WXIII: Patlabor the Movie 3(WXIII cơ động cảnh sát パトレイバー,Weisuteddo Sātīn Kidō Keisatsu Patoreibā)is a 2002 Japaneseanimatedscience fictionthriller filmdirected by Fumihiko Takayama and written byMiki Tori.The third and final installment of thePatlaborfilm trilogy,[1]it takes place in betweenPatlabor: The MovieandPatlabor 2: The Movieand serves as a side story, focusing on two police detectives and SV2 as they investigate a series of mysterious acts of deadly destruction occurring in and around Tokyo Bay that may be connected to a genetic experiment gone wrong. It was animated byMadhouseand produced byBandai VisualandTohokushinsha.
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| Kana | WXIII cơ động cảnh sát パトレイバー | ||||
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| Directed by | Fumihiko Takayama | ||||
| Screenplay by | Miki Tori | ||||
| Based on | Patlabor byHeadgear | ||||
| Produced by | Masahiro Fukushima Tsutomu Sugita | ||||
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| Cinematography | Hisao Shirai | ||||
| Edited by | Kyoko Mizuta Takeshi Seyama Mutsumi Takemiya Megumi Uchida | ||||
| Music by | Kenji Kawai | ||||
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| Distributed by | Shochiku | ||||
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Running time | 94 minutes | ||||
| Country | Japan | ||||
| Language | Japanese | ||||
Plot
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In 2000, a series of unknown attacks on Labors have led to two police detectives, Shinichiro Hata and Takeshi Kusumi, being assigned to investigate these string of events, assisted by members of theTokyo Metropolitan Police Department's SV2 unit.
As they begin to unravel the mystery behind the attacks, the two detectives find reason to suspect that the attacks may have something to do with theAmerican military stationed in Japan,elements of theJapanese Ground Self-Defense Forces,and a female scientist involved in abiological weaponsprogram known as Wasted XIII.
Cast
edit| Character | Japanese | English (Geneon Entertainment,2003) |
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| Detective Takeshi Kusumi | Katsuhiko Watabiki | Alfred Thor |
| Detective Shinichiro Hata | Hiroaki Hirata | Dave Wittenberg |
| Saeko Misaki | Atsuko Tanaka | Kari Wahlgren |
| Toshiro Kurusu | Takanobu Hozumi | Simon Prescott |
| Shizuo Miyanomori | Shingo Hiromori | Steven Chester Prince |
| Goro Ishihara | Junpei Morita | Kirk Thornton |
| Hitomi Misaki | Risa Suzuki | Julie Maddalena |
| Captain Kiichi Goto | Ryūsuke Ōbayashi | Daran Norris |
| Noa Izumi | Miina Tominaga | Michelle Ruff |
| Asuma Shinohara | Toshio Furukawa | Richard Cansino |
| Isao Ohta | Michihiro Ikemizu | Richard Epcar |
| Mikiyasu Shinshi | Issei Futamata | |
| Hiromi Yamazaki | Daisuke Gōri | |
| Captain Ōsumi | Masaru Ikeda | Dan Lorge |
Development
editTriangle Staffwas the original animation studio entrusted with the film, however the studio went defunct during its production.Madhousethen took over the project, though Triangle Staff's involvement would be acknowledged in the film's end credits.
Very similar in premise and plot to episode 3 of the original OVAThe 450-Million-Year-Old Trapand the manga arcs in volumes 7 to 10 that greatly extended the plot of that episode.
Release
editWXIIIpremiered out of competition during the Tokyo International Fantastic Film Festival, which had special screening on December 10, 2001.WXIII's Japanese theatrical release took place on March 30, 2002 to coincide with the release ofMinipato.Geneon EntertainmentlicensedWXIIIfor its North American theatrical release on January 10, 2003 and DVD release in May 2003, which was eventually followed by later DVD releases to Europe and Oceania. It was licensed in Australia byMadman Entertainment.Section23 Filmshas licensed all threePatlaborfilms for North America.[2]Section23 Films released the movie on Blu-ray and DVD on September 8, 2015.[3]
Reception
editWXIIIgarnered generally mixed reviews, and holds an average of 47/100 on aggregate web siteMetacritic.[4]
Animericagave it a favorable review calling it an "ambitious work which holds its own with both Oshii's justly acclaimedPatlabormovies and with the best works of Japan's live-action horror cinema. "[5]
References
edit- ^Lenburg, Jeff (2009).The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons(3rd ed.). New York: Checkmark Books. p. 244.ISBN978-0-8160-6600-1.
- ^"Section23 Films Adds Patlabor Film, The World God Only Knows OVAs".Anime Network. 2015-01-22.
- ^"Hamatora Anime Gets English Dub".Anime News Network. 2015-05-19.Retrieved2015-05-20.
- ^"WXIII: Patlabor the Movie 3".Metacritic.
- ^"Animerica: Animerica Feature: Patlabor the Movie 3: WXIII".Archivedfrom the original on 2004-04-07.Retrieved2004-04-07.
External links
edit- WXIII * PATLABOR THE MOVIE 3(in Japanese)
- Patlabor WXIII(anime) atAnime News Network's encyclopedia
- WXIII: Patlabor the Movie 3atIMDb