[ ] Project A-Ko 2 Plot of the Daitokuji Financial Group

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1 [ ] Project A-Ko 2 Plot of the aitokuji Financial Group FEMALE ANNOUNCER And now the news. Three weeks ago, an alien spaceship crash-landed on the city's central tower. FEMALE ANNOUNCER Now the spaceship has been rebuilt as a giant amusement center. Boasting a posh, 30,000 room hotel, it has attracted huge crowds to its shopping and recreation facilities. We're reporting today on-site at this new center. 'S MOTHER (yummy sound) But I've been waiting so long -- (gulps down food) -- for summer vacation! WAITRESS Here you go. It's horrible you have to go to America on business. (eating sounds) 'S MOTHER What an appetite. 'S MOTHER It's more horrible to think of you eating like that, all summer long. 'S MOTHER (OS) You'll add four inches to your waistline. I'm okay. I get lots of exercise. Hey ad, are you gonna eat that? Then I'll have it. 'S FATHER (happy eating sounds) 'S FATHER (to himself) I was saving that for last! (sobs) (eating sounds) on't cry, ad. Your business trip isn't that long. You'll be back in four weeks. (laughs) MALE ANNOUNCER And now, let's interview the owner, Miss Napolipolita. We have absolutely nothing insidious planned. Of course not! We heard you Earthlings love shopping malls. It has nothing to do with the fact that our ship needs repairs. No, that's not it! We don't need money! We only want to be your friends! (fake laugh) MALE ANNOUNCER (OS) The irector of efense had no comment on these developments. This ends our report for the NA network, Japan. ANNOUNCER 3

2 The government is hesitant to get involved, after last year's fiasco. And now, these messages. Come on, A-Ko! Time for school! (yawn) That time already? I'm late! (surprise, looking up) Good morning, A-Ko! (from window) You're here already? (to herself) Of course she is! A-Ko, we'll be late! (OS) Hold on, I'll be right down! Sorry to make you wait! (happy screams) We'll take the shortcut. and (continues happy yelling) Princess... I,, hereby pledge to secretly watch over you and protect you. Until the day we both return home. (checks his watch) But you sure are late today. Could something have happened to her? Hi,! (continues happy screaming) Here we go! (falling through air) Princess! We're too late! Yeah. Look, A-Ko, what do you think this is? Oh. I saw a bug make it. Huh? A buck naked? C-Ko, hurry up. Uh-huh.

3 Good morning, class. Be silent. I'm sure you're all looking forward to summer vacation tomorrow. STUENTS (happy screams, shouts of joy) (continues in background, Ad-Lib teacher talk. Something along the line of "Here's some suggestions for your summer vacations: go to the library and read War & Peace, start a recycling program, find out how milk is produced...") That jerk, A-Ko. Is she making C-Ko late again? (OS) _ C BEE_C0B,Good morning! Good morning, Miss Ayumi! A-Ko, C-Ko! How could you girls be late on the last day of class? No, no! I got a present for you. Here, it's buck naked. Buck naked? Oh, it looks like a dead bug. What? Cooks like bread bugs? Just forget it. I'll have to make some for lunch. (OS) Quiet down, everyone. (ON) I hope you all enjoy your summer vacations. (raising her hand) Oh, yes! I'm gonna have lots of fun! How nice. You're always so energetic. Thanks! Now I'll pass out your grades. I'm doomed! Now that your parents are gone, A-Ko, I'll come over every day! Thanks. Hey, let's go to the pool tomorrow, C-Ko. Yeah, yeah. I'll go! (OS)

4 Okay, we can leave at about 10 o'clock. (OS) Yeah! (sings) I'm going to the pool! (OS) I'm going to the pool! Tomorrow at ten. (thinking) I won't let A-Ko monopolize C-Ko. one-potato, one-potato, one-potato... Hey, A-Ko! Sorry I'm late! (OS) A-Ko! Come on, let's go! (OS) You already changed? (laughs) I'll be outside. Wait up! (struggles with clothes) Okay! Here I go! (exercise sounds) Huh? Wow! Neato! Oh, it's Miss Ayumi! (sighs) and (impressed sounds) Great form! Great muscle tone! Gotcha! I'm pretty good, aren't I? You sure are! Yeah, you are. A-Ko can swim really well, too! No way! Well, maybe, I guess.

5 (agrees) (prepares to jump) (jumps) Geronimo! She's great! GIRL Huh? I wonder if she's okay? (to AYUMI) o you think A-Ko's okay? she hasn't come up yet. AYUMI Well, my great-grandfather jumped into the ocean in 1909, and he still hasn't come up. That's incredible! Maybe A-Ko's doing that, too! (sticking her face underwater) Hmmm? (glub glub) (underwater) A-Ko! (coughs) Gee, I almost drowned! (moans) Uh... I thought for sure I was gonna die! (OS) So, you're here. What a coincidence! B-Ko! (anger) (OS) B-Ko, don't you ever give up? You're trying to steal C-Ko again, aren't you? (OS) Are you saying I can't come and swim in a public pool? (in background) Hey, hey, hey! (laughs) We're twins! We're twins! MARI (deep, happy grunt) Come on, Mari! Come swimming with me! (looks around) Hey, what happened to A-Ko? It's settled then. The winner gets to take C-Ko on a date tonight. Whatever you say!

