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Released August 7th, 1993, 'Patlabor 2: The Movie' stars Mina Tominaga, Toshio Furukawa, Ryusuke Ohbayashi, Yoshiko Sakakibara The movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 56 min, and received a user score of 73 (out of 100) on TMDb, which put together reviews from 132 knowledgeable users.
Interested in knowing what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "A Japanese police unit who use giant anthropomorphic robots (called Labors) is caught up in a political struggle between the civilian authorities and the military when a terrorist act is blamed on an Air Force jet. With the aid of a government agent, the team gets close to a terrorist leader to stop things from going out of control when after the military is impelled to impose martial law." .
'Patlabor 2: The Movie' Release Dates
Watch in Movie Theaters on August 7th, 1993
Watch on DVD or Blu-ray starting
September 26th, 2000
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The story takes place in what was, at the time of release, the near future of 1998-2002. Robots called "Labors" are employed in heavy construction work. The Tokyo Metropolitan Police has its own fleet of Patlabor robotic police officers to combat crimes and deal with accidents involving Labors. The story arcs usually revolve around Tokyo Metropolitan Police Special Vehicle Section 2, Division 2. Noa Izumi is the main protagonist of the series, but all of Division 2 play roles. The feature films follow separate continuities, referred to as the "movie timeline" and the "TV timeline." The different OVA series follow either the movie or TV timelines.
