Now, before we get into the key details of how you can watch 'Patlabor: The Movie' right now, here are some quick facts about the Studio Deen, TFC, Bandai animation flick. Patlabor: The Movie starring Mina Tominaga, Toshio Furukawa, Ryusuke Ohbayashi, Yoshiko Sakakibara has a NR rating, a runtime of about 1 hr 40 min. was generated using real
Need a quick rundown of the movie? Here's the plot: "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."
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'Patlabor: The Movie' Release Dates
Watch on DVD or Blu-ray starting
July 25th, 2000
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The story takes place in what was, at the time of release, the near future of 1998-2002. Robots called "Labors" are employed in heavy construction work. The Tokyo Metropolitan Police has its own fleet of Patlabor robotic police officers to combat crimes and deal with accidents involving Labors. The story arcs usually revolve around Tokyo Metropolitan Police Special Vehicle Section 2, Division 2. Noa Izumi is the main protagonist of the series, but all of Division 2 play roles. The feature films follow separate continuities, referred to as the "movie timeline" and the "TV timeline." The different OVA series follow either the movie or TV timelines.
