Patlabor: A Forgotten Franchise
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- Marc takes you through the life and legacy of one of anime's most under-appreciated franchises: Patlabor.
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Patlabor's strongest point for me is its realism. Not just from the point of mecha, but also in all other topics. From personalities of the characters to bureaucracy in police and politics. Corrupt figures, greedy corporations.
The realism of the show was what drew me to Patlabor as I did not like mecha shows in general. The social, political and environmental context is all very relevant today, and the characters were so well written that I was drawn into the world completely. Great show that's still missed.
agree
wrong.. their stong point is the how they show everyday life of robot cop without being boring...
Even when I was a kid, renting TAPES, I remember Alphonse FEELING heavy when it was moving. Like the creator somehow made the drawings have weight. Got it’s hooks in early!
To be honest, that is probably more the Movie 2 and 3 which are perfect in everyway and the best of the Patlabor universe even if Patlabor 3 kinda feels... Off? Change my mind.
The rest feels a bit more cartoony but still amazing as they make something that should be boring, fun to watch.
Patlabor 2 is just amazing. Even to those not interested in the franchise, I would _highly_ suggest to check it out.
I watched the coup part on youtube. it's incredible
Watched it, absolutely stunned by the wyvern scene, shxt that was intense
I made the mistake of watching Patlabor 2 without watching the anime series, sure it's a solid political thriller but above all it's the ending of the entire Patlabor anime series, it's nice watching the main protagonists move up in the world, particularly with how Noa has matured and all
I watched these on VHS tapes and own them
@@onslought2 I recorded Patlabor 2 on VHS off the sci-fi channel in the 2000s
I was one of the staff of the patlabor tv series. and wrote the scenarios of #6, maybe #8 and 13.
Enjoyed and remembered more than 20 yrs ago. thank u.
ON BEHALF OF THE WORLD WE THANK YOU!! HAVE A AWESOME AND HAPPY 202K!!
seriously? what's your name? isn't the script of one episode wrote by one person?
Any proof?
Thanks
BONZO1564 love PL then and still! ❤️❤️❤️
"battling giant monsters, looking for lost cats, parodying other genres of science fiction, and other slapstick comedy scenarios"
you say this as a reason the tv series is inferior but this is exactly what makes it so special and is an important, fundamental part of what patlabor is. you say it like those parts of the tv series are just some meaningless side content but it's a vast majority of the animated content in the franchise, and from what i've seen of it, the manga tends to be the same. i can absolutely understand preferring the movies, the first two are incredible, but they don't define the series as a whole. especially not the second one, as good as it may be.
either way, it's good to see patlabor getting some recognition. makes me glad to know nearly 60,000 people have at least heard its name thanks to this video. good job
Well said.
I lived in Japan for several years. I was an avid anime collector and, among other series, I had every Japanese Patlabor box set on laserdisc. Recently I sold them to a friend who was very excited. Patlabor is a hidden gem everyone should watch. One of a kind.
I’ve never watched it and I have been watching mech style animations since I was a little kid
@@aoclive6710 If you like mech then you are missing out, watch it.
When I lived in Japan in 91 it was one of my fav anime.
Me too
I remember Patlabor fondly from the VHS days. The TV show was cute but the movies were definitely on another level. Really top-level anime.
This is one of those series that's always great to go back and watch. It has likable, realistic characters instead of annoying, sexualized children.
In the 7ep ova they actualy dissed the "autistic child pilot" trope of so many mecha anime
I love that part! Makes me laugh everytime!
8:13 I am surprised that Patlabor 2 was made in 1993, it looks like it was made around 1996 to 1999 because of the high quality animation and its fluidity. Sometimes it can be mistaken for CGI in some scenes.
Not gonna lie, those aircraft scenes were amazing. Must have been a ton of work XD
You, totally forgot SPT-LAZNER
For the longest time, I've been calling it "Pat la bor" as I'm English and don't spell it as "labor" but spell it as "Labour". I had no clue Americans spelled it this way till now.
"Pat la bor"
is the way iv always heard it pronounced as well
Sames!
lol thats how I read it mentally as well, but im from the states.
That's ok I'm American and I've pronounced it that way for years until recently
We dropped the u in a lot of words.
