Macross Movie Summer 1984
(The Macross Movie)
Draft 1:
=English Translation Script= -Version 1- Date: 3/20/1987
-Translated by- Mike Thomas & Tom Mitchell
-Editing & Drama Comments by- Tom Mitchell
Draft 2 by Takayuki Karahashi 3/27/1987
Draft 3 by Takayuki Karahashi 4/5/1987
Draft 4 by Jeff Okamoto 12/24/1987
Draft 5 by Brandon Gillespie 11/4/92
Source Material for Translation:
Macross: The Movie Deluxe (Book)
Macross: Do You Remember Love (The Macross Movie on laser disc)
Both From Shogakukan Publishing Co.
Macross song & BGM Collections on JVC/Victor compact discs
"Macross: Do You Remember Love" is a trademark held by Tatsunoko
Productions, Inc.
The word "Macross" is a jointly owned
trademark of Tatsunoko Productions, Inc. and Harmony Gold, USA.
This translation is produced for the public domain, and may not
be sold.
This script is a translation of a copyrighted work, and as such,
it is subject to applicable international copyright laws.
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Reproduction of this material is permitted
for NON-PROFIT purposes only!
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NOTES: All text enclosed in ">><<" are editors notes, about the script and background.
STORYLINE NOTES: (By Brandon)
Robotech (a series nearly all anime fans have seen, if not
liked) was derived from the Macross television series. This script
is to Macross, the movie. Therefore there are many descrepencies
between characters, and actions, in the series.
The following notes are on the major characters, and how they
relate to Robotech, etc. Names that require no speculation, or
clarification, are not included.
HIKARU, ICHIJO: (Rick Hunter)
MISA, HAYAES: (Lisa Hayes)
BRITAI: (Breetai)
BORG BODOLZA: (Lord Dolza)
KAIFUN: (Lynn Kyle)
ATTILA: I believe that the Protoculture city.
OTHER NOTES:
I would like to apologize to the initial translators, for
editing without their permission, but I was unable to contact them.
I would also like to add, that this is simply a translation
script, so english speaking fans can enjoy the storyline, as much
as they enjoy the animation. In no way is it meant to be a form of
copyright infringement, nor is it meant to be used for a profit.
To do otherwise is breaking the law.
Enjoy!
* * * * * ** * * * *
On the bridge of the ZENTRADI COMMANDER BRITAI'S cruiser,
BRITAI 7018 and his advisor EXEDOR 4970 examine some
objects captured from an enemy ship. Initially, they have
suspected that the ship belongs to the all-female
MELTRANDI forces. But the objects from the ship do not
appear to belong to them.
BRITAI: Do you say that that vessel does not belong to Meltran?
>>The Meltrandi. Meltran simply means "woman," and when
the Zentradi speak of Meltran, they're almost always
referring to the Meltrandi.<<
EXEDOR: During our previous battles, we found numerous objects of
microne size from the remains of the enemy ships. I shall show.
Observe.
EXEDOR extends one of his tentacles, manipulating a
vending machine.
BRITAI: Microne size . . . indeed, it seems these do not belong to
Meltran.
EXEDOR: Furthermore . . . a number of our soldiers received
strangesound signals near the enemy vessel and became unable to
fight.
BRITAI: Unable to fight? What could they have aboard that ship?
* * *
From out of the dark of its orbit around Titan, the SDF-1
MACROSS appears (we also see the opening "Macross" title).
The ZENTRADI FORCES have been hunting this ship for over five
months since its ill-fated hyperspace fold operation sent it
away to Pluto. It has been attempting to return to Earth,
fighting its way through. On the bridge of the MACROSS,
LIEUTENANT MISA issues flight instructions to the VALKYRIE
squads to intercept incoming ZENTRADI PODS.
MISA: This is Delta One to ARMD-01: check on your ASK and adjust to
the proper coordinates. Squads Skull, Angel, and Apollo: start
your engines and prepare to launch. Stand by.
HIKARU'S fighter, the VF-1A SUPER VALKYRIE, is swung outon
a launch arm, the ARMD-1, ready to take off.
