WXIII: Patlabor the Movie 3 (2002)

Directors:

Takuji Endo
Fumihiko Takayama

Writers:

Miki Tori (writer)
Masami Yûki (story)

Genre:

Sci-Fi | Animation | Action | Crime

Tagline:

It's coming from Tokyo Bay.

Plot:

Two police detectives and SV2 investigate a series of mysterious acts of deadly destruction occuring in and around Tokyo Bay. |

Plot Keywords:

Police Detective | Detective | Police | Anime | Robot

Cast

  (Credited cast)

Katsuhiko Watabiki	...	Senior Detective Takeshi Kusumi (voice)
Hiroaki Hirata	...	Detective Shinichiro Hata (voice)
Atsuko Tanaka	...	Saeko Misaki (voice)
Ryûnosuke Ôbayashi	...	Kiichi Gotoh (voice)
Mîna Tominaga	...	Noa Izumi (voice)
Toshio Furukawa	...	Asuma Shinohara (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Richard Cansino	...	Asuma Shinohara / Kishida / Lab Researcher / Officer Mimura (voice: English version)
Shigeru Chiba	...	Shigeo Shiba (voice)
Richard Epcar	...	Isao Ota, Director, Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Michael Forest	...	Takeshi Kusumi (voice: English version) (as Alfred Thor)
Issei Futamata	...	Mikiyasu Shinshi (voice)
Daisuke Gôri	...	Hiromi Yamazaki (voice)
Michihiro Ikemizu	...	Isao Ohta (voice)
Yô Inoue	...	Kanuka Clancy (voice)
Steve Kramer	...	Boat Captain, Detective, Labor Technician, Security Guard, Police Officer, Yoshitake Misaki, Engineer, Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Julie Maddalena	...	Hitomi Misaki (voice: English version)
Jake Martin	...	Police Captain (voice: English version)
Tomomichi Nishimura	...	Detective Matsui (voice)
Daran Norris	...	Kiichi Goto (voice: English version) (as Bob Thomas)
Shinji Ogawa	...	Fukushima (voice)
Tony Oliver	...	Baseball Player, Rude Boyfriend, Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Simon Prescott	...	Toshiro Kurisu, Fisherman (voice: English version) (as Simon Isaacson)
Derek Stephen Prince	...	Shizuo Miyanomori, Police Officer (voice: English version) (as David Umansky)
Michelle Ruff	...	Noa Izumi, Student, Computer System, Reporter, Translator, Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Yoshiko Sakakibara	...	Shinobu Nagumo (voice)
Osamu Saka	...	Seitaro Sakaki (voice)
Ellyn Stern	...	Sign Language Interpreter, Stage Actress, Disbatch Operator, Kieko Misaki (voice: English version)
Kirk Thornton	...	Col. Goro Ishihara, Labor Technician, Additional Voices (voice: English version) (as Ron Allen)
Kari Wahlgren	...	Saeko Misaki (voice: English version) (as Kay Jensen)
Dave Wittenberg	...	Shinichiro Hata (voice: English version) (as Dave Lelyveld)

MPAA:

Rated R for language.

Runtime:

102 min | Singapore:100 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Singapore:PG | USA:R | Australia:M

Company:

Bandai Digital Entertainment

Trivia:

Though it was the most recent "Patlabor" film to be released, this takes place between _Kidô keisatsu patorebâ: The Movie (1990)_ and Kidô keisatsu patorebâ: The Movie 2 (1993).

not for beginners

I just rented the North American DVD and was surprised to see a US movie trailer in the package. This trailer says the movie was in theaters in January of 2003. I don't remember seeing anything like that in the local newspaper. Maybe it was a limited run in selected cities. Anyway I must warn you that like most movies based on existing series there is no reintroduction of the characters. That means if you don't know who does what the movie won't tell you. Also the Special Vehicles Unit takes a supporting role because the story revolves around the captain's detective friend. That means your favourite characters will hardly get any screen time or lines to say. I will give the movie a "B" rating.