Mobile Police Patlabor ON TELEVISION SERIES 2. [DVD]

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This DVD box set includes the second volume of the TV series "Mobile Police Patlabor," which began airing in 1989 and was a huge hit both as an OVA and a feature film. It includes all 22 episodes, including episode 25, "Spring Storm." -- Contents (from the "DVD NAVIGATOR" database)

Director: Takayuki Yoshinaga Original Story: Headgear Series Composition: Kazunori Ito Character Design: Akemi Takada Music: Kenji Kawai Voice Cast: Mina Tominaga, Toshio Furukawa, Ryusuke Obayashi, Yoshiko Sakakibara, Michihiro Ikemizu, Kazunari Futamata, Daisuke Gori, Keiko Yokozawa, Shigeru Chiba, Osamu Saka, and Tomomichi Nishimura -- Contents (from the "CD Journal" database)

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This box set includes the TV version of the robot anime series, which began as an OVA in 1988 and expanded into other media, including a manga by Masami Yuki and a feature film directed by Mamoru Oshii, almost simultaneously. In the near future, general-purpose humanoid machines called Labors have become commonplace, but crimes using these Labors have also been rampant, leading to the police introducing Labors to prevent this. These Labors are commonly known as Patlabors. While both the video and theatrical versions mainly deal with deviations from traditional police activities, the TV version depicts the Patlabor platoon's activities as extremely straightforward police officers, and the two versions complement each other to reveal the full picture of the Patlabor world. (Tanaka Gen)