Rebirth of Mothra (モスラ)

We've got a deadline, don't forget.

We'll have to fell the young trees and mix them in for pulp. Okay, bye.

Hey, boss. Looks like Malaysia's stopped logging altogether.

Yeah?

Must be those conservationists again.

More orders for us.

Yes? Sure. Hey, boss! Tokyo.

Okay, thanks.

Yeah, Goto speaking.

Yeah, we were just discussing it.

If you ask me, it's some kind of fossil.

What can you see?

You got a screwdriver?

Yeah, sure. Let me have it here.

Mona!

[CHILDREN CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY]

Give it back, Wakaba! It's my book!

Stop it, children!

Give it back, it belongs to me!

Stop! Taiki!

Come on! Wakaba took my book, Mom!

Come on, she's younger than you are. Why can't you let her have it?

Hello. Mrs. Goto speaking.

Oh, it's you darling. Hi.

What?

But you were gonna come home today.

Hey, come on now. You were supposed to go and pick up Taiki's tutor.

Sorry, you're gonna have to go.

I can't leave, I got problems here.

That's what you always say, dear.

Why are you never around when you're needed?

We got a problem. It's not my fault.

Oh, it's always work, isn't it?

You weren't even here when Wakaba was sick!

I told you why I couldn't come back.

Oh, well, forget it!

You wanna work? Then just get on with it and see if I care!

Lora, come on!

Fairy!

- Thought you weren't coming home. - I managed to catch the last flight.

Hey. Do you have a chain you could put this on?

What is it? I found it at the site.

Let me see that.

If I can just find a chain, it'll make a nice present for Wakaba.

No, don't touch those!

They're very valuable.

Here. This one?

Huh, yeah. Okay.

There.

She's sound asleep.

Is that your way of apologizing?

You're lovable, you know that?

Totally unlike your mom.

Don't. I don't want you drinking in here.

It's all right, go back to sleep.

It's just like the legend foretold.

You mean, the legendary creature is trapped in this rock?

Someone has removed the sacred Seal of Elias.

The chamber's unsealed.

A human being, no doubt.

I certainly hope it was.

What if it was Belvera?

If Belvera did take the seal what would happen?

She would try to use the creature held in this rock as her slave.

We must find the seal before it's too late.

Hi, who are you?

Wakaba, get up, it's late!

Look at all this junk mail, it gets worse every week.

Yeah, it's a waste of paper. No wonder we're losing the rainforests.

Don't forget that's how you make your living, dear.

Maybe, but it's still no excuse to waste it.

Hello, Mrs. Goto speaking.

Yes, just hold on a moment please.

Darling, Mr. Mochida for you.

Hello, Goto here.

The Morning Show?

At first sight, it resembles a huge fossil

or a remnant of an ancient culture.

It seems the Houkoku Corporation,

which owns this forest, is planning to destroy it.

We've been campaigning to preserve the wilderness in Hokkaido,

-and over the past few months -Who is this guy?

- we've been watching Houkoku. - They've been watching us?

Last week, Houkoku had some major problems

with environmentalists protesting at their logging operations.

They have been active all over Southeast Asia recently.

Go away!

What's going on in here?

Darling! I gotta go! - What?

I have to go back to Hokkaido. Looks like trouble.

You're going back already?

You hurt me.

Hey. What are you doing, Taiki?

I'm waiting for my sister.

Your sister? What a sissy!

- Let's go. - Yeah!

What are you doing?

I'm over here.

Hey, come down here.

Look who's behind you.

Shoo, get out of here! Shoo!

He won't go. You see, I'm controlling him.

That's right. And not only that, I'm controlling your sister too.

Hey, Wakaba! Wakaba!

She said she hated you.

I really hate my sisters too.

Well, excuse me, I got to go now.

You can stay here for a while.

Mona. Over there!

- You'll be okay now. -

Please don't worry. We don't mean any harm.

Go away, you're never gonna mind-control me, do you hear me?

What a chicken he is!

Lora!

Is she in the house?

- What? - Belvera.

The Houkoku Corporation is one of the major players

in the international paper industry.

It is involved in logging operations not only in Hokkaido,

Kyushu and Shikoku,

but also in countries throughout Southeast Asia.

For Houkoku, it seems that profits are more important...

This wholesale desecration of our natural resources

is now being challenged, however.

More and more, environmental groups...

...bare mountainsides all over the region.

Recently, a huge rock

was discovered in the middle of one of their logging concessions.

This rock appears to be some kind of giant fossil,

or even a relic from a bygone civilization.

Whatever its origins, various environmentalists

and archeological groups have demanded a halt to operations.

- We were right! - Who is she?

That's my mom.

Houkoku was asked to suspend the logging operations.

This request has been ignored.

- Garugaru, move it! - ...are underway to clear a way.

For its part, the Ministry of the Environment...

Wakaba!

Fairy!

Belvera! Give back the seal!

What's going on?

I really don't know, Mom.

But Belvera has done something to Wakaba.

Wakaba! Wakaba!

Belvera! You give back that seal!

Try it again!

Faster!

Fairy!

Wakaba, talk to me, Wakaba!

No!

Police. Call the police.

Taiki!

- Mom! - Taiki! Taiki!

Taiki!

Belvera! Please stop it!

Lora!