Our satellite's picking up an enormous magnetic field.
It's at 7.5 Tesla and rising.
We haven't seen levels like this before.
Except in those records from 40 years ago.
Does this mean that "it" is going to appear?
It's emitting some gravitational waves.
The ocean water has been sucked in.
My god. Just how much mass is inside of that warped space?
The atmosphere above our observation point has become unstable.
Increase the radius on the no-sail zone to 100 kilometers.
Unbelievable.
Here, there is a single plate.
The message it carries is a warning to us in the present.
From an advanced ancient civilization
that grew too advanced
and was destroyed.
This is their message.
"Protect our heritage from the wicked."
Trusting in this message, one organization strives
to keep the advanced ancient civilization sealed away.
The special operatives of that organization are called
"Spriggan."
Special Advisor Foster, welcome!
Thank you for coming here, sir.
We were all delighted to hear that you're making this unexpected visit.
May I ask… I-I mean, you're the highest level special advisor
to the ARCAM Group Ocean Development Team.
W-what brings you to Japan?
Sup, Captain, sorry for the wait.
Yu! Please tell me you didn't call him?
Yeah, I did.
Idiot! Do you have any idea who that is?
I'm watching other countries via satellite.
So I don't think it's gonna turn into a big thing.
Can't be too careful. Right, Ominae?
-Uh… -If this is a waste of my time,
I'll knock you into the ocean.
Ah, I got it handled.
Hey, Captain, you'll like this one.
Reappearing for the first time in 40 years…
The Island of Ghosts!
THE FORGOTTEN KINGDOM
Right. Are we ready?
Yes, Captain. All clear.
Okay, then, dead slow ahead.
Full speed ahead, no adjustments.
Steering 110 degrees,
true course, 115 degrees.
Set navigation. Autopilot on.
Navigation on autopilot.
Hold course mode.
I heard the rumors, but it's something else
seeing the finished eighth-generation model.
All right, so tell me the truth, did you call me all the way out here
because you wanted to take a ride on my ship?
I thought a custom-built ship would be flashier, if I'm being honest.
Like with cannons and stuff.
If we did that, border control would never let us into the country.
This is a survey vessel in theory.
But if you'd like to have a little bit of fun,
I could let you take the reins for a while.
You know I'm still in high school, right? I'll pass for now.
It's such a beautiful day.
The perfect kind of weather to set sail.
-Hey! What the hell is that? -Huh?
Yu, hi!
Yoshino?
It's gonna hit us!
Watch out!
Well, what are you doing here?
I came to see you, silly. Isn't it obvious?
Dirty liar!
Yu, who is this girl?
Yoshino Somei. Infamous tomb robber and pain in the ass.
Sixteen relics totally destroyed, twenty-nine relics rendered unusable,
forty-five relics escalated to international incidents
and declared untouchable indefinitely.
She's worse than an entire army of incompetent soldiers.
Hey! You don't have to make it sound that horrible.
We should just throw her into the ocean, now.
Don't worry, there's no way she would die.
Hm?
Mister! Mister, you wouldn't do such a thing to a fragile maiden, would you?
I wanna see the Island of Ghosts. Please, can I come?
Hey, how did you know that's our target?
Why not?
Seriously?
She's got guts getting aboard this ship all by herself.
And I like that, so yes.
And we're headed to the middle of the Pacific.
So there'll be nowhere to run off and hide.
Just one rule, don't interfere with ship operation.
You're a really good guy, Mister!
Give me a break.
Target survey vessel has passed point Delta-4.
Bearing 110 degrees. Speed 20 knots.
Current estimated time of arrival, tomorrow morning at 0230.
All according to plan.
7th fleet ships, stand by in a line from point W to point Y.
Alert the submarine that's accompanying us.
I don't wanna rank up any more debt to the Navy.
Just don't let them get close.
We've identified the crew, sir.
It's Team Foster and a Spriggan…
Yu Ominae.
