1 00:00:00,730 --> 00:00:05,400 Fifteen Years Later 2 00:00:05,480 --> 00:00:08,440 Okinawa 3 00:00:08,480 --> 00:00:12,740 May 22nd, 2048 4 00:00:21,300 --> 00:00:24,710 I'm off, dear. 5 00:00:21,510 --> 00:00:23,080 Commander Ohta. 6 00:00:24,710 --> 00:00:26,660 I mean... Coach. 7 00:00:31,230 --> 00:00:33,040 Principal Kashihara. 8 00:00:33,510 --> 00:00:36,930 Okinawa Girls' Space Pilot High School, New Annex 9 00:00:39,700 --> 00:00:41,950 Even though we were classmates... 10 00:00:41,950 --> 00:00:45,850 I'm an old woman, 10 years your senior. 11 00:00:45,850 --> 00:00:48,430 Space is a strange place. 12 00:00:48,790 --> 00:00:51,130 So, you're going out into space again? 13 00:00:51,130 --> 00:00:52,090 Yes. 14 00:00:52,090 --> 00:00:55,730 I wouldn't have expected someone like you to volunteer for this mission... 15 00:00:56,090 --> 00:00:59,650 You're the hero of the Battle of the Absolute Defense Line. 16 00:01:01,180 --> 00:01:05,870 I was only able to fight because of Noriko, Ms. Kashihara. 17 00:01:08,430 --> 00:01:12,330 She's the one who truly protected the Earth. 18 00:01:15,530 --> 00:01:17,000 Coach! 19 00:01:17,800 --> 00:01:19,180 Coach! 20 00:01:19,420 --> 00:01:21,640 Are you really leaving today? 21 00:01:21,640 --> 00:01:25,980 Yes. Unfortunately, I won't be back for quite a while. 22 00:01:25,980 --> 00:01:28,430 No, Coach! 23 00:01:31,670 --> 00:01:35,780 Um, we all made this for you. 24 00:01:35,780 --> 00:01:38,320 Please, take it with you into space, for good luck. 25 00:01:38,550 --> 00:01:41,120 Thank you, it means a lot to me. 26 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:46,490 Coach, this is for Auntie Noriko, from my mother. 27 00:01:48,600 --> 00:01:49,670 All right. 28 00:01:49,830 --> 00:01:54,340 Coach, we'll wait for you, no matter how many years it takes! 29 00:01:54,340 --> 00:01:57,130 So please, be sure to come back! 30 00:01:57,570 --> 00:01:59,880 I'll be waiting as well. 31 00:02:02,990 --> 00:02:04,180 Thank you. 32 00:02:04,180 --> 00:02:10,400 AIM FOR THE TOP! 33 00:02:11,020 --> 00:02:16,900 Final Episode 34 00:02:11,020 --> 00:02:16,900 {\an8}you may experience a ringing in the ears. Please take precautions. 44 00:02:51,810 --> 00:02:55,320 Australia 45 00:02:56,780 --> 00:03:00,210 Looks like that area hasn't been restored yet. 46 00:03:00,210 --> 00:03:04,690 We're putting everything we have into the construction of the Black Hole Bomb. 47 00:03:05,050 --> 00:03:06,790 We just don't have anything to spare. 48 00:03:08,180 --> 00:03:11,430 I see... Even after 15 years. 49 00:03:11,430 --> 00:03:16,510 Since there was a 60-second ultra-gravitational collapse in Jupiter 2's orbit... 50 00:03:16,510 --> 00:03:18,130 we've counted our blessings... 51 00:03:18,130 --> 00:03:21,830 to have only suffered a fluctuation in the Earth's axis and the loss of 3 planets. 52 00:03:22,490 --> 00:03:23,700 I suppose so. 53 00:03:23,700 --> 00:03:26,810 This time, the plan is to consume the space monsters' entire home territory... 54 00:03:26,810 --> 00:03:30,220 together with the core of the galaxy. 