Patlabor: The Movie (1989)

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100 min - Animation | Action | Crime - July 1989 (Japan)

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A mysterious suicide and strange robot malfunctions are clues to a devastating sabotage plot that Special Vehicle Unit 2 must stop.

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Cast

Credited cast:
	Toshio Furukawa	...	Asuma Shinohara (voice)
	Mîna Tominaga	...	Noa Izumi (voice)
	Ryûnosuke Ôbayashi	...	Kiichi Gotoh (voice)
	Yoshiko Sakakibara	...	Shinobu Nagumo (voice)
	Yô Inoue	...	Kanuka Clancy (voice)
	Michihiro Ikemizu	...	Isao Ohta (voice)
	Issei Futamata	...	Mikiyasu Shinshi (voice)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Shigeru Chiba	...	Shigeo Shiba (voice)
	William Dufries	...	Kataoka (voice: English version)
	Lisa Enochs	...	Kanuka Clancy (voice: English version)
	Doug Erholtz	...	Asuma Shinohara (voice: English version)
	Blain Fairman	...	Sakaki (voice: English version) (as Blair Fairman)
	Don Fellows	...	Jitsuyama (voice: English version)
	Michael Fitzpatrick	...	Hiromi (voice: English version)
	Briony Glassco	...	Noa (voice: English version)

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A mysterious suicide and a series of unmanned robot run-aways sparks off a Police investigation into the suspicious software on-board thousands of industrial robots around Tokyo. Step by step, the police find themselves tangled up by the web of a perfect crime which awaits the approaching Typhoon to activate thousands of virus affected robots. As time runs out, Asuma and his team must complete a task that is doomed to be a failure before the Typhoon lands Tokyo. Written by Tzung-I Lin <tzung@hugo.att.com>

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BandaiVisual [United States] | TechTV | Add/edit official sites »

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Japan

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Japanese | English | German

Release Date:

July 1989 (Japan) See more »

Also Known As:

Patlabor See more »

Company Credits

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Headgear, Studio DEEN, Sunrise See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

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Trivia

(At 1:25:20) Behind Shinohara in the background, under his hand, the screen says "OMG". See more »

Connections

Follows Mobile Police Patlabor (1988) See more »

Patlabor: The Movie (1989)
Kidô keisatsu patorebâ: Gekijô-ban (original title)

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