Come again.
Thanks!
The silly fools!
People can't fly!
You're the fool.
Once upon a time they did.
No way! How could they do that?!
These two flew.
They were friends whose souls
flew farther than we ever will.
The girl went to the south seas
where the dolphins are, and the boy...
...there he is!
Come again!
I'II have these.
Not many out
for Midwinter Festival.
No.
They're the only ones doing well these days.
The Gold Snake Brigade!
Over here, Myryu!
Hey!
Hey!
Here, Myryu!
Jump!
It's over here!
Here!
Get it!
Myryu?
Myryu!
Amon!
Myryu!
Dad! We can't leave Myryu!
Did you...
Yes. I b*rned it all.
Those fiends won't have it.
We're almost at the border, Amon.
They've got bears and caribou there.
Myryu, too?
No, but there's lots of other animals.
And a beautiful river,
where salmon come in the fall.
And a hill where blueberries grow...
Amon!
Promise me you'II never show
your 'light-play' to anyone.
Why?
You OK?
Yes!
How's Dr Fritz?
Sir! He d*ed at 1802 hours, sir!
He was a genius! Your orders
were to take him alive!
Was there a boy with them?
He's over there.
He's safe?
Yes. He's not hurt at all.
Amon!
Miss Lucia...
Up we go!
Dad...
No hope.
If she gets better, can I keep her?
How did you do that?!
Stop it, Myryu!
Hey! Wait, Myryu!
We're ready, Doctor.
Amon, do your light-play.
Sure!
Are you all right?
Are you hurt?
No, I'm OK.
Doctor!
Doctor!
It worked! The energy level
exceeded the target value!
Thank you, Amon! That was excellent!
What's wrong, Amon?
The kids at school say I'm strange
because I can talk to animals.
You're not strange.
But I can't talk to animals,
and neither can the kids at school.
So they think
no one should be able to.
Congratulations, Doctor. I'm told
you've found a new form of energy.
Dr Fritz ignored my order to make
a w*apon using the new energy.
He destroyed his data,
and attempted to flee into exile.
But he had a talented assistant
there through all this research.
Loyal to my orders,
she has secretly kept his data.
Lucia...
Only you can continue
Dr Fritz's research.
I appoint you our nation's
Minister of Science.
Thank you very much.
Amon!
Amon!
Dad?
Complete the particle b*mb...
...so I may restore the Empire of
the Gold Dragon and rule the world!
Dad!
Dad! It's you, isn't it?
I'm sorry. Your mother and father
are dead.
You sound so much like him...
Now you must live alone.
But I'm going to stay with Miss Lucia!
Amon... you must not let them
use the power you have.
Power?
One day you'll understand.
Look around you.
You can see the wind, can't you?
The wind?
Close your eyes,
and listen carefully to its sound.
Can you hear?
Yes...it's like it's singing!
Set yourself free.
Look! The golden breeze of
the ancient Wind Folk!
Amon!
Relax your body! See the wind!
You can fly! Spread your arms.
Don't fight it! Ride the wind!
You must be hungry.
You've slept for three days.
A naked bear from out of the sky!
I am Urs, ruler of Heart Island.
Did you bring me here?
Can you fly?
I don't know. But a gold eagle
said I could.
Look.
The Wind Folk painted those.
They spoke with the animals
and flew with the birds.
One of their flautists lost that.
I shouldn't have got my hopes up.
How many eons has it been
since I saw one of the Wind Folk?
The Wind Folk? Me?
Only one of the Wind Folk
could play that.
You keep it.
We celebrate the birth of
the new Empire of the Gold Dragon!
That they could fly was proof
they were truly free.
The Wind Folk were content
with enough food for the day.
They didn't own things, or save them.
But one day...
...one youth decided to keep
all the berries for himself.
He loaded his pockets so full
he could barely fly.
Then the others started doing
the same thing...
...and soon not one of the naked bears
could fly any more.
Having abandoned flight,
they came to a miserable end.
Pockets full of berries weren't enough.
They began to steal from one another.
Then came an armed race calling itself
the People of the Gold Dragon.
To the south!
The Great White Snake calls for blood!
Neither the bears nor the Wind Folk
had weapons. We were helpless.
They made a kingdom of this land,
and waged w*r throughout the world...
...to make its riches their own.
But those who live by the sword
die by it.
At the height of the kingdom,
the Bow People came from the south.
The People of the Gold Dragon
were k*lled, and their treasure looted.
