Neptunia (film)

Neptunia is a 1964 British science-fantasy film directed by and written by  and  from a story by. Set in the world of Gamindustri, beings known as Goddesses rule over the four countries: Planeptune, Lastation, Lowee, and Leanbox. After having fought over Share energy for many years, the Goddesses signed a treaty which forbids each from taking Share energy from the other using forceful means.

Produced by in association with Hummingbird Film Productions, tie-in promotions were made with several companies to promote the film's release. It was released in the United Kingdom by on 28 April 1964. released the film in the US as a double feature with. Upon its release, it received mixed reviews from critics, with praise for its original story and humor revolving around film industry in-jokes, and criticism for its use of melodrama. The film, however, was a box-office success both in the UK and the US.

Plot
In Planeptune, the CPUs of Gamindustri have signed a friendship treaty, banning the use of military force to take Shares. A month has passed since then. With the Planeptune's Shares declining shown through the power of the Sharicite due to idleness, Neptune decided to learn more about the duties of a CPU from Noire. Noire initially declined to help, but she later helped Neptune by getting her assigned to a monster extermination mission. Neptune, with the help of Nepgear, IF, and Compa, took care of the Dogoos in Nasuume Highlands (despite initially getting overpowered, leading to IF defeating them in a fit of anger), while Noire took care of the monsters in Toruune Cave. In HDD form, Noire handled the monsters within with ease until she reverted to her human form for an unknown reason. Cornered by an Ancient Dragon, Noire was overwhelmed until Neptune went and defeated the Ancient Dragon. Somewhere near Toruune Cave, Warechu and Arfoire were revealed to be searching something within the cave. Planeptune gained some Shares, but it's unknown whether it's due to Neptune completing the mission or certain photos of Nepgear that were leaked on the Internet.

On Lowee, Blanc overexerts herself with work, while her sisters Rom and Ram are pulling pranks much to her annoyance. Neptune, Nepgear, Vert, Noire, and Uni make a visit to Lowee and take Rom and Ram to an amusement park, while Blanc stays behind to continue working. Rom and Ram are kidnapped by CFW Trick and Linda. Blanc becomes exhausted after Abnes shows up to interview her after leaking the kidnapping to the public. With the help of Vert and Leanbox's advanced technology, Rom and Ram are located. Trick abuses the girls by licking them repeatedly, while Linda plots to ransom the girls. Their plan is foiled when Neptune, Noire, and Vert arrive and use their HDD powers. Rom and Ram are saved when Blanc arrives and defeats Trick with her powers as White Heart. Blanc then apologizes to Rom and Ram for being too hard on them. Meanwhile, the maid that had been serving Blanc is revealed to be Arfoire in disguise, and she is in possession of a red crystal.

Vert invites the other CPUs and their sisters to Leanbox for a party. They go to a 5pb. concert, with the exception of Vert, who the girls later find out is too busy playing an MMO and did not prepare for a party. Disappointed there was no party, the others decide to prepare one for themselves instead. On the way back from shopping for party food, Nepgear picks up a red crystal dropped by Warechu (who had tripped earlier and tended to by Compa) and suddenly becomes dizzy. Compa and IF head towards Nepgear, just as Warechu runs away with the crystal. During the party, a mass monster outbreak occurs on a nearby island within the Zune District and the CPUs go to stop it before it reaches the city. Meanwhile, IF finds out the mouse (Warechu) is on the blacklist for every country and took a boat to the same place where the outbreak was. Finding that suspicious, IF and Nepgear head out to the area. After defeating the monsters, the CPUs are captured by Arfoire in a barrier made by the anti-crystals, slowly draining their Share power. IF and Nepgear arrive too late, only to be shocked by the sight of the captured CPUs. As the result All 4 CPU are declared:MIA. But luckily the CPU manage to press a Panic button in their weapons handle which send an emergency signal to the basilicom and also blink a Morse code message spelled out "SOS HEART PURPLE BLACK WHITE GREEN".

IF and Nepgear flee the Zune district and return to the Leanbox Basilicom. Histoire recommends everyone return home but after Uni berates Nepgear, she admits that she is unable to transform due to her having "a limiter on her heart". As a result of their shared desire to gain their HDD forms, the candidates decide to train so they can acquire that ability. The candidates, IF and Compa return to the Zune district before they complete their training to stop share loss after pictures of the subdued goddesses are leaked to the net. As the result of their captivity, all four candidates declare the status of all four goddesses (including Neptune): POW. Despite managing to hold their own for a while, each of the CPU candidates are picked off one by one by the ensuing onslaught of monsters. In a moment of panic, Nepgear tries to call out for Neptunes help, but realises that her reliance on her sister is holding her back as she is afraid of growing stronger than Neptune. This allows her to unlock her HDD form: Purple Sister. After destroying the rest of the monsters within their immediate vicinity, Nepgear and the others head towards a sea of monsters within the distance.

