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Set in the year 2013, Tokyo Metropolitan Police’s Special Vehicles Section 2 — the so-called “Patlabor” — has made some drastic changes to its labor forces due to the global recession. The name of the unit stems from a robot specifically designed for heavy industry work, called “Labor”, which opened up a new quality of crime, thus the “Patrol Labor” – Patlabor police unit was created.
15 years after the setting of the original Patlabor animated movie, the TMPD was forced to get rid of its former personnel, making space for the next generation of Labor pilots, crew and technicians who took the place of the original 2nd Special Vehicles Division, leaving only Shigeo Shiba (“Shige”), former second-in-command of the mechanics division, as a veteran.
The live action series consists of thirteen episodes (numbered 0-12) and is helmed by none other than the director of the original Patlabor anime, Mamoru Oshii. It is set as a sequel to the Patlabor series, specifically to the three animated movies, although a lot of plot ideas are recycled. In comparison to the movies, the show is much more of a comedy and parody of other works, such as the Kaiju and Real Robot genre, than a police sci-fi thriller.
The complete show is split into two DVD/Blu-Ray Boxsets but the story of Episode 12 will conclude with a feature-length “The Next Generation: Patlabor - The Movie”, aka “Tokyo War”, which is basically a remake of the animated Patlabor 2.
The movie starts with an attack on Rainbow Bridge in Odaiba by an experimental military helicopter called “Gray Ghost”. The gunship was stolen 2 days prior by followers of Yukihito Tsuge, a former lieutenant colonel who planned a military coup 13 years earlier. Having private connections to the suspect, Captain Gotoda sets out to stop his former friend. It will take all the skills and wits of SV2 to keep up with the unfolding plot, but it might not be enough to stop a plan that has started 13 years ago and since then ran like clockwork.
The new extended version features 25 minutes of additional footage and Dolby Atmos.