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Patlabor 2: The Movie

Patlabor 2: The Movie

Part of Patlabor Collection

1993•1h 56m•7.4/10
AnimationScience FictionActionThriller

Ratings

🎬TMDb
7.4/10(142)

A Japanese police unit who use giant anthropomorphic robots (called Labors) is caught up in a political struggle between the civilian authorities and the military when a terrorist act is blamed on an Air Force jet. With the aid of a government agent, the team gets close to a terrorist leader to stop things from going out of control when after the military is impelled to impose martial law.

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Production

Production I.G, Bandai Visual, TFC, ING

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Mina Tominaga

Mina Tominaga

Noa Izumi (voice)

Toshio Furukawa

Toshio Furukawa

Asuma Shinohara (voice)

Ryusuke Ohbayashi

Ryusuke Ohbayashi

Kiichi Goto (voice)

Yoshiko Sakakibara

Yoshiko Sakakibara

Shinobu Nagumo (voice)

Michihiro Ikemizu

Michihiro Ikemizu

Isao Ohta (voice)

Daisuke Gori

Daisuke Gori

Hiromi Yamazaki (voice)

Shigeru Chiba

Shigeru Chiba

Shigeo Shiba (voice)

Issei Futamata

Issei Futamata

Mikiyasu Shinshi (voice)

Osamu Saka

Osamu Saka

Seitaro Sakaki (voice)

Tomomichi Nishimura

Tomomichi Nishimura

Matsui (voice)

Ryuji Nakagi

Ryuji Nakagi

Sakuma (voice)

Fumihiko Tachiki

Fumihiko Tachiki

Buchiyama (voice)

Shinobu Adachi

Shinobu Adachi

Tamiko Shinshi (voice)

Akimasa Omori

Akimasa Omori

Yamadera (voice)

Jinpachi Nezu

Jinpachi Nezu

Yukihito Tsuge (voice)

Naoto Takenaka

Naoto Takenaka

Shigeki Arakawa (voice)

Toshihiko Kojima

Toshihiko Kojima

Kaihou (voice)

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