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Patlabor The Mobile Police (OAV 1/1988)

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©1988 Headgear/Emotion/TFC.


Alternative title:
Kidō Keisatsu Patlabor (Japanese)
Mobile Police Patlabor
Patlabor Early Days
Patlabor OVA
機動警察パトレイバー (Japanese)
Themes: mecha, police, real robot
Objectionable content: Mild
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.
User Ratings: 462 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 31 votes (sub:22, dub:5, raw:3, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Excellent: 85 votes (sub:67, dub:14, ?:1, others:3
1 Chinese Mandarin subtitled
1 Italian dubbed
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Very good: 150 votes (sub:111, dub:36, raw:2, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Good: 117 votes (sub:79, dub:34, ?:2, raw:1, others:1
1 German dubbed
)
 Decent: 40 votes (sub:24, dub:16)
 So-so: 29 votes (sub:17, dub:9, raw:1, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Not really good: 4 votes (sub:3, dub:1)
 Weak: 3 votes (sub:2, dub:1)
 Bad: 2 votes (dub:2)
 Awful: 1 vote (dub:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 908 users, rank: #1334 (of 9763)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.595 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.4198, rank: #1533 (of 9909)
Weighted mean: 7.566 (Very good−), rank: #1496 (of 9909) (seen all: 7.64 / seen some: 6.61 / won't finish: 2.00)
Bayesian estimate: 7.564 (Very good−), rank: #1196 (of 7492)
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 7
Episode titles: We have 7
Vintage: 1988-04-25 to 1989-06-25
Release dates: We have 10
Opening Theme:
"Miraiha lovers" by Hiroko Kasahara
Official website:
Trivia: We have 29
News: Show:
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Mini Pato PSP Game (Aug 30, 2005)
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CPM Drops Patlabor Price (Jun 11, 2005)
New CPM Licenses (Nov 29, 2004)
New 12ft Robot in Japan (Apr 2, 2004)
New Releases (Jun 6, 2003)
A-Kon News (Jun 1, 2003)
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.Hack Details (Jan 23, 2003)
AX 2002: CPM Panel (Jul 11, 2002)
All About Japan Anime (Mar 14, 2002)
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Patlabor WXIII article (Feb 2, 2002)
New Anime Coming to Japan (Oct 14, 2001)
Patlabor 3 Details (Sep 14, 2001)
New Release Dates (Apr 25, 2001)
April Manga Releases (Feb 1, 2001)
CPM AOL Chat Tidbits (Jan 25, 2001)
Manga Release Schedule (Jul 12, 2000)
Anime News Briefs (Feb 5, 2000)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Patlabor The Mobile Police - Complete Collection (Blu-ray) 2013-04-30 (from $31.98)
    Patlabor the Mobile Police - Complete Collection [Special Edition] (Blu-ray) 2018-11-27 (from $543.00)
    Patlabor the Mobile Police - Complete Collection [Special Edition] (Blu-ray) 2020-07-21 (from $199.00)
DVD (Region 1)
    Patlabor - Original Series Collection [Collector's Series] (DVD 1-2) 2003-10-14 (from $49.00)
    Patlabor The Mobile Police - Complete Collection (DVD 1-2) 2013-04-30 (from $53.95)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director:
Mamoru Oshii (eps 1-6)
Naoyuki Yoshinaga (ep 7)
Script: Kazunori Itō
Storyboard:
Mamoru Oshii (eps 1-6)
Ryutaro Nakamura (eps 2, 4) 
Episode Director:
Ichirō Itano (ep 6)
Kōji Sawai (eps 1-7 odd)
Ryutaro Nakamura (eps 2, 4)
Music: Kenji Kawai
Character Design: Akemi Takada
Art Director:
Hiromasa Ogura (eps 1-6)
Tsutomu Ishigaki (ep 7)
Animation Director:
Kazuchika Kise (eps 1, 3, 5)
Masahiro Kitazaki (eps 2, 4)
Naoto Takahashi (ep 7)
Takuya Wada (ep 6)
Mechanical design: Yutaka Izubuchi
Director of Photography:
Jūrō Sugimura (eps 1-6)
Mitsunobu Yoshida (ep 7)