LAUNCH CREW All: systems green. Good luck to you.
HIKARU: Thank you!
HIKARU and some other fighters proceed to launch into space.
Inside the ship, the people within MACROSS CITY go about
their daily business. We can hear the sound of music and
singing throughout the CITY as we come closer and closer to
a lighted amphitheater, where shipboard superstarlet LYNN
MINMAY is giving her very first live performance.
SONG LYRICS:
Two big hearts joined in the blue sky.
It is a love sign.
I love you.
You love me?
But he has a crush on his plane.
KYUN KYUN,
KYUN KYUN.
My boyfriend is a pilot.
>>KYUN, is a Japanese sound for engine noise, like our
"Zoom"<<
MINMAY: Good Evening everyone, I'm Lynn Minmay! Tonight is my
first concert and I thank everyone here for supporting me!
MAN IN CROWD: Minmay!
>>Voice by Director Masaharu Kawamori? This man, who
directed this movie, is reputed to have had a crush on Minmay and Misa.<<
MINMAY: Thank You! It has been five months since our MACROSS left Earth. During that time, many unhappy incidents have occurred. But tonight, let's forget such sad things and enjoy!
CROWD: Yay!
MINMAY: And now, I will sing a medley from my soon-to-be-released
first album.
SONG LYRICS "Little White Dragon"
Remember, The silver wings that dance in the great sky.
Shao Pai Long!
Shao Pai Long!
Remember, The the burning eyes that tear apart the
darkness.
Shao Pai Long!
Shao Pai Long!
The man who came to seek the diseased city, Evirus.
Slayer! Slayer! Slayer!
Shao Pai...
The music suddenly stops. MINMAY and the crowd senses an
emergency.
MINMAY: What?
PA SYSTEM ANNOUNCEMENT - Attention! Attention! Our ship is to
make a Transformation in three minutes! Go to the nearest
shelter as soon as possible!
Cut to a shot of the crowd.
FIRST MAN IN CROWD - Transformation!
SECOND MAN IN CROWD - What? Transformation?
MINMAY is confused.
MINMAY: Uh?
The amphitheater closes itself up. We cut to a long shot
of Titan with Saturn in the background. A squad of
VALKYRIES appear out of the distance. The ZENTRADI are
staging another attack on the MACROSS to destroy it. MISA
sends out orders to the squad and can be heard in the
cockpits of the fighters.
MISA: Delta One to squads Skull, Angel, and Apollo: course
correction to 308 + A15. Enemy estimated to be within firing
range in thirty seconds. Prepare to intercept the enemy.
ROY: Skull Leader to Squad: you heard the lady, so assume
intercept formation 17. Understand?
HIKARU and the others fire forty-eight missiles at the
incoming ZENTRADI BATTLE PODS. HIKARU nervously watches
his status board to see how many of the missiles hit. The
majority of them find their marks. We cut to HAYAO.
HAYAO (Shouting): Got them!
ROY: Don't celebrate so prematurely. Match their speed before
firing at them. Now break formation and reverse acceleration!
SQUAD: Roger!
The squad breaks formation. The sudden change in velocity
jolts HIKARU as he executes the retro-thrust maneuver.
HIKARU: Uh!
He looks at his heads-up display to find that his
VALKYRIE'S computer has locked onto three ZENTRADI BATTLE PODS.
HIKARU: There are three of them!
HIKARU fires and wipes out the three BATTLE PODS. But, he
soon finds three more BATTLE PODS attacking from behind.
HIKARU: They're for you, Max!
MAX: Roger!
MAX destroys the PODS following HIKARU. One of the
ZENTRADI leaves his crippled BATTLE POD, trying in vain to
punch MAX'S VALKYRIE with his first. MAX grabs the
ZENTRADI and blows his head away.
MAX: Three of them down!
HIKARU: Wow!
HAYAO: He's a genius!
HIKARU and HAYAO both see another ZENTRADI POD trying to
flee. HIKARU is already off in pursuit.