Ex:
Colour -> Color
Honour -> Honor
Favourite -> Favorite
Flavour -> Flavor
The Patlabor TV series is an oustanding slice of life show with excellent writing and humor - among the best anime has to offer. Preferring the excellent but tonally different movies (the first 2 anyway) over the TV series is understandable; but I think you did the TV series a MAJOR disservice. Excellent video in any event.
indeed patlabor TV series has more mecha love with slice of life humor... on the other hand they also have serious moment that give suspense to the series...
My favourite episode is the one where the whole Maintenance crew got 'wipe out' by the food delivery guy.
Any episode involving food was awesome: the first ep. of Early days, the TV one where Section 2 was stuffed by their regular food delivery guy. I cannot remember that scene when, for some reason, the maintenance section got totally nuts and basically hijacked the local 24/7, was it Early Days, the TV of in a movie?
Tuning3434
The one where they raid the 24/7 convenience store was from the 2nd movie.
Mine was the bit where the Maintenance Crew lost their minds over porn.
I honestly found the TV series more compelling than the complicated mess that is the OVA and movie continuity. I for the life of me could not understand where I was suppose to start with the "movie universe" and how it retcons a lot of the TV series. I generally found the TV series more iconic tbh due to its unique take to the mecha genre of being a slice of life, comedy, and drama.
The movies take from the Early Days continuity. The TV show segues into the OVA.
They are set on totally different timelines
I prefer the TV series tbh. Understandably more fleshed out than a movie or an OVA series because its 47 episodes long but it's just that good imo. The movies are a bit harder to get into especially patlabor 2. Rewatches are mandatory.
I also believe the TV Series and New OVA universe is the best. It's because of the character development and world-building, which made canon everything we see in Patabor 2 and 3. It's also a more enjoyable experience as the movies and original OVA tended towards political themes and military coups, which wasn't actually what got me into the show in the first place. For me, Patlabor is one of the best shows -not just animated - of all time, and that's because of the characters and the fully realized world they inhabited. Now only if the Patlabor EZY series will ever be green-lit by the powers that be, we can have more of that cohesive and realistic world again!
I watched the movies when I was little. I remember being disappointed for the "lack of action" after watching other animes such as Robotech, Gundam and Dominion Tank Police.
But Patlabor kinda grew on me over the years.
Yeah if you go into Patlabor expecting mecha action you're going to be disappointed. It's about the characters and the robots are just a thing that's part of their every day lives.
Sorry “Robotech” is not exactly anime!
Don’t get me wrong, I love the series but it is a Americanised cartoon series.
Let’s not further confuse the new generation of anime viewers who already think “Patlabor” is a forgotten franchise!
Original Macross and the related DYRL movie and series’s are anime.
(Sorry got a bit upset as this is the first actual anime I watched, after I figured out Robotech is the cartoon version of Macross so not technically anime)
@@AshrakAhmed robotech is just three other animes out into one. Still an anime just like voltron.
When I met it whaen I was a teenager. The police politics, the slice of life, the versatility (sci-fi, comedy ans drama) and particularly the characters made me fall in love with the TV show .
Patlabor is an amazing franchise. The incredible storytelling of the movies that reflect the politics of the time, amazing designs and animation and perhaps the best music in an 80's anime. Oshii was one of the best anime directors of his time, truly a shame that he is wasting his talent at something he is not even good at.
keremcantarhan fuck commies.
How so? Really curious by this.
It hasn't been forgotten, it's just bidding its time. The TV series is fun and quirky, it's a giant mix of different genres, it can get serious or light hearted when appropriate, it has probably the best character development out of all the medias because of the long running format (the manga too). I don't think it's inferior to the movies, in fact i think it's an excellent entry to the franchise, the movies are masterpieces but it's not friendly to viewers that aren't familiar with the universe or characters. And lets not forget its roots in the original OVA, which is pretty much like a condensed version of the TV series with its quirky episodes. Sidenote, WXIII is based on one of the story arcs in the manga but altered to focus on the detectives than SV2.
