From: isc30176@nusunix1.nus.sg (CHEN JIA TYAN)
Subject: Detonator Orgun
Organization: National University of Singapore
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Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 04:51:45 GMT



Detonator Orgun - A synopsis
[
I have written this based on a Chinese subbed version of  Detonator  Orgun.  
The names of the characters should be correct, because I plucked them  from 
AnimeVs,  but I'm not too sure about the translation quality of  the  video 
company.  I've tried my best to interpret the story, so that it made  sense 
at  least  to me.  But since I wrote it with a understanding of my  own,  I 
might have missed out certain points and mixed up some aspects.  This is my 
very  first  attempt  in writing a synopsis -- and  it  seemed  very  messy 
because  I followed the progress of the show.  Please correct any  mistakes
and give me  any  comments which I might deserve.  Thanks.
CHEN JiaTyan
isc30176@nusunix1.nus.sg
chenjiat@nusdiscs.bitnet
]

Main Characters:
Tomoru Shindo       The  main cast, a young man who is confused  about  his 
                    future.  Orgun is seeking his help.
Michi Kanzai        A professor working for EDF, in deciphering the secrets 
                    of a mecha (Detonator Orgun) which EDF picked up.
Kyuken Jefferson    She is a prophet.  Has psychic and telepathic powers.
Youko Mitsurugi     She is the captain of an EDF air defense division.
Computer Izack      As the name says, he is a computer, working with Michi.
Rekku               He is Tomoru's friend.
Miku                She  is  the last remaining original human  in  Earth's 
                    Cygnus  mission  Cygnalight (Evoluta).   She  is  their 
                    leader.  She also foresees future like Kyuken.
Zoa                 He is the power leader of Evoluta, although subordinate 
                    to Miku.
Orgun               He had escaped the Evoluta's mindless killings and came 
                    to seek Tomoru's help in protecting Earth --  Evoluta's 
                    next target.
EDF                 Earth Defence Force [or find your own acronym].

---- Detonator Orgun 1 ----

     A commercial space vessel spotted Orgun and members of Evoluta's fight 
close to Saturn.  This image was related back to EDF.

     Tomoru  was  playing this dream game but he couldn't get  through  the 
final  stage.  He woke up in cold sweat and started dressing, listening  to 
his answering machine.  His friend Rekku was complaining about his  absence 
from  school; his brother had asked him to go and work with the  former  on 
the  Moon; and when he switched to TV, the prophet Kyuken  was  forecasting 
that when the Sun, Earth and Moon aligned on Tuesday, something evil  would 
arrive on Earth.

     Tomoru took a public transport, and stared intently at a girl (Michi).  
He  wondered where she was going, and what her occupation was.  Tomoru  met 
Rekku  and  Rekku was complaining about Tomoru's inattention to  gaining  a 
pass  to  work  in Unifa, supposedly the best, and  a  lifetime  employment 
company.   Tomoru said he didn't know whether that was the thing he  wanted 
to  do.   They watched a few advertisements on the  skyscrapers  and  Rekku 
passed  Tomoru his solution to the game, emphasizing on the finale.   Rekku 
also critisized Tomoru's poor selection of Twentieth Century  clothing  and 
girl.   Tomoru   remarked  that he liked the 20thC's  clothing  --  he's  a 
history buff  -- before he went to the museum.

     Two  generals were viewing the research on the mecha (Orgun)  EDF  had 
picked up.  Orgun has 'healed' a bit and the generals were asking about his 
power and purpose.  Izack sided with Michi in that the generals could get a 
better  answer  from the mecha himself, and Michi had a bad  feeling  about 
Orgun.   The generals left her to her research and join their colleague  in 
watching the shocking footage from the space vessel from Saturn.

     Tomoru  was playing  his game  again,  and this time,  a mecha (Orgun)
appeared  to save  him and his girl at  the nick of time.   The mecha  also
asked  Tomoru to fight  instead of run.   It then sent Tomoru some  of it's
history:
A comet too large to be a comet was approaching the moon.  It mused at  the 
sight  of Earth.  A ship from Evoluta was sent to apprehend  Orgun.   Orgun 
defeated  it,  but  a great cost.  Orgun was near death and  he  asked  for 
Tomoru's help before he fell.

     Back  in  the command centre of Evoluta, the force commander  Zoa  had 
thought  Orgun dead, until Miku told him otherwise.  So Zoa sent another  2 
killers -- Eido1 and Eido2.

