Billy Bat 73

Look at all these movie terms and political terms I gotta look up...
Still easier than Gintama.

[Billy Bat 73 Translation by Kewl0210]
Page 1:
Kanbei: What business do you have, traveler?
Guy: Kanbei-dono?
Kanbei: A short sword, huh......? You don't seem to be a samurai.
Guy: Please answer my question.
Are you Koumori Kanbei-dono?
Kanbei: I'm just a Buddha statue carver.
Side: Man, you must not ask that name. Born in the darkness, disappear into the darkness. That is the law of the ninja! Kanbei, will you be cut......?!

Page 2:
Guy: I see. They are magnificent Buddha.
Kanbei: If I were that Koumori Kanbei or whatever it was, what would you want from me?
Guy: I would like the scroll.
Kanbei: ..........
Guy: Where did you hide the scroll?
You should have received an order to hand over the scroll to me.
Kanbei: ?
W...... Who in the world are you?

Page 3:
Guy: Kinji......
I am called Kinji...
Paper: Kinji
Kanbei: Eh?! Could it be you are that handsome man that looks like Ikebe Ryou?!
T/N: This is a famous old actor.
Kinji: The one and only......
Yamashita: Wha......?

Page 4:
Yamashita: Hua~~~~~ A dreaaam.......?
I must've fallen asleep..........
But anyhow, that was a weird dream......
Something totally weird was going on with Zofuu-sensei's manga............
Yamashita: But I've just got to get a little farther and I can hand over sensei's manuscript to that person......
I almost got to see the face of the guy who looked like Ikebe Ryou......
Someone: You're gonna be run over by a train!
You're gonna be run over by a train!
You're gonna be run over by a train!
You're gonna be run over by a train!
Yamashita: Hmm?
Who's saying that?
You're gonna be run over by a train!!
Yamashita: !!
WAA!!

Page 5:
Yamashita: KYAAA!!
Title: Chapter 73 Everything Continues

Page 6:
SFX: GASHU GASHU GASHU
Yamashita: HAA HAA!!
I...... I almost got killed!!
I dunno who it was that called out to me,
but thanks.
Where are you? Person.........?
Who is it?!
GYAAAA!!

Page 7:
Yamashita: HIII!!
SFX: GATAKON GATAKON
Someone: AH!!
Randy: What was that loud yell just now?
Jackie: Someone's running..........
Randy: I'd be running, too, if I heard that.
Jackie: B...... But......

Page 8:
Kevin: What is it?
Jackie: Someone's outside......
(In Bubble): *Whisper*
Jackie: Together with a whole bunch of baths......
Kevin: Eh?
Jackie: It almost looks like he's being protected by them......
SFX: TATAN TATAN
Both: ..........
SFX: TATAN TATAN
Kevin: We're finally getting close to Koumori Village.
Jackie: I hope your master
is safe......

Page 9:
Kevin: "Go together and search for Kanbei's scroll"...... huh?
Jackie: And after that......
What happens after we find the scroll?
Kevin: To the moon......
Jackie: Eh?
Kevin: Exploring the lunar world......
Jackie: Huh?

Page 10:
Kevin: The moon......
The image of traveling there......
Randy: AHEM!!
Both: !!
Randy: We're almost at the station.
You said you weren't hiding anything from me, right?
Kevin: Yes......
Jackie: Of course......

Page 11:
Randy: O......Okay, whatever.
Just whisper quietly enough so I can't hear you. About traveling on your honeymoon or whatever...
Jackie: Moon...... travel......? What? I think you misunderstood something.
Hey, Dad!!
Oh, come on!!

Page 12:
SFX: KYUUUN KYUUN
KYUN KYUN KYUUUN
KYUUN
KYUUN

Page 13:
Suit: I've been waiting for you!!
SFX: ZAH
Suit: I'd like to welcome you, having come such a long way.
Hat: It was thirteen hours.
Suit: Huh?
Hat: Here from Japan was thirteen hours.

Page 14-15:
Narration: Arizona
1964----
Hat: And the place I arrive is a friggin' desert...............
But thanks to that, I was able to come up with a special effects storyboard for a different movie on the plane.
Suit: Hoooooh. This is astounding!!
It's like it's already a complete film!!
[A lot of that handwriting is illegible and I don't really care about it.]
Suit: Ah...... Sorry for the late introduction, Director Akechi.
I am Andrew Gaskin of Chuck Culkin Enterprises.
Akechi: You got any smokes? I ran out on the plane.
Gaskin: Ah...... Yes.
I've seen all of your works, director.
Akechi: Hmph.

Page 16:
Gaskin: Especially your first work, "Great Monster Gazura"!!
That ending!!
T/N: That's a parody of Giant Monster Gojira (Godzilla).
Akechi: Yeah......
The giant shadow of Gazura sinking into the explosion of the underground volcano................
Gaskin: Yes. Personally, I think it marks Japan's special effects movies as the best in the world.
Akechi: Hmph.
It's because that scene was flashy.
But thanks to that flashiness, I brought about an important revolution.
With that film, I hung the first fighter jet upside down.
Gaskin: Ah......
With the method of hanging that upside down without the string being visible makes that world already......

Page 17:
Gaskin: I'm looking forward to your next film from this stroyboard.
Akechi: If it doesn't get thrown out in the planning stages, that is.
Gaskin: Hah...... Why would that be?
Akechi: Japanese movies are declining.
At first they got made fun of as being "electric kamishibai" and such, but then there was the marriage of the crowned prince and now the Tokyo Olympics......
TV is trying to turn itself into movies.
There's nobody who'll invest a lot of money for my special effects anymore.
Gaskin: That's not true.
For one of your works, Director Akechi, we at Chuck Culkin Enterprises are prepared......
to prepare any sized budget necessary.

Page 18:
Akechi: Well, I guess......
Nobody's shake their head at a million dollar budget.
That's why I turned down Kirk Douglas's invitation to be here.
I'll bet even you guys invited Harryhausen
or Irwin Allen, but got turned down, right?
Gaskin: Absolutely not.
This is an important project that puts America's dignity on the line.
In this cold war between America and the Soviets that's split the world in two, even the sports festival of the Tokyo Olympics
is a war we must win.

Page 19:
Gaskin: It is imperative that this project be a success.
It's a war!
The only one who can achieve that is you,
Director Akechi!
Akechi: I dunno what'll happen with America and the Soviet Union.
SFX: JYARI
Akechi: All I want is to show the world the best special effects techniques Japan has to offer.
Is this the place?

Page 20:
[Have you figured out what's going on yet? I'd assume probably.]

Page 21:
Gaskin: Yes, we at Chuck Culkin Enterprises,
for the master director Akechi,
in order to provide the ideal environment to produce the ultimate work,
have constructed this studio.
Please come in.

Page 22:
SFX: ZA...
Gaskin: It's three times the area of Yankee Stadium...... And the ceiling height is four stories high.
Akechi: The area doesn't matter.
Gaskin: Huh......?
Akechi: Making even narrow areas look big is my specialty.
And?

Page 23:
Akechi: What am I filming here?
Gaskin: We want to make President Kennedy's speech a reality.
Akechi: Kennedy..........?
Gaskin: We, America,
in our war with the Soviet Union,
must win.
And that victory rides in your hands, Director Akechi.

Page 24:
Gaskin: Please make this place into the world of the moon.
Side: 1961, Ranger #2 failed to launch. In '64, #6 crashed into the moon's surface. Mankind still did not have the means to land on the moon.
Bottom: "Billy Bat" Chapter 73 / End
The next chapter appears issue 8 going on sale 1/19! Look forward to it!