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Techno Police 21C (1982)

Techno Police 21C poster
Original title
テクノポリス21C
Directed by
Masashi Matsumoto, Nobuo Onuki
Genre
science fiction film, mecha
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 18m
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A special robot police team is tasked with retrieving a stolen high-tech tank. The robots work together to track down the hijacked vehicle through a futuristic city.

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What happens

Techno Police 21C (テクノポリス21C(トウェンティワンセンチュリー), Tekunoporisu Tuentiwan-Senchurī), also known as simply Techno Police, is a 1982 Japanese mecha police anime film made by Wiz Corporation (later renamed Artmic) and released on 7 August 1982. The anime film's premise involves an advanced robot police squad trying to recover a hijacked prototype tank. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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