Moldiver Episode 1: Metamorforce CAPTIONING PERFORMED BY THE NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE, INC. CAPTIONS COPYRIGHT 1994 PIONEER LDCA, INC. PUBLIC PERFORMANCE OF CAPTIONS PROHIBITED WITHOUT PERMISSION OF NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE THE SPACE WRAPPED IN A DIMENSIONAL SHIELD FORMS ITS OWN SHIELD AND COMPLETELY INSULATES ITS WEARER FROM THE OUTSIDE WORLD. THE PSEUDO-MOLECULES WHICH FORM THE OUTER SHELL CAN CONTROL THE EFFECTS OF RADIATION, GRAVITY, HEAT, ALL TYPES OF WAVES AND ENERGY. THE IMPACT OF NOT ONLY BULLETS... BUT ALSO OF NUCLEAR BLASTS WILL BE CONTAINED. AND THROUGH CONTROL OF THE INERTIA MASS AND SURFACE FRICTION RESISTANCE, IT'S POSSIBLE TO MOVE AT SUB-LIGHT SPEED. FURTHERMORE, BECAUSE OF THE MUSCLES' SELF-MULTIPLICATION FUNCTION, THAT POWER BECOMES INFINITE! TRANSCENDING COMPLETELY THE RULES OF MODERN PHYSICS, IT IS A DREAM SUPERSUIT. WITH THIS SUPERSUIT... IF ONLY I HAD IT, I COULD BECOME A SUPERHERO. OH, WHAT AN INCREDIBLE GENIUS I AM. WHY DON'T YOU GET UP EARLIER? YOU ALWAYS SLEEP UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE. SO WHAT? I'M ALWAYS THERE. MIRAI, DON'T YOU CARE ABOUT ANYTHING? THAT'S NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS. BY THE WAY, THAT CREDIT CARD STATEMENT CAME AGAIN. NOZOMU, REMEMBER WE HAVE TO KEEP THIS AN ABSOLUTE SECRET FROM HIROSHI BECAUSE HE'S BEEN ACTING LIKE A PARENT RECENTLY. THAT GOES FOR TODAY ALSO. BUT IF YOU WIN, EVERYONE WILL FIND OUT. I'LL DEAL WITH IT. HIROSHI'S LATE. HE HAS AN APPOINTMENT TODAY. I'M SURE HE PICKED UP SOMETHING AND WORKED ON IT ALL NIGHT. WITH ALL THE LIGHTS ON? HIROSHI, GET UP. IT'S NOON. ALL YOUR LIGHTS ARE ON. WHAT'S THAT? DON'T GIVE ME THAT LAUGH. I FINALLY MADE IT. WHATEVER IT IS, DON'T DO DANGEROUS THINGS, O.K.? YOUR INVENTIONS NEVER WORK RIGHT ANYWAY. WHAT'S THIS NONSENSE ABOUT THE DIMENSIONAL SHIELD OF THE MOLDIVER-- QUIT IT. YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO READ THIS. O.K. NOZOMU'S WAITING, SO HURRY AND FINISH YOUR BREAKFAST. O.K. IT'S SUNDAY TODAY. PICK UP YOUR ROOM INSTEAD OF DREAMING. DREAM? MAYBE IT WAS A DREAM. I'M GOING! LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU FOR COMING. THIS IS AN OCCASION FOR THE ANNOUNCEMENT FOR TOKYO RESTORED CAR GRAND PRIX, SPONSORED BY OUR OWN ZIC CORPORATION. LOOK AT ALL THE FAMED CARS OF YORE THAT HAVE BEEN RESTORED TO THEIR ORIGINAL DESIGNS. A HONDA V-12 RA-121-E. OUR RESTORATION TEAM DID A PRETTY GOOD JOB. REPLICAS ARE REPLICAS, AFTER ALL. THEY CAN'T BEAT THE ORIGINAL. IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME, MR. AMAGI. AS ALWAYS, YOU