Patlabor 2 - The Movie

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Movie
German title Patlabor 2 - The Movie
Original title Kidō Keisatsu Patlabor 2 the Movie
Country of production Japan
original language Japanese
Publishing year 1993
length 108 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Mamoru Oshii
script Kazunori Itō
production Shin Unozawa
Tsuyoshi Hamawatari
Mitsuhisa Ishikawa
music Kenji Kawai
cut Shuichi Kakesu
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Patlabor 2 - The Movie ( Japanese 機動 警察 パ ト レ イ バ ー 2 the Movie, Kidō keisatsu patorebā 2 the Movie ) is an anime film from 1993 , which, like its predecessor Patlabor 1, is based on a manga series by Masami Yūki . As with the first film, Mamoru Oshii directed the science fiction film . The animations are from Production IG .

action

In Japan around the year 2000, special robots are used by the military, the police or in high-rise construction. These robots are called laboratories , in the case of the police they are called patlabs (short for patrol laboratories ).

A rocket attack is carried out on Yokohama Bay Bridge . Since a military aircraft can be seen on random video recordings of passers-by, suspicion initially falls on the military. Arakawa , Army Independent Investigation Officer, brings the police more detailed intelligence: they point to a Japanese-US organization called the National Defense Family. The plane was also an American fighter pilot, but since there is no clear evidence and the Americans publicly deny everything, the Japanese Air Force is the only culprit. When the police surround an air base after another incident, a computer-simulated attack on Tokyo, a civil war threatens. Further attacks on bridges and a sham poison gas attack in Tokyo with attack helicopters and zeppelins follow.

Captain Kiichi Gotoh notices that the whole thing looks like a military coup, but nobody has taken responsibility or made demands. The government has also brought troops loyal to the government to crucial places. A coup is therefore hopeless.

Arakawa brings the crucial tip that he received from an American secret service: the perpetrators' operations center. Gotoh now notices that Arakawa is too well informed from the start. Apparently he also belongs to the "family for national defense", but has fallen out with them and is now trying to stop them without being convicted himself. Arakawa is arrested and the operations center is stormed.

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role Japanese speaker ( seiyū ) German speaker
Asuma Shinohara Toshio Furukawa Daniel Werner
Kiichi Goto Ryûnosuke Ôbayashi Volker Brandt
Matsui Tomomichi Nishimura Stefan Schleberger
Noah Izumi Mîna Tominaga Ilya Welter
Shigeki Arakawa Naoto Takenaka Hans Bayer
Yukihito Tsuge Jinpachi Nezu Heinz Ostermann

reception

The film was released in Japanese theaters on August 7, 1993. It was later released on VHS and DVD in several countries . In Japan there have also been releases on HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc . Panini Video released the DVD in Germany in January 2005.

Remarks

  • Clips of the movie were in the music video "You Are The Reason" by Wamdue Project used.

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