Well then, it would seem, bringing him with us was the correct decision.
The Island of Ghosts is approximately 340 nautical miles
west, southwest of Wake Island.
It will appear in the ocean at 18 degrees 46 minutes north
and 172 degrees 10 minutes east.
The appearance will last 10 hours.
Assuming it follows the same pattern, that'll be in four days.
But it isn't some kind of optical camouflage?
Hiding something like what, a tsunami?
This ship can't sink. We'll be safe.
Hm, I wonder…
the incidences and things that vanished,
could well be due to whatever it is on this island.
That's not possible.
Well, we don't know what space bending technology might look like,
so we have no idea what this thing can really do.
Pop goes the weasel and I can't wait to see what comes out.
Single white light!
Thirty two thousand yards away, at thirty degrees to starboard.
Visuals on port and starboard running lights, azimuth of zero.
Likely a freight vessel!
Captain!
It seems the vessel in question has turned off its AIS signal.
Well, that's not a logical countermeasure for seajacking.
Whose ship is it?
They fired something!
The target appears to be our ship!
They faked their running lights to pose as a commercial ship.
Homing missiles incoming!
What's that?
Prepare for anti-aircraft combat.
All lasers, AW auto!
Shoot it down now!
Can someone explain why a survey ship has laser weapons?
We've shot down all enemy missiles.
One detonation was at close range.
Damage unknown!
All stations, damage reports!
Captain, what's going on here?
No clue. Why don't you go ask our enemy?
We've got the attacking vessel's ID.
United States Navy 7th fleet, Aegis Cruiser,
hull number CG-76.
The Randall H. Driscoll.
It's America?
They destroyed our missiles. The target was not hit!
Mr. Markusson, what the hell kind of ship is that?
I was not informed that they were equipped with laser weapons.
It's the ARCAM Motion Development survey ship, Rosinante.
They say, they're on the side of justice
while converting relics of ancient civilizations
into weapons tech.
But we can't just attack them without any warning.
We will take full responsibility.
Continue the harpoon strikes.
Sink them if you must. It's not like any evidence will remain.
That's way too aggressive.
Captain Lyman.
You will obey my orders as long as I am here.
If you do not, you may unfortunately find the upper ranks
questioning your suitability as captain.
Sir, pardon me for asking but who's he?
That's Larry Markusson.
He's a director at Trident,
which dominates arms manufacturing across the globe.
It seems even the top brass fall in line behind Trident.
Oh no, anti-ship missiles!
Captain!
They're accelerating in our direction, closing in fast!
Bastard. Does he think he can commandeer this ship, too?
All right, let's see if they can keep up.
Hard starboard!
Stop conventional power!
Switch to superconducting thrusters!
You're switching to what now?
All crew members, brace for rolling!
Hey, you better hold on real tight!
The enemy is gaining massive speed!
They're going 60 knots minimum.
They're moving how fast?
Rosinante. Bold of you calling your ship a lazy old nag.
What do you think? How would you handle the situation?
I'd fire all the remaining harpoon missiles now.
It doesn't matter if this ship goes down.
You'll lose the battle to win the war.
Those laser guns fired for that long, their batteries won't last.
We're approaching 90 knots.
Fifteen seconds to cruising speed
-at 120 knots. -Damn, it hurts.
This is a formidable ship.
That's 200 kilometers per hour!
This ship did cost a ton of money,
but it can match a full-on nuclear aircraft carrier.
It can take even a battleship one-on-one.
The enemy ship has launched missiles.
Four of them incoming!
They're damn homing missiles again.
Rear laser, AW auto!
Shoot them all down.
The rear laser. It's all fine.
Hm. The thrusters are using too much power.
We failed to intercept one.
We're gonna take a direct hit.
-Huh? -No, we're not.
-What the hell are you doing? -The missile is directly ahead!
10,000 yards off!
Are you trying to kill us, kid?