SEEM EXTREMELY INTERESTED IN THIS EVENT, OZORA. I HEAR YOU'RE WORKING VERY HARD WITH THE MATERIALS ENGINEERING TEAM. OH, PLEASE. WE MAY BOTH BE AT ZIC, BUT COMPARED TO YOUR OUTER SPACE DIVISION-- OH, I HAVE SOMETHING TO SHOW YOU. WHY, THAT'S THE PRECIOUS 8mm FILM. OH, THAT'S NOT WHAT I WANTED TO SHOW YOU. OH, THAT... YOU DON'T MEAN A V-V-V-VHD DISC PLAYER! A MOST PRECIOUS RARITY. I HAVE THE SOFTWARE, TOO. MY RETRO COLLECTION STILL BEATS YOURS, HUH? YES. I SUPPOSE YOU'RE RIGHT. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU FOR WAITING. YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE SOMETHING COMPLETELY AUTHENTIC. OF THE 32 ENTRIES, THIS IS THE ONLY GENUINE F-1 MACHINE. TAKE A GOOD LOOK. ZIC HAS FINALLY SUCCEEDED IN OBTAINING THIS PRECIOUS MACHINE. WOW. THE REAL THING STANDS OUT, DOESN'T IT, MR. AMAGI? HUH? NOW WE COME TO TODAY'S MAIN EVENT! WHO IS GOING TO BE TOKYO'S BEAUTY QUEEN APPROPRIATE TO THIS PRECIOUS MACHINE AT THIS ZIC RACE QUEEN CONTEST? BUT FIRST, LET ME INTRODUCE OUR SPECIAL JUDGES. HERE IS THE GREATEST JAPANESE PHYSICIST OF THIS CENTURY AND ZIC'S HONORARY CONSULTANT, PROFESSOR HIROSHI AMAGI. PROFESSOR? AND FROM OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT, DIRECTOR NIURA. AND NOW THE CONTEST BEGINS. ENTRY NUMBER 1, 18-YEAR-OLD MASAMI OKA. NEXT ENTRY, NUMBER 7... WHAT ARE YOU SHAKING FOR? THIS IS THE BIGGEST EVENT I'VE EVER ENTERED. OH, YOU'RE CHICKEN, EH? THEN IT'LL BE EASY FOR ME TO WIN. NEXT IS ENTRY NUMBER 9, 17-YEAR-OLD MAO SHIRASE. IT'S MY TURN. WELL, HERE I GO. OH, DON'T LET HER GET TO YOU, MIRAI. NEXT, MAYBE YOU KNOW HER AS THE FORMER MISS AIR-CITY AND THE FORMER MISS HIBARIGAOKA, ENTRY NUMBER 10, 17-YEAR-OLD MIRAI OZORA. LISTEN TO THOSE CHEERS. OH, MIRAI. SHE'S SURPRISED ME AGAIN. THE LINEUP IS COMPLETE. WHICH OF THESE 12 BEAUTIES WILL BE CROWNED THE WINNER? WHAT'S HAPPENING? MATERIAL TRANSFER SYSTEM! OH, HOW HORRIBLE! THE PLACE IS A MESS. THE TERRORMECHA IS EVERYWHERE. MAO, GET OUT QUICK. I CAN'T. I'M PANIC-STRICKEN. HELP! UNPARDONABLE! WASN'T MY INVENTION FOR AN OCCASION LIKE THIS? I MUST USE IT NOW. YOU'RE A KUNG FU STUDENT, AREN'T YOU? DON'T BE UNREASONABLE. NOW THE F-1 IS ALL MINE. F-1? UNHAND THOSE WOMEN! ARE YOU O.K., MIRAI? HUH? DAMN! WOW. OH...DON'T YOU FIND HIM KIND OF UNPROFESSIONAL? OH, HERE HE COMES AGAIN! THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CONTROL THE INERTIA. MAXIMIZE THE MASS. SET TO RETRIEVE. OH, NO. THE TIME LIMIT. IT COULDN'T BE MOLDIVER, COULD IT? ELIZABETH... SAYURI, NASTASSJA, VIVIEN, JENNIFER, BROOKE... THE PROFESSOR ARRIVES SOON. PLEASE PREPARE TO MEET HIM. IT'S AN OUTRAGE! WHO THE HELL