteenth episode of Oh! Edo Rocket...
"'T hat Thing is Me!" Next time, the sixteenth episode of Oh! Edo Rocket...
"'T hat Thing is Me!" When it comes to machines, Shinza!