What are you doing?
If that missile hits us, you can forget reaching the Island of Ghosts
'cause we'll be ghosts ourselves!
There it is.
Now!
Enemy vessel's accelerating towards us,
15 degrees starboard.
Well, don't just stand there. Sink them with the main guns.
But…
but the gun's rotation can't keep up!
Power supply to the laser cannons has been restored.
Ready to fire!
Northside laser.
Take aim at the Driscoll's engine!
Now, give it all she's got. Full power!
Let's blow those bastards apart!
Hold on. We dodged it? But how?
Ominae, how'd you know that missile would pop up and not just skim the surface?
We've had some pretty choppy seas tonight.
I figured they'd set it to pop-up to increase their hit chances.
If this ship wasn't so fast, we'd be on the bottom of the ocean right now.
You were playing chicken with that harpoon missile,
waiting for the moment it jumped up.
I'm thinking maybe I should've had you take over this ship after all.
No thanks. This one's all you.
That quick-thinking and perfect timing.
That wasn't Captain Foster.
Tell me, do you have any thoughts on that, Mr. Bowman?
Yu Ominae?
I'm excited to see how far this old man can push you.
I never thought I'd see the day.
There's no point in straining your eyes.
When the island appears, the lookout will announce it.
Nice try.
I'm gonna see this Island of Ghosts appear with my own eyes.
I'll stand here all day if I have to.
You wanna see all the mysteries the world has to offer, don't you?
I'm greedy, what can I say?
Leaving all these mysteries as mysteries feels like such a waste.
That's so dumb.
What is it?
Do you see that?
Captain!
Our radar and electronics, they're frozen!
Touch panel unresponsive!
Laser controls are frozen!
Sonar scanning has shut off!
Passive sonar is on quiet.
We're not even getting underwater noise.
Don't freak out.
It's probably because of that.
What? The island's warping?
Yup. It finally popped up.
This is what keeps life interesting.
All crew, prepare to land on the Island of Ghosts.
If I run into the others on the island, how should I handle them?
Your assignment here is merely to locate the object in question,
and then bring it straight back to this ship.
And if the Spriggan should start meddling in our business,
please, do not hesitate to kill him.
Are you sure this will work, Mr. Markusson?
Maybe one of our team should accompany him?
No, it will be all right.
This is what we brought him along for after all.
It's huge!
Oh, man. Egypt's got nothing on this!
Even cranes designed for rocket ships couldn't lift giant stones like these.
It's constructed with such craftsmanship and precision,
you couldn't even slide a razor blade into the gaps.
It must've taken a very advanced civilization to build all this.
Hm?
Yeah, but it's still a pretty freaky island, though.
I wonder if the reason for the island's disappearances is in these pyramids?
Maybe, thanks to the piezoelectric effect, the mass of all these pyramids
could've led to a build up of strong currents.
But something gives me the feeling there's more to them than that.
There's nothing inside.
That's weird.
These are blast marks from a C4 detonation.
Looks like it was just a few months ago, too.
Meaning, someone else must've gotten here before we did.
But that doesn't quite add up to me.
-Captain! -Hm?
Come over here and have a look at this!
That… I don't believe it!
Is that the Eldridge?
The destroyer you used for your little experiment.
It's shipwrecked over on that island.
During World War II, the Philadelphia Experiment
attempted to use strong magnetic energy to run their radar inoperable,
and make their ships invisible.
But the Eldridge vanished without warning during the experiment.
After being displaced in Norfolk, hundreds of miles away,
it disappeared again.
But that ship… All of that nonsense is just an urban legend.
The American Military has quite a knack
for covering things up though,
don't you?
Mr. Markusson, you need to fill me in, right now.
What is that place?
Oh, that place…
Well, it's a manmade island
equipped with ancient technology to allow it to move through space.
Huh?
Forty years ago, the US Navy sent a survey team to the island
and found a power source that crossed between dimensions.