That's terrible!
It couldn't be helped.
You naked bears are like that.
But nothing would have happened if
the Wind Folk had stayed as they were.
But the Wind Folk were gone.
What is it?
What are you doing?
I want to fly.
I can see the wind.
Don't be stupid!
Stop!
Come down! The Wind Folk
can't fly once the sun is down!
What?!
'Over the wide blue sea...
'...echoes the sound of the gong...'
Peena! Where are you going?
Go on ahead, Mother.
Peena!
Um...
I'm sorry!
Where am I?
Uh-oh...
Mother!
Don't try to move. You were half-dead!
You're not from around here.
You're too pale. Have you come far?
Where are your parents?
Stop hanging around
and get dinner started!
There's three of us today.
You can stay here
if you don't have anywhere to go.
But you'll have to earn your keep.
We don't have a man around here.
Men here work on the zabi boats.
'Zabi'?
Buck up, me lad.
Buck up, me lad.
Well done, lads!
Who hasn't got any yet?
Why is ours so small?
What?
Look, Maria! They're just the same!
Stop complaining!
The same?
Then trade me for yours!
Good for you!
Go get him!
Wow!
Aren't you hungry?
Don't you like it?
We don't have this very often.
Well... I wasn't much help
on the boat and all...
It was your first day!
Don't worry about it!
But...
...the poor zabi...
Ow!
Mother!
Don't be stupid!
If we don't eat it, we starve!
The zabi is a gift to us from
the God of the Sea.
It's bad luck not to eat it all!
Not to eat it is disrespect
for the zabi!
A zabi k*lled my father and brother
with its tail.
If we don't eat it,
they can't go to heaven.
But they say in heaven we swim
with the zabis. They're our friends.
Ow!
' Morning!
Good morning, Maria.
Wow! It's like magic!
I'm still not very good.
I've got to get better.
Girls don't go out on the boats,
so we weave instead.
Someday, when I get better at it...
...and I can sell my weaving,
there's something I want to buy.
A doll!
What a waste! They're so expensive!
But they're so pretty!
Can I help? It's spring tide,
so the boats won't be going out.
Really?
Come to the Hill Folk's village
with us tomorrow.
He can't, Maria! That's women's work!
I've got an idea!
'Over the wide blue sea...
' ...echoes the sound of the gong...
' ...as the sun brings tidings...
' ...of the ocean's blessings. '
Maria! Wait up!
You're carrying less than us,
and we aren't halfway there yet!
We've been walking since dawn!
I shouldn't have said I'd help!
Get it here!
Dried fish! Salt!
Dried fish! Salt!
Give it up for today, Monica.
When we get home,
we'II split our corn with you.
Thanks. That'll be a help.
I'm sorry... it's my fault we were late.
Some days are like that.
These dried fish look good!
They've spent a whole month
in the sun.
Ten cobs for five?
Yes, sir!
I'll give you ten cobs
for a bowl of this salt.
Thank you!
I'II take some dried fish.
I'll trade you seed nuts
for zabi meat.
I will, too!
Amon!
Amon!
He's tired. Let him sleep.
O God of the Sea, we thank you
for the blessings you give.
We ask your protection
for Amon, and for us.
Open your heart, and let Amon
stay with us forever.
Don't work too hard!
Here goes!
Come on in, Amon!
I'm fine here, thanks!
Wait a minute!
I...
...can't swim!
That's Heart Island, where the Kingdom
of the Gold Dragon began.
There's a vast treasure
hidden there.
Sir! The wind's blowing too strong
for us to land!
Why?!
Heart Island!
Why do you not welcome me?
Sir! With the new flying battleship,
the wind will not be a problem.
What's the shortest route
to Heart Island?
Follow the Nebuta River upstream
from Dolphin Point, sir!
Inform the commanders.
The plan is changed.
We'll inv*de Nabaan overland,
and Heart Island will be mine!
Are we going to w*r with Nabaan, sir?!
The time is right.
We'II k*ll everyone in Nabaan!
Hurry! Into the hills!
We sealed these g*ns a century ago,
but we must defend ourselves!
Get moving!
Protect us from those with g*ns!
Give me a g*n, too!
It's no place for a woman!
No! I'll fight!
I have things to defend, too!
Maria!
We can't resist them!
Fall back!
Mother!
Monica!
Mother!
No!
Mother!
No! Go back!
Mother!
Don't die!
Hurry! Get away!
No!
Mother!
