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“Three years after Babylon Project, Gotou reunites scattered Patlabor team to face mysterious attacks linked to Nagumo's past.”
Patlabor 2: The Movie
機動警察パトレイバー2 the Movie
8.05
656 rank · 46,640 viewers · 979 favorites
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Detective
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Synopsis
Three years after Babylon Project, Gotou reunites scattered Patlabor team to face mysterious attacks linked to Nagumo's past.
Three years after the Babylon Project incident, the members of Kiichi Gotou's Patlabor unit have gone their separate ways. Gotou remains with the Patlabor team, still working alongside Shinobu Nagumo, his trusted colleague. As tensions rise between the public and the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force, mysterious acts of destruction begin to occur throughout Japan. When these incidents suggest a connection to someone from Nagumo's past, Gotou finds himself needing to reunite his former team. With pilot Noa Izumi at the ready, the Patlabor unit faces a new threat that will test their skills and force them to confront personal challenges from their past. As the situation escalates, they'll need to work together to protect the country they serve.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 21 sampled reviews
8.4
/10
What 21 viewers settled on.
95%
recommend
Score distribution
median 9
mode 10
σ 1.40
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.40 · some divergence
The polarity gap
3.7 pts
Recommenders 8.7 · others 5.0
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Score over time
↓ 1.57
Running avg · Nov 2007 → Feb 2024
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “A worthy sequel that pushes 1993 animation boundaries with inventive designs and exhilarating fight scenes, bolstered by an expanded cast of refreshingly non-standard characters. The only drag is...”
- 9 “Patlabor 2 surpasses its predecessor with deeper political allegory, depicting Japan on the brink of war through a beautifully bleak winter art style that creates an ominous atmosphere. While...”
- 10 “A timeless, philosophically rich masterpiece whose characters live on the screen, elevated by extraordinary hand-drawn art and Kenji Kawai’s soul-piercing score. While it leans less on sci-fi than...”
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Short · 24%
Medium · 29%
Long · 48%
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- Format 1 × 113′ eps × min
- Total runtime 1h 53m all episodes
- Aired Aug 1993 – ongoing
- Source Movie media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-0997 catalog
Produced by
- Bandai Visual Producer
- VAP Producer
- Shochiku Producer
- Tohokushinsha Film Corporation Producer
Licensed by
- Maiden Japan Licensor
- Manga Entertainment Licensor
- Bandai Visual USA Licensor