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Patlabor: The Movie (movie 1)

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©1989 Headgear/Emotion/TFC.


Alternative title:
Kidō Keisatsu Patlabor Gekijōban (Japanese)
Patlabor - La Película (Spanish) 
Patlabor 1: The Movie
Patlabor: La película (Spanish)
Patlabor: O Filme (Portuguese)
Patlabor: Policía móvil (Spanish)
Patlabor: The Mobile Police
Полиция Будущего (Russian)
機動警察パトレイバー 劇場版 (Japanese)
Themes: mecha, police, real robot
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: 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.
User Ratings: 854 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 81 votes (sub:50, dub:25, raw:2, ?:1, others:3
1 French dubbed
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Excellent: 174 votes (sub:106, dub:62, ?:3, others:3
2 French dubbed
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Very good: 248 votes (sub:139, dub:88, raw:2, ?:1, others:18
5 Spanish dubbed
4 Italian dubbed
3 French subtitled
2 Portuguese dubbed
1 French edited dub
1 Chinese Mandarin subtitled
1 Italian edited dub
1 French dubbed
)
 Good: 183 votes (sub:107, dub:66, ?:2, raw:1, edit.dub:1, others:6
3 French subtitled
2 Spanish dubbed
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Decent: 102 votes (dub:47, sub:47, ?:2, raw:1, others:5
2 Dutch subtitled
2 Spanish subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 So-so: 38 votes (sub:19, dub:17, ?:2)
 Not really good: 12 votes (sub:7, dub:5)
 Weak: 14 votes (dub:7, sub:5, ?:1, others:1
1 German dubbed
)
 Bad: -
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 1488 users, rank: #832 (of 9581)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.651 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.5234, rank: #1360 (of 9703)
Weighted mean: 7.595 (Very good−), rank: #1374 (of 9703) (seen all: 7.62 / seen some: 5.56 / won't finish: 5.45)
Bayesian estimate: 7.593 (Very good−), rank: #1089 (of 7285)
Running time: 99 minutes
Vintage: 1989-07-15
Premiere date:
1989-07-15 (Japan)
2010-12-02 (Lithuania, Anime Days OTAKA Film Festival)
Links: We have 2
Trivia: We have 7
DVD Easter Eggs: We have 3
Reviews:
Patlabor: The Movie DVD (Jun 2, 2006)
Patlabor Movie 1 DVD (Jan 1, 1970)
News: Show:
Anime Central 2006 (May 9, 2006)
Patlabor Movie News (Jan 9, 2003)
Wizard lists Top 50 Anime (Jul 16, 2001)
Anime a Day on TV (Jul 25, 2000)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Patlabor the Mobile Police - Complete Collection [Special Edition] (Blu-ray) 2018-11-27 (from $75.00)
    Patlabor the Mobile Police - Complete Collection [Special Edition] (Blu-ray) 2020-07-21 (from $52.83)
    Patlabor: The Movie (Blu-ray) 2015-05-05 (from $31.98)
DVD (Region 1)
    Patlabor 1: The Movie (DVD) 2000-07-25 (from $14.98)
    Patlabor 1: The Movie [CA] (DVD)
    Patlabor: The Movie (DVD) 2006-04-25 (from $18.98)
    Patlabor: The Movie (DVD) 2015-05-05
    Patlabor: The Movie [Limited Collector's Edition] (DVD) 2006-04-25 (from $71.89)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Mamoru Oshii
Screenplay: Kazunori Itō
Music: Kenji Kawai
Character Design: Akemi Takada
Art Director: Hiromasa Ogura
Animation Director:
Kazuchika Kise
Kōji Sawai
Mechanical design: Yutaka Izubuchi
Sound Director: Shigeharu Zanba
Director of Photography: Mitsunobu Yoshida
Animation producer: Mitsuhisa Ishikawa
Background Art: Shūichi Hirata
Concept: Masami Yuuki
Concept Photo: Haruhiko Higami
Coordination: Hideshi Inoue
Effects: Michihiro Itō
Finish Check: Kumiko Yusa
In-Between Check:
Junko Nishimura
Naoshi Ozawa
Mechanical Design Cooperation:
Shōji Kawamori
Yoshinori Sayama
Production Assistant: Hiromi Nishibori
Recording Adjustment: Shuji Inoue
Recording Director: Nobuo Ishizaki
Recording Director Assistant: Kazuhiro Wakabayashi
Title Design: Teruhisa Tajima
Miina Tominaga as Noa Izumi