HIKARU: I can do that too!
The ZENTRADI fires at HIKARU, but HIKARU maneuvers out of
the way. HIKARU fires and destroys the last BATTLE POD.
HIKARU: Got him!
ROY receives an emergency message from MISA on the bridge
of the MACROSS.
ROY: What did you say?
MISA: This is Delta One. A large battle vessel has just
materialized out of a fold operation and is headed directly
towards us! Scanners detect a large number of enemy battle pods
on board! Emergency! Prepare to engage the enemy!
All the fighters rush back to the MACROSS.
HIKARU: The battle pods here were decoys!
HIKARU arrives back at the MACROSS just in time to stop a
ZENTRADI soldier in a BATTLE SUIT from firing on the
helpless bridge crew. Even though HIKARU has just saved
MISA'S life, she scolds him for being out of his assigned
position with the SKULL SQUAD.
MISA: Delta One to Skull Eleven: what do you think you are doing?
You're supposed to be attacking the enemy! Follow the
coordinates I gave you, and don't go wandering off again!
Drifting in front of the bridge window, HIKARU responds.
HIKARU: Are you kidding? I just saved your life! Is that any way to speak to me?
MISA: Is that the way to speak to your superior? You'd better
follow my orders, or I'll have you thrown in the brig! Don't
disobey, you rookie!
HIKARU: But they were going to blast you! What did you want me to
do? Sit out here and do nothing?
MISA: Let Defense Group Two handle it! What did you expect to
attack by coming here anyway? This is an order!
HIKARU: No time for that! I'm going for the enemy pods that
intruded into the ship.
HIKARU turns his VALKYRIE around, heading back into the
battle.
MISA: Wait! Who does he think is superior? Man or woman?
We hear sounds of the battle outside from within the
MACROSS. MINMAY and her brother KAIFUN are in a shelter
with some other people waiting for the end of the battle.
MINMAY: I wonder if we'll survive today?
A fan sitting next to them gathers the nerve to ask MINMAY
for an autograph but falls flat on his face from the shock
of an explosion. >>He looks suspiciously like director
Kawamori, see previous footnote.<<
KAIFUN: It's more violent than ever today.
Three ZENTRADI soldiers in BATTLE PODS rip their way inside
to the CITY. Two of them land on the streets, but the tug of
the artificial gravity catches the third soldier off guard.
He falls on top of one of the buildings, effectively crushing
it. It happens to be the building housing the shelter that
MINMAY and KAIFUN are in. The POD'S head rips through the
ceiling where they are seated. The people inside run. MINMAY
and KAIFUN hit the street trying to find shelter, but one of
the soldiers spot them. The soldiers are shocked to see the
sight of KAIFUN and MINMAY (a man and woman) running
together.
ZENTRADI #1 (CONDA): What? Zentran and Meltran!
ZENTRADI #2 (LOLI): Zentran and Meltran?
CONDA: Zentran and Meltran in same place!
LOLI: Unthinkable!
CONDA: Un . . . unthinkable!
MINMAY and KAIFUN are still running on the streets, trying
to escape the soldiers. But it is too late to get to a
shelter, as the ship is only a few seconds away from
changing into BATTLE CONFIGURATION.
PA ANNOUNCEMENT: Transformation in five
Seconds...four...three...two...
As they run, MINMAY falls. KAIFUN stops running, turning
to help her.
KAIFUN: Minmay!
PA ANNOUNCEMENT: One...TRANSFORM!
Just as KAIFUN is about to reach for MINMAY, a large
airlock wall is thrown up between them. It throws KAIFUN
back.
KAIFUN: Hey! Oof!
MINMAY is left on the side of the wall, where the ZENTRADI
soldiers are. She begins to scream as one of them comes at
her. In a control room somewhere aboard the MACROSS,
technicians relay damage control information to the
bridge.
TECHNICIAN #1: Gravity system #11 is malfunctioning.
TECHNICIAN #2: Subsystem is also inoperational!
