Aquarion (アクエリオン)

Tell me, Apollon, do you remember?

The day when the world began,

there was nothing and there was everything.

Billions of stars swirling in

a great void, light inside of darkness.

Our souls knew each other even then.

Our souls?

Yes.

High above it all, captivated by the vision, your hand in mine.

Two wayward souls, sharing one heart.

Silvie.

And now, together, we will mend what we have broken.

You never get tired of this, huh?

Er--sorry! I got distracted.

I'm on task, I swear--

You and Skies of Aquaria were made for each other.

It's fine. 'sides, you're the only reason we show it anymore.

Your scent, your essence follows me into Eternity!

One day you'll have to tell me what the appeal is.

Apart from Alicia, that I get,

her Silvie almost makes this watchable.

She doesn't do anything; just hovers there.

What is going through her head?

The man she loves is dying.

Probably thinkin' the rent's due.

Listen, don't worry about loadin' the reels, awright?

Just clean the aisles 'fore you go.

And, try not to let the silver screen spoil ya for real life.

Yes, sir.

I shall wait for you, my brave Apollon.

For twelve-thousand years, if I must. If I must...

Ugh, gross. Really?

How hard is it to find a trashcan, people?

Excuse me. We're, uh...

Oh! I, uh... Sorry, leaving.

Hang on!

You're not like a fan, are you?

I mean of Skies of Aquaria?

I dunno. It was the first time I've seen it actually.

Oh, um, never mind.

See ya 'round, I guess.

No wait!

I was kinda hoping you might tell me your name.

If you're cool with that.

It's Mikono. Mikono Suzushiro.

Amata! I'm Amata Sora!

Huh, okay.

So...

Yeah?

It's, uh, real nice

to see some people still care about old movies.

Question... Do you guys have, like, pamphlets on this one?

Yeah sorry, no.

All the promotional stuff was trashed.

Pretty much right after the premier.

Oh. Well that's a shame.

I suppose there's always still word of mouth, huh?

Maybe you and I could sit and talk about it for a while.

You actually wanna talk to me?

It's gonna be a little while; I have to finish up here.

I'm okay to wait, long as you don't mind me

just hanging out "for twelve-thousand years,

if I must," or whatever.

I'm a nerd, sorry--it was just a neat line, you know?

Oh, crap! No! No, no, no, no, no!

Uh would you mind waiting outside?

Just so I can close up. Give me, like, five minutes.

Ten, tops.

Surely three per boot'll be enough.

Wow. She wants to talk.

And she's cute, so I'm probably just dreaming.

Hang on! Wait! Please!

Tell me where you're going!

All I could do was watch, same as her.

But that was then and this is now. So, yeah.

Don't freak out. It's fine.

Not every girl's gonna leave.

I'm okay to wait, long as you don't mind me just

hanging out "for twelve-thousand years,

if I must," or whatever.

Excuse me! Dibs on your gondola!

Neo-China's teetering infrastructure was further

compromised this afternoon when a fleet of Abductors

swept down from the skies in what authorities are...

I hate it when they talk about Abductors.

Yeah, no kidding.

There's never any good news to begin with,

but now that everyone's being taken,

there's not much else to talk about.

And the worst part's gotta be not knowing

where they'll strike.

We beat 'em back, sure, but, it's kinda like--

Well, I'm not just gonna hide while I wait

for them to gatecrash again.

If today's all I have, why not enjoy it?

Like there's no tomorrow, huh?

Seems sorta appropriate, don't you think?

You okay?

The hell is that?!

Sorry! My fault!

I really shoulda warned you about Shush.

Seriously, what is it about kitties and hair?

Wait, that's a cat?

Yeah, what else?

Did something happen to it, or...?

I found him as I took cover from an Abductor.

Poor lil' guy...

Oh, right! Let's talk Skies of Aquaria.

You got it.

Skies of Aquaria: adapted from a book no one remembers

about humanity's war with the Shadow Angels

twelve thousand years ago.

Weren't the Shadow Angels

just a story to make little kids behave?

That's part of why the movie didn't do so hot

when it came out;

but the theme song won like every award there is.

Yeah? It is a really good song.

The lead sang it. What's her name? Alicia, I think.

Total triple threat.

She could act and sing, and pretty enough

to model if she got sick of doing those.

Yeah. She was beautiful.

It has a weird way of making me sad.

We were supposed to share that! Dang it, Shush!

Hey, you wanna know something else weird?

Vector pilots, the guys that fight Abductors,

you practically have to be superhuman just

to get accepted into where they're trained.

They're called Elements: people with special powers

hand-picked by the Aquarias themselves.

Least that's what they say.

Reminds me of Apollon and Silvie.

Imagine sitting at the controls of a mech that chose you.

I'd be lying if I said I hadn't thought about it.

But, let's just say I'm not the kind of guy who gets chosen.

I'm a nobody.

That a fact? Hey, me too.

All I'm good for is staying out of the way.

Oh well! Guess that makes two of us!

Uh, gotta make a pit stop.

Go on ahead, I'll catch up.

I know you can hear me, Kagura.

This is no time for games. The Mithra Gnis is a test model.

No frills. Strictly recon.

Ooo. Something's pungent.

Hello Vega.

Ten? Really? This is getting out of hand.

"Only good for staying out of the way."

She makes it sound like a game,

like being a nobody is just something you do.

How is she so cheerful?

How can you take so long?

Dad, I gotta go! Make him come out!

Sorry! Gimme a sec!

I said gimme a sec, jeez!

What the...?!

Not now!

Mikono!

We gotta get to the shelter!

Look out!

Whoa. It's an Aquaria.

I swear, dude, every time.