6 Hey, A-Ko, look at me! I can swim, too! All right. Ready... Come on in, Mari! The water's fine! MARI (deep grunt) Go! (screams) Ouch! MARI (swimming grunts) I'm all washed up! It's all your fault that I didn't beat A-Ko! I can't stand it! Tonight, I'll make a new mecha to destroy A-Ko! Stop it, that's too hard! _ C F9_C5, This is great! Well, it's almost lunchtime. C-Ko, let's go grab a bite! (demented laughter) Oh, no! Here you go! Now that I think about it, I'm not really all that hungry! But I made it JUST for you! It's really good! Here! Here! Uh... (OS) Eat it! Eat it! (OS) Come on! (close up, blinking) Tee hee! ("ahhh" sound) (OS)

7 Good morning! Oh,! Hey,! C-Ko made this! Want some? Here! Huh? (thinking) A lunch made by my princess? (aloud) Thank you, I'm so honored! Let's trade! Eat up,! It's really delicious! (mumbles while eating) Thank you, Princess. (eating sounds) (giggles) Isn't it great? Oh, yes! Finish it all! on't hold back! Yes, ma'am! (thinking) Saved! (OS) By the way, Princess, I have a favor to ask. Could you come with us-- (suddenly alarmed) No! You want to take her away again! (shaking head) No, no, you've got it all wrong. Our spaceship won't fly any more. So we were thinking of settling down here. Anyway, Princess, take a look at this! Hey, A-Ko, it's a recreation center! (OS) A recreation center? (pointing to ship) Exactly. We're turning it into an entertainment and cultural center. I wanna go! Oh, please do come, Princess! You're not just after our money, are you? You'd be our guests, naturally. (out of side of mouth) We'll even throw in dinner, for free. (laughs uncomfortably) Okay, let's go.

8 Oh boy! (leaps for joy) You'll show us around? My pleasure. (bows) (thinking to himself) I did it! (groans under pressure) & Wow! Incredible! (applause) (OS) Just like a dragon! Well, let's go. Come on,. Yes, ma'am. SECRETARY I have your reports right here, sir. Good work. SECRETARY Are you free tonight? No, I'm working late. Perhaps next week. (demented giggling) What's this? It's perfect! Just wait till you see this one! Father! (against a rosy background) B-Ko, are you making another mecha? (stammers) Yes, Father. Yes, I see. I see. (pause as anger sets in) This is --! (OS) B-Ko! o you have any idea how much this would cost me?! (whimper) (holding blueprints) I'm confiscating these! (quietly) All right. (laughs)

9 Nice view! I can't believe I'm really inside a spaceship! This is a special room. Regular guests are not allowed inside. Please, enjoy your meal. Okay! (chomping cake) I'll have this! (starts eating) (sounds of gluttony) (eating her steak) Hmmm? (begins to sob) What's the matter? Princess... I'm homesick! I want to go back home! Please help me! But you can't! I heard your engines were wrecked. (wails) Please help me! (begins crying in earnest) (starting to cry) Oh, poor Captain! A-Ko, you have to do something for her! Pretty please! Pretty please! _ C _C60, What do you expect ME to do? (OS) (wails) All right. I'll see what I can do. (OS) Great! (OS) Mr. irector. It's aitokuji. How's the project going? What? Your hands are tied? (pause) So you want me to help you out? (OS) Actually, I've just developed a new weapon. (surprised grunt) (OS) If you're interested, it's available. (OS) In exchange, I expect access to YOUR secret weapon. (laughs) You're joking!

10 IRECTOR (OS) (over the phone) But they've turned the spaceship into a recreation center! It's full of civilians! (back of head shot) on't worry about it! I'll take care of that. We can't afford to damage that ship. I can arrange for a hostage, if we need one. (OS) Her name's C-Ko. Part of the royal family, but a strange child. (OS) I don't anticipate any problems. She goes to school with my daughter. (OS) (laughs) That's a good one! (thinking to herself) C-Ko! (OS) Yes, everyone's been trying to get their spies onboard that ship. We have to move on this as soon as possible. (thinking to herself) What's going on? (grunt of exertion) (more exertion) A-Ko, are you all right? (more exertion) A-Ko! One, two, three! (strains) (strains while pushing on lever) (loses balance) (hanging on, looking down) This'll never work... It's not working. Oh, I know! I'll fix everything tomorrow! (over loudspeaker) Ladies and gentlemen... (OS) I'd like to thank you all for coming tonight. It's good to see you here.