     Since a year a ago, Earth has been receiving a mysterious signal  from 
Cygnus,  which  ended  in a particular morning, and  a  bunch  of  military 
personnel were gathered for an explanation from Michi.  Meanwhile, an alien 
was entered Earth's space and with a "condition orange", Youko's squad  was 
sent out to intercept the alien above the pacific.  The alien appears to be 
heading towards a particular City #5.  Youko concluded that the alien meant 
harm and gave chase, but she lost it in the blinding sunlight.  

     The attack sent the citizens into the shelters but Tomoru was just too 
curious.   Michi  also escaped from the building she was  in,  because  the 
alien was heading towards the building. However Michi was summoned back  by 
Izack -- Orgun has revived without any power supply.  Tomoru had a  glimpse 
of  the alien and thought it suspiciously resembles the ones he saw in  his 
dream.   He  then headed towards the centre of chaos but was stopped  by  a 
security personnel.  At that same time, Orgun was calling for him,  causing 
him a headache.

     The  army and air force set out, so did Michi -- the former to  attack 
the  aliens and the latter to follow Orgun.  Tomoru got news of the  aliens 
position  and  headed there.  He was nearly knocked down by Michi,  but  he 
marvelled  at her 20thC car.  He later told Michi that he saw those  aliens 
in his dream.

     The  defense  force has no way to block  Eido1 and  Eido1  broke  into 
Izack and demanded for Orgun.  The now devastated command building and it's 
surroundings were sealed and Michi and Tomoru couldn't get in.  Tomoru  had 
a  better  idea -- they climbed another tall building to look  the  damage.  
Tomoru was again reminded about the similarities with his dream.  

     Eido1  had  located Tomoru, which was whom Orgun seeked,  and  started 
attacking  Tomoru  and Michi.  While Youko engaged the much  more  superior 
Eido1,  Tomoru  looked at the unconscious Michi and was devastated  by  his 
inability  to do something useful.  He wished he had more power  and  Orgun 
appeared.   Orgun remarked that he has been waiting to Tomoru -- to  fight.  
Orgun  absorbed Tomoru into its mecha and saved Youko at the nick of  time.  
Youko  was shocked that there were more than one alien around.   Orgun  led 
Eido1  away  so that Michi could be rescued, and Michi  was  worried  about 
"another civilian" down there.

     In the rescue helicopter, Michi was puzzled by the extra energy  Orgun 
have  exerted, and realised that there was more than a life in  that  mecha 
when  Orgun  shielded  her helicopter from Eido1's fires.   Orgun  was  now 
losing energy and badly damaged, but Tomoru refused to be defeated and used 
some  powerful blast to kill Eido1.  Eido2 now appears and striked hard  at 
Orgun.  Orgun (Tomoru) had to use his last pound of energy to defeat Eido2.

     After Orgun released Tomoru, Tomoru sited some information he gathered 
by his brief contact with Orgun:
Orgun had came from a planet some 2 million light years away, and Earth was 
what  Orgun had seeked.  Their real enemy is called Evoluta, a strong  race 
from faraway in the universe.

     In  the  meantime, Zoa was wondering why Orgun wanted to go  the  blue 
planet;  and  Kyuken left an ominous warning that a strong  and  more  evil 
force would arrive on Earth - from space.

---- & ----

---- Detonator Orgun 2 ----

     The defense line has been broken and a first wave of attack force sent 
out.  It was one of Evoluta's conquest.  Orgun was one of the invaders, but 
he  couldn't hold out his hands to kill a mother and child.   Rangu  showed 
him  how  to do it amidst Orgun's protests.  This was one of  the  memories 
taken from Tomoru besides Orgun's repetitions of Evoluta's command to  take 
and destroy, and Orgun's own desires to protect.

     Prophet Kyuken predicted destructions to Earth which had bypassed time 
and  space.   Reporters flocked to the studio, and Kyuken's  managers  were 
pretty  vexed about it.  The leader of Evoluta, Miku, also  predicted  that 
Orgun was going to cause Evoluta much trouble, and Rangu volunteered to  go 
after Orgun.  Another flock of 'comets' was sent to Earth.

     Meanwhile, Tomoru was absolutely pissed at him being used at a  guinea 
pig.   He refused to eat and walked out on Michi, refusing to help EDF  any 
more, not to mention merging with Orgun again.

