Jet Set Radio: The Animated Series

by Magenta Fantasies

Inspired by-and greatly expanding on-the storyline of Jet Set Radio Future, this action-packed Saturday morning cartoon follows the GGs' trials and tribulations as they discover the secrets of each district of Tokyo-to..and some secrets about themselves.

10. Episode 9: For Your Convoyance

JET SET RADIO "For Your Convoyance"
(#9)
Final Draft
March 2, 2012

COPYRIGHT 2012 SEGA

FADE IN:

INT. CORN'S BEDROOM-DAY

CORN is asleep on his bed, which is composed of some couch cushions covered over with a blanket. We hear a knock, and-

BEAT (OFF-SCREEN)

Corn! Wake up already! We've been waitin', what, twenty minutes already?

GUM (OFF-SCREEN)

Beat, shut up! He's had a long night.

CORN gets up and goes out the door.

BEDROOMS-DAY

CORN

All right, what is it?

BEAT

We were-

JAZZ skates over to the THREE GGS.

JAZZ

Guys! There's somethin' important on Jet Set Radio! D.J. Professor K intercepted one of Rokkaku's transmissions!

CORN and GUM exchange glances.

JAZZ presses a button on her radio watch.

ROKKAKU

(on the wrist radio)

Attention, Rokkaku Police Unit 1! Prepare to guard the incoming shipment that should arrive later today. Meet with Rokkaku Police Unit 17 and unload it. The goods will be divided between here and the Future Site of the Rokkaku Expo Stadium. This will be pivotal to the construction of the stadium!

D.J. PROFESSOR K

(on the wrist radio)

Now doesn't that sound like good news?

We hear a CLICK as JAZZ turns off her radio watch.

BEAT

I don't get it. Why does it matter if Rokkaku's sending stuff to the Future Site of the Rokkaku Expo Stadium? It's nowhere near us.

JAZZ

If Rokkaku finishes it, not only will he have two bases, but he'll be able to get rid of the gangs in Benten-cho as easily as he got rid of the gangs in Kogane-cho.

GUM

And then we, the Love Shockers and the Doom Riders will be the only ones left to stop him.

CORN

Where are the Doom Riders, anyways? We haven't seen them in a while. I'd say it's a good thing, but-

BEAT

Why are we standin' around? Let's go!

CORN

What if it's one of Rokkaku's traps?

GUM

You're right, but we don't know for sure.

JAZZ
I've seen the progress made on the Rokkaku Expo Stadium. It's goin' up pretty fast; we need to take action.

BEAT

How are we gonna go 'bout it?

CORN

I have a plan.

CUT TO:

GARAGE STORAGE AREA-DAY

It's a small, shed-like HUT, much like the others in THE GARAGE. The only difference is with the walls. They're convex and ready to burst open.

CORN

Stand back, guys. This could get real messy.

BEAT

What d'you mean by tha-

CORN opens the door, and narrowly dodges a heap of various supplies that pours out. It continues to pour out for a few seconds longer.

GUM

(to BEAT)

Does that answer your question?

CORN continues to sort through the pile.

BEAT

What's the hold-up?

CORN

It's gotta be in here someplace!

GUM

I think I know what you're lookin' for.

GUM goes over to the pile and helps CORN look.

GUM

Here it is!

GUM holds up an old paint bucket and pries open the lid.

JAZZ
What's in there?

CORN

(proudly)

Home-made glue.

JAZZ

How much is there?

CORN

There are four cans. I could make more, but-

GUM

We don't have time for that. It takes too long to make it.

BEAT

How do you make it, anyways?

CORN

It's actually pretty easy. All you need is flour, water, sugar and vinegar.

BEAT

(unimpressed)

Really?

CORN

Yeah. You just have to mix half the water, sugar and flour into a thick paste. Then you mix in the rest of the water until it's smooth.

BEAT

Why not just mix it in all at once?