11 Three weeks ago, an alien spaceship attempted to invade our planet. (OS) The Earth efense Force has always been proud of its interceptors. But when those interceptors went up against the invading spaceship, all of our glorious weapons proved to be incredibly... beautifully... magnificently... USELESS. IRECTOR (grunts throughout aitokuji's speech) But this is only a temporary setback! I, Hikari aitokuji, have poured my heart and soul into a new machine! (gestures to mecha) Look closely! IRECTOR & PILOTS (gasps of awe) Presenting the aitokuji special champagne edition interceptor: The "Golden Cherry Blossom" Mark III. SCENE: shot of the director (OS) Also known as "Marilyn". IRECTOR SCENE: close-ups and cutaway shots of the (OS) Starting with a high-powered vulcan cannon and 500mm steel armor, this sleek beauty is an engine of annihilation -- a marvel of mayhem! (OS) Every facet of its design overflows with lethal efficiency. It's a monster machine, ready and eager for toplevel destruction! Well? A few of these should let you walk all over that spaceship! IRECTOR We'll finally be able to destroy that loathsome spaceship! (no longer on loudspeaker) (said through clenched teeth) Mr. irector! (speaking normally) You can't destroy the spaceship! It holds the secrets to an alien super-technology! IRECTOR _ C0C000030B6_C06,A capture would be too difficult! (over loudspeaker) Look at this! Here! This tear gas will take away their fighting spirit. Please! IRECTOR Oh, okay. Wow! There's so much food! I'm so glad you could come over. (OS) Eat up! Have as much as you like. Thanks! (eating sounds)

12 Wow, what a big bathtub! (singing) It's so big, it's so big! So, C-Ko, what did you want to ask me about? Well you see... (OS) Hey, Captain! Hmmm? Your ship can't even lift off, can it? Our anti-gravity units are completely blown. I'd be angry if you tried to steal C-Ko. (OS) It doesn't matter. My ship is ruined, and no one here can fix it. (OS) One moment... B-Ko! Perhaps you should give me a chance. How did you get in here? There's nothing I can't do! (thinking) A-Ko, if I can just fix this ship, C-Ko will be mine! Wheee! Vroom! Vroom! Vroom! Wheee! Hi, A-Ko! C-Ko, where did you go? I was worried. Why? I went to see B-Ko. I asked her to fix the ship. Oh, so that's it! (walks) That's why B-Ko's here. Uh huh. What's this?! (utter lack of understanding) What? Where? Who? What's wrong? Tell me! Tell me!

13 (thinking) C-Ko will be mine! You're finished, A-Ko! (laughs maniacally) (more maniacal laughter) I've got a bad feeling about this... Yeah. I've finished! It's perfect! Really? Is this true? If you're lying, you're gonna get it! I told you there was nothing I couldn't do! Next time, maybe you'll believe me. Right! Thank you very much!, we can finally go home! (runs off, to Scooby-oo sound effects) Yes, ma'am! Now, for the final repairs. Captain, we can finally go home! It's been a long time, hasn't it? Hi there! Princess! Our ship has been repaired, Your Majesty! Oh, that's very nice! (pats him on the head) There, there! Hey, Captain... Hmmm? Who are those people? (exaggerated) What in the world? IRECTOR When does the attack commence, Mr. aitokuji? We'll know soon. My agents inside will alert me. IRECTOR We can't turn this city into a battlefield! I know that. It would destroy the world's trust in its defense force. ALL THE SPIES Raise your hands! Hand over the spaceship peacefully! SPY-a & SPY-b Huh?

14 SPY-a You're KGB! SPY-b You're CIA! (they begin fighting) SPY-c You're OSI! SPY-d You're Secret Service! SPY-e SPY-f Hey, you're --! SPY-e & SPY-f Nice to meet you! What's going on? We're ready to take off! Hey, stop it! You fools! I can't stand it! I can't stand it! SPY-g (pulling out a bazooka) Take this! (screams) That's the signal! It's time, irector! IRECTOR (affirmative grunt) IRECTOR Attack! (maniacal laughter, I mean, really, really maniacal) _ C CBC_C30,There, finished! (into phone, LS) Hello? Bridge? Captain? (CU) She doesn't seem to be there. But we're ready to lift off. The timer should start the engines in five minutes. We have to hurry. As soon as the engine's ready, we'll lift off. & & & Hey! We've started moving! We're on our way --! & & SPIES Stop! Hand over C-Ko peacefully!