Stop!!!
What was that force?
Amon?
Order the Land Brigade to halt!
They don't answer!
New orders to all commanders!
Cease att*ck
and get me that boy... alive!
Maria!
We have to get out of here, Maria!
Mother!
' Look into the eastern sky...
' Look! Old Mr Sun
has shown his face...
' "Hey, where are you going?"
' "Damned if I know! " '
Renik, could you at least
stop singing while you stand guard?
Who's there?!
A couple of kids...
Have you seen any Sea Folk?
We got separated from them.
No. We haven't met anyone.
The Gold Snake Brigade
will be through here tomorrow.
You'd both better get out of here.
Will you take us with you?
We don't have anywhere else to go.
We're going to Hambel.
You're welcome to come.
It's safer than being out here.
Thank you.
They're burning more villages.
Damn those Snakes!
You eat too much, Renik!
I can't sing when I'm hungry.
You eat enough for two!
I want to go back to Dolphin Point!
Maria...
Maria!
Let's play in the sky with Peena...
just like we did with the dolphins.
Hey!
Come on!
Hold on tight.
Peena!
The wind feels so nice!
You say we need the boy's power?
Yes, sir.
He has a strange ability
called 'light-play' .
The many tiny energy holes
it produces are the nucleus...
...of the particle b*mb.
Why haven't you told me this?
I thought Amon was dead.
I hoped I could create
a new w*apon myself.
Don't try my patience, Lucia.
Get that boy,
no matter what it takes.
You're going to make me
a particle b*mb.
Yo!
Hello!
It's been ages!
We're finally here!
Maria... that's where I was born.
Is it ever huge!
He went flying through the air!
He jumped off the cliff and...
Whoops!
Idiot!
Well done, Renik!
It's true, Doctor! Believe me!
Isn't it, Tabal!
Well, the legend has come down
of an ancient people who could fly...
When you need useless knowledge,
always ask a third-rate poet!
I'm also the town's best doctor,
but my patients are all in your camp.
If you don't topple Branik soon,
I'II go broke!
Don't any of you have kids?
No girls?
The Gold Snakes took them all away.
Branik puts everyone
opposed to him in prison.
Our families are all in jail.
Branik!
My poor wife!
So you see, Amon and Maria...
...we're fighting so our wives
and children can live in peace again.
We're getting reinforcements
from abroad after Midwinter Festival.
We've been getting things ready.
After the festival, we'II rise
and topple Branik!
Tabal! I'II fight with you!
Me, too!
You're very welcome.
Let's drink to that!
Cheers!
'Shining, shining, open up the door...
'Shining, shining,
the door to all your hopes.
' Look into the eastern sky...
' Look! Old Mr Sun
has a smile on his face...
'Sometimes he looks angry,
sometimes frightening...
'But if you ask him why,
he never says. '
Hey! Why so down in the dumps?
Mind your own business.
And don't stroll around in the open
or the Snakes'll get you.
Who's afraid of the Gold Snakes?
This is our town! What's wrong
with me walking around?
You three!
Oh, hello, officers!
Out keeping the peace, I see...
Take that!
Ow!
Get out of here!
Ow!
Let go!
Let go of me!
The boy went that way!
Get after him! Don't let him escape!
Tabal says you have a power they want.
We can't let them take you!
Let me go!
No! Stay here!
Amon!
Watch where you're going!
Lend me your car!
Maria!
Amon!
No!
Move!
You beast!
Maria!
Amon!
Your make-up stinks...
Welcome, Amon.
I hear you have a mysterious power.
I'd like to use it for our nation.
Where did you get this?
I know. You got it from Heart Island.
You'll take me there, won't you?
If you promise to free Maria,
Renik, the families...
...and never to att*ck
Dolphin Point or Nabaan again.
You're a shrewd bargainer.
All right, it's a deal.
But only if you keep your end
of the bargain.
Take off the cuffs.
No! I promised my father
I wouldn't do the light-play.
Listen, Amon...
...your father only said that
because he'd gone mad.
That's not true!
Why would he make you promise
when his dream was to find...
...a new type of energy?
That's not normal.
'Those fiends won't have it, ' he said.
Doesn't that mean Branik?
Of course not! The President
has never heard of light-play.
Trust me, Amon.
Don't you want to help your friends?
Prisoners are kept underground
in a dark, damp, dirty dungeon.
After a month they go crazy and die!
No!
Don't worry. Keep your promise,
and they'II all go free.