55 00:03:30,220 --> 00:03:33,430 Does mankind have the right to do something like that? 56 00:03:33,830 --> 00:03:36,470 To kill the galaxy? 57 00:03:36,820 --> 00:03:39,190 If we don't, it's mankind who'd die. 58 00:03:39,540 --> 00:03:44,070 If that's our fate, then shouldn't we just lie down and accept it? 59 00:03:44,880 --> 00:03:48,610 I feel it would be better for us to do nothing. 60 00:03:49,200 --> 00:03:51,410 That would be tantamount to suicide. 61 00:03:52,270 --> 00:03:55,580 Would suicide be a good ending? 62 00:03:55,580 --> 00:03:57,180 I don't know. 63 00:03:57,180 --> 00:03:59,710 Neither do I, to be honest. 64 00:03:59,710 --> 00:04:03,580 But history will come to judge us. 65 00:04:03,990 --> 00:04:07,930 All we do now is to survive at any cost. 66 00:04:08,430 --> 00:04:13,440 Buster Machine 67 00:04:14,290 --> 00:04:16,430 That's what I'm going in. 68 00:04:16,430 --> 00:04:18,350 To join Noriko out in space... 69 00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:22,820 Same Day, Center of the Galaxy, Sagittarius A* 70 00:04:22,860 --> 00:04:27,330 Galactic Core Assault Fleet 71 00:04:31,250 --> 00:04:34,000 Flagship Eltreum 72 00:04:49,430 --> 00:04:50,430 You called, sir? 73 00:04:50,430 --> 00:04:54,980 After scrapping the plan to evacuate the Earth... 74 00:04:54,980 --> 00:04:57,650 and switching to a counterattack against the space monsters... 75 00:04:57,650 --> 00:05:01,190 Project Carneades now waits only upon the arrival of the main force. 76 00:05:01,190 --> 00:05:04,360 Your Gunbuster is what's made all of this possible. 77 00:05:04,360 --> 00:05:07,740 We expect to rendezvous with the main force in the next 12 hours. 78 00:05:07,740 --> 00:05:09,280 Has it already been completed? 79 00:05:09,280 --> 00:05:14,330 Yes, and only 0.001% behind schedule. 80 00:05:14,330 --> 00:05:18,330 So 15 years have already passed us by on Earth... 81 00:05:18,330 --> 00:05:21,550 Is someone going to be in Buster Machine 82 00:05:21,550 --> 00:05:25,040 Yes. The plan back when we left was for it to be manned. 83 00:05:25,530 --> 00:05:28,750 Hmm, I wonder who could be at the helm? 84 00:05:29,650 --> 00:05:31,720 Roche canceller active. All systems green. 85 00:05:31,920 --> 00:05:34,220 Degeneracy generator pressure rising. 86 00:05:35,180 --> 00:05:37,520 Ether wave value, corrected to plus 3. 87 00:05:37,520 --> 00:05:39,680 Subspace sonar active and good to go. 88 00:05:40,150 --> 00:05:42,440 Passing through gravitational radius in 5 seconds. 89 00:05:42,440 --> 00:05:44,650 Vanishing motor, ready to engage. 90 00:05:44,650 --> 00:05:45,860 Commence warp. 91 00:05:46,500 --> 00:05:47,560 Commence warp. 92 00:05:58,540 --> 00:06:00,600 No abnormalities detected in subspace entry. 93 00:05:58,710 --> 00:06:03,630 Project Carneades General Command Center 94 00:06:00,600 --> 00:06:02,690 No problems detected with space curve turnover. 95 00:06:02,690 --> 00:06:04,610 Begin degeneracy radar search. 96 00:06:04,610 --> 00:06:05,840 Route trajectory, all clear. 97 00:06:05,840 --> 00:06:08,130 Gravitational and ether waves, all normal. 98 00:06:08,130 --> 00:06:09,100 It's a success. 