Patlabor: A Forgotten Franchise
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 ส.ค. 2017
- Marc takes you through the life and legacy of one of anime's most under-appreciated franchises: Patlabor.
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I was one of the staff of the patlabor tv series. and wrote the scenarios of #6, maybe #8 and 13.
Enjoyed and remembered more than 20 yrs ago. thank u.
ON BEHALF OF THE WORLD WE THANK YOU!! HAVE A AWESOME AND HAPPY 202K!!
seriously? what's your name? isn't the script of one episode wrote by one person?
Any proof?
Thanks
BONZO1564 love PL then and still! ❤️❤️❤️
Patlabor's strongest point for me is its realism. Not just from the point of mecha, but also in all other topics. From personalities of the characters to bureaucracy in police and politics. Corrupt figures, greedy corporations.
The realism of the show was what drew me to Patlabor as I did not like mecha shows in general. The social, political and environmental context is all very relevant today, and the characters were so well written that I was drawn into the world completely. Great show that's still missed.
agree
wrong.. their stong point is the how they show everyday life of robot cop without being boring...
Even when I was a kid, renting TAPES, I remember Alphonse FEELING heavy when it was moving. Like the creator somehow made the drawings have weight. Got it’s hooks in early!
Yeah the part where they fight a giant sea monster is my favorite realistic scene
Patlabor 2 is just amazing. Even to those not interested in the franchise, I would _highly_ suggest to check it out.
I will do.. thanx..
I watched the coup part on youtube. it's incredible
Watched it, absolutely stunned by the wyvern scene, shxt that was intense
I made the mistake of watching Patlabor 2 without watching the anime series, sure it's a solid political thriller but above all it's the ending of the entire Patlabor anime series, it's nice watching the main protagonists move up in the world, particularly with how Noa has matured and all
I watched these on VHS tapes and own them
I lived in Japan for several years. I was an avid anime collector and, among other series, I had every Japanese Patlabor box set on laserdisc. Recently I sold them to a friend who was very excited. Patlabor is a hidden gem everyone should watch. One of a kind.
I’ve never watched it and I have been watching mech style animations since I was a little kid
@@aoclive6710 If you like mech then you are missing out, watch it.
When I lived in Japan in 91 it was one of my fav anime.
Me too
"battling giant monsters, looking for lost cats, parodying other genres of science fiction, and other slapstick comedy scenarios"
you say this as a reason the tv series is inferior but this is exactly what makes it so special and is an important, fundamental part of what patlabor is. you say it like those parts of the tv series are just some meaningless side content but it's a vast majority of the animated content in the franchise, and from what i've seen of it, the manga tends to be the same. i can absolutely understand preferring the movies, the first two are incredible, but they don't define the series as a whole. especially not the second one, as good as it may be.
either way, it's good to see patlabor getting some recognition. makes me glad to know nearly 60,000 people have at least heard its name thanks to this video. good job
Well said.
I remember Patlabor fondly from the VHS days. The TV show was cute but the movies were definitely on another level. Really top-level anime.
This is one of those series that's always great to go back and watch. It has likable, realistic characters instead of annoying, sexualized children.
In the 7ep ova they actualy dissed the "autistic child pilot" trope of so many mecha anime
I love that part! Makes me laugh everytime!
8:13 I am surprised that Patlabor 2 was made in 1993, it looks like it was made around 1996 to 1999 because of the high quality animation and its fluidity. Sometimes it can be mistaken for CGI in some scenes.
Not gonna lie, those aircraft scenes were amazing. Must have been a ton of work XD
You, totally forgot SPT-LAZNER
The Patlabor TV series is an oustanding slice of life show with excellent writing and humor - among the best anime has to offer. Preferring the excellent but tonally different movies (the first 2 anyway) over the TV series is understandable; but I think you did the TV series a MAJOR disservice. Excellent video in any event.
indeed patlabor TV series has more mecha love with slice of life humor... on the other hand they also have serious moment that give suspense to the series...
My favourite episode is the one where the whole Maintenance crew got 'wipe out' by the food delivery guy.
Any episode involving food was awesome: the first ep. of Early days, the TV one where Section 2 was stuffed by their regular food delivery guy. I cannot remember that scene when, for some reason, the maintenance section got totally nuts and basically hijacked the local 24/7, was it Early Days, the TV of in a movie?
Tuning3434
The one where they raid the 24/7 convenience store was from the 2nd movie.
Mine was the bit where the Maintenance Crew lost their minds over porn.
I just want to point out that there is actually a complete series of Patlabor now that comes with all of the TV episodes, OVA episodes, and the first 2 movies that is available to buy off of Amazon right now.