But then, the island disappeared again, and the survey team along with it.
That's not all.
Scattered about the island are the remains of the ships and aircrafts
that vanished from oceans around the world.
It's like…
the aftermath of a black hole appearing on earth.
Well, I'm sure this mystery will clear up soon enough.
So long as Bowman succeeds and brings the item back to us.
That's amazing.
We've seen six ships and ten planes so far, not even counting the Eldridge.
It looks like time passes a little bit differently here.
Look, this ship's from the 16th century
but has only deteriorated around 10 years.
The passenger ship we found earlier looked far worse.
Well, I really don't feel like turning into an old geezer here.
What is it, Yu?
-Something's coming. -The Americans?
No, something else.
What the… Huh?
Over here, too. Take that.
Are you kidding?
Shit, Heinz!
Wow. What the hell are these things?
The guardians of the island.
They came to drive out us invaders.
Shoot, if this keeps up, the ship will catch hell, too.
Huh?
Where's Yoshino?
Huh? She was just here.
That little…
I can't believe her!
What even was that?
I'd never find any artifacts to sell.
Not with them around.
The island is expanding?
I better get a move on and finish up here.
This body has only been dead for about two or three months.
What in the world?
Yeah, baby! That's what I'm talking about. Shiny things for me to sell.
Just when I thought this island was a total buzz,
it offers up some treasure.
No way…
Thunder Bolt.
Well, this is quite the hot potato.
Now, where did that moron run off to?
Two men.
Looks like I was right.
There's one!
What's happening?
Just as one guy vanished, I sensed a new presence off to the side.
Come on.
You seem rather bewildered.
How many times did I tell you to fight with a cool head?
Wait, that voice…
Face reality.
Don't lose your focus.
Stay aware of your surroundings. Keep calm then make your move.
Or have you gotten too soft to follow even those simple instructions?
There's no way.
Well, I'll just have to teach you that lesson again.
With your death.
Shut up!
Stop fighting.
If you move now, I guarantee I'll slice open your carotid artery.
I heard a doppelganger Spriggan was out there somewhere,
and that he generates a second self.
I never imagined it was you, Instructor Bowman.
Instructor?
Not anymore.
These days, I'm a major with Trident who you at ARCAM so abhor.
Though, at present, I am accompanying the US Navy.
I heard you'd left ARCAM, but I never thought you'd fall in with that lot.
Say, weren't you the one always telling us we should do the right thing?
Why did you betray ARCAM?
You can let him go, grandpa. You hear me?
Run, Yoshino! You're no match for this guy!
Moron! Now's not the time for your squabbling.
Things are getting out of control here. We have to do something soon!
The island's about to disappear.
This necklace, it revealed to me all of the island's secrets.
The Island of Ghosts was converted to an artificial evacuation location
that can move between dimensions.
What?
Therefore, those pyramids, are likely power reactors
using the Earth's energy to lock the island in another dimension.
But the inhabitants of the island were unable to control them.
Thus, they were sadly wiped out by an unforeseen accident.
The Island of Ghosts was wandering space and time.
All the while, it's been storing up energy from the Earth.
But now, it's at its limit. It's on the verge of bursting out.
When the island vanishes next,
the energy release will take the entire Pacific, Japan and all,
into another dimension.
So I mean it, drop the moron!
We got to hurry up and destroy the reactor.
Understood.
Let's call a temporary truce.
Well, where's this power reactor thing?
That way.
It's inside that pyramid.
Now, we can't destroy the pyramid
with the Driscoll's equipment set.
Especially, not after the Rosinante disabled our fire control.
Okay, grandpa. Think a little harder!
Are you saying that a fragile maiden like me should have to die on this island?
-Not yet. -Huh?
We're not totally out of options.
I see, it's Thunder Bolt.
What is Thunder Bolt?
