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“Tokyo's Babylon Project faces chaos as rogue Labors and a hacked AI threaten a biblical conspiracy.”
Patlabor: The Movie
機動警察パトレイバー the Movie
7.57
1,815 rank · 55,818 viewers · 305 favorites
Drama
Adult Cast
Mecha
Military
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Synopsis
Tokyo's Babylon Project faces chaos as rogue Labors and a hacked AI threaten a biblical conspiracy.
The Babylon Project is a massive renovation of Tokyo's neighborhoods, including the creation of artificial islands in the Bay. Utilizing "Labors," or robots created for the express purpose of doing work, architects and construction crews are able to more efficiently progress development of the overhaul. When a key figure in the Project's conception is found dead after committing suicide under mysterious circumstances, Captain Kiichi Gotou's Patlabor police unit is tasked with getting to the bottom of the bizarre situation. As several Labors begin to go haywire and a hacked AI program endangers the people of Tokyo, young pilot Noa Izumi and her Patlabor Alphonse work under Gotou's orders to save the city and the entire nation from a massive biblical conspiracy.
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Community consensus
Derived from 16 sampled reviews
8.0
/10
What 16 viewers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 7
σ 1.12
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.12 · some divergence
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 1.00
Running avg · Feb 2007 → Oct 2024
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· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “I did not like Noa as a protagonist in the original ova . So naturally when i saw Asuma take the leading role in this one , i was excited because he is both charismatic and smart and it was fun...”
- 9 “Though the subgenre has been in a drought for several seasons, mecha anime is as prevalent as buddy cop films in the U.S. But very VERY few can walk up to Gundam and pull a Captain America....”
- 7 “This movie was a treat to watch, I had a special edition DVD from 1989 I got as a kid, watched it once and thought it was like a 5/10, Sold the Movie on ebay and realized I should probably rewatch...”
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Short · 38%
Medium · 44%
Long · 19%
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- Format 1 × 99′ eps × min
- Total runtime 1h 39m all episodes
- Aired Jul 1989 – ongoing
- Source Movie media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-0996 catalog
Produced by
- Bandai Visual Producer
- Shochiku Producer
- Bandai Producer
- Tohokushinsha Film Corporation Producer
Licensed by
- Maiden Japan Licensor
- Manga Entertainment Licensor
- Bandai Visual USA Licensor