     Tomoru was reminiscing a 20thC's movie when Michi dragged him out  for 
dinner.   Tomoru told her that he doesn't want to recall all those  painful 
memories of Orgun and said that Michi couldn't understand him as a  victim.  
Michi said that she's not that common - she was a product for a  scientific 
father  who had attempted to make a new generation of clever human  beings, 
all because of a war 64 years ago.  She had forgive her father and was  now 
doing  her  best  to help humans, since she was  given  the  gift.   Tomoru 
expressed  jealousy at her abilities, and said that all he could to  is  to 
dream.   Michi countered that by saying that to dream is to hope, and  that 
Orgun  was  also  hoping for something.  At the mention  of  Orgun's  name, 
Tomoru left.

     Michi  did  an  analysis of Orgun's armour and  declared  it  as  some 
impenetrable  alloy  by  any of Earth's standard.  What  the  generals  are 
interested  was  the  reason why only Tomoru can  merge  with  Orgun.   The 
generals  commissioned  Michi to replicate Orgun's armour  (coined  Soriddo 
Armour)  so  that Earth can produce an army of equally powerful  mechas  to 
protect Earth from the invading force.

     As  Tomoru sat on a bench sulking over his fate, Youko came along  and 
returned  him a kiss for saving her life.  Since Youko  overheard  Tomoru's 
refusal to cooperate with EDF, she mentioned that Tomoru will realise  that 
when  he  needs  to protect his love, he had to  fight.   She  left  Tomoru 
tingling  at a particularly curious memory of Orgun.  Tomoru left the  park 
in a hurry to seek his dream machine for help.

     Rangu  had arrived on Earth and was seen descending into the  sea.   A 
state of emergency was raised and Youko was contemplating that if the enemy 
was  as powerful was the last time, they don't stand a chance.  Rangu,  who 
at first mused at Orgun's choice of planet, then sniggered at the  pathetic 
display of Earth's weaponry. 

     Izack  called  Michi after she had a bath and they  both  agreed  that 
Orgun  and the enemies have powerful Soriddo Armours, and they  worried  at 
the possibility of EDF getting hold of such things.  Michi was roused  from 
her  sleep  by a voice and she followed it to a historical display  of  the 
Cygnus mission Cygnalight sent by Earth in 2001.  The armour at the display 
moved  and  asked  Michi about Orgun.  When Michi tried to  run  away,  the 
armour tore Michi's cloak off and marvelled that she understood the  beauty 
Orgun seeks.  

     Meanwhile,  Tomoru  had started to record his dreams on  his  machine.  
Tomoru asked Orgun why he had come to Earth, and Orgun replied that he  had 
came to protect Earth and all that he loves, because Evoluta's next  target 
is  going to be Earth.  Orgun said that he would need Tomoru's help  again, 
and sent some telepathic powers so strong that Tomoru jerked up.

     Since Rangu suffered not a scratch from the attacked, EDF summoned  in 
Tomoru,  who  was escorted ungraciously from his apartment.   While  Tomoru 
insisted to his guards that he would not merge with Orgun, Youko came along 
with  a new weapon in another attempt to blow away Rangu.  Still, Rangu  is 
not  phased  and with one swipe, Youko was stripped off her new  mecha  and 
wounded.   The  voice  in Michi's dream was actually  another  member  from 
Evoluta  coming to assist Rangu -- Riibu.  She was very much  surprised  at 
Earthing's  willingness to help each other when she observed Youko and  her 
friend.  

     Rangu was now venting his anger on the city looking for Orgun.  Tomoru 
escaped  from  his EDF guards in the chaos and came across a mother  and  a 
child, with Orgun screaming for him in his head.  This view reminded Tomoru 
of  Orgun's  painful  memories.  Rangu appeared on  the  scene  and  sensed 
Orgun's  being in Tomoru.  Of course he started attacking  Tomoru.   Tomoru 
couldn't  stand  it any longer and shouted for Orgun.   After  telling  the 
mother  to  leave  the  scene,  Orgun  answered  Rangu's  question  of  his 
desertion, saying that Earth holds on to something Evoluta had lost.  Orgun 
admitted that he doesn't know what he's protection, but he's protecting  -- 
to death.

     Michi  was  now freaking over the computer, asking Izack to  bring  in 
whatever  information  he has about the mission Cygnalight 200  years  ago.
All contacts with the spacecraft was lost after a storm.  Nothing was heard
from  them since.  She theorised on the evolution of human being  in  harsh
environments and asked Izack to do a match.