Background Art:
Hiroyuki Mitsumoto (Ishigaki Pro)
Kenichi Takahashi (Ishigaki Pro)
Yukihiro Shibutani (Ishigaki Pro)
Finish Animation:
Emiko Honda (ep 5)
Emiko Shimanuki (eps 2, 4)
Hifumi Kamei (ep 3)
Kayoko Yasukawa (ep 1)
Kazumi Yamamoto (ep 5)
Mihoko Eda (ep 3)
Nagaharu Ohashi (ep 3)
Ryōko Tanino (ep 3)
Shino Okamura (eps 3, 5)
Tomoko Okamoto (ep 3)
Tomomi Murakami (ep 2)
In-Between Animation:
Asako Nishida (eps 1, 3, 5)
Eiko Saitō (Studio Lions; ep 7)
Emi Oyanagi (eps 1, 3, 5)
Hideaki Matsuda (ep 4)
Hirohide Sugiyama (eps 1, 3, 5)
Hiroshi Ando (Studio Wombat; ep 6)
Hiroshi Itō (eps 1, 3, 5)
Hiroshi Okada (Studio Lions; ep 7)
Hiroyuki Karashima (eps 1, 3, 5)
Kaoru Yabana (eps 1, 3, 5)
Kazuma Yokai (eps 1, 3, 5)
Kazumi Arimoto (Studio Wombat; ep 6)
Kazumi Sato (Studio Lions; ep 7)
Kazuo Watanabe (eps 1, 3, 5)
Keiko Yozawa (ep 2)
Kenji Kodama (eps 1, 3, 5)
Kiyoto Ishino (ep 4)
Masahiko Andō (eps 1, 3, 5)
Mayuko Kikuchi (Studio Wombat; ep 6)
Mitsuru Fujii (eps 1, 3, 5)
Miyuki Yamashita (ep 2)
Naoki Kobayashi (eps 1, 3, 5)
Nobuyuki Takeuchi (Studio Lions; ep 7)
Noriko Gotō (eps 1, 3, 5)
Noriyuki Noda (eps 1, 3, 5)
Reiko Kuwahara (ep 4)
Reiko Mitsuoka (eps 1, 3, 5)
Sanae Nakagawa (ep 4)
Satoru Yamashita (Studio Wombat; ep 6)
Scott Frazier (ep 3)
Seiji Hosono (eps 1, 3, 5)
Shinji Takahashi (ep 2)
Tadashi Fujita (eps 1, 3, 5)
Takeshi Kusaka (eps 1, 3, 5)
Takuya Nonaka (Studio Wombat; ep 6)
Teruo Makabe (eps 1, 3)
Toru Kawai (eps 1, 3, 5)
Toshiharu Matsuno (Studio Lions; ep 7)
Yasuhito Kikuchi (eps 1, 3, 5)
Yasushi Koyama (Studio Lions; ep 7)
Yasuzō Iino (ep 2)
Yoshiaki Iwasaki (eps 1, 3, 5)
Yoshiko Fujita (ep 2)
Yumiko Nakanishi (eps 1, 3, 5)
Yuri Nakao (eps 1, 3, 5)
Yuriko Chiba (Studio Lions; ep 7)
Opening Animation:
Hiroyuki Kitakubo
Masami Yūki
Photography:
Hiroshi Tamura (Studio Gallop)
Katsuya Kozutsumi (Studio Gallop)
Kenji Akazawa (Studio Gallop)
Koji Yamakoshi (T Nishimura)
Masao Onuki (T Nishimura)
Mikiko Ishizuka (Studio Gallop)
Satoshi Arakawa (Studio Gallop)
Terumi Sato (Studio Gallop)
Tomoyoshi Ishizuka (T Nishimura)
Tōru Kobayashi (Studio Gallop)
Yasuhiro Shimizu (Studio Gallop)
Production manager: Masayuki Hanzawa
Sound Effects: Michihiro Itō
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
You Inoue as Kanuka Clancy

