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Patlabor The Mobile Police (OAV 1/1988)



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©1988 Headgear/Emotion/TFC. 


 
Alternative title:
Kidō Keisatsu Patlabor (Japanese) 
Mobile Police Patlabor 
Patlabor Early Days 
Patlabor OVA 
機動警察パトレイバー (Japanese) 
Genres: science fiction 
Themes: real robot 
Objectionable content: Mild 
Plot Summary: In the future, rapidly advancing technology gives birth to giant robots known as "Labors," so named for their usefulness in heavy industry. However, this also gives rise to "Labor crimes," resulting the the need for a new branch of law enforcement equiped with and dedicated to the policing of Labors. When Izumi Noa, a female police officer, becomes the newest recruit of Special Vechicals Devision 2, she and her top of the line "Patrol Labor" (or "Patlabor") Alphonse are swept into a series of adventures featuring crazed construction workers, eco-terrorists, and sea monsters. 
Ratings: 464 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 31 votes (sub:22, dub:5, raw:3, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Excellent: 85 votes (sub:67, dub:14, ?:1, others:3
1 Italian dubbed
1 Russian subtitled
1 Chinese Mandarin subtitled
)
 Very good: 150 votes (sub:111, dub:36, raw:2, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Good: 117 votes (sub:79, dub:34, ?:2, raw:1, others:1
1 German dubbed
)
 Decent: 41 votes (sub:24, dub:17)
 So-so: 30 votes (sub:18, dub:9, raw:1, others:2
1 Italian subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Not really good: 4 votes (sub:3, dub:1)
 Weak: 3 votes (sub:2, dub:1)
 Bad: 2 votes (dub:2)
 Awful: 1 vote (dub:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 913 s, rank: #1332 (of 9997)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.586 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.4237, rank: #1604 (of 10155)
Weighted mean: 7.556 (Very good−), rank: #1546 (of 10155) (seen all: 7.63 / seen some: 6.61 / won't finish: 2.00)
Bayesian estimate: 7.554 (Very good−), rank: #1240 (of 7635)
Running time: half hour per episode 
Number of episodes: 7 
Episode titles: We have 7
Vintage: 1988-04-25 to 1989-06-25 
Release dates: We have 10
Opening Theme:
"Miraiha lovers" by Hiroko Kasahara 
Official website:
Trivia: We have 29
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Patlabor The Mobile Police - Complete Collection (Blu-ray) 2013-04-30 (from $31.98)
    Patlabor the Mobile Police - Complete Collection [Special Edition] (Blu-ray) 2018-11-27 (from $543.00)
    Patlabor the Mobile Police - Complete Collection [Special Edition] (Blu-ray) 2020-07-21 (from $399.99)
DVD (Region 1)
    Patlabor - Original Series Collection [Collector's Series] (DVD 1-2) 2003-10-14 (from $49.00)
    Patlabor The Mobile Police - Complete Collection (DVD 1-2) 2013-04-30

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director:
Naoyuki Yoshinaga (ep 7) 
Script: Kazunori Itō 
Storyboard:
Ryūtarō Nakamura (eps 2, 4) 
Episode Director:
Ryūtarō Nakamura (eps 2, 4) 
Music: Kenji Kawai 
Character Design: Akemi Takada 
Art Director:
Tsutomu Ishigaki (ep 7) 
Animation Director:
Takuya Wada (ep 6) 
Mechanical design: Yutaka Izubuchi 
Director of Photography:
Mitsunobu Yoshida (ep 7) 

Background Art:
Yukihiro Shibutani (Ishigaki Pro) 
Finish Animation:
Tomomi Murakami (ep 2) 
In-Between Animation:
Yuriko Chiba (Studio Lions; ep 7) 
Key Animation:
Yoshio Mizumura (ep 5) 
Opening Animation:
Masami Yūki 
Photography:
Yasuhiro Shimizu (Studio Gallop) 
Production manager: Masayuki Hanzawa 
Sound Effects: Michihiro Itō 
Miina Tominaga as Noa Izumi 

Daisuke Gōri as Hiromi Yamazaki 
Issei Futamata as Mikiyasu Shinshi 
Michihiro Ikemizu as Isao Ohta 
Osamu Saka as Seitaro Sakaki 
Ryūnosuke Ōbayashi as Kiichi Goto 
Shigeru Chiba as Shigeo Shiba 
Toshio Furukawa as Asuma Shinohara 
Yō Inoue as Kanuka Clancy 
Yoshiko Sakakibara as Shinobu Nagumo 

Hiroshi Masuoka as Sofue (ep 6) 
Jun Hazumi as Retteru Kai (eps 5-6) 
Kōhei Miyauchi as Old man (ep 4) 
Kōji Tsujitani as Asanuma (ep 7) 
Mahito Tsujimura as Jitsuyama (eps 5-6) 
Mako Hyōdō as Girl/Goto's Niece (ep 4) 
Megumi Hayashibara as Announcer (ep 6) 
Ryūji Nakagi as Sakuma (ep 4) 
Shigeru Chiba as Shinyuu (ep 7) 
Shinji Nomura as Kusumoto (ep 7) 
Shinji Ogawa as Hirata (ep 3) 
TARAKO as Tamiko (ep 5) 
Tomomichi Nishimura as Matsui (eps 3, 6) 
Toshihiko Kojima as Kaihou (eps 6-7) 
Yō Yoshimura as Occhan (ep 7) 

