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A computer based navigation system race machine...
...the Cyber Formula.
It has taken the place of F-1 as the new race machine of the 21st century.
Bringing excitement to people all over the world.
I'm going there quickly
So don't worry anymore
To save you, because I love you
A mysterious uneasiness
An SOS from you
I kept feeling it since last night
A sudden storm is blocking your way
I saw a visual of it
Lover or miracles
You can't look down on it. Even time would...
...bring new waves
I'm going there right now
So just stay there
Always keep the dream you have
You can do it
I'm going there quickly
So don't worry anymore
To save you, because I love you
The Sugo Asurada team, which barely made it the Fujioka Qualifier...
...was heading for Hokkaido, to attend the All Japan Grand Prix...
...when a kidnapping incident took place right in front of them.
Hayato and a mysterious racer, Kaga, chased the kidnapper...
...who had also stolen Kaga's Cyber Formula machine, to escape.
Hayato followed Kaga's instruction and used a suicide driving technique...
...to crash into the kidnapper's car.
But he was able to save the kidnapped girl.
A Nature Boy of Hokkaido
You have to be aware that you are a racer.
Oh, V-8!
V-8!
Don't eat somebody else's food!
Let's get out of here.
No!
Hey!
V-8!
I'm sorry!
I'll punish him for this, so please forgive us.
I gave it to him.
Oh, really?
Here, it's delicious.
He always barks whenever he sees strangers.
This ol', V-8?
Is he named V-8?
He started to get ahead of me while we were running together.
He's really a pig.
Running? Are you training for soccer or something?
I'm a Cyber Formula racer.
Uh, racer?
I'm Hayato Kazami. Nice to meet you.
You're Hayato Kazami?
You've heard of me?
Because I'm a racer, too.
Delicious.
Of course it's delicious.
This milk was just squeezed at our ranch.
Are you managing a ranch?
My father is.
Really?
Who is that?
He's last years All Japan Cyber Formula champion, Minoru Tokimori.
He's the All Japan Cyber Formula champion?
But, what is he doing?
He is checking the condition of the road surface with his own hands.
Can you tell about such things with your hands?
Of course you can.
Good morning, Asuka!
Hey!
What are you doing up so early in the morning?
I was just running.
That's great! Did you start running on your own?
I can't win the race if I were leisurely yawning like someone I know.
Leisurely yawning! What do you mean?!
V-8! let's go!
Wait a minute!
I guess he started to gain some self-awareness as a racer.
I think your words really had an effect on him.
Don't do that!
Did they write anything about the tomorrow's Grand Prix?
Oh, I'll heat up the soup again.
Hayato seems like he's very enthusiastic.
Yes he is. I didn't realize it, but he was running this morning.
That's fantastic.
It's just a normal thing to do as a racer.
Yuck! The smell is...
Parsley and durian juice.
I heard you're lacking in vitamins.
If you want to act like a racer, you also have to drink things you don't like.
I'm afraid to ask, but did you make this, Asuka?
Yes.
What?!
I told her not do it.
She might have made it undrinkable.
What does everybody mean by that?! It's all right to drink!
See! I can drink it!
It's bitter!
The notable feature of the Hokkaido circuit is a gravel track...
...that occupies about half the course.
You have to run the circuit course and the gravel course without stopping.
So,the key to this race is to consider the course you are driving on.
Naturally, this means nothing, unless Hayato has a perfect driving technique.
I know.
Next is the data of the machines and the individual racers who are in the race.
Name: Minoru Tokimori Team: Greenwich Racing Age: 34 Blood Type: O Country: Japan
He's last year's All Japan Grand Prix champion and #1 ranked racer in Japan... Name: Minoru Tokimori Team: Greenwich Racing Age: 34 Blood Type: O Country: Japan
...Minoru Tokimori of Greenwich Racing. Name: Minoru Tokimori Team: Greenwich Racing Age: 34 Blood Type: O Country: Japan
Name: Shinichi Morizono Team: Team Fox Age: 25 Blood Type: A Country: Japan
Last year's second place winner was Shinichi Morizono of Team Fox. Name: Shinichi Morizono Team: Team Fox Age: 25 Blood Type: A Country: Japan
Name: Naoki Shinjyo Team: Aoi Formula Age: 17 Blood Type: B Country: Japan
And the winning team of the Fujioka Grand Prix... Name: Naoki Shinjyo Team: Aoi Formula Age: 17 Blood Type: B Country: Japan
...Aoi Formula's Naoki Shinjyo. Name: Naoki Shinjyo Team: Aoi Formula Age: 17 Blood Type: B Country: Japan
Name: Johji Ohtomo Team: Albatross DDT Age: 18 Blood Type: A Country: Japan Next is...
Oh, that guy...
Do you know him?
I met him a short while ago.
He's the exclusive racer of Albatross, which is the biggest team in Hokkaido.
Johji Ohtomo, age 17.
Johji Ohtomo... His name is Ohtomo?
Yes. He's a demon in the off-road.
People say Ohtomo's unbeatable in Hokkaido.
Excluding the invited racers, he got fifth place in last year's...
...All Japan Grand Prix.
Unfortunately he didn't earn the right to attend the World Series.
Wow, Ohtomo is a big racer.
After this, we'll start driving practice.
In the afternoon, we'll practice changing tires.
Yes.
Hayato, the gravel course is up ahead! Don't force yourself in the beginning!
You have learn the differences about the other circuits.
Yes.
That was a surprise!
Asurada, how's my driving?
I can see a slight improvement.
Slight?
Then what can I do to make myself improve more?
