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| Mobile Police Patlabor | |
Cover of the first English manga volume
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機動警察パトレイバー (Kidō Keisatsu Patoreibā) |
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| Genre | Police procedural, Comedy-drama, Mecha, Post-cyberpunk |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Headgear |
| Illustrated by | Masami Yuki |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| English publisher | |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Sunday |
| Original run | April 1988 – June 1994 |
| Volumes | 22 |
| Original video animation | |
| Patlabor: Early Days | |
| Directed by | Mamoru Oshii |
| Written by | Kazunori Ito |
| Music by | Kenji Kawai |
| Studio | Studio Deen |
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| Released | April 25, 1988 – June 25, 1989 |
| Episodes | 7 |
| Light novel | |
| Written by | Michiko Yokote |
| Published by | Fujimi Shobō |
| Demographic | Male |
| Imprint | Fujimi Fantasia Bunko |
| Original run | October 1990 – October 1993 |
| Volumes | 5 |
| Light novel | |
| Tokyo War | |
| Written by | Mamoru Oshii |
| Published by | Fujimi Shobō |
| Demographic | Male |
| Imprint | Fujimi Fantasia Bunko |
| 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 |
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| Released | March 30, 2002 |
| Runtime | 14 minutes (#1) 12 minutes (#2) 12 minutes (#3) |
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Patlabor (a portmanteau of "patrol" and "labor"), also known as Mobile Police Patlabor (Japanese: 機動警察パトレイバー Hepburn: Kidō Keisatsu Patoreibā?), is an anime and manga 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.
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 drawing style. 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.
Animations from Patlabor were used extensively in the music video "Juke Joint Jezebel" by KMFDM. The manga received the 36th Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen in 1991.
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