Mobile Suit Gundam (1979–1980): Season 1, Episode 1 - Gundam Rising - full transcript
Mobile Suit Gundam
Rage on! Rage on! Rage on! Gundam!
You must run forth!
If you are still burning
with furious rage...
...You must fight the towering foe!
Fight! Fight! Fight!
Bring to bear the rage of justice, Gundam!
Mobile Suit Gundam! Gundam!
Rise once more! Rise once more!
Rise once more! Gundam!
You must seize the power!
Fly toward the galaxy, Gundam!
A half-century has passed
since mankind began moving...
...its burgeoning population into space.
These gigantic space cities
orbiting the Earth...
...became a second home to mankind...
...where men were born and raised...
...and where they died.
It is the year 0079 of the Universal Century.
The furthest space city from Earth,
known as Side 3...
...proclaimed itself the Principality of Zeon.
It launched a war of independence
against the Earth Federation.
In roughly one month of fighting,
the Principality of Zeon...
...and the Federation Forces caused
the deaths of half the total population.
Mankind was horrified by its own actions.
The war became a stalemate,
and eight months have now passed.
Gundam Rising!
Slender, you stay here.
Yes, Chief.
The military facilities appear
to be in the upper right block, sir.
This should be rush hour,
but I see only one car.
Not a soul in sight.
Wait! There's a child!
Amuro!
Amuro?
What? He hasn't even eaten yet.
Amuro?!
I thought I'd find you cooped up in here.
You need to eat your breakfast...
You should take better care of your health!
Hello, Amuro!
Hello, Amuro!
You're full of energy as always, Haro.
Thank you, Amuro.
What were you planning on wearing today?
Amuro?
I'll eat after I finish rewiring this computer.
Didn't you hear the evacuation order?
Evacuation order?
Is that what the siren was?
For goodness sake!
Didn't you listen to the military broadcast?
A warship is docking, so we have to evacuate.
Why?
I don't know.
Amuro, we don't have time!
All right.
Evacuate at once!
All right.
Evacuate at once!
I'll wait outside. Come on, Haro.
Enough...
...Hayato!
Hi, Fraw Bow!
Hey! You're Amuro's nearest neighbour!
It's your responsibility to tell him.
Oh, about the evacuation?
Of course. He's all alone, you know.
Well, if military engineers like his father
hadn't moved here in the first place, we...
...Are you still bitter about them moving us
to make way for their research facility?
It's not like that...
...Hayato!
Coming! Bye...
...Amuro!
Amuro, it's bad manners to eat and drive.
Isn't your father on the incoming ship?
I think so. He said he was going
to Earth about a week ago.
Do you think there will be fighting here?
I don't know. He wouldn't tell me anything.
Load the Gundam components
onto the White Base.
Speed up the ground operations.
Yes sir!
That White Base!
They're leading a Zeon ship here!
So this is it?
Yes, sir.
The Federation has a fine new battleship.
With this new ship,
and the completed Gundam...
...we'll have no trouble crushing Zeon!
Excuse me, Lieutenant Ray.
We're docking at Side 7 now.
Please report to the bridge at once.
Very well.
Your name is Bright, isn't it?
Yes, sir.
Your name is Bright, isn't it?
How many months in the military?
Six months, sir.
And you're 19 years old, correct?
Yes, sir.
When we start mass-producing the
Gundam...
...we may be able to end this war without
sending boys like you into battle.
Is that your son, sir?
Yes.
I hear there are boys his age
fighting as guerrillas.
Is that true?
Yes, I'm told that it happens.
How terrible.
Thank you for coming, Lieutenant Ray.
So we couldn't outrun that Zeon ship.
Unfortunately not.
It seems I haven't much luck.
To run into such a prize
on my way back from a mission.
Maybe they were the lucky ones.
Yes, Lt. Commander Char. But...
...Could the Federation really have based their
Operation V on a remote Side like this one?
They have.
They could be developing a more
advanced mobile suit than our Zakus.
Surely not... and in such a remote place.
They're late.
It's coming in.
Code CC2.