Daisuke Gouri as Hiromi Yamazaki
Issei Futamata as Mikiyasu Shinshi
Kouji Tsujitani as Kataoka
Michihiro Ikemizu as Isao Ohta
Osamu Saka as Seitaro Sakaki
Ryunosuke Ohbayashi as Kiichi Goto
Shigeru Chiba as Shiba Shigeo
Tomomichi Nishimura as Detective Matsui
Toshio Furukawa as Asuma Shinohara
Yoshiko Sakakibara as Shinobu Nagumo
You Inoue as Kanuka Clancy

Fumihiko Tachiki as Occhan
Kiyoyuki Yanada as Pilot
Mahito Tsujimura as Jitsuyama
Masamichi Satō as Engineer
Masashi Sugawara as Metropolitan Police Management
Megumi Hayashibara as
Babylon Project TV commercial announcer
Weather Forecaster
Shinji Ogawa as Fukushima
Takahiro Hirai as Commander
Takehito Koyasu as Engineer
Tomohiro Nishimura as Policeman
Toshihiko Kojima as Manager Kaiho
Toshihiko Nakajima as Announcer
Japanese companies
Animation Production Cooperation: I.G Tatsunoko
Broadcaster: Bandai Channel
Computer Graphics:
IKIF+
Television Technica Corp.
Distributor:
Bandai Visual
Shochiku
Film Developing: Imagica
Music Production: Warner Pioneer Corp.
Photography: T. Nishimura
Planning: HEADGEAR
Production Studio: Production I.G
Recording Production: Omnibus Promotion
Recording Studio: Tokyo Television Center
Title Production:
Capital Z
Hyodo Film
English staff
English cast
Dubbing Director: Michael Bakewell
Translation: Dan Kanemitsu (Bandai Visual USA)
Executive producer:
Hironori Isaka (Bandai Visual USA)
Laurence Guinness
Matt Greenfield (Maiden Japan)
Takenari Maeda (Bandai Visual USA)
Toru Iwakami (Maiden Japan)
Producer:
Hitoshi Takano (Bandai Visual USA)
Naoko Ueki (Bandai Visual USA)