CORN

I dunno. I don't come up with these things. Anyways, after you mix it, you add in a little vinegar to keep it from goin' bad. Then you boil it until it thickens again, and after it's thickened, you put it in an airtight container.

BEAT

Heh, I guess that's pretty cool. So what are we gonna do with it?

GUM

(to CORN)

I think I know where this is goin'.

(to BEAT)

You'll see when we get there.

CUT TO:

EXT. THE SITE OF THE TOKYO LINE-NIGHT

A TRAIN quickly moves down the track, passing the wall that THE GGS are hiding behind.

CORN

Look at the size of that train!

ROBOY

That's gotta have a lot of supplies on it.

JAZZ
So, what's the plan? We're not gonna be able to sabotage a train that big, even with all of us here.

CORN

That's what the glue is for. What we can't steal or trash, we'll pour this glue over. It'll cause more damage, plus it'll take days for Rokkaku's goons to unstick everything.

SODA
What exactly are we gonna do? There's no way we can all sneak onboard without bein' noticed.

GUM

We're not all goin' on board. Me, Corn, Jazz, Roboy and Yoyo will have the four cans of glue. The rest of you are back-up, in case somethin' goes wrong.

BEAT

Well, if you guys screw up, you can count on us!

COMBO

(to BEAT)

Aside from you.

GUM

(to YOYO)

Are you ready?

YOYO

I'm ready, yo!

ROBOY

Let's do this!

ROBOY grabs a spray can and throws it onto the tracks. The TRAIN hits it, blowing up the can and creating a huge paint cloud.

CUT TO:

INT. TRAIN-NIGHT

HAYASHI

Good thing I decided to oversee this. Something always has to go wrong with things like this. Rokkaku Police Unit 17, investigate that smoke!

CUT TO:

EXT. THE SITE OF THE TOKYO LINE-NIGHT

A ROKKAKU POLICE UNIT runs out of the TRAIN in the direction of the smoke.

GUM

They're in the smoke. Let's go!

From the opposite direction, GUM, ROBOY, CORN, YOYO and JAZZ skate up to the TRAIN. ROBOY goes over to a door and tries to open it.

CORN

Hurry up, they're comin' back!

ROBOY opens the door.

ROBOY

Got it!

GUM and CORN peer around the corner of the TRAIN. The ROKKAKU POLICE UNIT is walking back towards the TRAIN.

CORN

You guys come in with me and Roboy-take and break whatever you can, and put that glue to good use. This won't take long.

The FIVE GGS go in through the door.

INT. TRAIN-NIGHT

CORN and ROBOY are inside a small room filled with complicated-looking dashboards and a large computer. They go over to the large computer.

CORN
This is what directs the train; it doesn't have a driver. If I can bust this, it'll take a long time to fix the train.

ROBOY

Which means Rokkaku won't be able to use it to ship goods to the Rokkaku Expo Stadium!

CORN hooks up ROBOY to the computer.

CORN
Roboy, access the security code.

The screen remains blank for a moment, then scrolling numbers appear.

ROBOY

I've got somethin'!

CORN looks at the screen intently for a moment.

CORN

I think I know what to do here. Each pair of digits is supposed to add up to a number in the security code. The first and second digit add up, so do the third and fourth and-

As the first and second digits are "1" and "3", CORN quickly types a "4".

CORN

At least this uses easy math. The numbers change so quickly!

As the third and fourth digits are "9" and "5", CORN quickly types in a "14".

CORN turns around and glances at the monitor for the TRAIN'S security cameras. Behind CORN, ROBOY convulses. On the monitor, we can see the ROKKAKU POLICE UNIT approaching the TRAIN.

ROBOY

Corn, I-

CORN

C'mon, Roboy, you can do this! You can pull through!

As the fifth and sixth digits are "8" and "7", CORN quickly types in a "15".

ROBOY starts to convulse harder.