MINMAY screams as a ZENTRADI soldier reaches for her. But
HIKARU arrives on the scene with his VALKYRIE in GERWALK
mode. His appearance distracts the soldier. The ZENTRADI
soldier fires and misses. HIKARU blows him away. The
gravity system in their section gives out. Everything is
sent drifting in a free fall down a highway, including
MINMAY. She floats down the highway with loose cars and
other debris. She screams. HIKARU manages to catch up to
her in his VF-1A. He manipulates one of his GERWALK'S
arms to catch her. He breathes a sigh of relief.
HIKARU: Whew! WHAT?
He looks up and realizes...too late. His GERWALK is about
to collide with the back of the compartment. He can do
nothing but shield MINMAY with the manipulator arms of his
GERWALK as they crash into a sealed-off area of the ship.
Airlock doors close behind them. Meanwhile while on
patrol on the other side of Titan, a CAT'S EYE
reconnaissance craft spots an enemy ship coming out of a
hyperspace fold to attack the MACROSS. It relays the
information to the bridge.
CAT'S EYE: Enemy ship is approaching; course 107.
On the bridge of MACROSS, now TRANSFORMED to
BATTLE MODE...
MISA: Course confirmed. Activate lock-on.
CLAUDIA: Energy level rising. Guns, stand by. MISA Increase the
energy to the main guns...stand-by.
CAPTAIN GLOVAL: FIRE!
A burst of energy leaps forward from the main guns of the
MACROSS, destroying the incoming ZENTRADI cruiser. The
ZENTRADI BATTLE PODS and other small ships begin to flee
from the MACROSS. Inside a sealed-off area, HIKARU gets
out of his VALKYRIE. With a flashlight, he surveys the
damage. His light illuminates the unconscious form of
LYNN MINMAY near the wreckage. He looks her over,
surprised.
HIKARU: Could it be?
He realizes the girl he has just saved with his VALKYRIE
is the famous starlet LYNN MINMAY, of whom he is a fan.
HIKARU: It's the real thing!
HIKARU drops the flashlight and steps on it, breaking it.
MINMAY begins to wake up.
MINMAY: Uhn...what?
HIKARU is startled by MINMAY waking up.
HIKARU: Huh?
MINMAY: You're...?
HIKARU: Yes?
MINMAY: You're the one who rescued me, aren't you?
HIKARU: Yes! I'm U. N. SPACY Valkyrie Skull Squadron Pilot,
E-Ensign Ichijo, Hikaru.
MINMAY: Thank you, Mr. Ensign.
HIKARU: I-It was no problem at all. I'm a big fan of you.
MINMAY: I am very pleased to meet you. Do you listen to any of my songs?
HIKARU: Y-Yes...all the time.
MINMAY (Looking around) - Hm...do you know where we are, Mr. Ensign?
HIKARU (Producing a pen and his handkerchief) - Uh...could I please
have your autograph?
MINMAY: What? Oh, sure...(signing, pen cap in her mouth)...here you go.
HIKARU: Wow! Thanks...we fell into the engine block.
MINMAY (Looking over the wrecked GERWALK) - Is there a way out?
HIKARU: I'll go look. I don't think there's any.
MINMAY: Can't you break down the wall?
HIKARU: That's impossible. It's made of hyper-carbon.
HIKARU tries his wrist communicator.
HIKARU: No, there's too much static.
MINMAY: Can you get the plane's radio to work?
HIKARU: No...that's damaged too.
MINMAY: Oh.
She begins to walk around, shouting.
MINMAY: Is anybody out there? Anybody? No one? I guess not.
She sits down on some of the wreckage.
MINMAY: Ah...I'm so happy that I'm alone at last. I'm tired of my
over-booked schedule.
HIKARU: Huh?
The ship begins to move out of its orbit from Titan. The
jolt scares MINMAY so that she grasps onto HIKARU.
MINMAY: Huh! What was that, Ensign?
HIKARU: The MACROSS must be breaking away from the orbit of Titan.
MINMAY: What?
HIKARU: Really.
Without any warning, the artificial gravity in their
section gives out. MINMAY and HIKARU begin to drift.