Daiki Nakamura (eps 1-3, 6) 
Fumihiko Tachiki (eps 1-5) 
Hiroko Maruyama (eps 4-5) 
Hōchū Ōtsuka (eps 1-2) 
Kazumi Tanaka (ep 6) 
Kiyonobu Suzuki (ep 6) 
Kiyoyuki Yanada (eps 1-2, 5-6) 
Takehito Koyasu (eps 6-7) 
Tomohiro Nishimura (eps 3-4) 
Yoshiko Ohta (ep 2) 
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Studio DEEN 
Distributor: Bandai Visual 
Film: Eastman Kodak (eps 1-7) 
Film Developing: Imagica (eps 1-7) 
Finish Animation:
Top Gun 
In-Between Animation:
Studio Wonbat 
Key Animation: Studio Giants (ep 7) 
Photography:
T. Nishimura (ep 7) 
Production:
Studio DEEN 
Production Cooperation:
Production I.G (eps 1-7 odd) 
Recording Production: Omnibus Promotion (eps 1-7) 
Recording Studio: New Japan Studio (eps 1-7) 
Titles: Maki Production 
English staff
English cast
Translation: David Fleming 
Executive producer:
Toru Iwakami (Maiden Japan) 
Producer: Stephanie Shalofsky 

ADR Engineer:
Kevin Wilson 
Art Manager: Larry Koteff (2018 Maiden Japan) 
Associate producer: Tom Wayland 
BD Authoring:
Joel McCray (2018 Maiden Japan) 
Commentary:
Shigeki Morii (Central Park Media; eps 1-3) 
Dubbing Coordination: Ross Lefko 
Dubbing Supervision: Tom Wayland 
DVD Authoring: Neal Barnes (Maiden Japan) 
DVD Coordination: Michael Palan 
DVD Executive Producer: John O'Donnell 
DVD Producer: Stephanie Shalofsky 
Media Coordinator: Janice Williams (Maiden Japan) 
Menu Design:
Sarah Cain (2018 Maiden Japan) 
Packaging Design:
Sarah Cain (2018 Maiden Japan) 
Production Assistant:
Kayla King (Maiden Japan) 
Production Coordination: Janice Williams (2018 Maiden Japan) 
Production manager:
Son Phan Le (2018 Maiden Japan) 
QC Manager: Crystal Ruiz (2018 Maiden Japan) 
Subtitle Timing: Dwayne Jones (Maiden Japan) 
Technical Assistant: Michael Olesch (Maiden Japan) 
Debora Rabbai as Kanuka Clancy 
Elisa Wain as Noa Izumi 
James Wolfe as Isao Ota 
Michael Schwartz as Kiichi Goto 

Adriana as Shinobu Nagumo 
Bruce Winant as Kaiho 
Chunky Mon as Hiromi Yamazaki 
Curt Gebhart as Shige 
Dan Green as Asuma Shinohara 
Frankie Rome as Sakaki 
Jack Taylor as Hirata Hakase 
Jamie McGonnigal as Sakuma 
Joey Rappaporte as Kiyoteru Kai 
Jonny Asch as Mikiyasu Shinshi 
Kurt Riddle as Sobue 
Tristan Goddard as Jitsuyama 
Veronica Taylor as Mahoko Goto 

English companies
Audio Post Production: Matlin Recording, Inc. 
Disc Production: Seraphim Digital (Maiden Japan Re-release) 
Distributor:
U.S. Manga Corps 
DVD Menu Design: Resolution Productions 
DVD Premastering: Resolution Productions 
Internet Streaming:
The Anime Network 
Licensed by:
Maiden Japan (2013) 
Recording Studio: Matlin Recording, Inc. 
Translation: Studio Nemo 
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Executive producer: José Luis Puertas 
(none)
Spanish companies
Distributor: Jonu Media (Spain) 
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Sergio Masieri 

Theme Song Performance: Stefano Bersola 
Lara Parmiani as Noa Izumi 

Caterina Rochira as Clancy Kanuka 

Antonio Paiola as Gem 
Claudio Moneta as Capitano Otsumi 
Davide Garbolino as Budd Kanuka 
Felice Invernici as Asuma Shimohara 
Flavio Arras as Mikiyasu Shinshi 
Gianfranco Gamba as Hiromi Yamazaki 
Ivo De Palma as Isp. Matsui 
Marco Balzarotti as Kiichi Goto 
Massimiliano Lotti as Shigeo "Shige" Shiba 
Maurizio Scattorin as Seitaro Sasaki 
Patrizia Salmoiraghi as Shinobu Yagumo 
Pietro Ubaldi as Isao Ota 
Roberta Gallina Laurenti as Kumaji Kumagari 
Italian companies
Broadcaster:
Italia Teen Television (from 1st November 2005) 
Distributor: Yamato Video (from 1994) 
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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