ROBOY

I got-I got the f-first couple num-numbers, but-

CUT TO:

EXT. THE SITE OF THE TOKYO LINE-NIGHT

The ROKKAKU POLICE UNIT goes up to the TRAIN door and stands guard in front of it.

CUT TO:

INT. TRAIN-NIGHT

CORN looks up at the monitor.

CORN

Roboy, are you okay? What's wrong?

ROBOY

I-I can't control myself! I-

ROBOY starts to flash as ALARMS BLARE.

ROBOY

Intruder detected! All Rokkaku Police Units to the side door!

CORN looks up at the monitor again. The ROKKAKU POLICE UNIT tries to force the door open.

CORN

Roboy, snap outta it!

CORN looks around for a place to hide. As he's about to find one, we hear a GUN CLICK.

CORN looks at the door to find himself at gunpoint surrounded by the ROKKAKU POLICE UNIT. He reluctantly puts up his hands in surrender.

CUT TO:

INT. TRAIN COCKPIT-NIGHT

ROKKAKU POLICE 1

We found intruders onboard.

A small ROKKAKU POLICE SQUAD leads in CORN, ROBOY, YOYO, JAZZ and GUM, who are handcuffed.

HAYASHI

Ha ha! What do we have here?

HAYASHI walks over to the FIVE GGS.

HAYASHI

Rokkaku-sama will be very pleased.

CUT TO:

EXT. FORTIFIED RESIDENTIAL ZONE SEWER ENTRANCE-UNKNOWN TIME

All of THE GGS skate out of the entrance, BEAT in the lead. They stop shortly after and look out at the FORTIFIED RESIDENTIAL ZONE through a large hole in a fence.

BEAT

That building over there's gotta be where they're bein' kept!

COMBO

Thank you, Captain Obvious. We all saw them go in there.

The REMAINING GGS slip in through the large hole, skate through a few alleys and stop near a few warehouses. They all slip back into the alley as a ROKKAKU POLICE CAR passes by, and continue on until-

SODA
Hold on, there's somethin' up ahead.

THE GGS duck into an alley near a warehouse.

Nearby, we see many ROKKAKU POLICE SQUADS loading crates onto a CONVOY OF TRUCKS. GUM, JAZZ, CORN and ROBOY are chained together, and being escorted by the ROKKAKU POLICE.

GUM

What, is Rokkaku too wussy to confront us himself?

ROKKAKU

(from OFF-SCREEN)

Then why am I gracing you scum with my presence today?

Enter ROKKAKU.

ROKKAKU

(to the ROKKAKU POLICE)

I see you've caught-huh? Where is he?

ROKKAKU POLICE 2

He who, Rokkaku-sama?

ROKKAKU

That Rudie we keep encountering over and over again. That Rudie with the auburn hair and the…strange…headphones.

ROKKAKU POLICE 2

The one you had us on special alert for? We didn't see him today.

JAZZ
(to CORN)

Come to think of it, where is Beat?

ROKKAKU

Beat? So that's his name. No matter, I can use you to obtain him. All it requires is a little patience.

CUT TO:

EXT. FORTIFIED RESIDENTIAL ZONE WAREHOUSE ALLEY-UNKNOWN TIME

SODA

What was that about? I couldn't hear a thing!

COMBO

I dunno, but they're definitely up to somethin'.

BEAT

I'm goin' in.

BEAT skates out of the alley.

RHYTH
He really doesn't think things through, does he?

COMBO

You just noticed this?

ROKKAKU POLICE 3

Hey, isn't that the guy Rokkaku-sama just mentioned?

ROKKAKU POLICE 2

It is! Get him!

BEAT smirks, then takes off.

The ROKKAKU POLICE aren't far behind BEAT as he rounds a few corners, grinds up a telephone pole over them and jumps off onto a rooftop.

A moment later, another ROKKAKU POLICE SQUAD exits a staircase onto the rooftop, cornering BEAT.

ROKKAKU POLICE 4

Look around! We have you surrounded!

