It is the 22nd year of the new Holy Era.
With the fall of the previous age brought about by human folly...
lawlessness runs rampant and disorder rules the world.
But here in Shinjuku, the City of Beasts...
any creature who would harm another...
must contend with us, one and all.
Our wild blood runs hot tonight.!
Hyper Police to the rescue.!
HYPER POLICE
Till you make up your mind I won't let you go
I'm gonna make you feel the pull of my charms
What gives spice to romance
Is the endless thrill of playing the game
My heart soars where none has ever gone before
When you've finally seen
That I'm your number one then hurry, hurry
Reach across time and take me in your arms
We'll always be together forever and a day
Together eternity's within our reach
Halt!
You can't get away now.
Catch me if you dare!
Look at this.
Don't come any closer.
- If you set those off, you'll die, too. - You're bluffing.
Are you sure?
Run!
No! Please, no!
Is everybody okay?
I'm hunky-dory.
I'm fine, too.
Help!
You've given us nothing but trouble.
Why don't we just bury him?
How could you be so cruel?
What's that?
''Maeda's Crackers''
I'll open it.
What the blazes?
It's stuff from ages ago.
- I bet it's a time capsule. - Time capsule?
Somebody buried it long ago for future generations to find.
It seems to be from an era called Showa, when humans were in their glory.
Maybe this place is an ancient site of some kind.
Isn't he sweet?
I didn't know you liked that sort of thing.
That's odd. It looks familiar somehow.
''A Mysterious Dome''
It all started with a seemingly trivial event.
Come on! Shoot!
You mustn't come here.
Why?
This is a Class 1 Restricted Area.
Nya-nya.
Rattletrap robot, stiff as steel...
keep standing there and we'll pee on your heels.
A mysterious dome appeared and quickly covered all of Arakawa Ward.
It continued to expand...
and soon had swallowed up Adachi Ward as well.
The government dispatched a survey team to investigate.
Let's go.
but the team never returned.
Those who live near the dome...
are urged to exercise extreme caution.
I heard even the fourth team they sent in has lost contact.
What could that dome be?
One thing's for sure: It's not a baseball stadium.
All I know is it's a big problem for me.
That's right.
You lived in Arakawa, didn't you?
Right, and it means I'm a permanent refugee now.
Is this some trick of yours, Sakura?
Don't be ridiculous. You know I don't have that kind of power.
Right, of course not.
But then what is the darn thing?
Maybe it's some kind of massive distortion in space.
To change the subject, I wonder if we'll get to keep the time capsule.
If the owner doesn't show up, the person who found it gets to keep it.
It was just a bunch of junk.
But the kind of junk that makes you feel warm and fuzzy inside.
You're a weird one.
Thousand, ten thousand, hundred-- thousand, million, ten million!
Yikes! That's some reward!
Did you say ten million?
Let me see!
Look right here. For rescuing the government teams...
and for determining the cause of the dome and removing it.
That's what the reward is for.
That's super! You can't beat an offer like that!
The amount is too high. I think it spells trouble.
Don't be such a spoilsport.
Why not go for it? Say, mister, your shoulders feel awful stiff.
Time to score some big money and relax at a spa somewhere.
Stretch out in an open-air hot spring and gaze at the stars, away from it all.
No. I have a bad feeling about this job.
I don't know why. Besides, we haven't caught anything since the panda...
and our pocketbooks are all hitting bottom.
You don't see plums like this very often. Forget the small stuff.
If we go for the big score, we could really rake it in.
No one else seems very excited about it.
No go, Natsuki?
I don't think--
You can't enjoy the reward if you're dead.
That's right. Better not to bite off more than you can chew.
There'll be other good jobs.
I agree.
Including the 4th survey team, 53 persons missing.
Are we really going to do this?
A famous alpinist once said...
''I climb the mountain because it's there.''
If you're not comfortable, I won't insist you go along.
I'm a bounty hunter, too.
I'm not scared.
Well, then, let's go knock on the gates of hell.
''Premium Sake, Princess Sakura'' ''Nine-tail Brewery''
I don't care what Batanen and the others say.
We're talking ten million here. I can'tjust let it drop.
There it is.
Where have I seen a star shape like that before?
Well, whatever. Piece of cake.
The ten million's gonna be all mine!
You can't go in there alone, Sakura! It's too dangerous!
Well, here goes nothing.
What? Sakura has disappeared?
She said she was going out to have a look at the dome...
and she never came back.
You think she went into the dome all by herself?
The ten million might have been too tempting for her.
You're right! There's no way she could resist it!
You really think she's in there?
I heard this from Peau...
but apparently Fonne and Kondo from the MAD Police Corporation...
went in and haven't been heard from since.