Nepgear's transformation helps them gain the upper hand for a while until Arfoire use her own transformation. The other three candidates then learn their own transformations and fight together with Nepgear. In the middle of battle the goddesses are swallowed inside the anti-crystal field, causing the candidates to lose hope and turn the tide of battle once again. Just when all hope is lost, once again all four candidates declare the status of the goddesses: POW. Then Nepgear realizes the goddesses are still fighting for their survival inside the now-blackened crystal field, she gathers her resolve alongside Uni, Rom and Ram and proceeds to defeat Arfoire in a team attack. The battle ends with Arfoire's defeat and causes the blackened crystal field to explode from Nepgear's Gunblade. The explosion results in Arfoire becoming injured beyond recovery and losing all attack techniques from the four goddesses. And The splinters from exploding blackened crystal field killed all four goddesses trapped inside instantly. After the battle ends, Nepgear and the other candidates tries to call her sister and the other three goddesses. After not getting a response, she and the other candidates declare all four goddesses: KIA(But in reality non of all 4 killed). However, when Nepgear hears her sister's voice, she and other three candidates turn their attention to the sky. It turns out the goddesses are alive, and having managed to escape the blackened crystal field. The end shows the four goddesses reunited with the candidates (except Vert who doesn't have a sister). Because they had been captive for so long, the candidates break down into tears and give their big sisters big hugs (Including Nepgear who feel worried, scared and lonely for a long time). The goddesses apologize to their little sisters for leaving them alone for so long (Including Neptune who always be with Nepgear For alive time). Then Nepgear notice Vert is about to break down into tears too so she give him a big hug to make look like her 2nd big sister. Meanwhile, Warechu carries a wounded Arfoire away. The episode ends with Planeptune's shares remaining on a consistent level (despite being in a downward trend). IF tells Compa that despite the other countries losing shares, Vert gained more shares after releasing her augmented reality add-on that the goddesses had tried out 2 episodes prior. Blanc released snack buns called "Blanc Manju" (a parody of blancmange). And that Noire and Uni had defeated so many monster that they easily gained more shares than they had lost. During a picnic on the hill, Neptune, Nepgear, IF and Compa meet a young girl who appears behind them, and calls the latter two by name.

Lastation's security is compromised when an anonymous hacker hacks into their satellite. As the four goddesses gather to discuss how to catch the hacker, Uni consults Nepgear over Noire's recent behavior of locking herself in her room. Nepgear suggests placing a hidden camera inside Noire's room to discover what she's been doing, but finds other hidden cameras already placed there. The four goddesses track the hacker's location down with the help of Setag (a female Bill Gates-esque character), with the candidates also going to the same location by tracing additional hidden cameras that Nepgear had identified due to interference wit hers. The goddesses confront the hacker, a flamboyant man name Anonydeath, who turn out to be a huge fan of Noire. Anonydeath has been taking pictures of Noire using the hidden cameras in her room, which show her cosplaying various characters. Noire attacks Anonydeath in a rage but Anonydeath manages to slip away, only to run into the candidates whom Uni angrily stares down after transforming. Anonydeath gives himself up, leaving an embarrassed Noire begging the candidates to forget everything they saw. Back on Lastation's Basilicom, Noire discuss her cosplay hobby with Uni, only to be hit by a girl falling from the sky. The girl introduces herself as Plutia, the Goddess of Planeptune, much to everyone's surprise.

Plutia is revealed to be the Goddess of Planeptune from another dimension. A smaller version of Histoire explains Plutia was sent to recover something that was causing energy from Plutia's dimension to flow into Neptune's dimension. As Plutia, Neptune, Nepgear and Peashy get acquainted, IF and Compa are kidnapped by Arfoire and Warechu. Neptune, Nepgear and Plutia arrive at an eggplant farm in an attempt to rescue them, but Neptune's hate for eggplants causes her transformation to break, leaving Nepgear alone to fight a horde of eggplant monsters. While IF is getting suggestively tortured by Arfoire, Plutia snaps and transforms into a very sadistic goddess, defeating both Arfoire and Warechu (whom had captured Compa due to his infatuation with her). Defeated and having spent all her money on the eggplant farm, Arfoire decides to give up world domination and become a legitimate eggplant farmer, with Warechu helping her.

Cast

 * Sarah Reynolds as Neptune / Purple Heart
 * Lucie Robinson as Noire / Black Heart
 * Arabella Burton as Blanc / White Heart
 * Amira Barrett as Vert / Green Heart
 * Arya Lawson as Nepgear / Purple Sister
 * Lara Sutton as Uni / Black Sister
 * Daria Stone as Ram / White Sister
 * Paige Poole as Rom / White Sister
 * Aliyah Lane as Plutia / Iris Heart
 * Felicity Sharp as Peashy / Yellow Heart
 * Gabrielle Newman as Arfoire
 * Amira Henderson as Linda
 * as the voice of Warechu
 * as Rei Ryghts
 * as Anonydeath
 * as the voice of CFW Trick
 * Alexia Phillips as Abnes
 * Sabrina Khan as Compa
 * Cleo Russell as IF
 * Aliya Burke as Histoire
 * Laila Byrne as 5pb
 * Lilah Hughes as Setag
 * as the Checkpoint Avatar