Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040 (バブルガムクライシス TOKYO 2040)

( theme music playing )

( singing in Japanese )

( laughs )

Woman: LINNA, COME ON.

( yawns )

AT LAST, TOKYO!

- Woman: LINNA! - READY OR NOT, HERE I COME.

- Woman: THE ACTING SUPERVISOR WILL MAKE YOUR LIFE MISERABLE

IF YOU'RE LATE, SO IT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA TO SNEAK IN.

OTHERWISE, THEY'LL HAVE YOU MAKING AND TAKING TEA

TO EVERY SALESPERSON IN THE BUILDING.

AND THEY'LL DO IT WHETHER THERE'S ANYBODY SITTING

AT THEIR WORKSTATIONS OR NOT.

- I'VE SEEN THE CITY A MILLION TIMES ON TV, BUT IT'S SO MUCH

MORE INCREDIBLE IN PERSON.

IT'S ONLY BEEN SIX YEARS SINCE THOSE HORRIBLE EARTHQUAKES,

BUT EVERYTHING'S EVEN BIGGER AND BETTER THAN BEFORE.

IT'S SO INCREDIBLE.

EXCUSE ME.

APOLOGY UNNECESSARY.

IT WAS MY FAULT FOR BLOCKING THE PATH.

OH, WELL, I'M SORRY.

- YOU DON'T NEED TO SAY SORRY TO A BOOMER, COUNTRY GIRL,

EVEN IF YOU ARE A NEW EMPLOYEE. - OH!

( whirring )

- BUT WASN'T IT THE BOOMERS WHICH MADE ALL THIS

RECONSTRUCTION POSSIBLE IN THE FIRST PLACE?

I'VE NEVER SEEN ONE UP CLOSE LIKE THAT BEFORE.

DARN, WE'RE LATE,

AND WE HAVEN'T EVEN BOUGHT OUR LUNCHES YET.

- HEY, WAIT! HOW DID YOU KNOW THAT

WITHOUT LOOKING AT YOUR WATCH?

BY THE SHADOW.

HUH? THE WHAT?

- Woman: UNDER THE BENEVOLENT AUSPICES

OF THE GENOM CORPORATION, THE ORBITAL CONSTRUCTION

OF THE SHOWHAM PROJECT HAS CONTINUED

TO PROGRESS AT A RELENTLESS PACE.

EXPECTED TO SOLVE MANY OF THE ENERGY PROBLEMS

NOW FACING MANKIND AROUND THE GLOBE,

THE SHOWHAM PROJECT WILL DELIVER THE HUMAN RACE

FROM THE CONTINUED DEPENDENCE UPON LIMITED

AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS NATURAL RESOURCES.

IT IS THE HOPE OF THE GENOM CORPORATION

THAT THIS IMPORTANT ENDEAVOR BE COMPLETED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

SO THAT IT CAN HELP CHART THE COURSE

OF MANKIND'S ULTIMATE DESTINY.

SOON.

( rock music playing )

- MISAE, HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THEM IN ACTION?

- WHO'S THEM EXACTLY? - THE KNIGHT SABERS, OF COURSE.

THEY'RE AWESOME. - EXCUSE ME.

YOU DON'T REALLY BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE SOME KIND OF VIGILANTE

GROUP PROWLING THE STREETS OF TOKYO, DO YOU?

THEY'RE JUST AN URBAN LEGEND.

WHAT? THEY CAN'T BE.

I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THEM ON THE NET FOR MONTHS NOW.

HMM.

LOOK, IF THEY REALLY EXISTED,

THERE'D BE PICTURES OF THEM ON THE NEWS, RIGHT?

THERE WOULD AND I'VE NEVER SEEN A SINGLE PICTURE.

NO PICTURES, NOT EVER?

- I AM SORRY THAT YOU HAD TO WAIT SO LONG.

- THANK YOU. - COME ON, LINNA.

- THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATRONAGE. - THANK YOU.

- I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT I JUST DON'T LIKE THESE NEW BOOMERS.

I MEAN, WHY DO THEY HAVE TO MAKE THEM LOOK SO MUCH LIKE PEOPLE?

IF THEY LOOKED MORE LIKE ROBOTS,

THEY WOULDN'T BE SO CREEPY.

- I THINK IT'S SUPPOSED TO MAKE THEM LESS INTIMIDATING.

HUH?

OH!

- ( sighs ) WELL, THAT WAS SPECTACULAR.

ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?

ARE YOU OKAY, LINNA?

GET YOUR ASS BACK HERE!

I-I THINK SHE HEARD YOU.

DAMN RIGHT SHE DID!

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT MY LUNCH?

LINNA, CUT IT OUT.

IT'S NOT LIKE SHE ACTUALLY HIT YOU OR ANYTHING.

