Patlabor - The Movie (1990)
Genre Action, Anime, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Studio Starz / Anchor Bay
Movie Release Date 1990
Country Japan
Language Japanese
Audience Rating NR
Running Time 100 mins
Format DVD
Color Color
IMDb Rating 7.0
Cast
Toshio Furukawa Asuma Shinohara
Mîna Tominaga Noa Izumi
Ryûnosuke Ôbayashi Kiichi Gotoh
Yoshiko Sakakibara Shinobu Nagumo
Yô Inoue Kanuka Clancy
Michihiro Ikemizu Isao Ohta
Issei Futamata Mikiyasu Shinshi
Shigeru Chiba Shigeo Shiba
William Dufries Kataoka
Lisa Enochs Kanuka Clancy
Crew
Director Mamoru Oshii
Writer Kazunori Ito
Writer Kazunori Itô
Writer Masami Yûki
Producer Makoto Kubo
Producer Taro Maki
Plot
"A must-see for both hard-core anime fans as well as newcomers alike." -Animeco

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 the 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. What is the connection between the suicide, the new Mobile Police AV-XO Zero Labor, and a berserk prototype tank?

When Patlabor cops Noah Izumi and Azuma Shinohara investigate an unexplained wave of rogue Labors' rampaging across the city, they uncover a sinister revenge plot to infect Tokyo's eight thousand Labor population with the deadly BABEL virus. With the future of the city hanging in the balance and a typhoon poised to trigger the devastation, Noah, Azuma and their teammates must destroy the source of the virus -- the giant Babylon Project tower in Tokyo Bay -- in a die hard battle to the finish.

Patlabor 1: The Movie is a science-fiction police drama set against a tale of danger and high-tech revenge.
Special Features
Theatrical Trailer(s)
Personal Details
Rating
Seen It Yes
Collection Status In Collection
Links DVD Empire
IMDB
Edition Details
Format DVD
Region Region 1
Release Country USA
TV System NTSC
No. of Disks/Tapes 1
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Fullscreen (4:3)
Subtitles English
Audio Tracks ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1
JAPANESE: Dolby Digital Stereo
Layers Single Side, Single Layer
Release Date 25-07-2000