5.1 Surround Mix: Bobby Owsinski (Bandai Visual USA)
Additional Contributions:
D. Atkinson (Bandai Visual USA)
D. Strong (Bandai Visual USA)
J. Medin (Bandai Visual USA)
J. Youngren (Bandai Visual USA)
K. Fuller (Bandai Visual USA)
W. Christopherson (Bandai Visual USA)
ADR Engineer: Marcus Junkin (Bandai Visual USA)
ADR Producer:
Mike Eckart (Bandai Visual USA)
Rod Boaz (Bandai Visual USA)
Art Manager: Larry Koteff (2018 Maiden Japan)
BD Authoring: Joel McCray (Maiden Japan)
Booklet Design: Chie Arakawa (Bandai Visual USA)
Booklet Layout: Chie Arakawa (Bandai Visual USA)
Booklet Translation:
Dan Kanemitsu (Bandai Visual USA; Lead)
David Fleming (Bandai Visual USA)
Demian 'Ryu Ichinose' Smith (Bandai Visual USA)
Michael House (Bandai Visual USA)
Minako Mori (Unicorn Products; Bandai Visual USA)
Riyoko Sakamoto (Bandai Visual USA)
Ryo Kuwako (Bandai Visual USA)
Casting Director: Jill Wilmot
Dubbing Mixing: Richard King
DVD Encoding & Authoring:
Noriyuki Hirano (Bandai Visual USA)
Shigekazu Kudo (Bandai Visual USA)
Yu Sensui (Bandai Visual USA)
International Coordination: Ai Takai (Bandai Visual USA)
Menu Design:
Larry Koteff (Maiden Japan)
Sarah Cain (2018 Maiden Japan)
Packaging Design:
Larry Koteff (Maiden Japan)
Sarah Cain (2018 Maiden Japan)
Production:
Janice Williams (Maiden Japan)
Joey Goubeaud (Maiden Japan)
Luke Patterson (Maiden Japan)
Roxanne Terrell (Maiden Japan)
Production Assistant:
Cameron Hohle (Maiden Japan)
E.W. Rector, III (Maiden Japan)
Jose DeArmas (Maiden Japan)
Kjell Doucet (Maiden Japan)
Marie Ishikawa (Bandai Visual USA)
Ned Gayle (Maiden Japan)
Shannon Reed (Maiden Japan)
Production Coordination:
Janice Williams (Maiden Japan)
Shiho Inazawa (Bandai Visual USA)
Production manager:
Luke Patterson (Maiden Japan)
Marcus Junkin (Bandai Visual USA)
Son Phan Le (2018 Maiden Japan)
QC Manager: Crystal Ruiz (2018 Maiden Japan)
Re-Recording Engineer: Clive Mitchison
Re-Recording Mixing:
Bobby Owsinski (Bandai Visual USA)
Mike Eckart (Bandai Visual USA)
Script Adaptation:
George Roubicek
Wendee Lee (Bandai Visual USA)
Special Thanks To: Kenji Kawai (Bandai Visual USA)
Subtitle Timing: David Fleming (Bandai Visual USA)
Subtitling: Dwayne Jones (Maiden Japan)
Technical Assistant: Michael Olesch (Maiden Japan)
Text Editing: Matthew Galgani (Bandai Visual USA booklet)
Voice Direction: Wendee Lee (Bandai Visual USA)
Briony Glassco as Noa Izumi
Julie Ann Taylor as Noa Izumi (Bandai Visual USA)

Bill Dufries as Kataoka
Blair Fairman as Seitaro Sakaki
C.J. Mills as Hiromi Yamazaki (Bandai Visual USA dub)
David Jarvis as Asuma Shinohara
Doug Erholtz as Asuma Shinohara (Bandai Visual USA dub)
Joey Lotsko as Mikiyasu Shinshi (Bandai Visual USA dub)
Karen Thompson as Shinobu Nagumo (Bandai Visual USA dub)
Lisa Enochs as Kanuka Clancy (Bandai Visual USA)
Martin McDougall as Isao Ota
Michael Fitzpatrick as Hiromi Yamazaki
Peter Doyle as Shigeo Shiba (Bandai Visual USA dub)
Peter Marinker as Kiichi Goto
Roger Craig Smith as Kiichi Gotoh (Bandai Visual USA dub)
Ron Lepaz as Mikiyasu Shinshi
Sam Regal as Isao Oota (Bandai Visual USA)
Sharon Holm as Shinobu Nagumo
Tamsin Hollo as Kanuka Clancy

Bill Roberts as Fukushima
C.J. Mills as Yamazaki (Bandai Visual USA)
Don Fellows as Jitsuyama
Edward Glen as Shigo 
George C. Cole as
Detective Matsui (Bandai Visual USA dub)
Superintendent Kaihou (Bandai Visual USA dub)
John Smallberries as Chief Fukushima (Bandai Visual USA dub)
Liam O'Brien as Detective Kataoka (Bandai Visual USA dub)
Mac McDougall as Matsui
Milton Lawrence as Jitsuyama (Bandai Visual USA dub)
Taylor Henry as Seitoru Sakaki (Bandai Visual USA dub)
Yuri Lowenthal as Restaurant Waiter (Bandai Visual USA dub)