WAS THAT? HE'S RUINED MY MOST PRECIOUS TIME. HE'S DAMAGED THE ILLUSTRIOUS RECORD OF THIS CENTURY'S MOST REMARKABLE CRIMINAL. I WILL ABSOLUTELY NEVER PARDON HIM. MAN'S HERITAGE IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BECOMES VALUABLE ONLY IN MY HANDS, RIGHT, ISABELLE? YES, PROFESSOR. AT ALL COSTS, ADD THAT F-1 MACHINE TO THE MACHINEGAL COLLECTION. LET ME DO THAT. BROOKE? I WILL RETRIEVE THE F-1. GOOD, AND EXPOSE THAT GUY'S IDENTITY TO THE PUBLIC. DO IT AT THE TOKYO GRAND PRIX OPENING. DON'T FAIL THIS TIME. RIGHT, PROFESSOR. I'M BACK! THAT WAS SOMETHING. I SAW IT ON TV. WHERE IS HIROSHI, NOZOMU? HE'S NEVER COME BACK. WASN'T HE AT THE EVENT? AH-CHOO! OH, HE IS BACK. STRENGTH AND MOBILITY WERE BETTER THAN THE DATA SHOWED. I AM PROUD OF THAT. BUT I STILL HAVE TO WORK ON THAT SENSE OF WEIGHTLESSNESS. HIROSHI? FOOL! YOU SUGGESTED WE DON'T KEEP SECRETS WHILE OUR PARENTS ARE GONE, RIGHT? YEAH. ALL RIGHT THEN. YOU FORGOT SOMETHING. IT'S YOUR ONLY OUTFIT. AND YOUR GLASSES, TOO. YOU EVEN FORGOT YOUR UNDERWEAR. HOW DID YOU EVER GET BACK HERE, HIROSHI? JUST AS I THOUGHT. THIS IS GOING TO BE INTERESTING. IN THE 20th CENTURY, THERE WERE SOME SCIENTISTS WHO CLAIMED THAT THE UNIVERSE WAS FILLED WITH ETHER. INTERESTING, ISN'T IT? THE SPACE CRUISER CLASS TUITION WAS QUITE EXPENSIVE. ON TOP OF THAT, BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMONIUM, I LOST THE RACE QUEEN JOB. I PROMISE I WILL CATCH UP WITH YOU SOMEDAY, MR. MISAKI. UNTIL THEN... MIRAI OZORA! YES? JUST KIDDING. OH, DON'T SURPRISE ME LIKE THAT. YOU WERE DREAMING OF YOUR MR. MISAKI, HUH? BUT DON'T. HE BELONGS TO US ALL. HEY, LOOK AT ALL THOSE BILLS. I WAS RELYING ON THE BEAUTY CONTEST. WHAT? WEREN'T YOU NOTIFIED? OH, NO. I HAVEN'T RETRIEVED MY PHONE MESSAGES. YOU WERE OUT FOR THE EVENING, HUH? YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THIS YET THEN. I WAS RUNNER-UP. AND THE WINNER WAS? WHAT, WAS IT ME? I MADE IT! IT WAS QUITE A SHOW, WASN'T IT? I BOUGHT ALL THE PAPERS. HEY, LOOK. THE MYSTERY SUPERMAN SAVES A MAMMOTH TANKER. HERO RESCUES A SMALL BOY FROM HUGE LANTERN. SUPERHUMAN RETURNS STOLEN HACHIKO DOG. A BRAVE WARRIOR. WHAT IS THIS? YEAH. WHO IN THE WORLD IS HE? CAPTAIN TOKYO. HI, EVERYBODY. HOW ARE YOU? HIROSHI DID A POOR DESIGN JOB. IT'LL BE EMBARRASSING TO BE NAMED LIKE THAT. YEAH. THE DESIGN IS AWFUL. I'M IN LUCK. SO THIS IS WHY YOU GET THE PSEUDO-MOLECULAR COATING... SHAPES ARE INPUT BY BRAINWAVES. THAT'S IT. IT'S GOT TO BE THIS WAY. I'LL INPUT MY BODY DATA. WHAT? EH? OH...OH... OH, NO! A BEAUTIFUL CLEAR DAY FOR THE TOKYO IMPERIAL CIRCUIT, A DAY TO DEFEND THE NAMES OF THE FORMER KINGS OF