The final match of the Arakawa King Game was Sister versus Maria.
Their rivalry echoed like thunder through the heavens,
but the name of the victor was still hidden in the clouds...
Or so we thought.
But Sister had lost too much blood due to Maria's poison-tongued preemptive attack.
He was already in critical condition.
This is all we have for transfusions. It's not enough.
No, it's fine. Any more would just weigh me down.
Sound the bell!
A normal man would be unconscious...
He may die.
Ric, that is.
And so, the life-or-death battle began...
And now it begins!
The no-weapon-restrictions, lawless, no-referee-needed King Game final match!
Fight!
Huh, I never expected you to volunteer yourself as a blood donor.
Of course I did!
No matter what, we need to make sure Sister wins!
If Maria becomes King, we'll end up as the untouchables in her caste system!
Yeah, I'm not looking forward to that either.
But Sister's head-over-heels for Maria!
Do you think he can point a gun at the woman he loves!?
Come on, Star, what are you always saying?
"If you've fallen for her..."
"Go on the attack!"
We never expected a missile attack!
I guess we were wrong, but if he's going for it we can't really—
No, he's overdoing it!
That'll kill even Ma—
How slow.
Even a newborn lamb is faster!
As expected. You're as sharp as ever.
The skills that won you the name "the Beautiful Interceptor"...
You haven't changed at all either.
Still relying on your guns.
That's—!
Battlefield shearing secret technique!
Sazae's Father!
This chill!
Just seeing her stance, a chill runs through my scalp!
It is said that the same man's hairstyle rose to the top of each of their minds...
I heard of that long ago!
The reason Sister keeps a poker face is
the laughter of his squadmates after he was hit with Sazae's Father!
It's strong enough to take away Sister's smile!
If I knew he had such a glass heart,
I should have laughed as hard as I wanted to about his getup when we first met!
Is Sister okay?
If he's been hit by it once, a second time...
Wrong.
Were it merely a test of might, Sister would win.
But Maria aims to sap his strength with her poison tongue.
More than a fierce physical technique, she aims to sap his will to fight by layering on the trauma!
Sister's trembling!
His shots will miss!
No, worse, he's about to snap!
Sister's going to lose!
I hear it!
I hear God's voice!
What's he talking about!?
A fear-induced hallucination?
Will he be all right?
O Father! What do you mean by "open thine eyes" and "throw away thine gun"?
Wait, it's for real!?
What? I've been wrong about so much?
I've really wanted to hear him say that, just not right now!
Sister! Don't listen to Him!
Don't you always say you only believe in things you can shoot!?
I am a servant of the Lord. His orders are absolute.
His voice leads me to salvation.
I shall follow.
Sister...
Throw away my gun.
And take up a knife!
Remember the basics of CQC!
Semper fi, o Lord!
God isn't supposed to give that kind of practical advice!
Judging by the silhouette, it was a different legend.
Anyway! Sister! Come on, you absolutely can't lose to Maria!
He dodged at that range!?
No! Maria's aim was—
To pin Sister down!
Sister's veil put a dent in the floor!
Why are you wearing weights while fighting?
As a handicap.
Why did they stop?
Look! The ring is covered in blood!
How!? They're not moving at all!
No... They're fighting...
Fighting so fast the eye can't follow. To the observer, it looks like they're perfectly still.
No way!
I'm probably the only one here who can see their fight.
No... I can see it as well.
Really!?
I can't see a thing.
Yeah, they just look like they're standing there.
But...
I can feel it in my soul...
The clash of flame on flame!
Keep going!
Both of you, keep going!
Yes! You're both real men!
Sister! Maria! You're both so cool!
It doesn't even matter who wins!
What wonderful pure will to power!
Pure will to power...
They don't care about the throne or royal prerogative anymore...
They just want to prove themselves!
This is true battle!
Sister!
Maria!
You're both real men!
You're sweaty.
You smell like a bug.
You don't even remotely remind me of a human.
Huh? Maria? What happened to the high-speed movement?
The clash of souls...
Oh? Whatever could you be talking about?
I just explained to Sister exactly what was wrong with him like usual.
Oh, by the way.
It's not Maria.
Call me Queen.
Thus, an Empress was born.
My songs are my life.
Remembering it, I feel all tingly.
I'll protect you even if it costs me my life.
Director Shoji Kawamori
I'm just a princess captured by some monster.