See? Exactly as I said.
You mean the Federation has mobile suits?
We should assume their
development was successful.
The third one's a mobile suit as well.
There could be more in there.
This could be our only chance.
We're only here for recon.
But if they load the mobile suits
onto that battleship...!
Don't be hasty to seek glory.
Gene, what are you doing?!
Look at Lt. Commander Char...
...he built his career on actual combat!
Hey, Gene?!
Do you realise this is insubordination?!
Halt immediately, Gene!
Who'll care, after I pull this off?
The sooner you defeat the enemy, the better.
That's close.
Maybe it's an asteroid.
T-The way these tremors are travelling,
they must be caused by...
...Explosions!
It's the Zeons. A Zeon attack.
Amuro!
I'll go find my father.
Amuro, no!
Hey! Going out could put us all in danger.
My father's with the military.
A shelter like this won't survive...
...I'll request an evacuation
to the ship that just docked today.
Wait!
Stop it!
Please close the other door.
A Zeon mobile suit...
...So this is a Zeon Zaku!
Hey! Civilians must remain in the shelter!
I'm looking for an engineering
officer named Tem Ray. Where is he?
Probably on the ship...
...Unload it.
Look out!
They're dead.
'Classified Materials'?
Th-This must be... the Federation's mobile suit.
I was following orders, but...
...Where's Chief Denim?
Sir! He's moved forward, to support Gene.
Where's Chief Denim?
Sir! He's moved forward, to support Gene.
And the Federation has mobile suits there?
Yes, sir.
Slender, take as many pictures as you can...
and retreat if it becomes dangerous.
Yes, sir!
What'll we do?
I'm surprised that Denim couldn't control a novice.
I may have to go out there myself.
Take us closer to Side 7.
Yes, sir!
Get to the space port! Hurry!
Run!
Faster!
Computer-controlled operation...
...A learning-type computer...?
Wow! No wonder Father's been preoccupied...
...Amuro!
Wow! No wonder Father's been preoccupied...
...What are you doing, Amuro?!
Curse you!
Amuro...
...Amuro!
Use one of the inner lifts for this.
Get to the space port, Fraw!
Amuro!
Fraw! Hurry up!
Okay!
Father!
What about Lift #37?
It's being used by the evacuees!
What about Lift #3?
It's being used by the evacuees!
Father!
The Gundam must go before the evacuees.
Take it up to the White Base
and prepare it for battle.
Yes, sir!
Father!
Amuro, why aren't you evacuating?
Father, are mobile suits more
important to you than people?
Move it out.
Father!
Get up to the White Base, quickly.
The White Base?
The warship that's in port.
What's taking so long?
The engine won't start!
Go to the White Base.
I'll find a tractor.
But Father!
So, this is the Federation's secret weapon.
Amuro! Hurry!
Are you all right, Amuro?!
Fraw Bow!
Fraw... Fraw Bow!
Fraw Bow, don't give up!
Amuro.
Can you stand up?
M-Mother?
Grandpa?
Mother? Mother?
Mother!
Fraw, they'll get you too. You must go.
No!
Get a hold of yourself!
You're stronger than this!
Make a run for the space port.
Can you do it, Fraw Bow?
I'll be there soon. Now, go!
Run, Fraw Bow!
Run, Fraw...
...That's it, Fraw Bow...
...Way to go...
...This will work...
...Exactly the same. Is this it...?
Incredible!
The energy gain is more than five times!
Let's give it a try.
Is that it?
Here it is.
Can I make it in time?
Left... and right.
Hurry! Get the weapons!
White Base!
Can't you launch a Core Fighter?
Impossible!
Not unless we blast open the Side's hull!
Have we deployed all combat crew?!
Yes, sir! And we've also sent pilots
to retrieve the Gundam.
We never expected an attack
from within the colony.
Rise!
H-He's right in front of me!
Uh... weapons...
...Chief Denim!
The enemy's mobile suit has moved!
What?!
I thought they were all just unassembled parts!
But it's not functioning very well.
I'll take care of it.
Here it comes!
