The Phoenix
Oh, how I wish I had wings like those cranes that fly above...
Then I would go beyond the sea, fly to the other shore.
Professor! Professor Saruta!
Professor!
Please listen to me!
Please listen to me, Professor!
Please do not hit the glass, the capsule may break.
The real world isn't as wonderful as the one you read about in that book.
The big blue sky and the green meadows...
Things like that exist only in literature, and in your imagination.
If you set foot outside of the capsule...
Every cell in my body will deteriorate...
Yes, you've told me that many times, but Professor...
Then why does my heart yearn for the outside world so?
If I were just a mass of cells in a jar...
...I wouldn't need to go into the outside world so badly.
So Professor...
The data says that you can't survive in the outside world.
Even if that's so, I still want to get out!
I'd rather breath the air, only for just a moment...
...than be confined inside this capsule for years and years.
I want to feel the world with my own body!
That's what it means to live, isn't it?
Right? Professor!
All right.
Robita, drain the artificial amniotic fluid.
Professor...
I advise not to.
Professor. If we do...
It's all right, just do what I say. Professor. If we do...
I created Adam. I gave him life.
But that life is his...
And life must be lived!
Disconnect the umbilical cord.
Yes.
Adam! Come out now!
This is the world you've dreamed of!
P-Professor...
Professor! I'm out...
I'm outside of the capsule!
I'm out!
I-I got outside!
I am flying...
The Future Chapter 1
3403 A.D., the Earth was rapidly dying.
The beauty of nature was long gone, and civilization had moved underground.
Mankind made its last stand underneath the surface of the earth.
Why?
Why doesn't it work?
I tried everything to bring life back to this dying planet! I did everything I could, but...
...no matter how hard I try, I can't reproduce human life?
What will it take, a miracle?
What's that light?
Wait, what did you just say?
"A miracle will happen"?
Why are you telling me this?
Professor!
Professor Saruta!
Professor!
What's the matter?
There are life forms approaching the dome.
They are two humanoid life forms.
Tamami, hang on!
Yes! Tamami, hang on!
Masato!
Masato...
Run Tamami, they're coming!
A barrier?
Subjects secured.
Tamami!
So you're awake?
I decontaminated your body.
The wound on your leg has also been treated.
Your "Moopie" is safe as well.
Tamami isn't a "Moopie"!
Tamami is...
50 years ago, the amorphous life form, also known as the "Moopie"...
...was brought back from an expedition to the planet Celius 12.
This extremely robust life form, able to survive in any environment...
...has the unique ability to create illusions and shape human dreams.
Because they could also assume any shape...
...they quickly were adopted by families all over the world.
However...
People started to live in the fantasy worlds their Moopies created for them...
...abandoning the real world...
Thus the Moopie became a plague on the human world, and...
...a plan for the extermination of Moopies began, leading to their extinction.
I appreciate that you saved us.
But if you think you're going to take Tamami away from me, then...
A human eloping with a Moopie...
The Control Station is not going to let this go.
Shut up!
I don't care, I still love Tamami.
I understand.
Look, I'm not your enemy...
...but I have one condition...
Professor, there has been a tremendous amount of communication detected...
...between the underground city of Yamato, and the other cities.
I have never seen anything like this. I suggest we investigate...
I couldn't care less about what those people do in their underground cities.
My God...
What's all this?
These are the life forms I created.
But I haven't been able to create a single perfect life form yet...
They are all flawed in some way.
Now I got it!
You are the famous Professor Saruta!
You were run out of the academy because of...
...your illegal experiments, trying to create human life!
You've been banished from the underground city forever.
I wasn't banished.
I chose to leave the underground city on my own.
If the human race is to multiply, it must be on the surface of the Earth.
Tamami!
Tamami! Are you all right?
Why are you in there?
Your Moopie is exhausted to the point of death.
The Knop solution recreates the exact same environment...
...as the home planet of the Moopies.
If we keep her in there for a while, she will recover.
Will she really be okay?
I promise.
You said you weren't my enemy earlier...
So what's your one condition?
What's that?
Oh, it's Saruta, the exiled scientist.
What luck.
What did you say?
This planet is dying.
The only life form left on this Earth is mankind.
I want to return life to the surface.
And you're asking me to let you use Tamami as a guinea pig for your experiments?
Not a guinea pig!
I want to produce a new mode of life based on the Moopie's cell structure.
It's impossible!
Humans can't be God.
Until now, I hadn't thought about how a Moopie could make this possible!
If I could use their tenacious life force as a foundation, I could create a new life!
I won't let you do that!
I'm not going to join in your crazy fantasy.
I'm taking her out, and we're leaving here together right now.
An unidentified air vehicle is rapidly approaching!
An auto-defense system, huh?
What do you want?
Thank you for your warm welcome, Professor Saruta.
How do you know who I am?
Everyone at the bureau knows about you.
Rock!
Yamanobe! Why are you...
You're hiding here too? What a coincidence!
Don't fool with me.
You came here to capture Tamami and me, didn't you?
Hey now...
Why else would a Control Station Special Agent like you...
Hey, stop it.
...come up to the surface!
Wait, just listen to me.
Shut up!
Enough already. You don't understand.