Please... help me.
Just a little more!
Why did you stop?!
' Sing and dance, O Folk of the Sea...
' ...for all the Gods' blessings to thee. '
Hey!
Quiet in here!
Maria!
Maria!
Maria!
Run! The zabi's coming to eat you!
Set course for Heart Island!
Heart Island... the holy land
of our forefathers...
Finally the day has come!
This place gives me the creeps!
Yeah!
Some holy place this is!
There is treasure here somewhere!
Search every inch!
I wonder if that's the treasure
they say was left here...
I didn't come here to see
old pictures!
Burn that old garbage!
Fire!
Urs!
Set course for the south.
We att*ck Dolphin Point!
They'll see what this ship can do!
You promised!
You didn't keep yours!
Lucia's research has gone nowhere,
and there was no treasure!
Watch what happens
when you don't keep your promises!
Dolphin Point!
Ready main cannon!
Stop!
No, Amon!
Ready!
Fire!
Fire!
The charge is dispersing
in the cloud cover!
What?!
Those clouds will cover Nabaan
until just before Winter Solstice.
Lucia!
Sir!
I order you to finish the particle b*mb
by Winter Solstice!
But sir...
I'll destroy Nabaan with one blast!
Don't tell me there's no time!
This is your last chance!
Return to Hambel!
Yes, sir!
What the...?!
Next time there'II be real trouble!
They looked so funny!
Renik!
I've brought you a friend, Amon.
You haven't seen him for a while.
You're horrible! What's he done?!
This is all because you won't do
the light-play! It's all your fault!
I'm fine, Amon. Don't worry.
Renik!
Turn up the power!
I can't do it! Stop it!
When we create a new energy
with the light-play, you'll all go free!
This is for world peace!
What's wrong with that? Why won't
you help? Do you want to k*ll me?!
k*ll you?!
I'm very sorry.
Give me a little more time, please.
You have failed, Lucia.
We want a new b*mb to make us
masters of all humanity!
You swore you could make one!
I know that, but...
Lucia... we can't wait any longer.
You are dismissed as Science Minister.
The court-martial will decide your fate.
Looks like Death to me...
If she's ignored her orders...
Lucia... meet the new
Minister of Science.
Unlike you, a man who will
complete the particle b*mb.
Hello, Lucia.
Playing with light...
playing with light...
Light-play...
Good morning. Prepare for
an immediate operation.
Yes. Anesthetize Amon.
It's all right, Amon.
I'm just going to take a peek
at your secret.
I'll just remove your heart and brain,
and sew you right back up.
It's the guerrillas! We're under att*ck!
Run!
Branik's going to k*ll me!
You guerrillas listen to me!
Let Amon go!
Why are you rescuing him?
It was his father
who built the flying battleship!
And the Dragon's Fire cannons!
All Branik's weapons...
...were developed by Dr Fritz!
The boy is following after his father!
He's building a particle b*mb!
A w*apon to destroy the world!
He's no comrade of yours!
He's a fiend with a child's face!
A fiend!
Miss Lucia!
The guerrillas have k*lled
the Minister of Science!
Lucia?!
So the particle b*mb is unfinished...
Couldn't anyone else make it?
We'll have to cancel the att*ck!
No!
We proceed as planned.
We'll drop the flying battleship's
main engine and blow Nabaan sky-high.
It's not the particle b*mb,
but it will obliterate Nabaan.
But...
We'II return on auxiliary power.
The Nabaan att*ck goes as planned
on Winter Solstice!
Where's Maria? Didn't you get her out?
She's still in the dungeon.
I only got out because
I was in the lab.
I'm going to save her!
We were only able to get you out
because the lab isn't fortified.
The High Command is.
We'd just take more casualties.
Wait for reinforcements.
But...
You're not the only one who's
lost someone important.
Don't worry. We'II get her later.
We'II be too late!
Branik's planning an all-out att*ck
on Nabaan at Winter Solstice.
What?!
No!
But that's a festival day
in every country!
If that's true, we'll be too late
with our coup!
It's a bunch of lies!
It's like she said!
Amon's working for Branik!
Do you believe
that madwoman's raving?
Do you believe
what a kid tells you?
His father's weapons k*lled my mother!
I don't want him fighting beside me.
Your mother? She found another man
and ran off with him!
Oh, yeah...
We still shouldn't trust him.
We don't know what he's been up to.
Cut that out, you!
Don't worry, Amon.