This mobile suit is unbelievable!
The rifles are useless.
Watch this, Zaku!
We're just on a recon mission!
Retreat, Gene!
What are you saying?!
If we don't get him now, the enemy will...
...It's standing!
Please, get up!
Get up!
There we go.
Sir, one of our mobile suits is operating!
What?
What kind of attack is that?!
Who's in the cockpit?
Oh no... I'm out of ammo!
I'll get you!
No matter how thick your armour is...
...He's coming!
It's like the mobile suit's shaking in terror!
So that's the power of
the Federation's mobile suit!
A-Amazing!
You won't get away!
Doesn't this have any other weapons?
Is this it?
Gene, can you jump to where Slender is?
I'll use the back-up camera. I can see.
I'm going to jump!
I won't let you get away!
If I hit the mobile suit's engine,
it might destroy all of Side 7.
What... What should I do?
You'll pay for what you did to Gene!
What to do...
Can I target just the cockpit?
If this Zaku blows up, all the air
in Side 7 shall be sucked out!
Rush the civilians onto the White Base.
Yes, sir!
I don't think any more air is escaping.
And the transfer of the Gundam?
All the regular engineers were killed.
We'll have him do it.
What?
Whether he's a real pilot or not...
...we need his help.
What is it?
Where's Slender?
He's escaped Side 7
and is headed this way.
No one likes to admit to them.
To the mistakes they've made
because of their youth.
As Char waits for the White Base
to escape from Side 7...
...he shows his true power as the Red Comet,
and faces Gundam with brutal force.
For both Char and Amuro...
...this battle bears a ferocity
that neither has experienced before.
Mobile Suit Gundam. Next episode...
...Destroy Gundam.
Next episode
Destroy Gundam!
Will you be able to survive??
Next episode
Destroy Gundam!
Amuro, do not look back.
The star shining far off in space...
Amuro, it's your homeland
where you were born.
Do you remember the days
of your childhood?
The morning when you woke up, when it was warm?
Amuro, do not look back. Amuro...
A man must hide his tears, hide his tears.
Only look to tomorrow, to tomorrow... Forever...
Rage on! Rage on! Rage on! Gundam!
You must run forth!
If you are still burning
with furious rage...
...You must fight the towering foe!
Fight! Fight! Fight!
Bring to bear the rage of justice, Gundam!
Mobile Suit Gundam! Gundam!
Rise once more! Rise once more!
Rise once more! Gundam!
You must seize the power!
Fly toward the galaxy, Gundam!
A half-century has passed
since mankind began moving...
...its burgeoning population into space.
These gigantic space cities
orbiting the Earth...
...became a second home to mankind...
...where men were born and raised...
...and where they died.
It is the year 0079 of the Universal Century.
The furthest space city from Earth,
known as Side 3...
...proclaimed itself the Principality of Zeon.
It launched a war of independence
against the Earth Federation.
In roughly one month of fighting,
the Principality of Zeon...
...and the Federation Forces caused
the deaths of half the total population.
Mankind was horrified by its own actions.
The war became a stalemate,
and eight months have now passed.
Gundam Rising!
Slender, you stay here.
Yes, Chief.
The military facilities appear
to be in the upper right block, sir.
This should be rush hour,
but I see only one car.
Not a soul in sight.
Wait! There's a child!
Amuro!
Amuro?
What? He hasn't even eaten yet.
Amuro?!
I thought I'd find you cooped up in here.
You need to eat your breakfast...
You should take better care of your health!
Hello, Amuro!
Hello, Amuro!
You're full of energy as always, Haro.
Thank you, Amuro.
What were you planning on wearing today?
Amuro?
I'll eat after I finish rewiring this computer.
Didn't you hear the evacuation order?
Evacuation order?
Is that what the siren was?
For goodness sake!
Didn't you listen to the military broadcast?
A warship is docking, so we have to evacuate.
Why?
I don't know.
Amuro, we don't have time!
All right.
Evacuate at once!
All right.
Evacuate at once!
I'll wait outside. Come on, Haro.
Enough...
...Hayato!
