Patlabor 2: The Movie
機動警察パトレイバー2 the Movie
“Three years after Babylon Project, Gotou reunites scattered Patlabor team to face mysterious attacks linked to Nagumo's past.”
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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.
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Three years after the Babylon Project conspiracy is resolved, the members of Kiichi Gotou's Patlabor unit have gone their separate ways. Gotou remains with the Patlabor team, accompanied by Shinobu Nagumo, his romantic crush and comrade. Playing into the public's skepticism toward the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force, a terrorist organization begins to work from within the military to cause destruction and mass civil unrest throughout Japan. Nagumo learns that the mastermind behind the growing terrorist plot is none other than Yukihito Tsuge, her former mentor and lover. Gotou reassembles his former Patlabor team, spearheaded by pilot Noa Izumi. Leading the team into a mission to arrest Tsuge, Nagumo must come to terms with her complicated past relationships in order to save Japan.
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8.4/10
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Medium · 29%
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Snap verdicts · shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10/10 “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...”
- 9/10 “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...”
- 10/10 “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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Reel · 01 Cat. №BS-0997
- Format
- 1 × 113′
- eps × min
- Total runtime
- 1h 53m
- all episodes
- Aired
- Aug 1993 – Aug 1993
- Summer 1993
- Source
- Movie
- media type
- Rated
- PG
- 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref.
- BS-0997
- catalog