     In the fight, Orgun wondered why he couldn't hit Rangu, and that Rangu 
could  pinpoint him wherever his was.  Riibu appeared and told  Orgun  that 
Rangu  was reading his mind, and that she understood Orgun's love for  this 
planet.   Orgun took Riibu's advice and revised his fighting techniques  -- 
concealing his thought and not thinking too much for any moves.  Orgun  was 
now  running  out of energy and exerted his last amount to  destroy  Rangu.  
The  dying Rangu exclaimed that he will self explode to kill the city  with 
him.   Riibu,  however, sacrificed to lift Rangu off  the  planet,  leaving 
Orgun  a brief memory of someone who had understood his love for  the  blue 
planet.

     Michi  was explaining her theory to the bewildered generals: the  200-
years-old  Cygnalight mission has returned.  Tomoru backed her story up  by 
showing  his record of Orgun's memories: a view of Evoluta's  leader  Miku, 
who  was still in human form.  The mission had lost contact with Earth  and 
had  evolved  to  using  powerful armours  to  cloth  themselves  in  harsh 
environments.   They  were  the future of  Earthlings.   Orgun  knows  that 
Evoluta's next target would be Earth and had came back to protect it.  This 
is a partnership between Earth and it's future.

     The  command of Evoluta's leader Miku, is still, "Go forth  to  Earth, 
and take everything and destroy everything."

     As  the  sun sets, Tomoru promised himself that he would for  what  he 
loves -- with Orgun.

---- & ----

---- Detonator Orgun 3 ---

     Prophet Kyuken saw a strong light that seeked to absorb everything and 
destroy everything, including Earth.  Together with this light, she saw her 
own image, that of Miku, the spiritual leader and prophet of Miku.

     Evoluta  was advancing on Earth.  The first wave of EDF missiles  sent 
by  unmanned stations in the outer planets did not damage the enemies,  and 
they  were coming in scores.  The EDF command centre for the outer  planets 
decided to use nuclear weapons, but was too late.  They were blasted.

     Back at the Earth base, the memory jock Tomoru was receiving seems  to 
have  stumbled onto something which Orgun refused to release.   Tomoru  was 
visibly  suffering from the intense pressure Orgun's mind was  affected  by 
Zoa's  psychic  interference.  Michi ordered her subordinate to  bring  her 
into  Tomoru's  mind,  so that they might use her physic  powers  to  break 
Tomoru out.  

     Inside  Tomoru's  (Orgun's)  mind,  Zoa was  reminding  Orgun  of  his 
history,  the  joy  of destruction and killing -- that  was  why  the  name 
Detonator  Orgun.  Orgun defused to be convinced.  Zoa then suggested  that 
Orgun  should  die, for all the thousands of stars that  he  had  trampled.  
Michi came along and said that Evoluta had lost the heart.  Tomoru  (Orgun) 
admitted  that he was troubled by the emptiness of conquering planets,  and 
was afraid that Earthlings would do the same if given the knowledge of  the 
Soriddo Armour.  Zoa hit at the interfering Michi and Orgun fought back  on 
Zoa's image.  Orgun finally decided to share the information of the Soriddo 
Armour in order counter Evoluta.

     Tomoru mentioned to Michi later that he liked the 20thC's  atmosphere, 
where  everybody  works with their zest and hearts.   Ambitions  and  minds 
seems  to have changed in this time.  Michi remarked that "the  other  you" 
liked  the  same thing.  She left him after promising to do  her  best  for 
Earth.

     Just  when  the generals are troubled by the great loss in  the  outer 
planets,  Michi  came  up  with a progress report  of  the  Soriddo  Armour 
prototype.  She was able to come up with the design.  The bad news was that 
even  if  they had pitched in every production Earth's got, it  would  take 
them 3 months to assemble any reasonable army, barely in time.  The General 
said then that would be so, but Michi still cautioned him against  repeated 
use of these armours, because the warrior might get attached to the armours 
if they combined with them too often.

     As the Evoluta force drew near, Miku heard Kyuken calling out to  her.  
She cautioned Zoa, but Zoa proceeded with the attack.  Even as the 2 forces 
engaged  each  other, Kyuken was speaking to Miku, "I am you, and  you  are 
me."

     While Tomoru was musing about Michi's remark about the similarities of 
himself  and Orgun (both escaping from their world), Izack came up  with  a 
precise definition on the Soriddo Armour.  Michi commented that the  Cygnus 
mission was finally returning. 