99 00:06:09,100 --> 00:06:11,170 So far, at least. 100 00:06:09,390 --> 00:06:11,350 Project Commander 101 00:06:11,170 --> 00:06:13,390 We did what we could. 102 00:06:11,390 --> 00:06:13,890 Chief of Staff, Project Carneades 103 00:06:13,390 --> 00:06:15,410 Our fate is in God's hands now. 104 00:06:15,410 --> 00:06:17,080 I suppose so. 105 00:06:17,080 --> 00:06:20,850 All we can do now is pray... 106 00:06:22,040 --> 00:06:24,350 and hope for a miracle. 107 00:06:28,820 --> 00:06:30,740 Gravitational quake detected off of the ship's stern, at 4 o'clock. 108 00:06:30,740 --> 00:06:33,310 Magnitude 7.7. 109 00:06:33,310 --> 00:06:35,740 Something is coming out of warp. 110 00:06:51,640 --> 00:06:54,300 This is the Black Hole Bomb? 111 00:06:54,660 --> 00:06:57,360 The Buster Machine 112 00:06:57,360 --> 00:07:00,160 Has mankind's technology evolved so far as... 113 00:07:00,160 --> 00:07:04,320 to have built something so massive? 114 00:07:06,670 --> 00:07:10,440 The core of the galaxy is quite a place... Everything's so white. 115 00:07:10,840 --> 00:07:13,950 I finally get to see her again. 116 00:07:18,540 --> 00:07:20,450 Welcome aboard the Eltreum. 117 00:07:25,810 --> 00:07:27,000 Noriko... 118 00:07:27,590 --> 00:07:28,830 Noriko! 119 00:07:30,150 --> 00:07:32,000 Noriko! 120 00:07:33,650 --> 00:07:37,540 I'm so glad. I never thought I'd see you again! 121 00:07:37,540 --> 00:07:39,380 Y... Yes. 122 00:07:50,380 --> 00:07:52,150 This brings back memories. 123 00:07:52,550 --> 00:07:55,900 I can't believe that it's already been 15 years. 124 00:07:57,870 --> 00:08:02,160 Oh, right, it's only been 6 months for you. 125 00:08:04,930 --> 00:08:08,220 How silly, I guess we tend to grow melancholy as we age. 126 00:08:08,220 --> 00:08:11,130 Oh, no, Oné-sama... I mean, Commander Ohta. 127 00:08:11,130 --> 00:08:13,670 It's all right, just stick to my old name. 128 00:08:13,670 --> 00:08:15,090 That makes me happier. 129 00:08:17,010 --> 00:08:20,220 Oh yes, Miss Takami wanted me to give this to you. 130 00:08:20,220 --> 00:08:21,220 What? 131 00:08:22,700 --> 00:08:24,760 It's from Kimiko! 132 00:08:25,540 --> 00:08:27,290 "Noriko, are you doing well?" 133 00:08:27,290 --> 00:08:31,360 "I still look back fondly on our high school days together." 134 00:08:31,360 --> 00:08:36,710 "My daughter Takami, who was only 3 the last time you were here, is about to turn 18." 135 00:08:36,710 --> 00:08:40,050 "I may not be able to see you again before my time is up..." 136 00:08:40,050 --> 00:08:44,470 "but please, at least try to come back while my daughter's still alive." 137 00:08:44,470 --> 00:08:49,090 "We'll be waiting for you. Take care." 138 00:08:49,090 --> 00:08:53,480 "To Ms. Noriko Takaya, from your best friend, Kimiko Akai." 139 00:08:53,480 --> 00:08:57,420 "P.S. I've included a picture of my daughter." 140 00:08:57,420 --> 00:09:00,630 "Come back soon, Auntie Noriko!" 141 00:09:11,290 --> 00:09:12,310 Kimiko... 142 00:09:12,790 --> 00:09:14,310 Takami-chan... 143 00:09:24,210 --> 00:09:27,210 90 minutes before operation commencement 144 00:09:24,350 --> 00:09:26,120 In 90 minutes... 