Put the gear one step up to avoid wheel spin when you get out from the corner.
Shake the steering little by little.
Pay attention to full braking on the downhill.
There have been many times you seemed to make a mistake of line selection.
I can assuredly say your cornering is too loose.
You're telling me I'm no good.
Ohtomo's machine.
Well!
Hayato started to chase somebody.
He's picking up the pace.
What?
Awesome! It's perfect cornering.
Mr. Ohtomo, is that you, Mr. Ohtomo?
Oh, I thought it's you Mr. Hayato.
Oh, you can just call me Hayato.
I didn't know you were such a big racer.
A big racer? I'm not sure about that.
But people call you a demon of the off-road. Isn't that right?
I've never driven on this kind of rough road, so you have my respect.
It's just a matter of experience.
I see.
He's really good.
Well, so am I!
Damn it!
What? It's not speeding up.
Future Grand Prix Cyber Formula
You idiot!!
What were you talking about with Ohtomo?
I was just...
There are tactics for a race!
It might become fatal if you let other people know your weak points!
Mr. Ohtomo is not that kind of person.
Wash Asurada!
We'll practice changing tires now!
Be careful from now on.
What's wrong?!
Boss doesn't know Mr. Ohtomo very well and he's saying bad things about him.
Ready?
Start!
9.35 seconds.
One more time!
Yes.
9.71 seconds.
We'll do this again and again.
Yes.
9.12 seconds.
9.55 seconds.
10.42 seconds.
Maki!
The duty of a mechanic is to finish changing tires even 0.1 seconds faster!
One mistake can sometimes lose us the race!
Do you understand the importance of it?!
I'm sorry!
Maki's expertise is the computer! It's not so easy!
I know that!
I also know he's very tired from analyzing the course data.
But a weak and small team like ours has to work outside of our expertise.
The average time of the entry teams is 7.03 seconds.
If the ranking is tight, 2 seconds could make us lose our position.
Do it again until you get it right!
Yes!
Even if Mr. Ohtomo doesn't care about our weak points...
...if another team knew about it, they could attack it without mercy.
Manager.
Hayato.
I'm sorry about this afternoon.
Tomorrow is the preliminary race of the All Japan Grand Prix.
I appreciate that all of you worked so hard to get us this far.
Please rest well tonight and prepare for tomorrow.
Maki.
Oh, Hayato.
Maki, were you here all this time?
Well, I'm embarrassed you saw this. But I have to try to fix the team's...
...weak point as much as I can.
Maki, I...
Yes.
I'm sorry!
What is it?
Well, I've got problem for cornering.
That's why you can't sleep.
Yes.
The solution is simple.
What?
You just have to practice until you clear it.
But practice right now is...
I'll talk to the Manager about it.
The important thing is whether you can convince yourself to do it, or not.
Yes.
I'll do it as many times as it takes, until I can do it right.
As many times as it takes.
As many times as it takes!
This is Smith.
The Asurada is passing the point.
Capture it!
3 cars are chasing us from behind.
What?
Is there anybody practicing besides me?
Wha...what are you doing?!
Stop!
It's the Asurada. He's practicing this late?
Something seems wrong.
What?
Behind me, too.
I'm surrounded, Asurada!
I'm being pushed out!
I can't stop it!
Hayato!
I'll help you.
Mr. Ohtomo.
Hayato, now!
Thank you, Mr. Ohtomo.
Hayato, who are those people?!
I don't know.
I just know they are trying to steal this machine.
Why are you driving so slow?!
But I'm just...
Listen Hayato...
...feel the gaps on the surface of the road through the machine.
I can't suddenly start feeling such things!
Warning.
Be careful of overspeeding. Approaching corner.
Right 40 R.
What?
There is a marsh outside of the course.
All right! We'll drop them into that. Follow me Hayato!
What? I can't do that Mr. Ohtomo!
I still can't do cornering well. How can I make that curve?!
Trust yourself!
You'll lose the race if you can't trust yourself.
Trust myself.
Don't get timed! You can do it.
I understand. I can do it.
All right! Let's go!
Now, shift-down.
Head for outside and use the hand brake.
Counter steer!
Shift-up! Accelerate!
I did it!
Mr. Ohtomo I cleared it!
They might have been industrial spies.
What?
Every company is now crazy about developing Cyber Formula cars.
If they're trying to steal the Asurada, that means it's a great machine.
But I want to drive fast using my own skill...
...not borrowing from the machine's ability.
I always feel I want to be alone, every time before a race.
Be alone?
I ask myself how much ability do I have...
...and how much more of a pure racer I could be...
...by being alone.
And the answer I always get is to just believe in myself.
If you did everything you could...
...then you just have to believe in yourself, and you'll be pure.
You just did an incredible thing, Hayato.
Tomorrow, we will be rivals. So, I won't show any mercy.
Yes.
All Japan Cyber Formula Grand Prix
The reason a human's eyes...
...are not on their back is...
...because we live facing forward
Because we have a mission...
...believe each other
When I stop working...
...and look up at the blue sky...
...believe each other
Your smile becomes my emotional support
Because there are hard times now...
...tomorrow will shine bright
So, I'm not going to regret...
...the goal I had chosen
Now run the wind
Someday we're winners
Next Episode
The All Japan Grand Prix finally starts.
To win the super license, the top drivers of Japan, and strong racers...
..from all over the world play in a dead heat.
Tires will determine victory or defeat in the race.
Asurada, what does that mean?
Future Grand Prix Cyber Formula
A License to the World.
In the next episode, the fun level is in the red zone!
A License to the World.