MINMAY: Eek!
HIKARU: The artificial gravity system is malfunctioning.
MINMAY begins to drift away faster, and HIKARU attempts to
catch up to her.
MINMAY: Ah!
HIKARU: W-Wait, Miss Minmay!
HIKARU catches up to MINMAY. In his attempt to stop her,
he accidentally touches her breast.
MINMAY: Hey! Let me go!
She pushes away from HIKARU. The force sends her tumbling.
HIKARU (Looking at his hands) - It was an accident! A mistake!
HIKARU, trained for activity in zero-G environments, makes
a maneuver to bring himself down to the floor by throwing
his legs forward and down.
MINMAY: Never mind! Do something to help me!
HIKARU: Swing your legs forward and stop them slowly!
MINMAY tries the move.
MINMAY: Like this? Wow.
She begins to drift back down to the floor.
MINMAY: Hey! It worked! (Giggles) This is fun.
Before HIKARU has a chance to say anything, MINMAY tries the
opposite maneuver, launching herself into the air again. She
begins to drift to a darkened part of the huge room.
HIKARU: Wha...! Miss Minmay! Don't go there!
MINMAY: Wow.
HIKARU: Hey! Miss Minmay! Stop!
MINMAY Giggles. HIKARU'S flight suit starts to glow,
reminding him of the dark. He tries to find his
flashlight.
HIKARU: Dammit, I forgot...I broke the flashlight.
MINMAY'S dress begins to glow. She giggles. HIKARU
stares amazed.
HIKARU: Wow!
MINMAY: Look! look! My dress, it's the latest fashion light holography!
They reach a different, lighter part of the sealed
bulkhead. There is all sorts of junk that had followed
them in from the CITY before the doors closed. There is
even a giant tuna fish.
>>A joke referring to the MACROSS TV series that this movie
is based on. Also, let's not forget that tuna in Japanese is
called "maguro" - a wordplay on "Macross").<<
MINMAY: There's a tuna and some vegetables floating around.
Look, there is even a doll of me here.
MINMAY flicks the MINMAY DOLL away with her finger. It
spins away, head over heels, playing a song that is stored
in it. Music begins. We see scenes of the stranded
couple's daily life (since they become stranded for three
days). They play with a Coke machine. HIKARU builds
MINMAY a zero-G shower. Etc.
SONG LYRICS
Zero-G love, zero-G love!
On my way home from school with my boyfriend,
At the usual corner where we part,
Seeing no one's around, He kissed me without warning.
I pretended to get angry at him
...but...but...My head dimmed,
and my heart pounded.
Zero-G love, zero-G love.
Four, three, two, one, zero-G love.
My body went floating away on the wind.
* * *
On his battle cruiser, BRITAI listens to EXEDOR'S report
of what has been discovered about the MACROSS during the
battle. They both study a recording of what the
infiltrating soldiers saw and did.
EXEDOR: The invasion troop reports the unthinkable. Microns exist
inside the enemy vessel, as suspected. Furthermore...
BRITAI: Wait! Increase the magnification. These are . . . !
Microns of Zentran and Meltran!
EXEDOR: There is more evidence showing Zentran and Meltran in coexistence.
BRITAI: Not proper!
EXEDOR: I have an unthinkable premonition. Our ancient combat
manual says, "Do not harm micrones. Those who do will perish."
BRITAI: What? Perish? Zentran's fleet will perish? Unthinkable!
Somewhere within BRITAI'S ship, a group of soldiers
investigate an unusually small female MICRONE. Actually,
it is a MINMAY DOLL with a recording of her song.
ZENTRADI SOLDIER #1: Is this a microne of a microne?
SOLDIERS: Wait! Wait!
As the soldier taps the doll on its head with his gun, it
begins to move and sing. A soldier raises his gun to it but
is strangely affected by the music. He finds that he can't fire.
SONG LYRICS:
KYUN, KYUN! KYUN, KYUN!
My boyfriend is a pilot.
It shines and makes a quick dive.
It fires its engines and makes a quick ascent.
