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Patlabor: The Movie

Kidou Keisatsu Patlabor: The Movie · 機動警察パトレイバー 劇場版

Movie · Finished · Summer 1989 · 1 episodes · 99 min

The year is 1999 and Tokyo's Mobile Police have a new weapon in the war on crime – advanced robots called Labors are used to combat criminals who would use the new technology for illegal means. The suicide of a mysterious man on the massive Babylon Project construction site sets off a cascade of events that may signal the destruction of Tokyo.

(Source: Anime News Network)

Genres: Drama, Mecha, Sci-Fi

Tags: Cyberpunk, Noir, Police, Real Robot, Terrorism, Detective, Philosophy, Guns, Urban, Primarily Adult Cast, Female Protagonist

Studio: Production I.G, Studio DEEN

Episodes

  1. Episode 1: Complete Movie

Reviews

'98 VS Type Zero: a short exchange of blows which defines a movie.

Patlabor and the self-deification of the modern god

An 80s action/drama mecha classic