Saibôgu 009 (1968–…): Season 1, Episode 2 - The Challenge of 'X' - full transcript

AKAI MAFURAA NABIKASETE
A RED SCARF FLOWING IN THE WIND

SUSUME SAIBOGU WAQERA NO YUUSHI
ONWARD, CYBORGS! OUR HEROES!

HEIWA WO MAMOQU NO HITOMI
THE EYE OF JUSTICE
PROTECTING THE PEACE

AA SAIBOGLI 009
AH, CYBORG 009

Created by:
SHOTARO ISHINOMORI

Produced by: TOEI ANIMATION

Cyborg 009 episode 2
First aired: April 12, 1968

Well, good night.

Good night. Go straight home, okay?

Don't be so bossy.
Children should be in bed already.

How rude, I'm not a child!



What is it, 003?

Something is coming from the ocean!

What?

From the ocean?

There's nothing.

Yes there is,
it's coming straight this way.

Who are you?!

You mean me?

My name is Cyborg X.

Hey, where are you going?!

So this is the laboratory room.

Hey, who are you?!

It appears that you are 009.

And what if I am?



That's my laser shower,
my job here is done.

I'll see you again, 009.

Roses...

Ah, he got away.

He fixed the roses.

003, we're going to follow him.

Huh?

I attached a transmitter
to him, let's go now.

What a rude guest he was.

There's something there.

Omega-kun!

Gilmore, it's been 3 years since you beat
me to the discovery of that new theory.

In that time I have
created a single cyborg.

I now challenge you.

Prepare to die,
I shall definitely defeat you!

Wait, Omega-kun!

Curse that Omega...

X is heading south.

Good.

This is 009.

007, 006, can you hear me?

This is 009.

006, 007, can you hear me?

I can't hear you, I'm asleep.

Some ramen, please.

Hey, what's going on? 006, 007!

Ah, I have no choice. Hey, wake up!

What's going on this late?

A mysterious enemy has appeared.

I need you two to go on ahead.

Got it, we're going.

Michi...

Michi...

Who? Who is it?

Naku!

It's Naku, isn't it?!

Michi...

So you are alive.

I thought you had died.

I even built you a grave over there.

Thanks, that's great.

Naku...why don't
you get out of there?

Naku, is it really you?

Yes it is, Michi.

But it's only my upper body.

Naku!

Now you understand, Michi.

I am a part of this machine.

I am no longer the one you
enjoyed growing roses with.

X has stopped up
ahead at he interchange.

What a horrible car!

Don't insult it!

Michi, I have to go now.

No, I want to go with you!

Don't be foolish.

Michi, it seems
that my enemies are here.

Michi, take care of your roses.

Wait, Naku!

There he is!

It's you, 009.

Gyborg X.

What is he?

Is he the mysterious enemy?

I have a bad feeling,
he looks pretty strong.

Pieces of trash!

Sorry, but I'm in a bad mood tonight.

Here I come!

Oh, a missile!

This is bad!

Watch out!

Oh, no!

That's it. Now you can't dodge.

- Aww! Help!
- Get away from there!

Escape!

Get away! It's following us!

I can't take this.

Heeeeelp!

006, 007, are you all right?!

X, that was dirty!

Yes, as you say, I fight dirty.

Ah...

009, the next time
we meet, one of us will die.

Farewell!

Curse it!

That was scary.

What a bad car.

What are you talking about, any car
would have been trashed after that!

Huh?

He's a scientific genius,
and from a genius' perspective,
normal humans can seem like insects.

This challenge from
Omega is serious trouble!

By the way, where's 009?

He's taking breakfast to that woman.

He works fast.

Now eat the soup
before it gets cold.

Thank you.

Not that it's any good, though.

It's delicious!

Oh, great, we really need a
woman like 003 for this type of thing.

What happened to her?

She was taken last night, by X.

By Naku?

Naku's enemies
are these people?

What's wrong?

No, it's nothing...

X is very dangerous.

He said that the next time
we meet, one of us will die.

That may be true.

Michi!

Naku will die!

A red scarf...

You ate more than I expected.

If you have this much of
an appetite, you must be doing all right.

Y-You are...?

Naku will die...

Naku will die...

Naku will die!

Who's Naku?

Oh, Naku!

Naku!

Naku...

Ridiculous.

This is Gilmore's cyborg?

It doesn't compare to you.

But...at least it is
more beautiful than me.

Beautiful? So what?

Beauty is meaningless for battle!

Listen, you are a fighting machine.

Don't concern
yourself with foolish things!

A fighting machine...

Here's your meal.

X...

What?

Do you have to fight 009?

Yes, that will happen.
It's unfortunate for you,
but I'm going to win.

I'll fight and win.

That's what my body was built for.

Wait!

Fighting and winning, do you
think that's a wonderful thing?

Yes, I do.

That's a lie!

When you came to attack
the lab, you fixed the roses.

You are a much kinder
person than you realize.

Roses, yes...

Roses are beautiful.

Especially the summer rose.

Our roses...

What's wrong?

It's nothing, leave me alone!

Shut up!

If you keep thinking about the
wrong things, I'll shock that body.

I see.

So that's why you obey Omega?

Shut up!