Pulling a tail of white smoke,
it draws two big hearts...
SOLDIERS: It moves! Retreat! Retreat!
SOLDIER #1: What is this? Unthinkable!
SOLDIER #2: Weapon sound!
SOLDIER #3: Unthinkable sound!
* * *
Aboard the MACROSS, ROY, MAX, and HAYAO hold a briefing in
the U. N. SPACY cafeteria.
ROY: There is still no evidence that they are dead,
so we must continue searching.
MAX: I think we should search the west block today.
ROY: All right, good idea.
MAX and HAYAO get up to leave, saluting ROY. ROY gets up and
walks over to the soda fountain where MISA and CLAUDIA are
having something to drink and discussing the new recruit,
HIKARU.
CLAUDIA: That kid still hasn't been found yet, huh?
MISA: Well, he has been missing for three days now. Maybe he got
scared and deserted. Isn't that a possibility? He isn't the
military type. You know, a boy will be unhappy for life if he
chooses the wrong occupation. Well, what I mean is that he
would probably do a lot better if he chose another line of work.
CLAUDIA: Well now, you're so critical about everything as always.
If you keep this up...
MISA: No one will ever want to marry me?
CLAUDIA: Hm...?
MISA: That's all right. I've stopped thinking of myself as a girl
for a long time now.
CLAUDIA: Not that again. Stop talking like an old maid. But don't
worry. I can guarantee you're a great person...
MISA: stares into her soda and her mind flashes back to a
time when she was in love with a man named Carl Riber, who
was killed in the service while stationed on Mars Base Sarah.
* * *
In a sealed-off area, MINMAY shares her personal history
with HIKARU.
MINMAY: And then my mom and dad said, (imitating her father)
"Don't you know how hard your brother works to take care of
you? If you don't behave, I'll disown you!" So, I thanked them
for taking care of me and told them that I was going to work
very hard and one day become a famous singing star.
HIKARU: And then?
MINMAY: Then I left home and came here.
HIKARU: Wow, you're pretty brave.
MINMAY: But I think I was too rough on them. I just hope that they
are all right.
HIKARU: Aren't they on the MACROSS?
MINMAY: They're on Earth.
HIKARU: Earth...
MINMAY: Do you know what has been happening on Earth? What it has
become like?
HIKARU: The official announcement says heavy radio jamming is
preventing us from making contact.
MINMAY: I mean, the truth.
HIKARU: The Zentradi bombarded Earth so heavily. I doubt anyone
remained safe.
MINMAY: So...
HIKARU: But don't worry. We'll be home in only a month.
MINMAY: Is that so?
HIKARU: Yes. By the way, could I ask you? (Asking candidly,
trying to change the subject.)
MINMAY: What?
HIKARU: The other day, on TV...
MINMAY: TV?
HIKARU: Yes. The TV show "For Nights When You Want to Cry." There
are rumors floating around about that other actor.
MINMAY: Do you also believe those rumors? They're only stories
made up by the magazine publisher. PEOPLE, eh?
HIKARU: Is that true? The love scene seemed so real.
MINMAY: (Giggle) I was just acting. It's business, you know.
HIKARU: No way!
MINMAY: Want me to show you?
HIKARU: Show me?
MINMAY Giggles, Floats up to HIKARU and embraces him.
HIKARU is taken by surprise.
MINMAY: Oh, Hikaru...
HIKARU: Wha...?
MINMAY: Hikaru, I've loved you all my life. Tell me you love me.
HIKARU: But...but...
MINMAY: You don't love me, do you?
HIKARU: Yes...yes, I do love you.
MINMAY: Do you, really?
HIKARU: Yes, really.
MINMAY: I'm so glad. (She kisses him.)
While they are embraced in their kiss, they fail to notice
that the artificial gravity in their area has begun to
return and they have begun drifting to the floor.
The safety door to
their isolated area are unlocked. A group of reporters
rush in, snapping photographs of the couple locked in
their floating embrace.
REPORTER: A scoop!
MINMAY & HIKARU: Ah...?
