Anime Profile: Patlabor the Mobile Police
Fields | USA Info | Japanese Info | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
Title | Patlabor the Mobile Police | Kido Keisatsu Patlabor (ζ©εθ¦ε―γγγ¬γ€γγΌ) ("Mobile Police Patlabor") |  |
· · · | Mobile Police Patlabor | Mobile Police Patlabor | |
Released | 47 TV episodes | 47 TV episodes | |
· · · | 3 movies | 3 movies | |
· · · | 23 OVA episodes (7 in series 1, 16 in series 2) | ||
Dates | 2001 (TV) | 1989β1990 (TV) | |
· · · | 1995 (movies 1 & 2); 2003 (movie 3) | 1989 (movie 1); 1993 (movie 2); 2002 (movie 3) | |
· · · | 1988β89 (series 1 OVA); 1990β92 (series 2 OVA) | ||
Company | U.S. Manga Corp. (TV, OAVs) | HEADGEAR/EMOTION/TFC | |
· · · | Manga Ent. (movies 1 & 2), Pioneer (move 3) | ||
Creator | Masami Yuki | ||
Director | Mamoru Oshii (OAVs, TV, movies 1 & 2) | ||
· · · | Fumihiko Takayama (movie 3) | ||
Genre | Sci-Fi, Mecha | Sci-Fi, Mecha | |
Related | -- listed below -- | -- listed below -- | |
Characters | -- listed below -- | -- listed below -- |
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Related Anime: Patlabor the Mobile Police
English Title |
Japanese Title |
|---|---|
| Patlabor The Movie | Patlabor The Movie |
| Patlabor 2 The Movie | Patlabor 2 The Movie |
| WXIII: Patlabor the Movie 3 | Wasted 13: Patlabor the Movie 3 |
Characters: Patlabor the Mobile Police
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Japanese Name |
English Name |
Japanese Name |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asuma Shinohara β | Asuma Shinohara β | Noa Izumi β | Noa Izumi β | |
| Hiromi Yamazaki β | Hiromi Yamazaki β | Seitaro Sakaki β | Seitaro Sakaki β | |
| Isao Ohta β | Isao Ohta β | Shiba β | Shiba β | |
| Kanuka Clancy β | Kanuka Clancy β | Shigeo "Shige" β | Shigeo "Shige" β | |
| Kiichi Goto β | Kiichi Goto β | Shinobu Nagumo β | Shinobu Nagumo β | |
| Matsui β | Matsui β | Takeo Kumagami β | Takeo Kumagami β | |
| Miyakasu Shinshi β | Miyakasu Shinshi β |
Description: Patlabor the Mobile Police
Mobile Police Patlabor is truly a landmark in the mecha genre with its realistic looking robots, and hardcore action.
In the late 20th century, advances in robotics led to the invention of the Labor, a class of giant robots used for construction. The inventing of the Labor, however, also led to Labor crimes, where any bad guy could use them to help fulfill their evil purposes.
And so, in the year 1999, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department established the Special Vehicle Department which uses Patrol Labors, or Patlabors, to fight fire with fire. In the SVD resides the Special Vehicle Section No. 2, which to the public and the rest of the SVD is nothing but a bunch of misfits that don't do things by the rules. Sure they don't operate by the book, Section 2 is still the best they've got.