Patlabor 2 is one of the most gorgeous feats of animation ever set to film. I mean, the whole thing is glorious and my favorite anime ever made, but P2 just floors me with how amazing it is.
Been a fan of this franchise since the 90s. The TV anime was essentially a slice of life series before the genre was really a thing, but the second movie really drew me in. The pure depth of the story and the animation,... It made me recognize that Japanese animation could rival and best Hollywood in a feature film.
For the longest time, I've been calling it "Pat la bor" as I'm English and don't spell it as "labor" but spell it as "Labour". I had no clue Americans spelled it this way till now.
"Pat la bor"
is the way iv always heard it pronounced as well
Sames!
lol thats how I read it mentally as well, but im from the states.
That's ok I'm American and I've pronounced it that way for years until recently
We dropped the u in a lot of words.
Ex:
Colour -> Color
Honour -> Honor
Favourite -> Favorite
Flavour -> Flavor
I honestly found the TV series more compelling than the complicated mess that is the OVA and movie continuity. I for the life of me could not understand where I was suppose to start with the "movie universe" and how it retcons a lot of the TV series. I generally found the TV series more iconic tbh due to its unique take to the mecha genre of being a slice of life, comedy, and drama.
The movies take from the Early Days continuity. The TV show segues into the OVA.
They are set on totally different timelines
I prefer the TV series tbh. Understandably more fleshed out than a movie or an OVA series because its 47 episodes long but it's just that good imo. The movies are a bit harder to get into especially patlabor 2. Rewatches are mandatory.
I also believe the TV Series and New OVA universe is the best. It's because of the character development and world-building, which made canon everything we see in Patabor 2 and 3. It's also a more enjoyable experience as the movies and original OVA tended towards political themes and military coups, which wasn't actually what got me into the show in the first place. For me, Patlabor is one of the best shows -not just animated - of all time, and that's because of the characters and the fully realized world they inhabited. Now only if the Patlabor EZY series will ever be green-lit by the powers that be, we can have more of that cohesive and realistic world again!
Patlabor should take the NGE route and put itself on streaming services to gain an audience again.
Patlabor is an amazing franchise. The incredible storytelling of the movies that reflect the politics of the time, amazing designs and animation and perhaps the best music in an 80's anime. Oshii was one of the best anime directors of his time, truly a shame that he is wasting his talent at something he is not even good at.
keremcantarhan fuck commies.
How so? Really curious by this.
Underrated? Forgotten? Maybe in your country! Patlabor was a success. Scale models are still produced and loved. There is also a tv show with actors. It's not forgotten at all.
tv shows and movie
Video games (PSX, SNES, Genesis).
Indeed, i watch the movies first then i wach the series, the first movie was amaizing and i love it, the serie i love it, the second and third movie didnt love it a lost.
But patlabor is amaizing
@khryshna Because you did it wrong: first early oav, then manga, then 3rd movie, then tv serie, then 1st movie, then oav and finally Patlabor 2. That is how Mobile Police Patlabor must be seen.
@koutetsoujeeg hell yeah !
I know, i know, but what i wanted to said is that, underrated and forgotten i watch patlabor the tv serie at least when i was younger atleastminimum two times, and two times complete i dont know how many timesi watch it incomplete.
Also i love the labor design they feel realistick, i know it is totaly umpractical in real life, but i prefer labors before gundams or evas any day of the week
I watched the movies when I was little. I remember being disappointed for the "lack of action" after watching other animes such as Robotech, Gundam and Dominion Tank Police.
But Patlabor kinda grew on me over the years.
Yeah if you go into Patlabor expecting mecha action you're going to be disappointed. It's about the characters and the robots are just a thing that's part of their every day lives.
Sorry “Robotech” is not exactly anime!
Don’t get me wrong, I love the series but it is a Americanised cartoon series.
Let’s not further confuse the new generation of anime viewers who already think “Patlabor” is a forgotten franchise!
Original Macross and the related DYRL movie and series’s are anime.
(Sorry got a bit upset as this is the first actual anime I watched, after I figured out Robotech is the cartoon version of Macross so not technically anime)
@@AshrakAhmed robotech is just three other animes out into one. Still an anime just like voltron.
When I met it whaen I was a teenager. The police politics, the slice of life, the versatility (sci-fi, comedy ans drama) and particularly the characters made me fall in love with the TV show .
This video takes too much from personal opinion and not from hard fact, what a video showcasing a franchise should be. Calling the SOL and slapstick episodes of the TV series inferior is entirely your opinion, and in fact I feel like much of the Patlabor fanbase actually LOVES these episodes, and BTW Oshii himself wrote many of the funniest episodes of the TV series canon. What makes Patlabor great are these kinda stuff too. Comedic/SOL Patlabor and serious Patlabor are both sides of the same coin that work together to strengthen each other. I mean, 1st movie has many comedic parts and awesome srsbsns scenes and it all is an epic.
