Burning Heart Below Freezing
| ||||||
 Cute? Yes. Fluffy? Yes? Little? ...not quite. | ||||||
| "Burning Heart Below Freezing" (Hyōtenka no Moeru Kokoro) | ||||||
| Production code | BWN-03 | |||||
| Production company | TV Tokyo, NAS, Ashi Productions | |||||
| Airdate | 17 February 1999 | |||||
| Writer | Katsuyuki Sumisawa | |||||
| Director | Shintaro Itoga | |||||
| Animation studio | Ashi Productions, Trans Arts Co. | |||||
| Continuity | Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity | |||||
The Maximals locate the next Angolmois Capsule on a frozen planet. Break goes on a solo mission to search for the capsule and meets up with a friendly creature who might have more to do with the planet's freezing than he thinks.
Synopsis
[edit]
The Maximals locate the next Angolmois Capsule on the planet Solid; a warm, tropical planet, as NAVI describes it. They warp to their destination with the Predacons secretly trailing behind them. Upon arrival, however, they discover that the presence of the Angolmois Capsule has turned the planet to ice! The only one who seems to be thrilled about this is Break, as he relishes freezing temperatures. Big Convoy tells the team to head down to the planet's surface to investigate, much to the dismay of the other Maximals.
Once down, Big Convoy informs the team to split-up into two parties. Unfortunately, all the other Maximals have frozen solid in the cold, so he sends Break out alone. The Predacons also arrive on the planet and begin the search for the capsule. Elsewhere, a strange creature laments over his brother, frozen in the ice, not knowing that the thing stuck to his tail happens to be the Angolmois Capsule. Ice-skating without a care in the world, Break accidentally crashes into the creature and knocks himself out.
The Maximals, now defrosted, continue their search for the capsule when they are ambushed by the team of Predacons, who bury them in an avalanche. The Maximals dig themselves out and attempt to contact Break. Break does not respond, as his radio was broken when he crashed into the creature. The Maximals fear the worst and search for Break as well. Meanwhile, Break introduces himself to the alien creature named Gōmya. Apparently, Gōmya was arguing with his older brother, Dōmya, during a swimming lesson when the capsule landed and froze the planet; his brother with it. While Gōmya is talking, Break realizes that the capsule is stuck to his tail.
Out of nowhere, Dead End arrives and attacks the pair. Break shields Gōmya from Dead End's blasts, but Dead End's "Spiral Bomb" breaks the ice beneath them and the two plummet into the water. Just then, Dead End notices the Angolmois Capsule dislodge from Gōmya's tail and dives in after them. Gōmya sinks like a rock, being too timid to have learned how to swim, and Break must decide which is more important: the capsule or Gōmya? Break chooses Gōmya while Dead End nabs the capsule. Inspired by Break's encouragement and the image of his brother frozen in ice, Gōmya finally learns to swim.
Apparently, the capsule had been reacting to Gōmya's heart the whole time: when Gōmya had argued with his (somewhat abusive) brother, his heart turned cold and froze the planet. But now that he's swimming for the sake of his brother and friends, his heart turns to fire and the planet defrosts. The prospect of being caught in a tidal wave of melting ice doesn't appeal to Saberback and Sling, who teleport out. Gōmya makes amends with his now-unfrozen brother, but Dead End is too far away for Break to catch him. Luckily, Big Convoy and the rest of the team show up in the nick of time and shoot the capsule from Dead End's tentacles. With it secured, Break bids the brothers farewell and tells Gōmya to keep his burning heart ablaze.
Back on the Gung Ho, Longrack berates Break for nearly letting the capsule go in favor of Gōmya. Before Break can apologize, Vector Sigma speaks through Big Convoy and tells him he did the right thing.
Capsule score
[edit]- Maximals: 2
- Predacons: 0
Featured characters
[edit](Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| Maximals | Predacons | Others |
|---|---|---|
|
Notes
[edit]Trivia
[edit]- Colada displays for the first time the ability to breathe fire while in beast mode.
Home video releases
[edit]- VHS
1999 — Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo — ACT. 1 (Pioneer LDC)
- DVD
2012 — Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo — DVD-BOX (Video Maker)