Composer Yoko Kanno
Sheryl loves Alto...
Created by Shoji Kawamori & Studio Nue
I told you, you're not alone.
So, the False Songstress?
What was that!?
Alto! We're going in!
Here it goes.
Our last show!
Alto! Wake up!
The last battle begins
We have only one chance!
Let's go, Michel!
You don't even have to tell me!
Firing reaction missiles!
Playtime's over.
And then the galaxy shall be ours!
This is the secret only you and I share.
I know my song will get through, so promise me!
I'll soar! Until I can end this war!
Farewell wings!
Believe in me. I'll...
MacF the Movie
FAREWELL WINGS
A
©2011 Big West/Macross F Movie Production Committee
YUICHI NAKAMURA as Alto Saotome AYA ENDO as Sheryl Nome MEGUMI NAKAJIMA as Ranka Lee KATSUYUKI KONISHI as Ozma Lee HIROSHI KAMIYA as Mikhail Blanc JUN FUKUYAMA as Luca Angeloni MEGUMI TOYOGUCHI as Clan Clang KENTA MIYAKE as Bobby Margot SANAE KOBAYASHI as Catherine Glass SOICHIRO HOSHI as Brela Stern KIKUKO INOUE as Grace O'Connor TOMOKAZU SUGITA as Leon Mishima CREATED BY SHOJI KAWAMORI AND STUDIO NUE DIRECTED BY SHOJI KAWAMORI ASSISTANT DIRECTOR EI'ICHI SATO WRITTEN BY HIROYUKI YOSHINO SHOJI KAWAMORI COMPOSER YOKO KANNO CHARACTER DESIGNERS RISA EBATA YUICHI TAKAHASHI MECHANICAL DESIGNERS JUN'YA ISHIGAKI TAKESHI TAKAKURA VALKYRIE DESIGNER SHOJI KAWAMORI MECHANICAL ART HIDETAKA TENJIN CG CHIEF DIRECTOR HIROSHI YAGISHITA COLOR SETTING KUMIKO NAKAYAMA ART DIRECTOR SHUN'ICHIRO YOSHIHARA (BIHOU) MUSIC SUPERVISOR MASAFUMI MIMA A SATELIGHT PRODUCTION PRESENTED BY KLOCK WORX A BIG WEST / MACROSS F MOVIE PRODUCTION COMMITTEE FILM
Opens Nationwide February 26th, 2011
I'm Madoka Kaname, age 14! A normal eighth-grader from Midakihara Middle School!
An average 14-year-old girl's encounter with the unusual.
Or at least I was until an encounter one day
The beginning of a new tale of magical girls——
completely shook up my peaceful daily life!
My new life is really tough,
but even if there's nothing special about me I'm the only one who can do it.
And someday, someone will look up to me!
I'll try my best!
Puella Magi Madoka☆Magica starts Friday night, January 7th!
At the end of the Arakawa King Game, the one seated in the throne
was none other than the most fearsome of them all, Maria!
What's wrong, Ric?
Go ahead. Announce my decree.
What's wrong, Ric!?
What's written on it!?
You think we'll accept this!?
This is an absolute order.
My subjects in Arakawa!
My poor sheep are cold. Make clothes for them.
What is that!? Some kind of coded message!?
When she says sheep, does she mean all of us?
And are the clothes some kind of torture device?
If you want to, we can do that.
I shore my sheep on a recent warm day, but it's gotten chilly again.
So I wanted to make them clothes out of their wool.
I knew you looked out for your lackeys, Maria!
Making clothes!? That sounds fun! Can I help out?
Of course. In fact, you have to.
You can make clothes out of wool?
Of course.
Then...
Make all of my hair into a belt!
My head will be lighter and my tummy won't get cold!
A yellow belt, huh?
Reconsider that, Nino!
Won't that make your head cold, though?
I guess.
If you need a belt, I'll make you one.
She's acting like she has a conscience again!
No way... When Maria ascended to the throne...
I expected her to decree something like "Change the waters of the Arakawa into blood!"
You must have mistaken me for some demon.
I just joined in because it sounded fun. I didn't really have any wishes in mind.
That's terrible in its own way!
After all...
Somehow I'm happier here than I ever could have imagined myself being.
All right, everyone! Time to wash the wool!
Okay!
I don't really know much about her past either, but she obviously isn't a good person.