Back at the end of World War II,
an Allied B-29 plane that was carrying a nuclear bomb
disappeared without a trace while on the way to Japan.
Now, the name of that lost plane was Thunder Bolt.
Uh, wait. Are you telling me that…
Yeah, it's exactly what you think.
So, I guess we have to use this to destroy the pyramid.
Hey, uh, I know you're an expert in bomb disposal,
so… can you put the detonator on a timer?
The casing is undamaged,
so radiation leaks are unlikely.
But it looks like the high voltage battery for initiating the fuse is dead.
I have to find a solution for that.
I knew that I can count on an honorable former Spriggan!
I'll go try to find something we can use.
Uh, I'll go too.
Hm.
When will you understand, Yu?
That kindness and naivety are putting holes in your defense.
It won't just be you it kills, but your allies as well.
Face reality!
Don't lose your focus!
Stay aware of your surroundings, keep calm, then make your move.
And think for yourself.
Otherwise, you're gonna lose more things you love!
What a marvel this all is.
Don't you think it's a marvel, Yu?
I really do love this landscape.
This planet could swallow up and wash away all the prosperity
the human intellect has wrought as though it were nothing.
No human love or hatred will remain,
but life and its workings will.
You and I are but single parts of that.
And that's why you and I are able to stand upon this earth.
Why we can look upon this landscape.
And yet, people continue to dig up the past,
hungry to reclaim the prosperity of bygone years.
After the ancient artifacts were used to gain power,
after they were made into weapons,
they will be turned on this land before us.
If ARCAM's purpose is to guard the world against that eventuality,
that is the duty of the Spriggan.
And to have been given this particular duty, makes my heart burst with pride.
Yu.
You have the potential to be the strongest of all Spriggan.
And now, my intention is to instill in you everything I know.
My body is getting older now.
Soon, I'll be retiring from this work.
Make me proud, Yu.
The future of ARCAM rests on your young shoulders.
There, it's all set up.
The last question is whether it'll explode correctly.
That's just great. I'm so done with this island.
I really wanna get out of here.
Unfortunately, I can't allow that to happen.
Huh?
Yoshino!
That's a pretty unique trick that you've got.
Inside this necklace, there should be a data plate
explaining the mystery of the island's reactors.
My assignment was easy, retrieve the necklace and bring it to Trident.
Now, hand it over and no one needs to get hurt.
But if you resist, I will kill the girl.
And you alongside her.
Yoshino, just give him the damn thing.
What? But I don't wanna…
Hand it over or he'll kill you.
Okay, fine.
I will if you let me go.
You just had to pick up things that you shouldn't.
Oh, just shut it, will ya?
Oh, crap. That would've been worth a lot of money.
Yoshino, go back to the Rosinante and report to the captain.
If it comes down to it,
just leave without me.
You're joking, right?
I'm a Spriggan.
I can't turn a blind eye when relics are used for evil.
I figured this would happen.
So I set the timer to go off 90 minutes from now.
That's plenty of time for us to settle this.
Would you two knuckleheads cut that out? Now is not the time!
Shut up!
Get the hell away from me, now!
That's it, huh? All right, then, I'll go away.
Guard your relics and ruins as much as you want.
You're a jerk!
I'm sure you've noticed it. I'm wearing an Armored Muscle Suit.
All thanks to the folks at Trident.
And this knife, you see? Super hard Orichalcum.
So equipment-wise, we're on equal ground.
Begin!
Take that!
I'll admit that you're fast.
But are you fast enough to outrun my doppelganger?
You might be my student, but you'll get no quarter from me.
We're done for! They've got us cornered.
Damn it. We've got to battle them hand to hand.
Are you nuts? Even the guns are useless.
Yu took them out alone. We should be able to take them together.
No way!
Hey, Mister!
This way!
Are you all okay?
Where's Yu?
Forget about him. He's just a jerk.
Bowman, I can't…
You can't fight your own teacher?
You're so naïve. That's a fatal flaw.
