Other series, such as Patlabor, explore non-military uses for real robots, like law enforcement and construction, although military use robots also exist in the series.

Patlabor is known for using mecha-designed by Yutaka Izubuchi-not just for police or military purposes, but also for industrial and municipal jobs.

Sunrise is especially known for their mecha anime series ( including Gundam ) such as Invincible Steel Man Daitarn 3 ( 1978 ), Fang of the Sun Dougram ( 1981 ), the Armored Trooper Votoms and Aura Battler Dunbine series ( 1983 ), Blue Comet SPT Layzner ( 1985 ), Patlabor ( 1989 ), The Vision of Escaflowne ( 1996 ), The Big O ( 1999 / 2003 ), Overman King Gainer ( 2002 ), Zegapain ( 2007 ), and Code Geass ( 2006 / 2008 ).

He was best known for his roles in the Dragon Ball series ( as Umigame and Mister Satan ), the Gundam series ( as Dozle Zabi and Bask Om ), Ninja Scroll ( as Gemma Himuro ), Kinnikuman ( as Robin Mask ), Patlabor ( as Hiromi Yamazaki ), Tekken ( as Heihachi Mishima ), and Soulcalibur ( as Edge Master )-as well as his distinctive deep, booming voice.

Oshii is especially noted for how he significantly strays from the source material his films are based on, notably in his adaptations of Urusei Yatsura, Patlabor, and Ghost in the Shell.

Mini-Pato is available on DVD in regions 1, 2, and 4 in the Limited Edition Patlabor WXIII DVD packages.

2. 0, Yutaka Izubuchi, who is famous for his designs in Patlabor designed the MS-06FZ Zaku II Kai for Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket.

This unnarrated introduction is wrapped with sounds of nature and Buddhist music that is in homage to Kawai's previous score on the prologue of Oshii's Patlabor 2: the Movie which takes place in a Cambodian forest and features a giant Buddha statue.

is an anime television series, created by Sunrise, based on the Patlabor anime franchise.

is a Japanese original video animation series based on the Patlabor anime franchise.

* The name of a number of pets and the Patlabor of Noa Izumi from the anime Patlabor.

Usually one volume costs between 5800 to 9800 yen, higher-priced than other anime DVDs, though some sell for less ( Mobile Police Patlabor OVAs ( 1988 ) sold at 4800 yen per volume ).

Famous for his philosophy-oriented storytelling, Oshii has directed a number of popular anime, including Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer, Ghost in the Shell, and Patlabor 2.

Among Production I. G's earliest most notable works was the feature length cinematic anime adaptation of the Patlabor story, created by the group HEADGEAR.

Production I. G have been involved in the production of several anime television series, OVA and theatrical films, such as the Patlabor and the Ghost in the Shell series, The End of Evangelion, Blood: The Last Vampire, Blood +, xxxHolic, the FLCL OVA series, and many others.

Among his credits are Tsui Hark's The Seven Swords and Wilson Yip's Ip Man ; Mamoru Oshii's films The Red Spectacles, StrayDog: Kerberos Panzer Cops, Ghost in the Shell, Mobile Police Patlabor and Avalon ; the anime adaptations of Rumiko Takahashi's Ranma ½ and Maison Ikkoku ; the live-action adaptation of Gantz ; and Hideo Nakata's films Ring, Ring 2, Chaos, Dark Water and Kaidan.

Together they worked on the anime series Patlabor and the two episode OVA Twilight Q.

* Noa Izumi, a character from the anime and manga series Patlabor

* He became famous for his anime character roles in his career as Kagege ( Keroro Gunso ), Kai Shiden ( Mobile Suit Gundam ), Shin ( Fist of the North Star ), Asuma Shinohara ( Mobile Police Patlabor ), Piccolo ( Dragon Ball ), and Ataru Moroboshi ( Urusei Yatsura ).

* Patlabor ( anime )

* AV-98 Ingram, a fictional type of robot in the Patlabor anime and manga franchise

It has heavy influences from Japanese anime, particularly Patlabor, Appleseed, and the various Gundam series.

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He has worked regularly with the anime studio and production enterprise, Production I. G, such as his work on Jin-Roh, Patlabor, Blood: The Last Vampire, and for whom he has directed the Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex anime television series, which was followed on into a second season, Ghost in the Shell: S. A. C.

In 1994 / 5 Techno Police was rereleased by Best Film & Video Co on NTSC VHS to cash in on the popular rise in anime and cyber punk with OAV's such as Bubblegum Crisis, Appleseed, Dangaioh, Patlabor, AD Police, Armatage 3 and Cyber City Oedo 808

In their original manga versions, these three titles exhibited a mood that was more along the lines of frantic slapstick comedy ( Urusei Yatsura ) or convivial dramedy ( Patlabor, Ghost in the Shell ).

All of the Patlabor productions have been released in the United States in some form, except for most of the manga.

* Kidō Keisatsu Patlabor: 100-manbon Toppa Kansha ( illustration thanking fans for Patlabor manga selling 1 million volumes )

One of the two music videos for the song uses animations extensively from the 1993 Patlabor 1 manga movie.

Oshii, in adapting the works created a slower, more dark atmosphere especially noticeable in Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer and Patlabor 2: The Movie.

Released in the midst of Japan's economic crisis, the Patlabor series and films projected a dynamic near-future world in which grave social crisis and ecological challenges were overcome by technological ingenuity, and were a big success in the mecha genre.

In Patlabor the Movie 2, the opening scene appears to be based on the Angkor Thom, as said by Hayao Miyazaki in an interview with Animage magazine on October 1993.

Animations from Patlabor were used extensively in the music video " Juke Joint Jezebel " by KMFDM.

* Kidō Keisatsu Patlabor: Black Jack ( vol. 1-2, cover and interior illustration, novel by Michiko Yokote )

* Kidō Keisatsu Patlabor: Fūsoku 40 Meters ( cover and interior illustration, novel by Kazunori Itō )

* Kidō Keisatsu Patlabor: Syntax Error ( cover and interior illustration, novel by Michiko Yokote )

* Kidō Keisatsu Patlabor: Third Mission ( cover and interior illustration, novel by Michiko Yokote )

Eureka Seven, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Patlabor, Dunbine and L-Gaim, to name a few, are all represented by Bandai model lines.

In 1991, Kon worked as an animator and layout artist for the animated film Roujin Z. Kon worked as a supervisor for Mamoru Oshii's Patlabor 2: The Movie along with other animated films.

Between production of the Patlabor movies / series, Oshii delved into live-action for the first time, releasing his first non-animated film, The Red Spectacles ( 1987 ).

In 2005 Oshii served as supervisor for the Mobile Police Patlabor Comes Back: MiniPato video game.