145 00:09:26,120 --> 00:09:28,920 we'll enter the final phase of Project Carneades. 146 00:09:28,920 --> 00:09:32,190 Buster Machine 147 00:09:32,190 --> 00:09:33,880 will begin secondary degeneration. 148 00:09:33,880 --> 00:09:35,420 Implosion will commence... 149 00:09:33,920 --> 00:09:36,880 Fleets 1-10 150 00:09:35,420 --> 00:09:37,340 in 56 minutes, 32 seconds. 151 00:09:37,340 --> 00:09:38,840 During this time... 152 00:09:37,380 --> 00:09:40,850 Fleets 11-20 153 00:09:38,840 --> 00:09:40,840 we must protect the bomb with our lives. 154 00:09:40,890 --> 00:09:43,310 Fleets 21-36 155 00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:42,220 At the same moment... 156 00:09:42,220 --> 00:09:44,660 that the third-stage degeneration takes place... 157 00:09:44,660 --> 00:09:48,270 the entire fleet will simultaneously perform a long-range warp... 158 00:09:48,270 --> 00:09:50,490 into the Orion Arm to escape the battle. 159 00:09:49,520 --> 00:09:52,940 Silver Sizzler (Mass Production Model Gunbuster) 160 00:09:50,490 --> 00:09:53,520 Then the operation will be completed. 161 00:09:53,920 --> 00:09:56,860 Finally, the extinction or survival of mankind itself depends on... 162 00:09:56,860 --> 00:09:59,070 the outcome of this battle. 163 00:09:59,070 --> 00:10:01,330 We must triumph, at all costs. That's all! 164 00:10:01,330 --> 00:10:03,200 All ships to battle stations. 165 00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:04,450 All ships to battle stations. 166 00:10:04,450 --> 00:10:05,580 Open all cannon ports. 167 00:10:05,580 --> 00:10:07,290 Silver Sizzler, Black Sizzler... 168 00:10:07,290 --> 00:10:10,240 and White Sizzler, begin launch procedures immediately. 169 00:10:18,940 --> 00:10:20,260 Mrs. Ohta! 170 00:10:20,260 --> 00:10:21,090 Yes? 171 00:10:22,950 --> 00:10:25,920 You always get what I want, don't you? 172 00:10:26,910 --> 00:10:27,970 Here. 173 00:10:30,310 --> 00:10:33,140 Besides Coach, the Buster Machine is yours, too. 174 00:10:35,040 --> 00:10:36,170 Jung... 175 00:10:36,170 --> 00:10:39,240 I've got a lot more to say, but it can wait until tomorrow. 176 00:10:39,240 --> 00:10:40,200 See ya. 177 00:10:40,200 --> 00:10:41,910 Time schedule, begin countdown timer. 178 00:10:41,910 --> 00:10:44,620 56 minutes, 10 seconds until implosion. 179 00:10:44,620 --> 00:10:47,330 Message from Patrol Vessel 180 00:10:47,330 --> 00:10:48,370 "Enemy fleet spotted." 181 00:10:48,540 --> 00:10:50,920 "Approximately 6 billion in the area." 182 00:10:50,920 --> 00:10:54,440 "They're closing in from all directions, moving at 12% lightspeed." 183 00:10:54,440 --> 00:10:56,960 "68 minutes, 20 seconds until contact." 184 00:10:56,960 --> 00:10:59,130 They're here. 185 00:10:59,130 --> 00:11:00,260 Come if you dare! 186 00:11:00,260 --> 00:11:04,310 We'll show you what mankind can do when backed into a corner. 187 00:11:04,310 --> 00:11:07,050 55 minutes until implosion. 188 00:11:15,620 --> 00:11:16,810 Dad... 189 00:11:17,210 --> 00:11:22,610 The war that began with your ship will soon be over. Don't worry. 