8.025 minSeason 1 • Episode 47
LatestNoa goes back to her hometown and sees the grave of her dog Alphonse. Asuma goes to get her when a terrorist comes. Division 1 and 2 must find the terrorist without using weapons since it would cause a fire.
Patlabor: The TV Series is an anime television series, created by Headgear, animated by Sunrise, and based on the Patlabor anime franchise.
Writing
Headgear's grounded scripts made mecha feel hilariously mundane.
Practical Effects
Labor designs that look like actual construction equipment evolved.
Acting
Mina Tominaga's Noa captures pure mecha-nerd enthusiasm perfectly.
Mina Tominaga
Noa Izumi (voice)
Ryusuke Ohbayashi
Captain Kiichi Goto (voice)
Toshio Furukawa
Asuma Shinohara (voice)
Michihiro Ikemizu
Isao Ota (voice)
Issei Futamata
Shinshi Mikiyasu (voice)
Yoshiko Sakakibara
Captain Shinobu Nagumo (voice)
Akio Otsuka
Sergeant Tsutomu Gomioka (voice)
Daisuke Gori
Hiromi Yamazaki (voice)
Osamu Saka
Chief Seitaroh Sakaki (voice)
Shigeru Chiba
Chief Shigeo Shiba (voice)
Hirotaka Suzuoki
Richard Wong ou Utsumi (voice)
Takaya Hashi
Kurosaki (voice)
Keiko Yokozawa
Lieutenant Takeo Kumagami (voice)
Tomomichi Nishimura
Detective Takahiro Matsui (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Headgear was a supergroup of manga artists including Mamoru Oshii, who later directed Ghost in the Shell. Their realistic approach defined the 'real robot' subgenre.
The opening disclaimer about fiction becoming reality was eerily prophetic — Tokyo's actual police later tested robot patrol concepts.
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