I didn't come here to capture anyone.
Actually, I got the hell out of the underground city of Yamato, too.
What?
A war, you say?
That's right, a war is about to break out between underground cities.
Impossible!
Well, the master computer came up with that impossible idea.
The outcome of a war between master computers is obvious...
Both cities will be annihilated simultaneously.
Simultaneously?
If one side gets destroyed, so does the other side.
That's the cruel equation they follow.
But then what will happen to the cities? And the people who live there?
They will all be dead before they know what hit them.
Maybe that's not such a bad way to go.
Is there any way to stop it?
We did everything we could.
But we had no options left.
That's why I escaped.
In a little while, everything will come to an end.
Why did humans trust the computers with their future?
Why didn't they make their own decisions?
Mega earthquakes have been detected in the underground cities all over the world.
The city has been destroyed.
Peking, destroyed.
New York, destroyed.
Why? Those cities had nothing to do with it...
If one city was spared, it would be considered the winner.
All mankind is lost...
Masato!
What's the matter?
Tamami...
The computers at the Control Station started a war...
...and everything was destroyed.
No!
The people in this dome are the only survivors.
But sooner or later, the radiation will get to us, and all of us will die.
And so will the planet Earth...
Masato...
But we are still alive.
There must be a way for us to survive.
Please don't give up.
You're right. I'll think of what we can do.
Masato...
No wonder Yamanobe is head over heels for you.
You sure morphed yourself into one hot babe.
Who are you? Don't come closer!
Don't be so scared.
I'm going to escape from the Earth in a rocket.
And I want you to come with me.
A space journey can get pretty lonely.
I'll take you if I have to drag you by the hair.
I'll get my stuff, wait here.
Masato...
This is a rocket hanger...
Yes! We could use this rocket to get into space.
There's got to be some habitable space colony out there...
I'm sorry to tell you, but this rocket is reserved.
Rock!
If you don't mind, I'll be taking this rocket along with the Moopie, Tamami.
Tamami?
You can't expect me to make such a long trip by myself.
I'll never let you take her.
Rock, damn you...
Now the Moopie.
It's a seismic catastrophe.
The earth is screaming!
What now?
It is dangerous here. Please quickly evacuate to B-2 block.
Shut up! Get out of my way!
Masato...
Activate Female Robots. Navigate Masato and Rock here!
Robita! Robita! Come in!
It stopped...
Radiation level rising...
What?
Contamination level 3. Radiation will become lethal in 120 minutes.
Where is the Moopie?
Where did she go?
Damn, I can't contain the radiation!
Robita, what were you doing...
Tamami!
Masato...
Where is Masato?
Tamami, How did you get outside?
The capsule broke, so...
You must get back into the capsule immediately, otherwise...
We have found Masato Yamanobe.
Masato!
No vital activity detected.
There are signs of ray-gun damage to his chest.
What?
Tamami!
Masato, tell me it isn't true!
Please answer me!
Please Masato!
Masato!
Masato! Please answer me! Masato!
Do you want to save him?
There is one way to save him...
It could cost you your life, but we might be able to help him.
Really? You could save him?
I promise.
Contamination level 4, contaminated area is now 75%.
Tamami, you may not be able to keep your current form after this experiment.
I don't care, as long as Masato can be saved.
Masato...
Life shall return to the Earth, and you shall be its mother!
I've been looking for you, Professor.
Now, hand over the Moopie!
Shoot me if you want.
But if I don't complete this experiment, we're all going to die.
What do you mean?
The radiation levels inside this dome are near the lethal limit.
Radiation?
It's already too late for us.
I'm sure you've noticed the symptoms.
But if this experiment succeeds, Robita will be able to use the data to revive us.
Robita?
I destroyed that thing.
What did you say?
He was in my way, so I shot it with my ray gun.
Without Robita, I can't complete this program...
What a waste!
I see, so I destroyed my only hope with my own hands!
This is hysterical!
Data collection, completed.
So this is what she really looks like, huh?
Damn it!
What's that?
How could this be!
I-Is he alive?
What happened?
Oh right, Rock shot me, and...
The wound's gone!
The miracle the bird spoke of... was you...
Professor!
I didn't realize it, and I used Tamami to...
It's Tamami.
She chose to give up her life to restore yours.
She knew that she wouldn't be able to return to the way she looked...
Oh, Tamami...
This dome is contaminated by radiation.
I won't last much longer...
But you must live on...
Now that you're immortal, you can try to recreate life...
I have a favor to ask you.
Please put my body into the rocket and launch it into space.
I want to watch the resurrection of the Earth from orbit.
Professor...
I've never felt such a beautiful breeze...
Now we're the only two beings on earth.
Answer me, Tamami...
Someone whispers
In a faint voice
To the sparking stars
A promise I once heard
Ah, when the scars of the soul hurt
They long for their mother
Fading intermittently
I can hear the prayers in the voice
I am not alone in the darkness
It’s alright
The will to love is eternal
Next Episode
Three billion years of loneliness...
On the surface of the Earth...
...no animals, or fish, or insects, or even bacteria exist yet.
The only living thing is him.
Why me?
Why can't I die?
Why do I have to live forever?