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To the Battleground Antarctica is the fifteenth episode of Mobile Suit Gundam Wing. It first aired in Japan on July 14, 1995 and North America on March 24, 2000.
Synopsis[]
Heero and Trowa.
Trowa and Heero leave the home of the last of the Noventas, none of whom has chosen to kill Heero. They head to town while a black car follows them. Realizing that they're being followed, Heero jumps on a fruit truck while Trowa uses a motorcycle to escape and distract them. Heero and Trowa meet up at a hangar, and wonder how to transport Heavyarms. Suddenly, Noin arrives and offers to bring them to Antartica, where Zechs hopes to duel Heero again. Trowa then offers the use of his Gundam to Heero.
Relena and Pagan talk about Heero.
Meanwhile, Relena has Pagan try to find information regarding Heero's fate. Pagan is unable to contact Colonel Zechs at Lake Victoria but finds out that while Zechs was ordered to destroy the remains of Heero's Gundam, he obtained a large amount of Gundanium Alloy to probably both rebuild Wing Gundam and create a dummy of it for the demolition. Pagan talks about a past encounter with Zechs when he was a child that shows how Zechs hates for his enemy to have a disadvantage. Pagan also finds out that Mrs. Noventa was searching for Heero too, so Relena has him contact her.
Wing Gundam being rebuilt.
Meanwhile in Antarctica, the repairs on Wing Gundam continue. Zechs talks to Noin, watching from above. Elsewhere, Treize thinks about Zechs and lets a baby play near the end of the dock while his mother watches in horror. The baby returns to its mother, symbolizing Zechs' return to Treize. Acht and his men watch as Noin, Heero and Trowa leave on a plane.
Noin reports to Zechs.
Inside, Heero sits in Heavyarms' cockpit, having trouble with his arm, while Trowa gives him instructions on the controls. An OZ pilot wants to get rid of them so Zechs won't have to fight, but Noin refuses, saying Zechs would never forgive her for that. Pagan brings Relena a letter from Mrs. Noventa. She reads it and finds out that Heero is still alive. Relena decides to head for Sicily so she can see Mrs. Noventa herself and find out where Heero is.
Noin's Aires is under fire.
Noin brings Heero and Trowa coats and tells them they are heading to the South Pole, where the battle will take place. There, Zechs is told that Wing Gundam's right arm requires both extra strength to wield its buster rifle and a system to control its beam saber. He orders his engineers to fully restore the Gundam, even to the extent of taking parts from the Tallgeese. On the plane, Noin is informed that they are being followed. She heads out in an Aries with another pilot to stop them while their plane continues on.
Heavyarms comes to the rescue.
They blast one carrier with no problem and are about to take down another carrier when Acht appears from the clouds and blasts Noin's fellow Aries pilot. Noin heads down into the snow to help him when backup troops led by Acht surround them. Meanwhile, the shuttle heads back to help her, against orders. Noin surrenders, but after tricking her into revealing that Zechs is at the South Pole, Acht orders the troops to kill her.
Inspector Acht meets his end.
The shuttle arrives and blasts at the mobile suits, then Trowa gets out in Heavyarms and demolishes the rest of the forces. Acht reports that a Gundam is here and in order to silence him, Trowa slices his Aries to pieces with Heavyarms' army knife, killing him. Trowa gets out of his mobile suit, wounded, and tells Noin to reload the Gundam for Heero, who watches from nearby.
Important Events[]
- Deceased: Inspector Acht
Staff[]
- Script: Toshifumi Kawase
- Unit Director: Tsukasa Dokite
- Animation Director: Shinichi Sakuma, Hitoshi Waraya