BIRD'S EYE VIEW of the rooftop. There's nothing that BEAT could grind to escape.

BEAT

Bring it! I don't go down that easily!

BEAT steps backwards, towards the edge of the roof as the ROKKAKU POLICE SQUAD approaches.

ROKKAKU POLICE 1

You'd rather face death than face us!

BEAT jumps off the roof, wallrides on a billboard, jumps to and wallrides another couple billboards until he reaches the ground.

BEAT

See ya!

BEAT skates OFF-SCREEN.

CUT TO:

EXT. FORTIFIED RESIDENTIAL ZONE WAREHOUSE-UNKNOWN TIME

COMBO

We've tried all we can, and we can't break the lock!

SODA
That's some strong metal. Even with my cybernetics, I can't break it!

RHYTH

Don't worry about us for now.

GUM

What's important is to stop Rokkaku from gettin' all that stuff to the Future Site of the Rokkaku Expo Stadium!

YOYO

We shouldn't worry?

CORN

Yoyo, if we don't stop Rokkaku now, we could later be one of the only gangs left to stop him!

RHYTH

What happened to Roboy? Is he fried?

CORN

You could say that. I don't want him to corrupt again and bring the Rokkaku Police to us.

ROBOY
I-I'm doin' the b-best I can to keep c-control!

YOYO

So, how should we get you out, yo?

GUM

There might be a key inside one of the cars. Beat lured those Rokkaku Police away, so it's likely they didn't have a chance to hide it.

CORN

Hold on a minute, we got other things to worry about!

GUM

You guys trash-or steal-the supplies and then free us!

SODA opens the back of a truck. COMBO, RHYTH, YOYO, and SODA jump inside.

INT. TRUCK-UNKNOWN TIME

SODA

Now how are we gonna do this?

RHYTH (OFF-SCREEN)

Guess what I found!

RHYTH cheerfully holds up two of the glue containers.

COMBO

Good find!

CUT TO:

EXT. FORTIFIED RESIDENTIAL ZONE WAREHOUSE-UNKNOWN TIME

Enter BEAT.

BEAT

Hey, miss me?

CORN

Good thing you got the Rokkaku Police away from here! The others were able to sabotage the convoy.

COMBO
And look at all the stuff we salvaged from it!

COMBO gestures to a pile of bags and boxes.

SODA

Now how do we get you guys outta the chains?

RHYTH

Maybe Roboy can do it.

CORN

That's a good idea. Roboy could generate enough heat to weaken the chain, and then it could be broken.

JAZZ

But what if Roboy corrupts again?

CORN

We'll just have to risk that.

(to ROBOY)

Sorry I have to do this, but I'm gonna have to confuse your programming.

CORN takes a screwdriver out of his backpack and unscrews ROBOY'S back plate.

RHYTH

I don't get it. What is he doing?

OFF-SCREEN we hear a loud WHIRRING, like that of a computer that is overloaded with commands.

YOYO

I guess we'll find out, yo.

The WHIRRING grows louder.

ROBOY

I-I c-ca-n't-

ROBOY starts to flash.

ROBOY

Alert! Alert! Intruders detected on the premises! Eliminate all intruders!

CORN

This is exactly what I hoped wouldn't happen! We have to break the chains now!

SODA

The chains are gettin' hotter! I think I can break them!

SODA grabs the chains, winces from the heat, and snaps them.

We see the chains breaking and hitting the ground.

SODA

Ow! I hope I never have to do that again.

CORN

Soda, are you okay?

SODA
A little burned, but I can take care of it later. We got bigger concerns!

THE GGS skate back into the alley, and skate through a few more alleys. The ROKKAKU POLICE aren't far behind them.

CORN peeks out of the alley, and ducks back in.

CORN

We'll have to get to the sewers another way! There's a bunch of Rokkaku Police Squads here, too!

THE GGS grind up a fence, jump and wallride a billboard and jump off onto a rooftop.