Johnny Yong Bosch (Bandai Visual USA dub)
Joseph Ransom (Bandai Visual USA dub)
Terrence Stone (Bandai Visual USA dub)
Tom Patrick (Bandai Visual USA dub)
Wendee Lee (Bandai Visual USA dub)
English companies
ADR Production:
Elastic Media Corporation (Bandai Visual USA)
Memory Tech (Bandai Visual USA)
Broadcaster:
Encore Action
Teletoon
DVD Mastering: Q-Tec (Bandai Visual USA)
DVD Menu Design: THESEDAYS (Bandai Visual USA)
Internet Streaming:
HIDIVE (Subtitled & Dubbed)
ITVX (UK)
The Anime Network
Licensed by:
Bandai Visual USA (2005; Expired)
Maiden Japan (2015)
Manga Entertainment (Expired)
Mixing Studio: Sound Central Recorders (Bandai Visual USA)
Packaging Design: THESEDAYS (Bandai Visual USA)
Recording Studio: Eloy Productions (Bandai Visual USA)
Special Thanks To:
HEADGEAR (Bandai Visual USA)
Production I.G (Bandai Visual USA)
Voice Casting: Elastic Media Corporation (Bandai Visual USA)
Korean staff
Korean cast
(none)
Seung-Jun Kim as Asuma Shinohara
Song Doyeong as Noa Izumi
Korean companies
(none)
French cast
French staff
ADR Director: Patrick Borg

Adaptation: Philippe Girard
Virginie Ledieu as Noah Izumi

Anne Jolivet as
Kanuka
Shinobu
Guy Chapelier as
Goto
Sakaki
Lionel Henry as Asuma Shinohara
Nicolas Sempé as Shige
Pascal Renwick as
Détective Matsui
Isao Ohta
Shinshi

French companies
Broadcaster: Teletoon (Quebec)
Distributor:
Manga Video
Pathé
Dubbing: S.T.A.R.T.
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Dubbing Director:
Alberto Trifol (Catalan dub)
Francisco Reséndez
Executive producer:
Jorge Gabarró Frau (Selecta Visión)
Luis de Val (Manga Films)

Screen Inserts: Rafael Calvo (Spain dub)
Subtitler: Fabián Sierra (Selecta Visión)
Daniel Garcia as Asuma Shinohara (Spain dub)
M. Carmen Alarcón as Noa Izumi (Catalan dub)
Mercedes Diemand-Hartz as Noa Izumi (Spain dub)
Monica Manjarrez as Noa Izumi
Oriol Rafel as Asuma Shinohara (Catalan dub)

Albert Trifol Segarra as Shigeo Shiba (Catalan dub)
Alberto Trifol as Detective Matsui (Spain dub)
Alfonso Vallés as Kiichi Gotoh (Spain dub)
Alma Moreno as Captain Shinobu Nagumo
Angel de Gracia as Shigeo Shiba (Spain dub)
Anna Romano as Kanuka Clancy (Spain dub)
Benjamin Rivera as Asuma Shinohara
César Martínez as Isao Ohta (Spain dub)
Francisco Alborch as Hiromi Yamazaki (Spain dub)
Jordi Vilaseca as Seitarou Sakaki (Catalan dub)
José Javier Serrano as Mikiyasu Shinshi (Spain dub)
Juan Comellas as Seitaro Sakaki (Catalan dub; Spain dub)
Marcos Patiño as Isao Ohta
Maria Moscardó as Shinobu Nagumo (Spain dub)
Rafael Rivera as Capitán Kiichi Goto
Ramon Canals as Isao Oota (Catalan dub)
Santi Lorenz as Kiichi Gotou (Catalan dub)

