Patlabor
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Mobile Police Patlabor (Japanese: 機動警察パトレイバー, Hepburn: Kidō Keisatsu Patoreibā), also known as Patlabor (a portmanteau of "patrol" and "labor"),[3] is a Japanese science fiction media franchise created by Headgear, a group consisting of manga artist Masami Yūki, director Mamoru Oshii, screenwriter Kazunori Itō, mecha designer Yutaka Izubuchi, and character designer Akemi Takada.
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Mobile Police Patlabor | |
機動警察パトレイバー (Kidō Keisatsu Patoreibā) | |
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Genre | Action, police comedy,[1] science fiction[2] |
Created by | Headgear |
Manga | |
Written by | Masami Yuki |
Published by | Shogakukan |
English publisher | |
Imprint | Shōnen Sunday Comics |
Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Sunday |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Original run | March 23, 1988 – May 11, 1994 |
Volumes | 22 |
Original video animation | |
The Early Days | |
Directed by | Mamoru Oshii |
Written by | Kazunori Ito |
Music by | Kenji Kawai |
Studio | Studio Deen |
Licensed by | |
Released | April 25, 1988 – June 25, 1989 |
Episodes | 7 (List of episodes) |
Light novel | |
Written by | Michiko Yokote |
Published by | Fujimi Shobō |
Imprint | Fujimi Fantasia Bunko |
Demographic | Male |
Original run | October 1990 – October 1993 |
Volumes | 5 |
Light novel | |
Tokyo War | |
Written by | Mamoru Oshii |
Published by | Fujimi Shobō |
Imprint | Fujimi Fantasia Bunko |
Demographic | Male |
Original run | April 1994 – May 1994 |
Volumes | 2 |
Original video animation | |
Patlabor Minimum | |
Directed by | Kenji Kamiyama |
Written by | Mamoru Oshii |
Music by | Kenji Kawai |
Studio | Production I.G |
Licensed by | |
Released | March 30, 2002 |
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Original net animation | |
Patlabor Reboot | |
Directed by | Yasuhiro Yoshiura |
Written by | Yasuhiro Yoshiura, Kazunori Ito |
Music by | Kenji Kawai |
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Released | October 15, 2016 |
Runtime | 7 minutes |
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TV timeline | |
The popular franchise includes a manga, a TV series, two OVA series, three feature-length movies, two light novel series, and a short film compilation, named Minipato (ミニパト) because of its super deformed (chibi) drawing style.[4] The series has been adapted into video games and licensed products from OST to toys. Patlabor is known for using mecha – designed by Yutaka Izubuchi – not just for police or military purposes, but also for industrial and municipal jobs. The series is one of the earlier examples of what is called a "media mix" in Japan, where there is no one source material: Multiple forms of media (in Patlabor's case the anime and manga) are worked on at the same time independently of each other.