You still don't see how cruel this world can be, do you kid?
Face reality.
Don't lose focus.
I'm no Spriggan.
I'm a Trident mercenary. I am your enemy!
And that's why…
…I really will kill you right here and right now.
Because that is my assignment here.
Bowman?
If what you're saying is true, then it's very bad.
I can count on one hand the number of people as skilled
with the knife as Bowman.
Not to mention, he has his doppelganger.
No matter how you look at it, Yu doesn't stand a chance.
The island's energy radius is rapidly expanding!
Captain, we can't stay here any longer!
We're through. Get us away from this island, now!
-Roger! -No way.
You're out of time.
I am loath to part, but this is the end.
Goodbye, Yu. I'm putting a stop to all of this.
Okay, I think I get the picture.
Say, kid…
Tell me something, how many allies died 'cause you can't get rid of your naivety?
Or rather, how many did you kill?
Face reality.
Don't lose your focus.
Otherwise, you'll lose more and more of them.
The things you love.
Just like… back then!
No!
Sir.
I finally worked out what your doppelganger really is.
I don't quite understand the tech,
but you separate your presence from your body.
Therefore, the real one is the one I can't sense.
My doppelganger is actually just a special form of hypnosis in the end.
Just an illusion.
But…
can you keep up with my knife?
Enough. We can end this.
I won, it's over.
If you keep fighting, then I'll… then I'll have to kill you, sir!
How many times must I tell you to cast aside the naivety.
Could it be that not enough have died yet?
This is your duty as a Spriggan!
Yu!
Sir!
Well done, Yu.
You kept cool and made your choice.
That was your strength. Don't forget the lesson.
Please, sir, tell me something. Tell me why did you have to abandon ARCAM?
Your sense of duty was stronger than anyone's.
One day you're gonna see it, too.
ARCAM isn't always in the right.
Stay aware of your surroundings.
Yu…
you must act according to what you think is right.
What do you mean?
Thank you, my boy.
Look at you, you've grown. You've become so strong,
and I got to face you at the end.
I am at peace.
ARCAM isn't always in the right.
What are you doing moping around up there?
Snap out of it and get on this boat!
Unless, of course, you're planning on becoming a ghost yourself.
Both kids are back. Let's go!
Seet superconductors to full!
Shove off from the island!
Now, what'd you do with my necklace?
I forgot it.
You what?
Speed 150 knots! The thrusters are going to overload.
Never mind that, Bob. Unless you wanna die, full speed ahead!
That was a dicey situation, Mr. Markusson.
I guess, if there's no word from Major Bowman,
then, maybe it's time we, uh, you know…
I suppose that in the end…
Major Bowman just couldn't forget that the Spriggan was his student.
Stop beating yourself up.
You and I both know this is what he wanted.
It wasn't your fault.
I swear, you can be such a massive airhead sometimes.
Leaving that necklace behind, you're an idiot.
I, however, think ahead.
What? Where did you even get those?
Oh, just a little something from a ship back there.
That's not a little!
If you hadn't messed around and swiped that stupid necklace, then we wouldn't…
Hey pal, I thought you were happy just knowing the island's secret.
What happened to that?
Oh, well, no harm done.
It's all thanks to the girl that you even made it out of there alive.
Now, take a look at that.
Hm.
Why don't we all just take a moment,
and drink in the world's marvel, shall we?
CP, this is OP-02.
CP? CP, do you copy?
Come in! Anyone! Is anyone there?
Hello?
Mission is now complete, Colonel.
Then we're done.
Clean up and we'll rendezvous.
Yes, sir.
Your next assignment has already been set.
Confirm it.
Understood.
Yu wasn't in class today either.
There's no point worrying about guys like him.
It'll serve him right if he has to repeat the whole year.
Hatsuho.
Number 43.
Exterminate…
Yu Ominae.
Subtitle translation by: Zensho Yamamoto