On the other hand, were she evil, she would never get along so well with animals.
At least, that's what I think.
I guess.
We don't think she's all that terrible either...
All right, let's help out!
Tell us what to do!
Forsooth!
Oh, thanks guys!
I have something else for you men to do, though.
Why don't you go over there...
And be dogs.
Dogs?
You know, to herd the sheep.
I have little gifts for you to get you to work hard, too.
All right, pick a collar and get down and grovel!
Maria seemed truly happy.
It's okay, you'll be fine.
You just need to bring the sheep back from grazing into the paddock.
Just copy what the old hands do!
There's no way I can move like that!
It's okay. There's a first time for everyone.
Don't overdo it, just do what you can.
Maria...
Now didn't I tell you to grovel?
Well, um, if I do that I can't move as fast...
Come on, look at Sister.
He's fast!
And wait, isn't that prone infiltration!?
What are you standing there for!?
Get over there and scare them in the other direction!
Wait, scare them how?
Stare them down! Make them think you're going to eat them!
No way! Come on, I'm gonna get trampled!
That was close...
What a pro.
Here, good boy.
See, like that.
Wow, it works! The sheep are turning away!
This'll be fun.
Star, your face is going back to normal!
Don't let down your guards!
Keep making the kind of face you would at the worst parts of life and society!
Here goes!
Rejected appeals.
Getting married for the sake of it.
The darkness of society.
The doughnut phenomenon.
Pointless village festivals.
The Meiji Restoration.
The Omiya incident.
Sword wounds.
Let's go! Keep it up!
Come at them from 2 o' clock!
Starboard! Not enough despair!
Now!
Charge the sheep ahead!
Wow, you got all the sheep together!
Good work!
We finished the clothes too!
Why are you so depressed?
One last thing, Sister. Go down the list and count all the sheep.
Understood.
Counting sheep, huh, Sister?
Be careful not to fall asleep!
David... Sa'id... Tom...
Huh, they have some cool-sounding names. Almost like they're named after people.
Really? I guess so. They're all...
Names of men I've loved...
Carl. Shiro.
Dusty. Raleigh.
Sister! If you keep counting those sheep, you'll never wake up!
Oh, great, they all fit perfectly.
Now they won't get colds!
We're done with Maria's decree!
It's obvious that the bulk of that order was for us!
All right, guys, let's get together on the shore and cap this off!
We're floating everyone's wishes down the river!
You still have those!?
No way!
No peeking!
Hurry up!
All right, everyone! Face the river and salute!
Well, I guess that's how it works out.
Those kinds of wishes are better fulfilled oneself.
You're right, Ric.
I mean, I am a grown man now.
Hey, this looks like Ric's writing.
Mm-hm.
Well there.
Don't pull them out of the water!
Oh, hey, this is yours, isn't it?
How beta can you get?
Nino?
Man, what a kerfluffle! They're all caught up here!
No worries, the paper'll dissolve.
I can't stand the shame!
You shouldn't be ashamed of your wishes!
That's all well and good, but—!
What are you doing, Nino?
One got caught there?
Yeah.
Don't worry, Nino.
Ric...
Remember when I waded out into the river when your grass boat got caught?
I won't fall in again.
I know the currents now, and how slippery that rock is.
I've learned how to read the flow of the river.
And I think I understand why you look so lonely sometimes.
Ric...
It'll be okay.
Let's be together forever.
Now, in the past, and in the future.
With me the earthling...
With everyone!
Let's always be together!
Yes.
On my journey to pick up the pieces of my love
For some reason I'm always so lonely
I've got to get going, before the sky's tears start to fall
Everything's falling to pieces, as I search for that voice
Someday we'll both be looking for each other
The days flow by, one by one, murmuring like a stream
Someday, someday, we'll get there
Forlorn, with it slipping through my hands
Restless, I can't sleep
I yelled out, don't leave me
Don't leave me, stay with me forever
Don't leave me, don't leave me, don't leave me
No matter what,
my eyes could not be torn from the stage.
I discarded the opera glasses, which served only to shatter the magic.
Even had I stared, I would only have been blinded by your radiance.
The crying mannequin...
All secrets were concealed within the lion's cage.
What you've shown me
could only be answered with thundering applause.
That you not return behind the curtain...
That the circus never leave...
For now, I can only clap as if praying.