Thank god someone gets it :)
Sounds like you should make your own video.
I concur...I had to stop midway through the video cause I couldn't really understand that why the speaker didn't get it.
Yep I loved the tv series as well as the more serious tones of the 2nd movie
The movies in the early 90's is what got me hard into patlabor. I remember looking up headgear work after but now I know they never made anything else. The labor designs, the open badass shots, the dialogue. It drew me in hard af. I still watch the movies to this day. If guillermo were to have revived a franchise. I would totally have picked this over battle angel. He made pacific rim. If mamoru decided to team up with the other writers and Guillermo. I think they'd have a his live action adaptation
It hasn't been forgotten, it's just bidding its time. The TV series is fun and quirky, it's a giant mix of different genres, it can get serious or light hearted when appropriate, it has probably the best character development out of all the medias because of the long running format (the manga too). I don't think it's inferior to the movies, in fact i think it's an excellent entry to the franchise, the movies are masterpieces but it's not friendly to viewers that aren't familiar with the universe or characters. And lets not forget its roots in the original OVA, which is pretty much like a condensed version of the TV series with its quirky episodes. Sidenote, WXIII is based on one of the story arcs in the manga but altered to focus on the detectives than SV2.
>The TV series cheapens what makes Patlabor so great
>Proceeds to name everything that makes Patlabor so great
Patlabor was never meant to be a super serious political thriller. It was always first and foremost a slice of life show with comedic elements. It's a quasi parody of the mecha genre with a focus on the personal relationships of the main cast and how their work affects their relationships.
Yuuki did say the manga initially started off as a Gundam parody
They have live action couple year ago.
What like Full Metal Panic? Cuz that shit was way too popular for romantic comedy but with gundam lol.
Originally I suppose, but the series had enough flexibility and creativity to branch itself into other types of narratives as well. Confining a series of any kind to only one type of story eventually causes it to stagnate, so I'm very glad that they decided to change it up for the movies; I and many others absolutely loved the serious, political thriller aspect of Patlabor 2.
@@benpratt1204 yeah and I live on Planet Mars
every 90's kid I knew in Indonesia love patlabor, well from the tv series at least, now I have a job and spending money like crazy on my childhood memory
Truly an underappreciated gem! I stumbled onto this show in ...1993? It was at a small general Sci-Fi/Fantasy convention somewhere in Dallas. They had one crowded room running anime, which I had recently re-discovered. (Starblazers and Robotech were obsessions of my childhood and adolescence.) By chance, I happened to catch an episode of the Patlabor TV series. It was a fan-subbed bootleg, as in those days, very little anime could be found in the US market.
Anyway, now it's all available on Blu-Ray, so I'll be revisiting this great series, perhaps in the order you recommend. And now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to dust off my old Patlabor soundtrack CD!
Patlabor is one of my favorite "mecha" series. Can be light and funny, can be serious, and Gota is the best character, prove me wrong
The anime released in the late 80's to the late 90's will always be the best to me. The art style is simply amazing. Way better than anime of today.
I remember renting the VHS at the Rogers video when I was 12 or 13 I will never forget it.
Thank you so much for making this video. I loved this series as a kid in the late '90s, and I haven't revisited it since. It's coming back to me...can't wait to rewatch the movies.
Was brought up on patlabor just want to say a massive thank you to everyone who worked on it you made my childhood great and loved every min of all the patlabor films and TV series too.
As an anime fan of 15 years or so, over my life, I just never got around to it but your video finally got me off my ass and tackle the series, discover the OVAs, and rewatch the movies. Oh it was a great experience.
God, I just lost it when I heard the intro song. Ahh, the nostalgia. Thank you for creating this video! I don't have to convince my friends, I'll just show them this video and your channel from now on. GREAT WORK! KEEP IT UP!
It was my favorite anime while growing up in Malaysia back in the 90's. I've literally bought it's series collections & OVA in VHS/LD/VCD/DVD, official Patlabor books,original posters & action figures for years now.
I really have to give credit to RTM back in the days for bringing in some animes :) It's where i saw Patlabor too.
My first encounter with the series was when I found a single dvd copy of Patlabor2 in a dvd bin at a DollarTree. I bought it out of curiosity. I wasn't expecting much because I had never heard of the series, despite spending some time around anime related YT channels. I am so glad I found that video.
YES BABY!!!!
That Patlabor Movie 2 intro gets me everytime! I still have it on my playlist.
Pat movie 1 & 2 was a masterpiece, and yeh I'v always found it strange how the Movie and the TV series were basically completely different targeted audiences.