This video takes too much from personal opinion and not from hard fact, what a video showcasing a franchise should be. Calling the SOL and slapstick episodes of the TV series inferior is entirely your opinion, and in fact I feel like much of the Patlabor fanbase actually LOVES these episodes, and BTW Oshii himself wrote many of the funniest episodes of the TV series canon. What makes Patlabor great are these kinda stuff too. Comedic/SOL Patlabor and serious Patlabor are both sides of the same coin that work together to strengthen each other. I mean, 1st movie has many comedic parts and awesome srsbsns scenes and it all is an epic.
Thank god someone gets it :)
Sounds like you should make your own video.
I concur...I had to stop midway through the video cause I couldn't really understand that why the speaker didn't get it.
Yep I loved the tv series as well as the more serious tones of the 2nd movie
It was my favorite anime while growing up in Malaysia back in the 90's. I've literally bought it's series collections & OVA in VHS/LD/VCD/DVD, official Patlabor books,original posters & action figures for years now.
I really have to give credit to RTM back in the days for bringing in some animes :) It's where i saw Patlabor too.
Patlabor 2 is one of the most gorgeous feats of animation ever set to film. I mean, the whole thing is glorious and my favorite anime ever made, but P2 just floors me with how amazing it is.
Truly an underappreciated gem! I stumbled onto this show in ...1993? It was at a small general Sci-Fi/Fantasy convention somewhere in Dallas. They had one crowded room running anime, which I had recently re-discovered. (Starblazers and Robotech were obsessions of my childhood and adolescence.) By chance, I happened to catch an episode of the Patlabor TV series. It was a fan-subbed bootleg, as in those days, very little anime could be found in the US market.
Anyway, now it's all available on Blu-Ray, so I'll be revisiting this great series, perhaps in the order you recommend. And now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to dust off my old Patlabor soundtrack CD!
Been a fan of this franchise since the 90s. The TV anime was essentially a slice of life series before the genre was really a thing, but the second movie really drew me in. The pure depth of the story and the animation,... It made me recognize that Japanese animation could rival and best Hollywood in a feature film.
Underrated? Forgotten? Maybe in your country! Patlabor was a success. Scale models are still produced and loved. There is also a tv show with actors. It's not forgotten at all.
tv shows and movie
Video games (PSX, SNES, Genesis).
Indeed, i watch the movies first then i wach the series, the first movie was amaizing and i love it, the serie i love it, the second and third movie didnt love it a lost.
But patlabor is amaizing
@khryshna Because you did it wrong: first early oav, then manga, then 3rd movie, then tv serie, then 1st movie, then oav and finally Patlabor 2. That is how Mobile Police Patlabor must be seen.
@koutetsoujeeg hell yeah !
I know, i know, but what i wanted to said is that, underrated and forgotten i watch patlabor the tv serie at least when i was younger atleastminimum two times, and two times complete i dont know how many timesi watch it incomplete.
Also i love the labor design they feel realistick, i know it is totaly umpractical in real life, but i prefer labors before gundams or evas any day of the week
>The TV series cheapens what makes Patlabor so great
>Proceeds to name everything that makes Patlabor so great
Patlabor was never meant to be a super serious political thriller. It was always first and foremost a slice of life show with comedic elements. It's a quasi parody of the mecha genre with a focus on the personal relationships of the main cast and how their work affects their relationships.
Yuuki did say the manga initially started off as a Gundam parody
They have live action couple year ago.
What like Full Metal Panic? Cuz that shit was way too popular for romantic comedy but with gundam lol.
Originally I suppose, but the series had enough flexibility and creativity to branch itself into other types of narratives as well. Confining a series of any kind to only one type of story eventually causes it to stagnate, so I'm very glad that they decided to change it up for the movies; I and many others absolutely loved the serious, political thriller aspect of Patlabor 2.
@@benpratt1204 yeah and I live on Planet Mars
Just finished the whole series. I've got to admit that it's now one of my favorite mecha series of all time.
As an anime fan of 15 years or so, over my life, I just never got around to it but your video finally got me off my ass and tackle the series, discover the OVAs, and rewatch the movies. Oh it was a great experience.
I'm going to have to strongly disagree with you about the TV universe paling in comparison to the movie universe because it wasted so much time with comedy. I had watched the movies years before I ever got to see the TV series, and honestly, the TV series made me fall in love with the franchise all over again because it was such a funny combination and it worked. To this day, when I have to explain to people what exactly Patlabor is, I just tell them, "imagine Gundam and Police Academy had a love child".