Alberto Vilar as Matsui (Catalan dub)
Alex Meseguer as Kataoka (Catalan dub)
Fernando Ulloa as Tsuyoshi Jitsuyama (Spain dub)
Francesc Alborch as Hiromi Yamazaki (Catalan dub)
Jordi Campillo as Superintendent Kaiho (Spain dub)
José Félix Pons as Reporter (Catalan dub)
Josep María Zamora as Mayor Fukushima (Spain dub)
Manuel Lázaro as Jitsuyama (Catalan dub)
Marc Zanni as Mikiyasu Shinshi (Catalan dub)
Miguel Marquillas as Kataoka (Spain dub)
Montse Segarra as Kanuka Clancy (Catalan dub)

Alberto Trifol (Catalan dub)
Anna Romano (Spain dub)
Claudi Domingo (Catalan dub)
Emili Freixas (Catalan dub)
Enric Isasi-Isasmendi (Catalan dub)
Francisco Alborch (Spain dub)
Jordi Campillo (Spain dub)
José Luis Barcelona (Spain dub)
Miryam Guilimany (Spain dub)
Montserrat Roig (Catalan dub)
Oriol Rafel (Spain dub)
Oriol de Balle (Catalan dub; Spain dub)
Rafael Calvo (Spain dub)
Vicky Martínez (Catalan dub)
Spanish companies
Broadcaster: Fox Kids Latin America
Distributor:
Manga Films (Spain; VHS)
Xystus (Latin America)
Dubbing Studio:
Intertrack S.A. de C.V. Mexico
Q.T. Lever (Spain dub; Catalan dub)
Internet Streaming: Movistar+ (Spain)
Licensed by:
Selecta Visión (Spain; 2003)
Xystus (expired)
TV Distribution: Selecta Visión
Italian staff
Italian companies
(none)
Distributor: Shin Vision
Italian cast
(none)
German staff
German cast
(none)
Markus Pfeiffer as Asuma Shinohara 

Gregor Höppner as Mikiyasu Shinshi
Hans-Gerd Kilbinger as Tsuyoshi Jitsuyama
Jochen Kolenda as Seitarou Sakaki
Jürg Löw as Kaihou
Karlheinz Tafel as Isao Ota
Klaus-Peter Pleßow as Takahiro Fukushima
Sabina Trooger as Shinobu Nagumo
Volker Wolf as Kiichi Goto

Daniel Werner as Detective Kataoka
Fabian Körner as Shigeo Shiba
Heinz Baumeister as Old Guy in Labor
Josef Tratnik as Matsui
Jürg Löw as
Commander
Policeman
Katja Liebing as Noa Izumi
Peter Harting as Waiter
Regine Albrecht as TV Commecial Announcer
Renier Baaken as
Announcer
Pilot
Thomas Lang as Hiromi Yamazaki

German companies
Distributor:
Ascot (rental video)
Kazé Germany (Re-Release 2012)
OVA Films (2nd release)
Panini Video
Polygram Germany
Internet Streaming: Anime on Demand
Russian staff
Russian companies
(none)
Distributor: MC Entertainment
Russian cast
(none)
Portuguese staff
Portuguese cast
Inserts: Júlio Franco
Felipe Grinnan as Asuma Shinohara
Iara Riça as Noa Izumi

Duda Espinoza as Isao Fukuda (Isao Ohta)
Eduardo Dascar as Kiichi Goto
Hermes Baroli as Shigeo Chiba
Izabel Lira as Kanuka Clancy
Jorge Destez as Kataoka
Mabel Cezar as Shinobu Nagumo
Marcelo Sandryni as Mikiyasu Shinshi
Nilton Valério as Seitaro Sakaki
Philippe Maia as Hiromi Yamazaki

André Belizar as
Commander
Policeman
Christiane Monteiro as Weather Forecaster
Hamilton Ricardo as Tsuyoshi Jitsuyama
Mário Cardoso as Announcer
Samir Murad as
Engineer
Kaiho
Sérgio Muniz as Pilot
Waldir Santana as Takahiro Fukushima

Portuguese companies
Dubbing Studio: Telecine
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)
Chinese (Hong Kong) staff
Chinese (Hong Kong) companies
(none)
Chinese (Hong Kong) cast
(none)

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