About this series
The year is 1999 and Tokyo’s Mobile Police have a new weapon in the war on crime – advanced robots called Labors are used to combat criminals who would use the new technology for illegal means. The suicide of a mysterious man on the massive Babylon Project construction site sets off a cascade of events that may signal the destruction of Tokyo.
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Product Details
- Audio Tracks: Dolby Digital
- Dialogue: Japanese, English Dubbed
- Subtitle: English (On/Off)
- Aspect Ratio: 4:3
- Released By:HONNEAMISE
- Release Date: 4/25/2006
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- Running Time: 100 Minutes
- Genre: Adventure / Action
- No. of Discs:1
- Region: Region 1
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Product Feature
"The Making of Patlabor The Movie" (Japanese language with English subtitles), Japanese trailers, Television Commercials
Product Description
From critically-acclaimed director Mamoru Oshii (Ghost in the Shell)!
At the dawn of the millennium in Tokyo, advanced robotic vehicles called Labors are heavily relied upon to build fortifications to project Japan from global rising sea levels. A maverick team from the Metropolitan Police led by Noa Izumi and Azuma Shinohara uncover a devilish scheme to infect Tokyo's 8,000 Labors with the BABEL virus.
As a powerful typhoon approaches Tokyo and the apocalyptic vision of a dead man begins, the team must locate and destroy the source of the virus, the giant Babylon Project Tower in the heart of Tokyo Bay, before 8,000 Labors go berserk!
This Special Limited Edition is a numbered collector's edition with only 10,000 created! The cover art was especially illustrated for this release by Yutaka Izubuchi (creator and director of Rahxephon) and includes a 2-DVD set and 2 books never before available!
Book 1, Archives, is 184 pages long and contains exposition and criticism of the film (character, story background, artwork, etc.), interviews with director Mamoru Oshii, screenwriter Kazunori Ito, mecha designer Yutaka Izubuchi, character designer Akemi Takada and music composer Kenji Kawai, and Key animation drawing samples with explanatory notes.
The second book contains storyboards by Mamoru Oshii and is 300 pages with English translations.
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