The Dee exactly hahahaha the child of gundam and police academy
same
The movies in the early 90's is what got me hard into patlabor. I remember looking up headgear work after but now I know they never made anything else. The labor designs, the open badass shots, the dialogue. It drew me in hard af. I still watch the movies to this day. If guillermo were to have revived a franchise. I would totally have picked this over battle angel. He made pacific rim. If mamoru decided to team up with the other writers and Guillermo. I think they'd have a his live action adaptation
I don't see how this is a forgotten franchise all the anime sights I frequent have this and treat it like a first run anime with all the links being maintained and working with the best resolution available for this series . I have been a fan of this series since 1999 and it is still in my yearly rotation of must watch anime. I have been watching anime for 18 years and still love this anime some of the old ones are the best.
I just want to point out that there is actually a complete series of Patlabor now that comes with all of the TV episodes, OVA episodes, and the first 2 movies that is available to buy off of Amazon right now.
Patlabor should take the NGE route and put itself on streaming services to gain an audience again.
If Patlabor gets a reboot, like what they did with the 2016 short, it would probably run at least 17 to 20 episodes. It would be like the "TV Universe", lighter and softer than the "Movie Universe".
I will never forget Pat labor it was one of the very first mech shows I watched alongside Gundam Wing I will never forget it deserves more recognition for being realistic
This video was well done. However you really ragged on the tv series. I found them both to be just as good only tonally different, one is in no way “superior” to the other. (Poor choice or words) Wasted 13 is terrible though you got that on the head.
Not a poor choice of words; it is his subjective opinion that the tv series is inferior. Get over it.
In my "subjective opinion" he used a poor choice of words.
Guys I don't care about any of your guys subjective opinions if you wanna share your opinion make a well made video explaining them
Can I just say, the production value of this video and your actual review is spot on. You just earned a subscription, bro. :)
Yeah, the new generation of anime fans in Japan gravitated towards bishōjo rather than science fiction, then moe at the end of the 90's. Sad!
Exept that Patlabor may not be a good scifi in terms of in-universe technology's plausibility though. Mamoru Oshi expressed similar feelings in various occasion.
Most animated sci-fi tends to be quite far-fetched. Patlabor isn't serious enough to be called hard sci-fi or anything, but it's still a good show in entertainment value and feels consistent enough in its portrayal of tech, at least to me. The bio-mech monsters are not quite what I would look for in a show, but eh, all sci-fi is speculative and I can't force my own interest onto the creators. Sub-plots about purchasing souvenier fish or chasing runaway secret government projects are silly in a good way though.
People who enjoy the concept of huge robots/pi-pedal mechs are often willing to forgive a show which crafts its plot around tech like that, rather than seeking shows that has more real, practical tech. How many of those are there anyway?
kendog84 Patlabor's tech has always struck me as very believable. Aside from the occasional bio-monster, the raw mech technology in the labors doesn't seem that far away from reality.
I mean, Oshii was partly responsible for moeshit too by directing 100+ episodes and 2 movies for Urusei Yatsura (the most profilic romcom of the 80s), then again it's one hell of a show
i dont really think the TV series are inferior to the movies and OVAs, the TV series are fun, and really shows the SV2 as a human being and member of the society
Patlabor was one of the first anime I ever watched and fueled my love for hard sci-fi mecha.
Forgotten ? NEVER ! Come come - fans of Mecha rate Patlabor very highly indeed. Its realistic, very grownup in terms of plot (though there are episodes of the TV series which are pure comedy too) and each of the films are high water marks of animation. Patlabor 2, for instance, is a companion piece to the first 'Ghost in the Shell' movie, and WXIII : Wasted 13 is one of the most jaw-dropping SF Horror anime ever made, where SV2 are incidental to the core story, but enjoyed when they appear. Forgotten anime - come on !
I just got back from Japan. In Akihabara I dropped some big coin on a nice illustrated big 2 book set. One focuses on the mechas and the other on the characters.
Patlabor is one of my favorite "mecha" series. Can be light and funny, can be serious, and Gota is the best character, prove me wrong
The Patlabor TV series was aired in Brazil back in the late 90's by a now defunct Television Network called "TV Manchete". They even aired the two OVAS back in the day during some special event. Good times...