ROKKAKU POLICE 1

Hey you! This is dangerous! It's irresponsible! What happens if kids start trying this?

BEAT faces the "FOURTH WALL".

BEAT

Roof-hopping is fun. Roof-hopping as an act of escaping a corrupt police force is a crime. Every state/province has corrupt-police-force-escaping laws that apply to roof-hopping, and local entities such as cities and counties have anti-roof-hopping ordinances. Violation of these laws can result in a fine, probation or a jail sentence. SEGA does not condone the real life act of escaping corrupt police forces in any form.

BEAT lets out a long breath.

BEAT

(to GUM)

Why do we have to say junk like this?

GUM

The network mandated it.

BEAT leaps onto an adjacent rooftop as a bullet barely misses him. THE GGS grind across a telephone wire just seconds before it is shot from under them and collapses.

RHYTH

Hey, I see a monorail!

GUM

Rhyth, this isn't the time to admire the scenery!

RHYTH

I'm not. I just think we could use it to escape.

CORN

That's actually a pretty good idea. Everyone, follow Rhyth!

RHYTH jumps onto another roof. From there, she jumps onto a telephone wire, grinds along it, and jumps off onto the top of the MONORAIL. The rest of THE GGS follow.

From the top of the MONORAIL, THE GGS watch the ROKKAKU POLICE approach.

COMBO

Good timing; it looks like it's gonna move!

YOYO

That was a great idea, Rhyth!

RHYTH blushes slightly.

RHYTH

T-thank you!

CUT TO:

EXT. FORTIFIED RESIDENTIAL ZONE-UNKNOWN TIME

The MONORAIL stops and THE GGS jump off the top.

GUM

The Rokkaku Police aren't around here.

CORN

I've never been to this part of the Fortified Residential Zone before. Where are we?

YOYO

Let's look around, yo.

The GGS skate around a few buildings.

COMBO

It looks like we're on the edge of the Fortified Residential Zone.

JAZZ
Hey, I see the sewer entrance!

We see a SEWER ENTRANCE. It doesn't look identical to the one THE GGS normally use, but it is very similar, nonetheless.

COMBO

This can't be the same sewer entrance we always use.

GUM

It's not, but I don't see any other sewer entrance, and it's too risky to go back into the Fortified Residential Zone and look for the other one right now.

CORN

We'll go in, but we'll use caution.

THE GGS skate into the SEWER.

INT. SEWER-UNKNOWN TIME

RHYTH

So far it doesn't seem any different than where we usually are.

SODA
I guess all parts of the sewer look the same.

BEAT

Well, that's it! I'm goin' ahead!

BEAT skates off down the sewer.

CORN

Hey, wait! What part of "we'll use caution" don't you understand?

GUM

"Caution" isn't even a word in his vocabulary.

Moments later, a yell from BEAT ECHOES down the tunnel as he plummets into a large pit.

FADE OUT

THE END

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If you want a true "Saturday Morning Cartoon" feel, "watch" the intro before each episode!

If you played Jet Set Radio Future, you probably know what's going to happen next.

This episode was a result of me splitting an episode in half (the other half being "Wishes on Airplanes") and completely changing the plot of this episode. The unusual thing about this is that I didn't split the episode because it was too long; I split it because the plot flowed much better as two episodes. Also, the cliffhanger ending didn't really fit "Wishes on Airplanes".

The method that Corn mentions is actually how you make wheatpaste. Yes, I know how to make wheatpaste. I've never used it (I prefer to use spray glue; it's stronger, dries much faster and it's waterproof), so I can't speak for how well it works (plus I'm allergic to wheat.) Though, from people I know who use wheatpaste, it does the job.

Next Saturday Morning:

The GGs-and two newcomers-adventure to Kibogaoka Hill to investigate a mysterious disappearance...but what they find far outweighs their expectations. In fact, it could shape the fate of all of Tokyo-to! Keep watch for "Urban Legend" next Saturday morning!