Hiroshi Masuoka as Sofue (ep 6)
Jun Hazumi as Retteru Kai (eps 5-6)
Kōhei Miyauchi as Old man (ep 4)
Kouji Tsujitani as Asanuma (ep 7)
Mahito Tsujimura as Jitsuyama (eps 5-6)
Mako Hyōdō as Girl/Goto's Niece (ep 4)
Megumi Hayashibara as Announcer (ep 6)
Ryūji 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)
Yō Yoshimura as Occhan (ep 7)

Daiki Nakamura (eps 1-3, 6)
Fumihiko Tachiki (eps 1-5)
Hiroko Maruyama (eps 4-5)
Hōchū Ohtsuka (eps 1-2)
Kazumi Tanaka (ep 6)
Kiyoyuki Yanada (eps 1-2, 5-6)
Takehito Koyasu (eps 6-7)
Tomohiro Nishimura (eps 3-4)
Yoshiko Ohta (ep 2)
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Studio DEEN
Distributor: Bandai Visual
Film: Eastman Kodak (eps 1-7)
Film Developing: Imagica (eps 1-7)
In-Between Animation:
Studio Lions
Studio Mu (uncredited)
Studio Wonbat
Key Animation: Studio Giants (ep 7)
Photography:
Gallop (eps 1-6)
T. Nishimura (ep 7)
Production:
HEADGEAR
Studio DEEN
Production Cooperation:
D.A.S.T Corporation (ep 6)
Mushi Production (eps 2, 4)
Production I.G (eps 1-7 odd)
Recording Production: Omnibus Promotion (eps 1-7)
Recording Studio: New Japan Studio (eps 1-7)
Titles: Maki Production
English staff
English cast
Translation: David Fleming
Executive producer:
John O'Donnell
Matt Greenfield (Maiden Japan)
Toru Iwakami (Maiden Japan)
ADR Engineer:
Allan Gus
Kevin Wilson
Art Manager: Larry Koteff (2018 Maiden Japan)
Associate producer: Tom Wayland
BD Authoring:
David Williams (Maiden Japan)
Joel McCray (2018 Maiden Japan)
Commentary:
Mamoru Oshii (Central Park Media; eps 1-3)
Shigeki Morii (Central Park Media; eps 1-3)
Dubbing Coordination: Ross Lefko
Dubbing Supervision: Tom Wayland
DVD Authoring: Neal Barnes (Maiden Japan)
DVD Coordination: Michael Palan
DVD Executive Producer: John O'Donnell
DVD Producer: Stephanie Shalofsky
Media Coordinator: Janice Williams (Maiden Japan)
Menu Design:
Larry Koteff (Maiden Japan)
Sarah Cain (2018 Maiden Japan)
Packaging Design:
Larry Koteff (Maiden Japan)
Sarah Cain (2018 Maiden Japan)
Production Assistant:
E.W. Rector, III (Maiden Japan)
Jessica Williams (Maiden Japan)
Kayla King (Maiden Japan)
Production Coordination: Janice Williams (2018 Maiden Japan)
Production manager:
Joey Goubeaud (Maiden Japan)
Son Phan Le (2018 Maiden Japan)
QC Manager: Crystal Ruiz (2018 Maiden Japan)
Subtitle Timing: Dwayne Jones (Maiden Japan)
Technical Assistant: Michael Olesch (Maiden Japan)
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
Jamie McGonnigal as Sakuma
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.
Disc Production: Seraphim Digital (Maiden Japan Re-release)
Distributor:
Madman Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand)
MVM (United Kingdom)
Section23 Films (North America, 2013)
U.S. Manga Corps
DVD Menu Design: Resolution Productions
DVD Premastering: Resolution Productions
Internet Streaming:
HIDIVE (Subtitled & Dubbed)
The Anime Network
Licensed by:
Central Park Media (Expired)
Maiden Japan (2013)
Recording Studio: Matlin Recording, Inc.
Translation: Studio Nemo
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Executive producer: José Luis Puertas
(none)
Spanish companies
Distributor: Jonu Media (Spain)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Sergio Masieri

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 Hiromi 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
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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