Patlabor: The Movie

IMDb (7.0/10) | Rotten Tomatoes




Genres



Animation, Action, Crime




Directors



Mamoru Oshii, Kôji Sawai




Writers



Masami Yûki, Kazunori Itô, Mamoru Oshii




Actors



Toshio Furukawa, David Jarvis, Doug Erholtz




Plot Summary



The screwball cops of Special Vehicles Section 2 Division 2 must investigate and stop a spree of rampaging construction robots.




Note from Encoder



Patlabor: The Movie (1989) — original title 機動警察パトレイバー 劇場版 (Kidō Keisatsu Patoreibā Gekijō-ban). Mamoru Oshii’s theatrical debut for the franchise leans hard into political tension and near-future realism, clearly signaling the more thoughtful, atmospheric direction he would later perfect. Audio options (sourced from Hyde’s remux). Subtitles are also sourced from Hyde’s remux.Extras from the JPN BD. A neat bit of trivia: this film is often seen as the point where Oshii began transitioning Patlabor away from standard mecha action toward the philosophical, society-focused storytelling that would later define Ghost in the Shell. Even on first watch, that shift is hard to miss.









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