190 00:11:23,590 --> 00:11:26,240 After that, I'll go back to see you, Takami-chan. 191 00:11:26,550 --> 00:11:29,790 Noriko, I'll be in Buster Machine 192 00:11:30,030 --> 00:11:31,240 Themselves? 193 00:11:31,680 --> 00:11:33,740 Jung handed it over to me... 194 00:11:34,770 --> 00:11:37,330 since this will be the end... 195 00:11:48,720 --> 00:11:50,810 All squadrons launched. 196 00:11:48,770 --> 00:11:51,770 32 minutes until implosion 197 00:11:50,810 --> 00:11:52,790 All ships, ready for combat. 198 00:11:52,790 --> 00:11:54,060 What's the enemy's status? 199 00:11:54,060 --> 00:11:56,210 Their numbers have increased to over 8 billion. 200 00:11:56,210 --> 00:11:57,730 They're enveloping the entire region. 201 00:11:57,730 --> 00:11:59,610 43 minutes until contact. 202 00:11:59,610 --> 00:12:02,460 Executive Officer, do you believe in God? 203 00:12:02,460 --> 00:12:04,220 No, not me, sir. 204 00:12:04,220 --> 00:12:06,300 Well, I do. 205 00:12:06,300 --> 00:12:08,740 Take a look. At this close distance... 206 00:12:08,740 --> 00:12:11,040 they shouldn't be able to warp any closer. 207 00:12:11,040 --> 00:12:13,490 We'll beat them by 12 minutes. 208 00:12:13,850 --> 00:12:15,950 That's what I'd call a miracle. 209 00:12:16,310 --> 00:12:17,650 A miracle... 210 00:12:17,650 --> 00:12:21,300 That's a word God created for us, just for this moment. 211 00:12:21,300 --> 00:12:22,320 Captain! 212 00:12:22,320 --> 00:12:26,640 Gravitational quake in area 573D! The enemy fleet is warping out! 213 00:12:26,640 --> 00:12:28,100 That's impossible! 214 00:12:37,020 --> 00:12:38,290 Unbelievable... 215 00:12:38,290 --> 00:12:41,230 They can warp over such short distances? 216 00:12:45,460 --> 00:12:49,420 Captain! They're trying to physically ram the Black Hole Bomb! 217 00:12:49,420 --> 00:12:51,220 What?! A kamikaze attack? 218 00:12:51,220 --> 00:12:54,120 So they've noticed the Black Hole Bomb! 219 00:12:56,210 --> 00:12:57,330 Stop them! 220 00:12:57,330 --> 00:12:59,910 We can't let them get any closer! 221 00:13:10,200 --> 00:13:13,690 No good! The super-Exelion class can't hold them back! 222 00:13:13,690 --> 00:13:14,940 Dear God! 223 00:13:14,940 --> 00:13:16,900 30 seconds to first enemy wave! 224 00:13:16,900 --> 00:13:17,890 Raise barriers to maximum! 225 00:13:20,610 --> 00:13:22,560 The first wave has made contact with the barrier. 226 00:13:25,030 --> 00:13:26,610 Please hold out... 227 00:13:32,390 --> 00:13:34,680 - No way! - They self-destructed! 228 00:13:34,680 --> 00:13:36,120 There are too many of them. 229 00:13:36,120 --> 00:13:37,880 Noriko, let's separate! 230 00:13:37,880 --> 00:13:38,950 Roger! 231 00:13:40,090 --> 00:13:42,370 Second and third waves, incoming! 232 00:13:54,910 --> 00:13:56,940 Barrier breached! Damage unknown! 233 00:13:56,940 --> 00:13:59,270 Fleets 6, 7 and 8 have all been destroyed. 234 00:13:59,270 --> 00:14:01,190 They've broken through the antimatter minefield! 235 00:14:01,190 --> 00:14:03,650 22 minutes until implosion. 236 00:14:03,650 --> 00:14:07,110 That bomb must be protected, no matter what it takes! 