Also great channel, liked your in-depth analysis. you have earned a subscriber
Luis Fernando fox kids also gave us patlabor and their ovas
Yep, I thought it was a new show back then. I only found out it was an old show recently.
... in depth analysis? he literally just listed the various iterations of the franchise for 17 minutes, there was little to no analysis here
Assisti MUITO e gostava MUITOOO!!!
Motivo nº1 do porquê da TV Manchete não deveria ter acabado.
Dude Both the TV and Movie are both great in their own right. In fact when Patlabor was created, it was meant to be a super serious as the films made it be. Your really undervaluing the Television anime....
Patlabor overall was just fun to watch. The world was pretty much the same as the 90's no real advancement in tech for civilian use apart from Labors used in construction, and to tackle misused of Labors the police basically adopted the used of them and created the Special Vehicles Division. The TV Show also expanded on the Labors use in the military.
The whole setting of the base was another enjoyment, the whole self preservation and self efficiency was what made the tv show enjoyable.
Also the mix of urban legends in some of the episodes, like the tokyo tunnel networks, the existents of large reptiles and lost feudal treasures, making the modern clash with the old.
The music aswell was also top notch.
If you are a fan of Cantonese dubs, than you should find the Old TVB Dubs, which I believe are still availible in Hong Kong.
Patlabor 2 is literally mamoru oshii's best film. It's a crime that it's so underrated. Don't get me wrong, ghost in the shell is God tier, but patlabor 2 might just be a little bit better.
Patlabor was a "failure" in a sense because it wasn't exactly a mecha anime. It was a "precinct" show that occasionally featured mechas. That's what, in my opinion, makes it great.
Your comment is a failure because it make no sense
Real shit take regarding the TV series dude. In the realm of mecha anime a grounded slice of life series that can jump between genres and themes is a rare treat.
The anime released in the late 80's to the late 90's will always be the best to me. The art style is simply amazing. Way better than anime of today.
Dunno about others, but for me, the flippant and non-dramatic part of the tv is what set patlabor apart from others.Why? Coz real police works is not always that glamorous and serious, the stupid silly part is also big part of it (eg.dog induced food poisoning ep), notwithstanding the fallen comrades in duty in another mission.
Any channel, skillfully giving props to classic anime series gets a subscribe from me. I grew up watching the classics, like Patlabor, Iczelion, Project A-Ko, etc. The 80s was an insanely awesome decade for anime series.
Patlabor movies 1 and 2 are masterpieces
the 1 looks older i find but the 2 is still visually impressive today
Many thanks for the update.
How is this a "forgotten" Franchise?! It came out in its time and was tremendously popular. Some of the most talented people in the anime industry, at the time, were involved in it's creation. It spawned specials, OVAs and three movies in addition to its TV series. The toy and garage kit industry was awash in Patalbor merchandise. It's influence in anime is felt to this day. When were you born?
forgotten?
certainly not by me. 2021.
This is a great guide! I watched the first episode of Early Days a year ago; I should definitely continue it along with watching the movies.
Great video! The most comprehensive Patlabor video i've seen!
Thank you for such a great video.Patlabor was the first mecha anime i ever watched.It's really hard to find a patlabor fan like me nowaday.
I am sitting next to a Patlabor poster in 2018. Not forgotten here...
The English dubs of the movies might not have been great, but the guy who voices captain gotoh is perfect
Just want to put on note, this is by far my favorite franchise PERIOD of all times, also there are 3 universes, you forgot the comic universe which was never completed here in the states
I recommend picking up Patlabor Ultimate blu ray set on november 6th It includes the full series (and I do mean FULL seires) of both of the patlabor series, ovas and movies.
@@Dragonk116 I already got the entire thing... but hey, why not gladly add another couple of hundred to the debt... will do, thanks
Getting ready to show the movies to some younger friends who missed the golden age of anime. (Golden age to me anyway) all they really know is modern post 2010 stuff. I like the new stuff too, but nothing beats the stuff from the 80s and 90s.
Excellent Video, but it was never forgotten !!! In the 90's it was released on vhs tape, Early 2000's on dvd, and on Blu ray in the last few years, Patlabor Next Generation is on bluray from Hong Kong (it has good English subs) !! I've been into anime collecting since the late 80's !!