Hi, Fraw Bow!
Hey! You're Amuro's nearest neighbour!
It's your responsibility to tell him.
Oh, about the evacuation?
Of course. He's all alone, you know.
Well, if military engineers like his father
hadn't moved here in the first place, we...
...Are you still bitter about them moving us
to make way for their research facility?
It's not like that...
...Hayato!
Coming! Bye...
...Amuro!
Amuro, it's bad manners to eat and drive.
Isn't your father on the incoming ship?
I think so. He said he was going
to Earth about a week ago.
Do you think there will be fighting here?
I don't know. He wouldn't tell me anything.
Load the Gundam components
onto the White Base.
Speed up the ground operations.
Yes sir!
That White Base!
They're leading a Zeon ship here!
So this is it?
Yes, sir.
The Federation has a fine new battleship.
With this new ship,
and the completed Gundam...
...we'll have no trouble crushing Zeon!
Excuse me, Lieutenant Ray.
We're docking at Side 7 now.
Please report to the bridge at once.
Very well.
Your name is Bright, isn't it?
Yes, sir.
Your name is Bright, isn't it?
How many months in the military?
Six months, sir.
And you're 19 years old, correct?
Yes, sir.
When we start mass-producing the
Gundam...
...we may be able to end this war without
sending boys like you into battle.
Is that your son, sir?
Yes.
I hear there are boys his age
fighting as guerrillas.
Is that true?
Yes, I'm told that it happens.
How terrible.
Thank you for coming, Lieutenant Ray.
So we couldn't outrun that Zeon ship.
Unfortunately not.
It seems I haven't much luck.
To run into such a prize
on my way back from a mission.
Maybe they were the lucky ones.
Yes, Lt. Commander Char. But...
...Could the Federation really have based their
Operation V on a remote Side like this one?
They have.
They could be developing a more
advanced mobile suit than our Zakus.
Surely not... and in such a remote place.
They're late.
It's coming in.
Code CC2.
See? Exactly as I said.
You mean the Federation has mobile suits?
We should assume their
development was successful.
The third one's a mobile suit as well.
There could be more in there.
This could be our only chance.
We're only here for recon.
But if they load the mobile suits
onto that battleship...!
Don't be hasty to seek glory.
Gene, what are you doing?!
Look at Lt. Commander Char...
...he built his career on actual combat!
Hey, Gene?!
Do you realise this is insubordination?!
Halt immediately, Gene!
Who'll care, after I pull this off?
The sooner you defeat the enemy, the better.
That's close.
Maybe it's an asteroid.
T-The way these tremors are travelling,
they must be caused by...
...Explosions!
It's the Zeons. A Zeon attack.
Amuro!
I'll go find my father.
Amuro, no!
Hey! Going out could put us all in danger.
My father's with the military.
A shelter like this won't survive...
...I'll request an evacuation
to the ship that just docked today.
Wait!
Stop it!
Please close the other door.
A Zeon mobile suit...
...So this is a Zeon Zaku!
Hey! Civilians must remain in the shelter!
I'm looking for an engineering
officer named Tem Ray. Where is he?
Probably on the ship...
...Unload it.
Look out!
They're dead.
'Classified Materials'?
Th-This must be... the Federation's mobile suit.
I was following orders, but...
...Where's Chief Denim?
Sir! He's moved forward, to support Gene.
Where's Chief Denim?
Sir! He's moved forward, to support Gene.
And the Federation has mobile suits there?
Yes, sir.
Slender, take as many pictures as you can...
and retreat if it becomes dangerous.
Yes, sir!
What'll we do?
I'm surprised that Denim couldn't control a novice.
I may have to go out there myself.
Take us closer to Side 7.
Yes, sir!
Get to the space port! Hurry!
Run!
Faster!
Computer-controlled operation...
...A learning-type computer...?
Wow! No wonder Father's been preoccupied...
...Amuro!
Wow! No wonder Father's been preoccupied...
...What are you doing, Amuro?!
Curse you!
Amuro...
...Amuro!
Use one of the inner lifts for this.
