The BEST seasons of Patlabor: Mobile Police
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From 1988 to 1989, the seven-episode OVA series was produced by Sunrise. It is distributed by Bandai Visual and Tohokushinsha Film in Japan and originally Central Park Media and later Maiden Japan in North America. The English dub was produced by Matlin Recording in New York City, New York. The storyline is the start of the Patlabor series, that would be followed by the two Patlabor movies, Patlabor: The Movie and Patlabor 2: The Movie. The series was released straight to VHS and LaserDisc from April 25, 1988, to June 25, 1989. It was released onto DVD in two volumes on April 20, 2000, and was later re-issued as a box set on May 25, 2007. A Blu-ray box set was released on July 23, 2010.
#1 - Season 1
First Aired 4/24/1988
At the end of the 20th century a massive building program is started due to rising sea levels. As part of this building program labor construction robots are built. These robots are not only used for construction though, the new technology also brings forth a new type of crime - Labor Crime. To cope with this new type of crime the police set up a Pat[rol] Labor division: "Special Vehicles, Section 2". What are the Members of the newly established Second Unit supposed to do? They've been ordered to apprehend a terrorist Labor -- and their new Labors are stuck in traffic en route from the factory!