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Patlabor: The Movie (1989)

Patlabor: The Movie poster
Original title
機動警察パトレイバー 劇場版
Directed by
Mamoru Oshii
Genre
action film, science fiction film, mecha
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 40m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.9 of 10 from 187 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A police force uses giant robots called Labors to fight crime. A programmer goes rogue and threatens to crash the system.

slow-burntensenoircerebralbleakurbanphilosophicaldetective-like

What happens

Patlabor: The Movie is a 1989 Japanese animated science fiction film directed by Mamoru Oshii and written by Kazunori Itō, with an original story by Headgear. It was produced by Bandai Visual, Tohokushinsha and animated by I.G. Tatsunoko. It is a sequel to Studio Deen's Patlabor: The Early Days OVA mini-series. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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