Get to the space port, Fraw!
Amuro!
Fraw! Hurry up!
Okay!
Father!
What about Lift #37?
It's being used by the evacuees!
What about Lift #3?
It's being used by the evacuees!
Father!
The Gundam must go before the evacuees.
Take it up to the White Base
and prepare it for battle.
Yes, sir!
Father!
Amuro, why aren't you evacuating?
Father, are mobile suits more
important to you than people?
Move it out.
Father!
Get up to the White Base, quickly.
The White Base?
The warship that's in port.
What's taking so long?
The engine won't start!
Go to the White Base.
I'll find a tractor.
But Father!
So, this is the Federation's secret weapon.
Amuro! Hurry!
Are you all right, Amuro?!
Fraw Bow!
Fraw... Fraw Bow!
Fraw Bow, don't give up!
Amuro.
Can you stand up?
M-Mother?
Grandpa?
Mother? Mother?
Mother!
Fraw, they'll get you too. You must go.
No!
Get a hold of yourself!
You're stronger than this!
Make a run for the space port.
Can you do it, Fraw Bow?
I'll be there soon. Now, go!
Run, Fraw Bow!
Run, Fraw...
...That's it, Fraw Bow...
...Way to go...
...This will work...
...Exactly the same. Is this it...?
Incredible!
The energy gain is more than five times!
Let's give it a try.
Is that it?
Here it is.
Can I make it in time?
Left... and right.
Hurry! Get the weapons!
White Base!
Can't you launch a Core Fighter?
Impossible!
Not unless we blast open the Side's hull!
Have we deployed all combat crew?!
Yes, sir! And we've also sent pilots
to retrieve the Gundam.
We never expected an attack
from within the colony.
Rise!
H-He's right in front of me!
Uh... weapons...
...Chief Denim!
The enemy's mobile suit has moved!
What?!
I thought they were all just unassembled parts!
But it's not functioning very well.
I'll take care of it.
Here it comes!
This mobile suit is unbelievable!
The rifles are useless.
Watch this, Zaku!
We're just on a recon mission!
Retreat, Gene!
What are you saying?!
If we don't get him now, the enemy will...
...It's standing!
Please, get up!
Get up!
There we go.
Sir, one of our mobile suits is operating!
What?
What kind of attack is that?!
Who's in the cockpit?
Oh no... I'm out of ammo!
I'll get you!
No matter how thick your armour is...
...He's coming!
It's like the mobile suit's shaking in terror!
So that's the power of
the Federation's mobile suit!
A-Amazing!
You won't get away!
Doesn't this have any other weapons?
Is this it?
Gene, can you jump to where Slender is?
I'll use the back-up camera. I can see.
I'm going to jump!
I won't let you get away!
If I hit the mobile suit's engine,
it might destroy all of Side 7.
What... What should I do?
You'll pay for what you did to Gene!
What to do...
Can I target just the cockpit?
If this Zaku blows up, all the air
in Side 7 shall be sucked out!
Rush the civilians onto the White Base.
Yes, sir!
I don't think any more air is escaping.
And the transfer of the Gundam?
All the regular engineers were killed.
We'll have him do it.
What?
Whether he's a real pilot or not...
...we need his help.
What is it?
Where's Slender?
He's escaped Side 7
and is headed this way.
No one likes to admit to them.
To the mistakes they've made
because of their youth.
As Char waits for the White Base
to escape from Side 7...
...he shows his true power as the Red Comet,
and faces Gundam with brutal force.
For both Char and Amuro...
...this battle bears a ferocity
that neither has experienced before.
Mobile Suit Gundam. Next episode...
...Destroy Gundam.
Next episode
Destroy Gundam!
Will you be able to survive??
Next episode
Destroy Gundam!
Amuro, do not look back.
The star shining far off in space...
Amuro, it's your homeland
where you were born.
Do you remember the days
of your childhood?
The morning when you woke up, when it was warm?
Amuro, do not look back. Amuro...
A man must hide his tears, hide his tears.
Only look to tomorrow, to tomorrow... Forever...