THE HIGHWAY. WHO WILL BE MASTER OF THE GRAND PRIX? A FIERCE BATTLE IS DEVELOPING. WHAT'S SO GREAT ABOUT IT? THEY'RE ONLY RACING IN CIRCLES WASTING GASOLINE. DON'T YOU SEE? THERE'S EXCITEMENT IN THE ENGINE ROAR AND THE SQUEAL OF THE TIRES. HERE COMES THE ANTIQUE YOUR COMPANY IS SO PROUD OF. SHE GETS SO INVOLVED WITH THE EXCITEMENT. I JUST FEEL SO HELPLESS. THAT DEFINITELY SOUNDS DIFFERENT FROM A REPLICA. THIS IS IT! OH... THIS IS THE CREAM OF THE RACE COMING UP. SATORU NAKAYAMA'S TYREL P-34. WHAT DO YOU SAY, PROFESSOR AMAGI? YES. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL. THE BEAUTIFUL ENGINE SOUND AND THE FORM OF SIX WHEELS RUNNING DOWN THE COURSE. A MASTERPIECE PRODUCED BY 20th CENTURY TECHNOLOGY. BUT IT'S RUNNING BEHIND. 10 MORE LAPS. HOPEFULLY IT CAN MAKE IT WITHOUT A TIRE CHANGE. LEADING IS NAMAKUMAREN ONDA. TWO SECONDS BEHIND HIM IS PRONTO OF WARRIORS. THROUGH THE MARION-SHIKEN POINT, THERE'S A SCRAMBLE FOR THIRD PLACE. I SEE THE ZIC TEAM PREPARING FOR A PIT STOP. NINE MORE LAPS. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. THANKS. EXCUSE ME. ALL RIGHT... HIROSHI! HERE HE COMES. MACHINEGAL IS WARNING OF AN IMPENDING CRIME. WHAT IS HE PLANNING TO STIR UP ON THE CIRCUIT, ANOTHER VISITATION BY THE TERRORMECHA? THIS LOOKS OMINOUS. WHAT'S THE PROBLEM? NOTHING'S WORKING! STEERING, ACCELERATION... I'M LOSING CONTROL. IMPOSSIBLE! WE'VE HAD A CRASH. IT'S TERRIBLE! IS THIS ALSO THE DOINGS OF PROFESSOR MACHINEGAL? ISABELLE... PREPARATIONS ARE COMPLETE. SYNCHRONIZE THE CONTROLLER AND THE SYSTEM. ROGER. CAN'T WE CUT THE ENGINE FROM THIS END? OTHERWISE... WE'RE TRYING DIFFERENT METHODS, BUT... IT LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING IS CONTROLLING THE SITUATION. MAYBE PROFESSOR MACHINEGAL IS AFTER THE AUTHENTIC F-1 AFTER ALL. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, A REAL CATASTROPHE! THERE'S NO WAY TO KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENED TO THE DRIVER. HE'S O.K.! WHAT? LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE HAVE A HEROINE EMULATING CAPTAIN TOKYO. THE SAVIOR OF THE DRIVER IS A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG LADY. BEAUTIFUL YOUNG LADY? WHAT IS THIS? I'VE BLOWN IT. THAT'S HIM. HIROSHI! A WOMAN? SEND THE SUIT OVER TO BROOKE. THE F-1'S IN THE MIDDLE OF SYNCHRO, ISABELLE. THE PROFESSOR WOULD SAY THE MOST PRESSING THING IS TO SAVE THE GIRL. ROGER. INTRUDER DIMENSION AREA TRANSFER SYSTEM, STAND BY. TARGET GRID SET O.K. DRIVE. WHAT ARE YOU DOING, HIROSHI? YOU MADE MY ARMS SO THIN. BUT THOSE ARMS OF YOURS WERE SO BAD LOOKING. THAT'S BECAUSE THE MUSCLE ENHANCER PROGRAM WAS ON. CAPTAIN TOKYO'S ALLY? I'M GOING TO EXPOSE WHO YOU ARE. MIRAI, WAIT BEHIND THE MAIN STANDS. QUICK. DOESN'T HURT ME AT ALL. SORRY ABOUT THAT. I COULDN'T POSSIBLY FIGHT WITHOUT ENHANCED MUSCLES. YEAH, YOU'RE WEAK, HIROSHI. WHAT DO I GET IN COMPENSATION? DON'T TALK NONSENSE. YOU MADE ME LIKE THIS. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. TAKE OFF WHAT YOU HAVE ON. WHY? THIS MOLE UNIT CANNOT BE USED EFFECTIVELY WITH YOUR CLOTHES ON. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS DEPENDS IN LARGE MEASURE ON COINCIDENCE. IT SOUNDS PRECARIOUS. DON'T WORRY. IT'S BEEN TESTED OUT ON ME. YOU HAVE 666 SECONDS TO TRY IT ON. WHEN TIME IS UP, THE LIMITER IS TRIGGERED. O.K. I'M COUNTING ON YOU, MIRAI. METAMORFORCE! OH, I DON'T LIKE WHAT I HAVE BECOME. NO TIME TO BE SAYING THINGS LIKE THAT. SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS THROUGH THIS. O.K. I'M ON MY WAY. GO AHEAD! AH-CHOO! WHERE ARE YOU HIDING? COME OUT, OR ELSE THE AUDIENCE WILL LOSE THEIR LIVES. DON'T PANIC. I'VE BEEN HERE ALL THIS TIME. UP THERE! HERE HE IS, CAPTAIN TOKYO. NOT QUITE. I AM A LOVING, BRAVE, AND TRUTHFUL PERSON... MOLDIVER! MOL... DI... VER! HERE I COME! OH, YOU! ATTAGIRL. AAH! OH. THAT FOOL. THAT'S SOMETHING. THAT'S MOLDIVER AT WORK FOR YOU. MIRAI, DON'T STAND THERE IMPRESSED. WE HAVE TO GO SAVE NAKAYAMA. O.K. HURRY! MOLDIVER CAN MANIPULATE THE DIMENSIONAL SHIELD FOR CONTROL AT ANY LEVEL OF PHYSICAL INTERFERENCE FROM THE OUTSIDE WORLD. HIROSHI, YOU CAN GIVE ME THAT SPIEL LATER. HOW CAN WE GO FASTER? USE YOUR BRAINWAVE TO ADJUST THE VISOR PARAMETERS BETWEEN SURFACE RESISTANCE AND ACCELERATION. O.K. I'M NOT GOING TO LET YOU RUN AWAY. THAT SUIT'S HOT. BACK FOR MORE? ISN'T THERE SOMETHING WE CAN DO? INCREDIBLE SPEED! A HORRIBLE BATTLE IS GOING ON. THIS IS INDEED THE FASTEST BATTLE IMAGINABLE. THEY WILL BE PASSING BY THE MAIN STAND SOON. THEY JUST PASSED US. YOU HAVE NO TIME TO WASTE WITH HIM. WE HAVE TO SAVE THE F-1 AND NAKAYAMA NOW. YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. OH, YOU! IT'S BEEN FUN, BUT WE HAVE TO END IT. WHAT? BROOKE! THE SYNCHRO MAY BE MALFUNCTIONING. WE MUST RETRIEVE THE F-1. WAIT. OVERRIDE IT AND SYNCH IT TO BROOKE. OH, BROOKE... DRIVE...ON. ATTABOY, HIROSHI. WHAT'S HAPPENED TO THE RECEIVER? WHAT'S HAPPENED, MIRAI? HEY, MIRAI? OH, I'VE PASSED BY YOU. FAST! ABSOLUTELY FAST! FAST! WHAT ARE WE TO DO? OH, MIND THE PARAMETER. CANCEL! CANCEL! RIGHT ON! THIS IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. A DISASTER! A DISASTER! AH. NAKAYAMA! HELLO. THIS IS THE BEAUTIFUL GIRL SPEAKING. MIRAI... THE REPUTATION OF MOLDIVER HAS BEEN REDUCED TO ASHES. YA-HOO!