We don't doubt you at all.
That's right! You're one of us!
These guys just drink too much.
Hey! Who drinks too much?!
Stop it, all of you!
Amon!
Everyone suffers
because of my power.!
Mom... Dad...
Why am I different?
If not for me,
Monlca would still be allve...
...and Marla would be Ilvlng happlly
In her vlllage by the sea...
Myryu!
You're all grown up!
Yuck! You stink!
I do, too?
You're a mother now? Wow!
Thanks. I won't let them b*at me down.
Honey!
The Midwinter Festival?
Yeah. Tomorrow's the biggest
festival in this country.
There'll be stalls, circuses,
menageries...
I want to go to the festival...
with my mom and dad!
Don't worry. We'll go.
Yeah?
Yes. We'II go.
Somehow I have that feeling.
Tonight we'll att*ck Branik's
High Command and overthrow him.
We can't wait for the others.
By morning they'll know how few we are.
It's got to be over by dawn.
Fight to the death!
You can't go back to your bakery yet!
This is how I focus myself!
Chief, wait...
If this is a trap, we're all dead!
The information comes from
a comrade I trust.
Anyone who doesn't can stay here.
And if this 'comrade' is a traitor?
If we don't fight now, we'll have
neither family nor freedom!
Let's go!
Evening, men. How's it going?
Everybody!
It's a rebellion!
Yeah?
They're attacking the High Command!
Now's our chance! Let's rise up!
Yes! And drive out the Gold Snakes!
And where are you going?!
A riot?
Yes, sir! The citizens have joined
with the resistance!
Let them.
This city will vanish anyway.
Scatter!
Wait! Don't panic!
Stop!
Is that...
...Amon?!
Everyone!
Everyone!
This is your only chance.
Even the soldiers fear...
...the will and strength
of many joined together.
We will not be defeated.
With our own hands
let us overthrow Branik!
What's happening to the Gold Snakes?
Now's our chance to bring them down!
Everyone! Follow Amon!
Lionis!
Amon...
You're hurt!
Serves me right for not going
with Tabal.
Don't move...
You'II be all right now. See you.
Amon!
Amon!
They're at the gate!
What about them?
Leave them!
Can you see anything?
A soldier's down.
And the keys!
Can you reach them?
No. They're too far away.
I'II get them!
Could you get under the door?!
Sure!
Then why didn't you... oh, forget it.
Let's go!
Tabal!
Are you OK?
Yeah.
What happened?!
Tabal!
Amon! What's going on?!
The citizens rose behind you!
Amon brought them out!
Amon? You did this?
You're not short of troops now!
All we've got left is Branik!
Let's go!
It's so big!
What is it?
A flying battleship...
Ready the Dragon's Fire cannon!
Target: the High Command!
Sir! Our men are still in there!
If you have gangrene in your arm,
you cut it off and cauterize it.
That's the best medicine.
We'II get new soldiers.
It's gigantic!
It's humongus!
What is it?
Forget it! Let's go!
Ow!
Are you OK, Nico?
Oh, no!
Fire!
Help me, Amon!
Maria!
Amon! Where are you going?
Maria!
Amon!
Maria! You're choking me!
Sorry!
I'm glad I was in time!
See? What did I tell you?
Amazing! One of
the legendary Wind Folk!
Long live Branik!
Amon!
Amon?
Amon! Amon!
Amon!
Don't cry, Maria.
I'II always be with you.
Amon!
Main cannon released!
Hard aport!
Target: the High Command!
Full power to main engine!
Release lower fuselage!
Release lower fuselage!
Releasing main g*n power unit!
Amon... look at the wind...
Listen to its song...
become one with it.
Do that and you can
fly into Branik's body.
You! Who are you?
Get out!
Is it you who's inside me?
Get out! Now!
Cease the operation!
Set course due east. Abandon ship!
Stop...
Stop it...
I don't want to die yet!
In those days I was all alone.
A strange thing happened.
I heard the voice of the God of w*r...
Take me into you...
...and you will never be alone again.
People may hate and detest them,
but still they flock to the strong.
That was far, far better
than being alone.
I was afraid to be alone.
It's nothing to be afraid of.
Well done...
...Amon.
You are truly one of the Wind Folk.
But does this mean
the Wind Folk are extinct again?
No, they'll never die.
They live in the hearts
of all who treasure them...
...and will forever.
We did it!
You're safe!
Go on! Fly!
Peena!
Amon... I won't forget you.
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