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Patlabor The Mobile Police (OAV 1/1988)

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©1988 Headgear/Emotion/TFC.


Related anime:
    Mobile Police Patlabor (manga) (adaptation)
    Patlabor The Mobile Police (TV) (alternate retelling)
      Patlabor The Mobile Police: The New Files (OAV 2/1990) (sequel)
    Patlabor: The Movie (sequel)
      Patlabor 2: The Movie (sequel)
        Patlabor WXIII (movie 3) (sequel)
          Mini Pato (movie) (spinoff, Parody)

Alternative title:
Kido Keisatsu Patlabor (Japanese)
Mobile Police Patlabor
機動警察パトレイバー (Japanese)
Themes: mecha, police, real robot
Objectionable content: Mild (mild bad language and/or bloodless violence)
Plot Summary: In the future, rapidly advancing technology gives birth to giant robots known as "Labors," so named for their usefulness in heavy industry. However, this also gives rise to "Labor crimes," resulting the the need for a new branch of law enforcement equiped with and dedicated to the policing of Labors. When Izumi Noa, a female police officer, becomes the newest recruit of Special Vechicals Devision 2, she and her top of the line "Patrol Labor" (or "Patlabor") Alphonse are swept into a series of adventures featuring crazed construction workers, eco-terrorists, and sea monsters.
Video:
User Ratings: 280 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 18 votes (sub:14, raw:3, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Excellent: 51 votes (sub:37, dub:12, others:2
1 Italian dubbed
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Very good: 90 votes (sub:70, dub:20)
 Good: 66 votes (sub:42, dub:22, raw:1, others:1
1 German dubbed
)
 Decent: 29 votes (sub:20, dub:9)
 So-so: 18 votes (dub:8, sub:8, raw:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Not really good: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Weak: 3 votes (dub:2, sub:1)
 Bad: 1 vote (dub:1)
 Awful: 1 vote (dub:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 621 users, rank: #1043
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.532 (Very good-.46), std. dev.: 1.4805, rank: #981
Weighted mean: 7.507 (Very good-.49), rank: #899 (seen all: 7.62 / seen some: 6.49 / won't finish: 3.00)
Bayesian estimate: 7.508 (Very good-.49), rank: #641
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 7
Episode titles: We have 7
Vintage: 1988-04-25 to 1989-06-25
Releases: We have 10
Opening Theme:
"Miraiha lovers" by Hiroko Kasahara
Official website:
Trivia: We have 1
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DVD
    Patlabor - Original Series Collection (DVD 1-2) 2003-10-14 (from $27.50)
Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 
Director:
Mamoru Oshii (eps 1-6)
Naoyuki Yoshinaga (ep 7)
Script: Kazunori Ito
Storyboard: Mamoru Oshii
Character Design: Akemi Takada
Art Director:
Hiromasa Ogura (eps 1-6)
Tsutomu Ishigaki (ep 7)
Animation Director:
Kazuya Kise (eps 1, 3, 5)
Masahiro Kitazaki (eps 2, 4)
Naoto Takahashi (ep 7)
Takuya Wada (ep 6)
Mechanical design: Yutaka Izubuchi

In-Between Animation: Scott Frazier (ep 3)
 
Miina Tominaga as Noa Izumi

Daisuke Gouri as Hiromi Yamazaki
Issei Futamata as Mikiyasu Shinshi
Michihiro Ikemizu as Isao Ohta
Osamu Saka as Seitaro Sakaki
Ryunosuke Ohbayashi as Kiichi Goto
Shigeru Chiba as Shigeo Shiba
Toshio Furukawa as Asuma Shinohara
Yoshiko Sakakibara as Shinobu Nagumo

Hiroshi Masuoka as Sofue (ep 6)
Jun Hazumi as Retteru Kai (eps 5-6)
Kôhei Miyauchi as Old man (ep 4)
Kouji Tsujitani as Asanuma (ep 7)
Mahito Tsujimura as Jitsuyama (eps 5-6)
Mako Hyoudou as Girl/Goto's Niece (ep 4)
Megumi Hayashibara as Announcer (ep 6)
Ryuji Nakagi as Sakuma (ep 4)
Shigeru Chiba as Shinyuu (ep 7)
Shinji Nomura as Kusumoto (ep 7)
Shinji Ogawa as Hirata (ep 3)
TARAKO as Tamiko (ep 5)
Tomomichi Nishimura as Matsui (eps 3, 6)
Toshihiko Kojima as Kaihou (eps 6-7)
You Inoue as Clancy Kanuka 
You Yoshimura as Occhan (ep 7)

Daiki Nakamura (eps 1-3, 6)
Houchu Ohtsuka (eps 1-2)
Kiyoyuki Yanada (eps 1-2, 5-6)
Takehito Koyasu (eps 6-7)
Yuuko Maruyama (eps 4-5)
Japanese companies 
Distributor: Bandai Visual
English staff 
English cast 
Translation: David Fleming
Executive producer: John O'Donnell
Associate producer: Tom Wayland
Dubbing Coordination: Ross Lefko
Dubbing Supervision: Tom Wayland
DVD Coordination: Michael Palan
DVD Executive Producer: John O'Donnell
DVD Producer: Stephanie Shalofsky
 
Debora Rabbai as Kanuka Clancy
Elisa Wain as Noa Izumi
James Wolfe as Isao Ota
Michael Schwartz as Kiichi Goto

Adriana as Shinobu Nagumo
Bruce Winant as Kaiho
Chunky Mon as Hiromi Yamazaki
Curt Gebhart as Shige
Dan Green as Asuma Shinohara
Frankie Rome as Sakaki
Jack Taylor as Hirata Hakase
Joey Rappaporte as Kiyoteru Kai
Jonny Asch as Mikiyasu Shinshi
Kurt Riddle as Sobue
Tristan Goddard as Jitsuyama
Veronica Taylor as Mahoko Goto

English companies 
Audio Post Production: Matlin Recording, Inc.
Distributor: U.S. Manga Corps
DVD Menu Design: Resolution Productions
DVD Premastering: Resolution Productions
Licensed by: Central Park Media
Recording Studio: Matlin Recording, Inc.
Translation: Studio Nemo
Italian staff 
Italian cast 
Translation: Cesare Polenghi

Dialogues: Daniele Demma
Theme Song Performance: Stefano Bersola
 
Lara Parmiani as Noa Izumi

Caterina Rochira as Clancy Kanuka
Claudio Moneta as Capitano Otsumi
Davide Garbolino as Budd Kanuka
Felice Invernici as Asuma Shimohara
Flavio Arras as Mikiyasu Shinshi
Gianfranco Gamba as Hiromo Yamazaki
Ivo De Palma as Isp. Matsui
Marco Balzarotti as Kiichi Goto
Massimiliano Lotti as Shigeo "Shige" Shiba
Maurizio Scattorin as Seitaro Sasaki
Patrizia Salmoiraghi as Shinobu Yagumo
Pietro Ubaldi as Isao Ota
Roberta Gallina Laurenti as Kumaji Kumagari
Italian companies 
Broadcaster:
Italia 7 (from 1998)
Italia Teen Television (from 1st November 2005)
Distributor: Yamato Video (from 1994)

Chinese (Taiwan) staff 
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) companies 
Chinese (Taiwan) cast 
(none)
 
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