Search Results for: The Next Generation Patlabor
The Next Generation Patlabor: Final Battle in the Capital is the final chapter of a series based on a well-remembered but not especially famous 90s anime series which was viewable only via limited theatrical release or seven Blu-rays retailing about $60. It’s also the direct …Read more »
To be honest, I walked into the screening of The Next Generation: Patlabor episodes two and three ready to write the whole thing off as a failure. I’d seen episode one and did not think too highly of it: it felt like another unnecessary, awkward …Read more »
What is it about adapting anime to live-action producers find so compelling? The most obvious answer is eyeballs. Live-action adaptations of anime or manga have the possibility to attract mainstream audience members who otherwise avoid anything anime-related (yes, there are plenty of those people in …Read more »
For those of you who suspected the recent animated Patlabor short might be a sign of things to come: bingo. Patlabor producer Taro Maki has announced a new Mobile Police Patlabor project is in the works. The producer, who made the announcement on Facebook with …Read more »
In a future “10 years from now” when “now” was “the late 1980s/early 1990s” such that nobody has mobile phones and everyone still watches VHS tapes, pilotable robots have been adopted for construction labor and thusly branded “Labors.” But accidents happen, and due to the …Read more »
Released in 1993, Mamoru Oshii’s Patlabor 2 was a stunning work of hyperreal animation that touched on politics, war and technology and in many ways prefigured Oshii’s work on the legendary Ghost in the Shell . Now it appears Oshii is returning to the story …Read more »
To know Patlabor is to love Patlabor . It was never a huge hit over here in the States, but the fans the real robot / police procedural show does have are pretty passionate about it. Patlabor, which began life as an original video series …Read more »
It's not such a bad time to be a Patlabor fan, is it? Not only did Maiden Japan announce the license of the Mobile Police Patlabor OVAs back in January, but they also recently added the entire 47-episode TV series, with plans to release it …Read more »
As you know if you’re a dedicated Otaku USA reader, quite a few live action anime adaptations have been slated for release in the fast-approaching year of 2014. More information on all of these has been released in the last few days, so let’s get …Read more »
The near future: A cargo plane crashes in Tokyo Bay, scattering debris as it plummets from the sky. Among the wreckage is a ruptured container belonging to a biological research firm—a container that seems to have been torn open from the inside out. Some time …Read more »
The latest update is here for the live-action Bleach movie, which has director Shinsuke Sato (GANTZ) helming the adaptation of Tite Kubo’s manga. At the top of the new additions we have Erina Mano (Akira Izumino in The Next Generation – Patlabor live-action series) as …Read more »
You may remember the 2012 announcement of a real, functioning giant robot prototype called Karatas, by Suidobashi Heavy Industries of Japan. A human pilot can actually sit inside the cockpit, drive it down the streets, manipulate its arms, and deploy its weapons. Intended as an …Read more »
![[Review] The Next Generation Patlabor: Final Battle in the Capital](https://otakuusamagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/patlabormoviereviewthumb.jpg)
Matt Schley
![[Review] Patlabor – The New Files: Complete Collection](https://otakuusamagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/sfp-newfiles-202x202.jpg)
![[Review] Patlabor – The New Files: Complete Collection](https://otakuusamagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/sfp-newfiles.jpg)
Daryl Surat
Joseph Luster
Paul Thomas Chapman
Julian Gnam