Love Ohta’s trigger happy rage. 🤣
I see robots in the thumbnail, i click. thanks for introducing me to this series!
that was one of the few anime we got on tv back around the turn of the millenium
This series is far more than an anime production. It reflects how Japanese of the era had their vision for the future and what were they felt and worried for their society.
Well, the reality is a collapsed bubble economy brought decline rather than struggling yet advancing development. I got complicate feelings when I watch it again now! Our actual world is going to be like or much similar to Ghost in the Shell that China is to be the next Super Power!
Due to her status and only if her status that make Japanese make such fine works. The U.S., China and the rest of the world cannot because they are "normal" states, which lacks sensitive awareness to details.
Forgotten? This was THE show that got me hooked in middle school. That and The Dirty Pair. And it (Patlabor) introduced me to Oshii and Shirow.
I'm glad my dad was a fan of this series, otherwise I would had never seen it as a ealry as I did.
This video got me into patlabor so thanks for getting me into it
As someone that has enjoyed a long history with Manga from the mid 80's to now, I find Manga before 2001 gets lost among the modern showings. I was introdued to Patlabor in 1989, and immensly enjoyed. And later on, Patlabor 2! Pre 2000's Manga still offers a few gems more modern Manga does not. Sad really!
I could never forget. I was going to name my first daughter Noa until my sister named her first son Noah.
The movie somewhat predicted the events of 9/11. The bridge scene when theyre both talking on the boat looking at the wreckage and the city. Really deep scene.
Also of note Shoji Kawamori of macross fame was a mechanical designer in the serise (patlabor 2) under the name Masaharu Kawamori...
Sorry, but it just sounds so pretentious to throw shade at the TV series for the comedic episodes. The slice of life episodes help humanize and contextualize the characters, and are as important to the narrative as the "dark, edgy" episodes and the movie. You are certainly not impressing anyone with those comments.
Of course the movies and the show need to be tonally and quality different, given the medium and budget; but it really sounds like you dont like the TV show and you could easily turn off people who know no better from the show.
I agree. It's fine to prefer one but you don't need to disparage the other.
I'm just not a fan of in your face wacky anime comedy. I way prefer the movie series for that reason and at the time Oshii hadn't gone so far off the deep end that his style was still very interesting if a touch indulgent.
Patlabor 2 got me interested in subjects such as the 60s/70s student protest movements that eventually gave me an interest in 1970s era Gekiga and Indie Manga so I guess there is that too...
sorry I'm 5 months late! You are totally right! Patlabor (tv series specially) is in my opinion unique and special because unlike most mech anime and manga, it does not focus on war and instead shows the use of mechs in society. The TV show is great because it reinforces that part by being lighthearted and more humane in that sense! I'm glad I found someone who feels the same way about it! Even though it's kinda pointless by now... haha
I showed the movies to my friends who have not watch TV/OAV. They are at a lost.
The OVA are essential. A lot of world setting and character history are elaborated in them. Watching them first will enhance the movie experience.
I actually prefer the character development and overarching plot of the TV continuity. I love all of Patlabor though except for maybe the live action series.
one of my favorite series/movies of all times, but sadly the most forgotten mecha series too :'(
The whole Patlabor universe is awesome. So many fucking vibes from the OG OVAs, the tv series, and the movies. New Files too
MANY THANKS! fo this video, was very informative. I'm a fan of Patlabor who lost track of what happened with it. looking forward to the reboot ( I even have a model kit of ingram).
Excellent, many thanks for this.
Not forgotten by some of us! Also a great anime was Dominion Tank Police.
Mecha in general is a forgotten genre it's sad Really because what better then big ass mechs beat the shit out of each other
one of my top anime franchises along with LOGH and U.C Gundam
First time hearing of this series. I'm from Poland.
Patlabor 1 and 2 are not just great anime but great films. The style and music are top tier. And the realistic setting makes it feel like you’re not watching sci-fi at all.
Wish there were more dvds to this series though. Love it. Can't find the TV series on dvd though.
I have the movies.
