Kidou Keisatsu Patlabor the Movie (Patlabor: The Movie)

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Synonyms: Kidou Keisatsu Patlabor Gekijouban, Patlabor 1: The Movie, Patlabor: The Mobile Police, Mobile Police Patlabor: The Movie

Japanese: 機動警察パトレイバー the Movie

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Type: Movie

Episodes: 1

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Jul 15, 1989

Producers: Bandai Visual, Shochiku, Bandai, Tohokushinsha Film Corporation

Licensors: Maiden Japan, Manga Entertainment, Bandai Visual USA

Studios: Production I.G, Studio Deen

Source: Original

Genres: Action, Drama

Themes: Adult Cast, Mecha, Military

Duration: 1 hr. 39 min.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 7.56¹ (scored by 20,277 users)

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Ranked: #1631²

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Popularity: #3191

Members: 47,736

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The Babylon Project is a massive renovation of Tokyo's neighborhoods, including the creation of artificial islands in the Bay. Utilizing "Labors," or robots created for the express purpose of doing work, architects and construction crews are able to more efficiently progress development of the overhaul. When a key figure in the Project's conception is found dead after committing suicide under mysterious circumstances, Captain Kiichi Gotou's Patlabor police unit is tasked with getting to the bottom of the bizarre situation.

As several Labors begin to go haywire and a hacked AI program endangers the people of Tokyo, young pilot Noa Izumi and her Patlabor Alphonse work under Gotou's orders to save the city and the entire nation from a massive biblical conspiracy.

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Ishikawa, Mitsuhisa

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Maki, Taro

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Oshii, Mamoru

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Dec 9, 2009

Archaeon

Recommended

When people think of mechas in anime, they automatically think of shows like Gundam, Macross, Code Geass, Neon Genesis Evangelion, and even Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. They think of flashy combat (sometimes with lots of missiles), lots of action, explosions, more fights, lots of gutsy shouting, etc, etc. Of all the shows on offer though, very few actually portray mechs as something..... utilitarian.

Released in 1989, Patlabor: The Movie (the name is taken from the Patrol Labors used in the show), followed the story set by the original 7 episode OVA from 1988/9, and featured a completely original story written by Headgear (a group of ...

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Feb 13, 2007

OtakuFreak

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Today I bring you another Giant Mech seires, but it's not Gundam. Today I'm gonna introduce you to another popular Mech seires called Patlabor. I really don't know much about this series but's really solid stuff. Think of it as a cross over of Gundam and Ghost In The Shell. What really got me into this movie was the mystery, not the battle scenes.

Okay, the story takes place in the present day 1999 (well this anime was made in the 80's), and in the middle of Tokyo Bay a new building is being built. The Mobile Police force has been assembled to prevent anyone ...

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Aug 14, 2022

Libido_Kamen

Not Recommended

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The film is structured with an emphasis on mystery, the first third establishing the mystery, the second third developing the mystery, and the final third providing the action-centric climax. However, the obvious problem is that the mystery itself is hyper simple, underdeveloped, and without thematic nor character-relevant significance. Despite this, the film uses every chance it gets to state and even restate details about this weak plot intrigue with nearly no development to the cast nor introduction of events with consequence the entire way through.
The entire destruction of the arc facility in the climax proceeds smoothly, with Hoba's crows interfering being the only "twist," which ...

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