Even Kondo?
What should we do?
If Sakura's in there, too, we can't just twiddle our thumbs.
What's that thing tell you, Tommy?
The dome seems to be nothing but an electrostatic charge.
So you can go in and out freely?
Uh-huh. But it presumably jams everybody's radio equipment.
All right, let's go.
Hey.
I wonder what that is.
Come on, Natsuki, or you'll get left behind.
Right.
The fog seems to be thinning out, Batanen.
Run!
You're still it!
Rats!
Sweet little girl,jump right in Thank you very much
What is this place?
- Gotcha! - Darn.
...And the hunter shot it with his gun
Boiled it, roasted it, ate it
And now it's time to cover it up with a leaf
Why are there so many humans?
It's the lost age.
It's the Showa period.
You mean like in the time capsule?
The period when humans were at the peak of their glory.
But why?
Batanen, look what I found!
This stuff belonged to the second survey team.
Does that mean they got into trouble around here?
The chances are high.
Peau!
Did you say Peau? Where?
I don't see her.
- Want to play with this? - Yes!
What are you doing, Tommy?
Yippee, yippee, Frisbee!
Good boy.
What's gotten into you, Tommy?
Come with me.
Peau!
Wait up, Peau!
Where are you going, Tommy?
We have to stay together. If we get separated--
Batanen! Where'd you go?
Batanen!
Which way are you looking? I've been right here all along.
What happened? You've shrunk!
So it seems.
Tommy! Something's happened to--
Tommy's gone! What are we going to do?
Tommy!
It's an F-Elf flyer.
Must be the one Fonne and Kondo flew in on.
I can't believe they'd run off and leave it sitting here.
I wonder where they went.
I'm getting hungry. Shall I make us something to eat?
Pasta okay?
Anything's fine.
How many days did you get off this time?
- One week. - I see.
- They're at their best, Mom! - Yes.
It's really nice, after missing out on them last year.
I made the egg and fish rolls myself. Try them!
Let's see.
- Yum. - You're getting to be quite a cook.
The simmered meat and vegetables are delicious, too.
That sounded like Mr. Nupu.
He's here, too?
Tommy! Everybody! Where are you?
This place really isn't safe. It's more than the two of us can handle.
Natsuki, let's scram.
We've gotta get out of here.
But Sakura must be waiting for us somewhere...
and we can't run away without Tommy.
We're not running away. We just need to--
Thief!.
A thief? I'll teach him!
Halt!
Batanen!
Give it up. You'll never get away.
Stop squirming!
Let him go!
Take it easy! Let the child go!
Forget it! And don't you move!
Don't compound your troubles. Think of your mother back home.
My mother?
My mother worked late through the night
To knit me a warm pair of mittens
Shut up! You can't break me down that easy.
Don't you know it's dangerous to play with knives?
Mother, where do you suppose my mittens went?
Thank you very much for your cooperation.
Batanen, are you all right?
It was nothing.
You scraped your knee.
Forget it. Give it a lick and it'll take care of itself.
Wait. Owie, owie, fly to the sky!
I'm not a little kid, you know.
Actually, right now you are.
I'll protect you.
Just as you say, going solo isn't safe...
and since I'm the big sister right now, I have to be strong.
Wow.! I'm in Natsuki's arms. I must be dreaming.
Tommy! We're going home!
Being a little kid again really isn't so bad.
Here goes. Flip!
Yeah!
Where did everybody go?
Hey, Natsuki, do you remember coming this way?
I'm pretty sure it's the right direction...
and it does seem vaguely familiar.
Isn't that because it's a lot like your neighborhood?
Now that you mention it, you're right. Especially that house.
''Sasahara''
This is impossible. My house burned down.
The layout and the furnishings are the same, too.
Hi, Natsuki. Welcome home.
Father?
This is your dad?
Scary omens and close calls
Fill my every day
I'm not even married
But when do I have time to fall in love
There were lots of thrills
And in the end, all was well
Tomorrow is our double date
You know it's gonna be great
Gotta do the day spa on my way home
I think love must be some kind of magic
Passed down through the ages
An ancient, ancient spell
To all the wicked ones who choose to misuse it
Until the world over
Fills to overflowing
With happy smiles
However long it takes
The battle will rage on
From one day to the next
I don't get it.! How come my father's here?
He was supposed to be on a trip around the world.!
And Mother, too.!
With Batanen still a little kid, too...
this place is definitely very strange.
And I'm starting to feel strange, too.
Oh, my head.! Why is this happening to me?
Coming next.. ''The Good Sunny Side of the Veranda''
Don't you dare miss it.!