It's one of my favorite franchises. Goto is one of my favorite anime characters of all time, maybe one of my favorite fictional characters period. I feel like you sort of missed the point of the TV series. It's a slice of life about the day to day existence of SV2. It's more lighthearted but it's got superior character development because that's what it's about, the characters. If you want Ohshii's philosophical rambling then sure, you'll probably prefer the movies, but it's a very unique series that I think you were a little hard on.
I love the movies but I find they can be a little long-winded all over the place. They're not as much about the SV2 cast and the second film in particular borrows heavily from the plot of the final few episodes of the original OVA. The animation, especially in the second film, is amazing of course.
There's also two dubs of the movies, the Manga dub and the Bandai Visual dub which is more accurate.
I love patlabor, it's true that it's not a very famous series, but what it lacks in fame replaces it in personality and charisma. it's as if they had combined crazy police academy and Gundam and maked ainstant 10/10
What always struck me was the mechanical love they had with these designs, I'm a big fan of mecha but you just don't get the internals like GiTS and patlabour But the most remarkable thing is that they had to do it by stencil and hand rather than digitally and cgi like now.
It truly was a labour of love production that can hold the test of time.
If your goal was to convert people into potential patlabor fans, drop the focus on lists, dates, and reduce the time spent on talking about the people behind it. If you instead talk about what aspects of the franchise is good, or even just which aspects are interesting, you're gonna appeal much stronger to people wanting something to watch.
For example, one of the most interesting things, and what i took away from my first exposure to the universe, was that the Patlabors, unlike the regular labors, have this tiny bit of super-robo aesthetics to them, which makes a lot of sense, if they are being the most visible face of the police on the streets. With their visual design screaming heroic robot of justice, they make excpetional PR pieces, which is important to the police. Their form IS function. For the military mechs we see, function trumps form to a much greater degree. Details like such purposeful design and how that helps the worldbuilding, is the way to convert non-believers.
The 2 OVAs were broadcast in Canada in 1997 on the then new Teletoon network.
Patlabour 2 the movie so good man I cant even
Potlabor is still, and might will still be for a long time, the best and most realistic giant robot series and movies, followed by Gundam MS Igloo series.
YES BABY!!!!
That Patlabor Movie 2 intro gets me everytime! I still have it on my playlist.
Pat movie 1 & 2 was a masterpiece, and yeh I'v always found it strange how the Movie and the TV series were basically completely different targeted audiences.
I'm soo happy that the franchise is still alive.
I love Patlabor movies and GITS SACs, I knew there was a connection between them as I watched the movies (I saw the SAC first before Patlabor due to age factor, grew up as SAC was airing). Do you have any other anime recommendations in line with these franchises? future-dystopia-military, not necessarily mecha
every 90's kid I knew in Indonesia love patlabor, well from the tv series at least, now I have a job and spending money like crazy on my childhood memory
Anyone prefer the Evangelion films more than the series besides me and my friends??? Shit didnt make sense but i loved it so much, i really love when the women are the stronger characters and have to protect the man character.
For some reason "Patlayburr" bothers me more than most of the legitimate critiques brought up in the comment section.
Gigas0101
How about combUt?
Oh crimony, this channel is the worst!
If you watch the Japanese dubs, that is actually how you're supposed to say it: "Pat-labor". I've never heard them say "Pat-la-bor".
Edit: Just rewatched the opening prologue of one of the episodes. It sounds like "Pato-lay-bar" in Japanese so the video is correct.
Most of the Patlabor franchise is available online at gogoamnime.com I loved the characters and comedy of the original TV series. The Captain was hilarious !
I never even heard of the show till like a few weeks ago when I watch that my library and I’m hooked
Rewatcing Movie 1 now. Hard to believe its 29 years old, modern technology aside even new anime movies struggle to look that good.
1 - The franchise started with the manga, yes, but the manga, tv and movie universes are separate from each other(save for the premise, which is the same)
2 - The tv series and OVAs are great
3 - Patlabor is a slice of life with cops and robots as its main focus. its not Gundam or something like it.
Buuut... Some relevant elements do carry out from one medium to another.
I remember buying an original copy of the tv series back when i was a kid in 2007 at a thrift store for 2$ and i liked it amd i even brought the second movie and i was only 7
Forgotten? Never for the anime's true connoisseurs and enthusiasts! After all its Mamoru Oshii work!