237 00:14:07,110 --> 00:14:08,560 Just 22 minutes more! 238 00:15:05,250 --> 00:15:12,220 Major damage: 1,700 ships 239 00:15:05,250 --> 00:15:12,220 Minor damage: 4,500 ships 240 00:15:05,250 --> 00:15:12,220 Missing: 22,800 units 241 00:15:15,560 --> 00:15:17,520 Buster Machine 242 00:15:18,020 --> 00:15:19,730 ...Operational 243 00:15:19,770 --> 00:15:22,190 Buster Machine 244 00:15:22,690 --> 00:15:25,690 Buster Machine 245 00:15:28,690 --> 00:15:31,660 3 minutes until implosion 246 00:15:34,620 --> 00:15:37,140 How many ships do we have left? 247 00:15:37,140 --> 00:15:40,450 Our ship and 2,562 others. 248 00:15:41,560 --> 00:15:43,580 I see... We've held out well. 249 00:15:43,930 --> 00:15:46,750 60 seconds until third-stage degeneration. 250 00:15:46,750 --> 00:15:48,710 Activate all slave units. 251 00:15:48,880 --> 00:15:52,670 40 units to Schwarzschild radius. 252 00:16:02,950 --> 00:16:05,560 The enemy is remaining silent. 253 00:16:06,230 --> 00:16:09,200 With all that damage, it's still operational. 254 00:16:09,200 --> 00:16:09,940 It's truly... 255 00:16:10,110 --> 00:16:11,150 A miracle. 256 00:16:11,150 --> 00:16:15,410 You've all done a fine job... Thank you. 257 00:16:15,410 --> 00:16:18,370 30 seconds until implosion. 258 00:16:23,330 --> 00:16:24,780 20 seconds until implosion. 259 00:16:25,310 --> 00:16:28,160 All ships prepare anti-electromagnetism and anti-lightwave defense. 260 00:16:29,840 --> 00:16:31,290 10 seconds until implosion. 261 00:16:31,770 --> 00:16:33,720 8, 7... 262 00:16:33,720 --> 00:16:34,760 6... 263 00:16:34,760 --> 00:16:36,770 5, 4... 264 00:16:36,770 --> 00:16:37,740 3... 265 00:16:37,740 --> 00:16:38,740 2... 266 00:16:38,740 --> 00:16:39,840 1. 267 00:16:47,480 --> 00:16:48,410 What's the matter? 268 00:16:48,410 --> 00:16:52,070 No good. Only 98% of the slave generators are activating. 269 00:16:52,070 --> 00:16:53,950 This can't be happening! 270 00:16:53,950 --> 00:16:55,380 There's not enough mass. 271 00:16:55,380 --> 00:16:59,790 Unless we trigger a chain reaction in the core, the implosion process can't begin. 272 00:16:59,790 --> 00:17:00,900 We've failed. 273 00:17:01,930 --> 00:17:03,600 How can this be? 274 00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:06,910 Is this the end result of mankind's last desperate gamble? 275 00:17:07,270 --> 00:17:09,560 Is there no God? 276 00:17:09,560 --> 00:17:12,710 The heavens have just forsaken us. 277 00:17:13,360 --> 00:17:16,480 The miracle... didn't happen. 278 00:17:16,480 --> 00:17:17,590 Yes! 279 00:17:18,530 --> 00:17:20,890 A miracle will happen! I'll make it happen! 280 00:17:23,450 --> 00:17:25,640 Takaya! What are you doing? 281 00:17:25,640 --> 00:17:28,560 The Buster Machine also has a large-scale degeneracy generator! 282 00:17:28,560 --> 00:17:30,360 If I use that and make it explode... 283 00:17:30,360 --> 00:17:33,750 No! I cannot allow a manned unit to act as a fuse! 284 00:17:33,750 --> 00:17:36,210 Wait for us to send in an unmanned ship! 285 00:17:36,210 --> 00:17:39,650 The enemy will have reached here and destroyed it by then! 286 00:17:40,630 --> 00:17:41,860 Takaya... 