An old coastal urban area submerged in water. (Slowly track up and pan left.) There are dead trees and telephone poles.
Announcer (Male) (OFF - Fade-in):“As of 12:30 today…”
Reichu: The voice of the rather composed announcer here is Tomomichi Nishimura, whom Gainaxfans might remember as the Vice Officer [Fukuchouyaku] from Top o Nerae! Gunbuster. He also plays Commander A in this episode, whom we shall meet presently.
Kendrix: More scenes of a somewhat dissonantly serene, dying world, with dead trees, sloped buildings/telephone poles and broken windows being other archetypical elements there. And in spite of it all, there is this beautifully drawn landscape, the bright sunlight nonchalantly reflecting from the broken windows being one of the most grotesque contrasts.
We finally hear human voices, but it's still a fairly "mechanical" thing, such an announcement, it still fells like a documentary or a news broadcast, the "world"/setting of the shown being shown at large before "zooming in" on our protagonist.