     As the telepathic messages were transmitted out, Kyuken asked Miku  to 
open  her eyes to see that all that Evoluta has strived for were  not  what 
they  wanted -- because they've already lost something important  in  their 
evolution process.

     EDF had decided to concentrate their defense lines on Earth and  Moon.  
Michi  came  up  with a Soriddo prototype and  EDF  launched  a  successful 
campaign to gain recruits.  When Tomoru talked to Rekku, Rekku had  decided 
to go back to the country side after he hide out in the shelters.  He asked 
Tomoru  along,  but Tomoru still needed to go somewhere else  first  --  to 
think of the return of human's ultimate evolution, Evoluta.

     In  an announcement with Zoa and Earth, Miku and Kyuken both said  the 
same thing: that in this never-ending process of evolution, they have  lost 
some  things,  and  that the future  has  returned.  [Confusing.]   Earth's 
Soriddo  attack forces, led by Youko, started out as Evoluta cruised  near.  
Zoa  was  surprised at Earth's ability to produce Soriddo Armours,  but  he 
pressed on.

     Back on Earth, Tomoru had decided that he must go and fight this  war.  
Michi  tried  to stop him, cautioning him against merging with  Orgun,  and 
also  that  she was afraid he might not come back.  Tomoru kissed  her  and 
said  that  he was not going out there to die, just to create a  newer  and 
safer Earth.

     The  fighting had intensified near the Evoluta command ship.   Zoa  is 
hungry for blood, but Miku called him back, saying that they have a  strong 
link and dependency with this planet.  Zoa retorted that this was more  the 
reason  why  they  should destroy the planet.  Although  cladded  with  the 
Soriddo armours, Youko and her team are still inferior to the better  armed 
and  well trained enemies, and they were badly outnumbered.  Orgun  arrived  
at the nick of time to save Youko, and the Earth.  With the strong  support 
from  Orgun,  Youko and her team started to attack the central  command  of 
Evoluta's vessel.

     While  Michi worried about Tomoru and EDF's decision to  fire  nuclear 
weapons, and Miku continued her rambling about the future disappearing, Zoa 
started  out to kill Orgun himself.  Kyuken urged Miku to open her eyes  to 
see  the fighting that was going on --- the fight for love of  this  planet 
and its lives.

     On  the Moon, Zoa admitted to Orgun that he knew all  along  Evoluta's 
relation  with Earth.  He had shielded this information from Miku.  He  had 
also  kept the compassionate feelings that Earthlings possessed from  Miku, 
and  he regretted that Orgun had been contaminated by love.  Zoa was  upset 
with  Earth because Earth had not came to Cygnalight's help 200 years  ago, 
and  the only way the people in the mission could survive was  with  force.  
Orgun had a tough fight with Zoa, he was just not powerful enough.

     After  Youko and her squad destroyed the command centre  in  Evoluta's 
vessel,  they  were very surprised that Evoluta was issuing  commands  from 
somewhere on the Moon.

     Back and Earth's control centre, Michi recalled that Orgun could  have 
used his powerful weapon to defeat Zoa, but he'd need the help of the  Sun.  
However it's still some time before sunrise.  After Michi aroused the dying 
Tomoru  (Orgun), Kyuken commented that Earth needed a new light, and  began 
to use her power to call up the Sun for Orgun -- which he used to transform 
and blew up Zoa.

     After the shockwave of the explosion, Izack reported to Michi that  in 
that  explosion,  nothing  could  survive -- and then  added  that  he  had 
detected Orgun falling towards Earth.  Tomoru has returned.  Youko and  her 
team was in a different position, they saw Miku emerging from the Evoluta's 
command  centre,  eyes  opened.  Miku explained to them that  she  had  the 
ability to see the future, quite far into the future, and this was a useful 
tool  to  evolve  her  people lost in the vast  universe.   Miku  saw  that 
Evoluta's  future  no  longer  lied in this planet  and  she  left.   Michi 
contemplated that with what they've just learnt -- love -- Evoluta might be 
able  to travel even further than Earthlings.  Tomoru remarked  that  Orgun 
had fought to save Earth _and_ Evoluta, and now it was _his_ turn to  fight 
his way in this world.

     Epilogue:  Some kids in the museum, hunting for Mamoru [Japanese  for: 
to  protect (?)], who was looking intently at Tomoru's jacket  and  Orgun's 
Soriddo Armour.

---- & ----
--
CHEN JiaTyan
isc30176@nusunix1.nus.sg
chenjiat@nusdiscs.bitnet