287 00:17:45,830 --> 00:17:46,580 Oné-sama? 288 00:17:46,580 --> 00:17:48,710 Commander Ohta, you too? 289 00:17:48,710 --> 00:17:52,750 This way, there will be two degeneracy generators. 290 00:17:52,750 --> 00:17:56,170 Noriko, as long as we have one, we can make it back to Earth. 291 00:17:57,110 --> 00:17:58,260 Oné-sama... 292 00:17:59,070 --> 00:18:02,090 Let's return to Earth together. 293 00:18:03,370 --> 00:18:04,380 Yes! 294 00:18:07,370 --> 00:18:09,690 No time! We'll go in transformed. 295 00:18:09,690 --> 00:18:10,850 Roger! 296 00:18:23,010 --> 00:18:23,990 We're relying on you... 297 00:18:32,270 --> 00:18:33,500 Is that Jupiter? 298 00:18:41,650 --> 00:18:44,380 Yes, it's been compressed to 1/30,000th of its normal size. 299 00:18:48,390 --> 00:18:51,310 8 minutes until arrival of enemy fleet 300 00:18:49,830 --> 00:18:52,080 All squadrons recovered. 301 00:18:52,080 --> 00:18:53,710 And the enemy? 302 00:18:53,710 --> 00:18:56,170 They've remained silent since the 14th wave. 303 00:18:56,170 --> 00:18:58,020 No signs of warp detected. 304 00:18:58,320 --> 00:19:01,990 It looks like their next wave will number over 12 billion. 305 00:19:01,990 --> 00:19:05,780 So they're intending a mass attack to wipe us out. 306 00:19:13,770 --> 00:19:18,850 Surface temperature, 1,600 degrees. External pressure, 15,600 tpm. 307 00:19:18,850 --> 00:19:20,630 All right, we can still withstand it. 308 00:19:24,470 --> 00:19:25,760 I'm going with you. 309 00:19:25,760 --> 00:19:26,600 Jung?! 310 00:19:26,600 --> 00:19:28,060 No! Go back! 311 00:19:28,060 --> 00:19:31,260 Black Sizzler won't be able to withstand the pressure from Jupiter! 312 00:19:36,710 --> 00:19:37,730 I don't care. 313 00:19:38,710 --> 00:19:39,710 Jung... 314 00:19:39,710 --> 00:19:41,530 Don't misunderstand us, Jung. 315 00:19:41,530 --> 00:19:43,900 We're not marching to our deaths. 316 00:19:44,340 --> 00:19:45,620 This isn't suicide. 317 00:19:45,620 --> 00:19:48,450 But... but from a place like this... 318 00:19:48,450 --> 00:19:50,590 it could take you decades, or centuries, even... 319 00:19:50,590 --> 00:19:52,570 to get back. 320 00:19:54,040 --> 00:19:56,240 We won't be able to live in the same time again! 321 00:19:57,810 --> 00:19:58,830 I know. 322 00:19:59,860 --> 00:20:01,050 Then! 323 00:20:01,050 --> 00:20:04,000 But, it means everyone else can live in the same time. 324 00:20:05,220 --> 00:20:08,170 I don't want Takami-chan to ever have to feel the way I did. 325 00:20:09,450 --> 00:20:11,060 I want to bring this to an end. 326 00:20:12,450 --> 00:20:13,470 Jung... 327 00:20:14,200 --> 00:20:15,900 if you live, tomorrow will always come. 328 00:20:17,170 --> 00:20:21,600 Please, tell Kimiko that I'll be sure to come back. 329 00:20:24,760 --> 00:20:26,150 See you later, Jung. 330 00:20:26,630 --> 00:20:27,650 Right... 331 00:20:28,090 --> 00:20:29,900 I won't say goodbye. 332 00:20:30,680 --> 00:20:31,860 I'll be back. 333 00:20:32,930 --> 00:20:34,160 Take care. 334 00:20:34,600 --> 00:20:37,740 Noriko, Kazumi... 