- ARE YOU BLIND OR STUPID? WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING

DRIVING LIKE A LUNATIC?

OH, NO.

YOU OWE ME LUNCH.

HUH? MY FACE?

OH!

- WHAT IN THE HELL ARE DOING MESSING WITH SOMEBODY LIKE THAT?

THIS IS TOKYO, NOT SOME BACKWATER HICK TOWN.

- SHE'S TOAST! - HELP. LINNA!

WE'RE GONNA BE LATE FOR WORK.

STUPID FRIGGIN' HIGH HEELS!

JUST BECAUSE I'M NEW IN TOWN DOESN'T MEAN I HAVE TO

TAKE YOUR CRAP.

GOING SOMEWHERE?

- YOU'RE LATE. YOUR MAKEUP IS SMEARED.

YOUR HAIR IS UNKEMPT AND YOUR CLOTHING DISHEVELED.

AND WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR OTHER SHOE?

YOU CAN'T COME TO WORK LOOKING LIKE THIS, MISS YAMAZAKI.

OUR CORPORATE IMAGE DEPENDS UPON THE IMAGE YOU PROJECT.

AND YOU CANNOT SEE CUSTOMERS LOOKING LIKE THAT.

- I THINK I'M STARTING TO DISLIKE BOOMERS.

- I'M A BOOMER THAT HAS BEEN SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED

TO EDUCATE, SUPERVISE AND DISCIPLINE NEW EMPLOYEES.

NEGATIVE COMMENTS INDICATE A NEGATIVE ATTITUDE

AND WILL BE NOTED ON YOUR PERMANENT RECORD.

IS THAT UNDERSTOOD? - YES, MA'AM.

- ARE YOU NOW SUFFICIENTLY REPRIMANDED?

YES, I AM.

I DON'T BELIEVE IT. WHEN DID THOSE THINGS LEARN HOW

TO UNDERSTAND SARCASM? WHY ME?! OH!

I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M BEING ORDERED AROUND BY A BOOMER.

- HI, THERE. YOU'RE THE NEW EMPLOYEE

IN THE SECOND SALES SECTION, AREN'T YOU?

HUH?

YES, I'M LINNA YAMAZAKI.

- AND IF THE GRAPEVINE'S CORRECT, YOU'RE NEW IN TOWN.

- YES, THAT'S RIGHT. I THOUGHT I KNEW ALL ABOUT TOKYO

FROM WATCHING TV, BUT IT'S REALLY NOTHING AT ALL

LIKE WHAT I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE LIKE.

- I'D BE GLAD TO SHOW YOU AROUND SOME TIME.

- WELL, THAT WOULD BE NICE. - ALL RIGHTY THEN.

LET'S MEET AFTER WORK AND I'LL SHOW YOU WHERE THE ACTION IS.

- Man: THIS IS BRAVO TANGO. WE'VE MADE A CLEAN SWEEP

AND EVERYTHING LOOKS QUIET. - Woman: ROGER, BRAVO TANGO.

YOU ARE CLEAR TO RETURN TO THE TOWER.

TALK ABOUT DULLSVILLE.

WAKE ME IF SOMETHING HAPPENS, OKAY?

- I THOUGHT NO BOOMER NEWS WAS GOOD NEWS.

- WELL, I'M NOT SAYING I WANT THE BOOMERS TO GO BALLISTIC,

BUT IF THINGS DON'T PICK UP SOON,

WE'LL BE UNEMPLOYED.

- YEAH, BUT WOULD THAT REALLY BE SO BAD, NENE?

- UH-HUH, 'CAUSE THEN I'D NEED ANOTHER JOB.

- OH, YEAH? WHAT WOULD YOU DO?

HOW ABOUT

THE KNIGHT SABERS?

CAN'T YOU SEE IT?

- OH, LIKE THEY'D TAKE YOU. - OH!

- Man: Hey, totem pole, are you there?

- THIS IS THE AD POLICE INTELLIGENCE MANAGEMENT CENTER,

NOT TOTEM POLE, AND THE NEXT TIME YOU CALL ME THAT,

I WON'T ANSWER YOU, LEON-POO.

- Man: DID SHE JUST CALL YOU LEON-POO?

OH, I LIKE THAT. - SHUT UP, WONG.

THE LAST THING I NEED IS FOR YOU TO ENCOURAGE THAT 18-YEAR-OLD

JINX TO KEEP CALLING ME LEON-POO.

THIS IS MCNICHOLS. NO UNUSUAL BOOMER ACTIVITY IN SOTO WARD.

Nene: So what else is new?

I guess I'm going home. - HUH?

THEY CUT OUR HOURS AGAIN?

HOW THE HELL ARE THE AD POLICE SUPPOSED TO KEEP THE STREETS