15 & (frightened) A-Ko! SPY (sounds of pain) OTHER SPY (sounds of pain) THIR SPY (pain sounds) MARI (deep, sadistic laugh) Mari! ASA & INE & UME We've come to rescue C-Ko! FEMALE SOLIER-1 Who are you? FEMALE SOLIER-1 (screams, coughs) MARI (ya! ya! ya! karate sounds) MARI (wrestling, growling sounds. She suddenly speaks in a little girl's voice) In three seconds, your body will explode! & & (disgusted choking sounds) FEMALE SOLIER-3 (OS) (over loudspeaker) Captain! Enemy mecha in block 29! We can't hold them back! Captain! C-Ko, wait here! I'll try to help! Wait, A-Ko! Wait for me! You mustn't go, Princess! SPIES Yaaa! (or something like that) (leaps, then shouts) SPIES (in pain) That's the last piece! (laughs) Now, C-Ko will be mine! (maniacal laughter)

16 This must be the place! SOLIER-a Hey, get out of the way! Shut up! (shouts) (continues to shout and exert herself) You jerk! (then she kicks him) SOLIER-a (cries) My eyes hurt! SOLIER-b Huh? (shouting) SOLIER-c No shooting inside the ship! You're disobeying orders! (shout) SOLIER-c (screams) (continues to shout) (pants) SOLIER-c (lying on the ground) She's a monster! SOLIER-d (OS) (over radio) This is Marilyn 3! This is Marilyn 3! We need backup! SOLIER-e (OS) (over radio) This is Marilyn 5! Presently engaged in combat-- (static) --young red-haired girl-- (static) -- (screams) IRECTOR aitokuji, what's going on? You said those machines were invincible! So what is this? Those puny mecha were just for show. Now it's time for the big guns! (picks up microphone) Hello? Catherine, Elizabeth, iana, COME HERE! CHIEF OF EVELOPMENT I, the Chief of evelopment, am responding to your call! CHIEF OF COMMERCE The Chief of Commerce is also on the scene! MANAGING IRECTOR I'm ready to give my life for you, Sir! Ready! ALL FOUR Form Queen Margarita! But that mecha is --!

17 (maniacal giggling) Cringe in fear at Earth's most terrible weapon! (over communication screen) How could you? That's the Sakurajima 43 I designed last week! (OS) Be quiet! B-Ko, get out of that spaceship immediately! After all, that spaceship will soon be mine. What? (looking out doorway) What IS that robot? It looks like one of B-Ko's stupid gadgets! CHIEF OF COMMERCE Sir, a red-haired girl is running up the arm of the Queen Margarita! A red-haired girl? That sounds familiar... _ AAF000048EC_AA9, That's the girl who's always making my little B-Ko cry! (OS) That impudent fool! (he presses the button) What kind of weapon is this? They're just dumb metal balls! Chief of evelopment, explain this! CHIEF OF EVELOPMENT I followed your blueprints exactly, Mr. aitokuji! (surprise, then thinks) Oh, yeah. That's right. Well, anyway, continue the attack! (grunts, dodges) Oh, no! on't we have anything better? CHIEF OF EVELOPMENT (on viewscreen) Press the switch on the right, Sir. It activates the laser cannon. Why didn't you say that earlier?! Stop moving around so much, dammit! (OS) (target cursor turns red) Got her! Take that! Take that! Take that! Take that! (maniacal laughter) Take that! Take that! Run! Run! (maniacal laughter) (maniacal laughter) MANAGING IRECTOR Mr. aitokuji, please be careful! Hmmm?

18 (OS-ON) UB: C'est magnifique! (on screen) How beautiful! It must be some sort of festival! My stupid father! Father, stop getting in my way! Akagiyama Missiles! You fool! Stop that, young lady! Oh no! Great! It works! Wow, we're moving! Captain!, we're finally going home! C-Ko! A-Ko! (pause) A-Ko, save me! We're flying away! (OS) Farewell! We're taking the princess back home! So long! A-Ko! C-Ko! ammit! They won't get away! (screams as the laser beam misses her) (screams) C-Ko... (struggles to regain her balance) arn you! You're the one who let my spaceship escape! Now you must die! A-Ko, you fool! Shut up!

19 I've done it! (maniacal laughter) You saw that, Gentlemen? (maniacal laughter) CHIEF OF EVELOPMENT Isn't it too early to be celebrating? MANAGING IRECTOR A-Ko, this is all your fault! You should have prevented this! Shut up, B-Ko! If you'd been watching C-Ko, they couldn't have kidnapped her! Help! I'm floating! Get me down! (cries) (OS) Whoa! It's mine! Luck is with me! It's all mine now! (grunts in exertion) (screams in excruciating pain) MANAGER OF EVELOPMENT & MANAGER OF COMMERCE & MANAGING IRECTOR (screams) (screams) IRECTOR (screams in fear) IRECTOR (shock) IRECTOR There goes my pension and retirement fund! (he cries) (yawns) A-Ko, time to go to the pool! & (happy giggling)