335 00:20:38,130 --> 00:20:42,080 When you return, I'll greet you with a nice, big, "Welcome back." 336 00:20:44,030 --> 00:20:44,800 Forgive me. 337 00:20:44,800 --> 00:20:46,990 20 units to the central core. 338 00:20:46,990 --> 00:20:49,170 Communication after this point will be impossible. 339 00:20:49,780 --> 00:20:52,510 Gunbuster reaching maximum pressure. 340 00:20:57,330 --> 00:21:00,140 Please, hang in there, Gunbuster! 341 00:21:04,450 --> 00:21:07,490 Everything including the Buster Beam and Buster Collider... 342 00:21:07,490 --> 00:21:08,900 is now inoperable. 343 00:21:15,060 --> 00:21:16,070 It's so quiet... 344 00:21:18,020 --> 00:21:21,500 The only living beings around here are the two of us. 345 00:21:22,860 --> 00:21:25,460 I'm sorry you got dragged into this Oné-sama... 346 00:21:27,530 --> 00:21:30,170 It's all right, as long as I'm with you. 347 00:21:34,180 --> 00:21:39,150 Jupiter Core Slave Generator 348 00:21:52,760 --> 00:21:53,780 Let's do it! 349 00:21:55,680 --> 00:21:58,120 Oné-sama, entrust me with your life! 350 00:22:14,140 --> 00:22:17,100 I'm sorry. Forgive me, Gunbuster! 351 00:22:22,360 --> 00:22:23,710 Power off. 352 00:22:23,710 --> 00:22:26,320 Generator 353 00:22:28,670 --> 00:22:30,120 Commence degeneration. 354 00:22:30,120 --> 00:22:31,570 Commence degeneration. 355 00:22:37,500 --> 00:22:40,450 Gravitational degeneration detected. It's Gunbuster. 356 00:22:42,590 --> 00:22:45,960 Now... 0... 2... Exceeding limit! 357 00:22:45,960 --> 00:22:46,880 Noriko! 358 00:22:56,120 --> 00:22:57,090 Eject! 359 00:22:58,290 --> 00:22:59,890 Reactivation confirmed. 360 00:22:59,890 --> 00:23:01,600 Degeneracy chain reaction confirmed. 361 00:23:02,560 --> 00:23:04,770 Third-stage degeneration has begun. 362 00:23:11,300 --> 00:23:12,870 All ships, retreat. 363 00:23:12,870 --> 00:23:16,250 Go to long-range warp as planned. 364 00:23:16,250 --> 00:23:18,830 Roger. All ships, prepare to warp. 365 00:23:18,830 --> 00:23:21,280 All ships, prepare to warp. 366 00:23:22,310 --> 00:23:27,870 Noriko, Kazumi, make sure to come back alive... I mean it... 367 00:23:41,580 --> 00:23:44,310 Sorry, Kimiko! I'll never see you again! 368 00:23:51,760 --> 00:23:53,710 What's wrong, Mama? 369 00:23:53,710 --> 00:23:54,770 Huh? 370 00:23:55,300 --> 00:23:57,950 Nothing. I just thought, maybe... 371 00:23:58,470 --> 00:24:01,200 I heard Noriko calling out... 372 00:24:31,110 --> 00:24:35,490 Twelve Thousand Years Later 373 00:24:45,500 --> 00:24:47,460 Sol System 374 00:25:01,740 --> 00:25:04,140 12,000 years have passed... 375 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:07,390 It's the Earth, Noriko. 376 00:25:10,820 --> 00:25:15,530 I can't tell where Okinawa is anymore. 377 00:25:19,260 --> 00:25:20,530 And what about the people? 378 00:25:20,890 --> 00:25:22,500 I don't see any lights. 379 00:25:22,500 --> 00:25:26,240 Has mankind perished after all? 380 00:25:30,060 --> 00:25:33,330 This is where Okinawa used to be... 381 00:25:53,780 --> 00:26:00,620 WELCOME BACK 382 00:26:05,640 --> 00:26:06,830 Oné-sama! 383 00:26:06,830 --> 00:26:11,790 Yes... We're home, at last! 384 00:26:14,020 --> 00:26:15,920 Thank you, Gunbuster. 385 00:26:17,440 --> 00:26:18,750 Goodbye...