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Patlabor: The TV Series

Patlabor: The TV Series,known in Japan asPatlabor The Mobile Police: On Television(Cơ động cảnh sát パトレイバー ON TELEVISION),is a 1989–1990animetelevision series.It was created byHeadgear,animated bySunrise,and based on thePatlaboranimefranchise.The story focuses on Second Special Vehicles Division (SV2), a group of Patlabor policemen who fight and investigate crimes. The TV series is an alternate timeline to the originalPatlaborOVAs and films, with an all-new origin story.

Patlabor: The TV Series
Patlabor: The TV Seriesfirst DVD cover
Cơ động cảnh sát パトレイバー ON TELEVISION
(Kidō Keisatsu Patoreibaa ON TELEVISION)
GenreAction,comedy,police drama[1]
Anime television series
Directed byNaoyuki Yoshinaga
Produced byTarou Maki
Written byHiroyuki Hoshiyama
Kazunori Itō
Mamoru Oshii
Music byKenji Kawai
StudioSunrise
Licensed by
Original networkNTV
English network
Original runOctober 11, 1989–September 29, 1990
Episodes47(List of episodes)

Development

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The television series was animated bySunriseand was directed by Naoyuki Yoshinaga.

With the success of the first movie,Patlaborbecame one of the firstOVAsto be ported toTV.Originally planned for 24 episodes, (up to the end ofKanuka'spracticum at SV2), the series was extended twice. First to 36 episodes, to cover the conflict with Schaft, and then to 47 episodes in order to conclude the series. Later in the story, Kanuka Clancy leaves and a new character is introduced in Takeo Kumagami, a character originally shown in the manga, episodes 26 through 35 even being more closely based on the manga. ThePatlabor: The New FilesOVAs are a follow-up to the series.

At the request of thesponsor,toymanufacturerBandai,the TV series was to include some action with labors. (Labors are the heavyconstructionequipment after which this series is named.) However, the toys made for the series did not sell as well as expected.[citation needed]

In the original broadcast, the labors were making more metallic "kshang!" sound, but were revised to motor whirring sound like that of the movie when the whole series was released onLaserdisc.[citation needed]

Episodes

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Main article:List of Patlabor episodes § Patlabor: The TV Series

The 47 episodes aired onNippon TVfrom October 11, 1989 to September 29, 1990.

Home video

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Bandai Visualhas released the television series onLaserdisc,VHS,andDVD.TwoBlu-raybox sets that contain two halves of the series were released on August 27, 2010[2]and September 24, 2010.[3]Central Park Mediareleased the series (under their U.S. Manga Corps label) on subtitled VHS from July 7, 1998 to February 8, 2000, spanning nine volumes. They later released two dubbed VHS volumes from August 14, 2001 to June 11, 2002 and later dropped the rest of the VHS releases. CPM also re-released the series on DVD, spanning 11 volumes and three box sets (with the 11th volume on the 3rd box set) from August 14, 2001 to August 9, 2005.[4][5]All of the DVDs are now out of print. The English dub was produced at Matlin Recording inNew York City,New York.Maiden Japanre-released the TV series in North America on July 16, 2013 on DVD and Blu-ray.[6]

Music themes

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Opening themes
  • "そのままの quân でいて" (Sono mama no Kimi de ite - Please be as you were) byYuko Nitou(episodes 1-34)
  • "コンディション・グリーン～ khẩn cấp phát tiến ～" (Condition Green ~Kinkyuu Hasshin~ - Emergency Launch) byHiroko Kasahara(epìsodes 35-47)
Ending themes
  • "ミッドナイト ブルー" (Midnight Blue) byKISS ME QUICK(episodes 1-34)
  • "パラダイスの xác suất" (Paradise no Kakuritsu - Probability of Paradise) byJA-JA(episodes 35-47)

References

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  1. ^Beveridge, Chris (August 14, 2001)."Patlabor TV Vol. #1".Anime On DVD.Archived fromthe originalon March 8, 2005.RetrievedJanuary 12,2020.While it's primarily a police drama, it has an interesting flair for comedy and still provides some good mech action.
  2. ^"Cơ động cảnh sát パトレイバー ON TELEVISION BD-BOX 1 [Blu-ray] (2010)"(in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. 27 August 2010.Retrieved1 January2013.
  3. ^"Cơ động cảnh sát パトレイバー ON TELEVISION BD-BOX2 < tối chung quyển > [Blu-ray] (2010)"(in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. 24 September 2010.Retrieved1 January2013.
  4. ^"Patlabor - The Mobile Police: The TV Series - Volume 1 (DVD)".Amazon. 6 August 2002.Retrieved1 January2013.
  5. ^"Patlabor: The Mobile Police, Vol. 9-11".Amazon.Retrieved1 January2013.
  6. ^"Maiden Japan Licenses Mobile Police Patlabor TV Anime Series".Anime News Network.Retrieved20 March2013.
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