{"product_id":"patlabor-mobile-police-movie-1-dvd","title":"Patlabor: Mobile Police - Movie 1 DVD","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTokyo, 1999.\u003c\/strong\u003e The city is in the middle of the massive Babylon Project — a vast land reclamation effort requiring thousands of Labor robots to function around the clock. When a series of Labors begin going berserk across the city for no apparent reason, the Special Vehicles Unit is dispatched to investigate. Officer Noa Izumi and her partner Asuma Shinohara dig into the mystery and find themselves following a trail that leads to a dead man — a brilliant programmer who jumped from the Babylon Project's central tower — and to \u003cstrong\u003ea virus called BABEL, hidden inside the operating system of every new Labor model currently deployed across Tokyo\u003c\/strong\u003e. With a massive typhoon approaching and eight thousand infected Labors ready to activate simultaneously, the investigation becomes a race against a city-wide catastrophe engineered by a man who wanted the world to remember a name. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePatlabor: The Movie is the 1989 theatrical film \u003cstrong\u003edirected by Mamoru Oshii — his first major theatrical feature before Ghost in the Shell\u003c\/strong\u003e, Patlabor 2, and Jin-Roh — produced by Production I.G and written by Kazunori Ito, the writer of Ghost in the Shell. Based on the Headgear collective's Patlabor franchise, the film operates as a quiet, procedural police thriller rather than a conventional mecha action film — spending most of its runtime on investigation, atmosphere, and the texture of near-future Tokyo before its tense climax. The score by Kenji Kawai predates his celebrated Ghost in the Shell work and establishes the same haunting sensibility. Character designs are by Akemi Takada; mecha designs by Yutaka Izubuchi. Originally released in Japan on July 15, 1989; the Manga Entertainment DVD released in North America in 1995 includes the English dub produced by Manga and the original Japanese audio track. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNotable Staff \u0026amp; Voice Talent\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDirector:\u003c\/b\u003e Mamoru Oshii (Ghost in the Shell, Patlabor 2, Jin-Roh, Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eScreenplay:\u003c\/b\u003e Kazunori Ito (Ghost in the Shell, Megazone 23)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOriginal Franchise:\u003c\/b\u003e Headgear (Masami Yuuki, Mamoru Oshii, Kazunori Ito, Akemi Takada, Yutaka Izubuchi)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMecha Design:\u003c\/b\u003e Yutaka Izubuchi (RahXephon director, Birdy the Mighty supervisor)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharacter Design:\u003c\/b\u003e Akemi Takada (Urusei Yatsura, Kimagure Orange Road)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eStudio:\u003c\/b\u003e Production I.G \/ Studio Deen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMusic:\u003c\/b\u003e Kenji Kawai (Ghost in the Shell, Jin-Roh, Vampire Princess Miyu TV, Captain Tylor OVA, Hyper Police) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJapanese Cast:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- Miina Tominaga as Noa Izumi (Tenchi Movie 2: Daughter of Darkness, DNA²)\u003cbr\u003e- Toshio Furukawa as Asuma Shinohara (Urusei Yatsura 2, DBZ, Sailor Moon, Metropolis)\u003cbr\u003e- Yoshiko Sakakibara as Shinobu Nagumo (Sol Bianca: The Legacy, Black Magic M-66, Princess Nine, Shinesman)\u003cbr\u003e- Ryūnosuke Ōbayashi as Kiichi Gotoh\u003cbr\u003e- Issei Futamata as Shige (Urusei Yatsura 2, Oh My Goddess! OVA, Green Legend Ran)\u003cbr\u003e- Shigeru Chiba as Mikiyasu Shinshi (Gate Keepers, Urusei Yatsura 2, Metropolis) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEnglish Dub Cast (Manga Entertainment, 1995):\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- Lisa Enochs as Noa Izumi\u003cbr\u003e- William Dufris as Asuma Shinohara\u003cbr\u003e- Blair Fairman as Kiichi Gotoh\u003cbr\u003e- Rachel Hirschfeld as Shinobu Nagumo \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDVD Features (Manga Entertainment Release)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- English \u0026amp; Japanese Audio Tracks\u003cbr\u003e- Manga Entertainment Previews \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSpoken Languages:\u003c\/b\u003e English \u0026amp; Japanese Audio, English Subtitles \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition Details\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJapanese Title:\u003c\/b\u003e 機動警察パトレイバー the Movie (Kidō Keisatsu Patorebā: The Movie)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRuntime:\u003c\/b\u003e ~100 Minutes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDirector:\u003c\/b\u003e Mamoru Oshii\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDVD Release Year:\u003c\/b\u003e 1995 (U.S. Release — Manga Entertainment); Bandai Visual USA Limited Collector's Edition also available (2006)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOriginal Release Date (Japan):\u003c\/b\u003e July 15, 1989\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Manga Entertainment\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRating:\u003c\/b\u003e Unrated\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRegion:\u003c\/b\u003e Region 1 (U.S. \/ Canada)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGenre:\u003c\/b\u003e Sci-Fi, Police Thriller, Mecha\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThemes:\u003c\/b\u003e Labor Robot Virus, Near-Future Tokyo, Babylon Project, Mamoru Oshii Pre-Ghost in the Shell, Procedural Investigation \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMedia assumed VG+ unless otherwise noted.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pre-Owned","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42517888499797,"sku":null,"price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0565\/7673\/7365\/files\/3AFD096E-C2D9-47EA-997C-62E3A697622A.jpg?v=1780623039","url":"https:\/\/hifilofi.shop\/products\/patlabor-mobile-police-movie-1-dvd","provider":"HiFi LoFi","version":"1.0","type":"link"}