A machine shouldn't think
like a human, it was my fault.

Naku was my friend since childhood.

He died in an accident on that
highway...no, I thought he had died.

Roses. ..

Naku loved roses.

Our roses.

Gilmore, the time for battle is here.

Tomorrow at dawn,
come to Sea Shore Pork,
your 009 and my X will fight.

I have hidden a cobalt
bomb somewhere in the park,
so that nobody will run away.

You can imagine what will
happen if you don't show up.

Cobalt bomb?

Not only Tokyo, but all
of Japan would be impacted!

We'll have to win this fight!

We'll crush X! Oh...

It's fine.

To team up with
evil people like that...

Naku must have had his heart
replaced along with the rest of his body.

Please fight them.

Please prevent their
horrible plan from succeeding.

But understand, Michi...

It's not to test my
strength against Naku.

To protect Japan from the
horrible cobalt bomb, I'Il fight him.

We found the source of that signal.

All right, I'll go take a look.

It should be around here,
but I'm so bad with directions.

That's it, that's it.

Hmm, so he's hiding in here.

You sure are pathetic, boy.

Huh?

That was the laser
shower's weakest setting.

Bah, tomorrow
you'll be a big crybaby.

Huh, we'll see
who will be crying.

Obviously you! Even Michi
was telling us to beat up Naku.

What?

Michi is with you?

Yes, and she
wants to see you crushed.

What? Hey, is that true?

Yes it is, she told 009 to kill you.

Ouch!

The rose has wilted...

That beautiful summer rose...

Autumn has come.

This is destiny.

009, I swear upon
this rose, I will defeat you!

Not because I was ordered
to, now this is my own will.

I will end your life!

009, this is your weapon.

Yikes, what an old model.

Unfortunately it doesn't compare to X's
machine, which is attached to his body.

But this is the only thing that
will stand up to Omega's needle cannon.

Needle cannon?

Yes, a terrifying
weapon invented by Omega.

But it can only be fired
once per flight, so use that chance.

Listen, once the enemy
uses the cannon, pull this lever,
but you mustn't pull it before!

I understand.

Now it's up to your ability and courage.

Yes, I'll do my best.

I'm off, Professor.

Goodluck.

Sure...

009...

Michi...

The time to fight Naku has come.

I don't know who will win.

I might be defeated.

If that happens,
then please tell Naku this.

Cyborgs are human, not robots.

My friends and I are the proof of that.

Bye.

It's 009, where are you?!

So you've come, 009.

You're riding an ugly craft.

Here I come!

Here he comes.

Running is useless.

Just you wait!

Take this!

He really is persistent.

Oh, no!

X, you had to destroy
your own missile, how pathetic.

How dare you!

X, what are you doing?!

Keep your mouth shut!

Wh-What-?!

Now, use the needle cannon!

You don't need to tell me.

Here I come, 009!

It's the needle cannon.

All right! Those super steel
needles will destroy anything.

Now!

Curse you, Gilmore!

You !

Hmph! You can't
dodge it from right behind!

Yeah...now it's my turn.

It's over, Naku.

Not yet!

What?

Until yesterday,
I was just fighting you
because I was ordered to.

But now it is different.

I hate you!

You destroyed
my precious rose!

Your rose?

Die!

Wait!

Michi!

Naku!

Naku, don't die!

Michi!

Michi!

You said "don't die", right?

So you...

Naku...

Our roses...

They're still blooming.

My Naku...

Michi!

Michi even tried to
kill me in order to save you.

Michi!

Naku, what do you plan to do?

009, I'll return your friends.

Oh! 003, 007!

That is?

The cobalt bomb.

I'll take care of it.

God will make us happy,
in the rose garden in heaven.

009, farewell.

Michi, that summer sure was fun.

But...soon we will be happy again.

Michi, let's go.

What are you doing? Stop it!

Wow, the shape of
the island totally changed.

In heaven there are no
cyborgs or humans, just souls.

Those two...their precious summer
roses will continue to bloom forever.

Naku, Michi, rest in peace.

Battle at the South Pole

Take this, the Mad Machine!

Black Cross, who can disrupt any
machine with their Mad Machine ray...

...have abducted Professor
Kobun and his daughter Suzume.

Their plan is to force him to
build them an even stronger weapon.

But then 009 and 007 arrive on the scene.

Hurry, the door is closing!

However, Black Cross
with their many weapons has 009
and the others in trouble on the ice.

Cyborg warriors from
around the world join in to help.

The battle in the southern
ice between 009 and Black Cross.

Next time, look forward
to "Battle at the South Pole".

Subtitled by The Skaro Hunting Society /
Hokuto no Gun
Translated by SystematicChaos
Timed and Edited by Nanto

AKAI YUYAKE YOSERU ONAMI
THE RED SUNSET IS EMBRACED BY THE WAVES

TATAKAI OWATTE ASU O YUME MIRU
WE DREAM OF A BETTER FUTURE
WHEN THE BATTLE IS OVER

ITSUNOHIKA FUTATABI MINNADE KOKONI TATO
LET US ALL STAND TOGETHER AGAIN SOMEDAY

AA WAREQA SAIBOGU
AH, WE CYBORGS

HEIWA NO SENSHI
WARRIORS OF PEACE