I'm soo happy that the franchise is still alive.
Patlabor 1 and 2 are not just great anime but great films. The style and music are top tier. And the realistic setting makes it feel like you’re not watching sci-fi at all.
Can I just say, the production value of this video and your actual review is spot on. You just earned a subscription, bro. :)
I still watch these. So much depth intrigue actual story telling. Love it
Patlabor means so much to my childhood, and it will always be one of the best.
I have extremely vague memories of watching patlabor at some point of my life, like, when I was 10 years old. Glad after all this time I finally found out what it was! Thanks!
The Patlabor TV series was aired in Brazil back in the late 90's by a now defunct Television Network called "TV Manchete". They even aired the two OVAS back in the day during some special event. Good times...
Also great channel, liked your in-depth analysis. you have earned a subscriber
Luis Fernando fox kids also gave us patlabor and their ovas
Yep, I thought it was a new show back then. I only found out it was an old show recently.
... in depth analysis? he literally just listed the various iterations of the franchise for 17 minutes, there was little to no analysis here
Assisti MUITO e gostava MUITOOO!!!
Motivo nº1 do porquê da TV Manchete não deveria ter acabado.
Thank you for such a great video.Patlabor was the first mecha anime i ever watched.It's really hard to find a patlabor fan like me nowaday.
Any channel, skillfully giving props to classic anime series gets a subscribe from me. I grew up watching the classics, like Patlabor, Iczelion, Project A-Ko, etc. The 80s was an insanely awesome decade for anime series.
Just finished the whole series. I've got to admit that it's now one of my favorite mecha series of all time.
I don't see how this is a forgotten franchise all the anime sights I frequent have this and treat it like a first run anime with all the links being maintained and working with the best resolution available for this series . I have been a fan of this series since 1999 and it is still in my yearly rotation of must watch anime. I have been watching anime for 18 years and still love this anime some of the old ones are the best.
Patlabor has some of the best writing of modern anime.
Most of west have not seen this gem unless they go to Japan. They had so much excitement when each movie came through the theaters.
You want regret watching these. They had rows of dvds these in the late 80’s in the rental stores.
I really loved watching them.!
Great editing dude! I like the way your present your ideas and break down the facts. Keep it up, man. Consider me a fan.
Im so glad i bought the sound tracks back in the late 90s.
They’re true gems also
The whole Patlabor universe is awesome. So many fucking vibes from the OG OVAs, the tv series, and the movies. New Files too
This is a great guide! I watched the first episode of Early Days a year ago; I should definitely continue it along with watching the movies.
I had some of these episodes on VHS. I loved it!
Goosebumps!! I remember the ex of my mum showing me the movie when I was a kid. Until now my favorite of all time ❤️
One of my all-time favourites. The first film was what introduced me to anime more than twenty years ago.
Great video! The most comprehensive Patlabor video i've seen!
Many thanks for the update.
Geez, the opening for the Patlabor TV is just amazing. Also good review, I'm debating starting with the TV series and then the movies but who knows.
The movie somewhat predicted the events of 9/11. The bridge scene when theyre both talking on the boat looking at the wreckage and the city. Really deep scene.
Man this bring back Memories
Good job on you're commentary. I appreciate how you went about it.
I will never forget Pat labor it was one of the very first mech shows I watched alongside Gundam Wing I will never forget it deserves more recognition for being realistic
This video is done really well unlike most anime TH-camrs. You and alex enterprises are one of the few real anime fans on TH-cam.
One of my favourites. Never forgotten here. I have a nice collection of the figurines.
Kinda late on this, but Patlabor was used in Kyoei Toshi game for PS4 in 2017. It's a title done in the same vein as the Disaster Report/Zettai Zetsumei Toshi series (being a civilian trying to escape a city that's being destroyed due to a disaster) but with a twist being that it's in the kaiju tokusatsu genre. Patlabor is just one of the franchises to take part and they are featured as the metro police aiding the evacuation, saving peoples lives and fighting other kaiju until bigger help arrives, in the form of Ultramen, Evangelions and even Godzilla himself.
I still remember patlabor. Definitely not forgotten.
Patlabor was one of the first anime I ever watched and fueled my love for hard sci-fi mecha.
Totally not forgotten by some, such a great series.
What always struck me was the mechanical love they had with these designs, I'm a big fan of mecha but you just don't get the internals like GiTS and patlabour But the most remarkable thing is that they had to do it by stencil and hand rather than digitally and cgi like now.
It truly was a labour of love production that can hold the test of time.
She ain't forgotten no more! So much Patlabor merch this and last year!
This year, ThreeZero will be releasing an Ingram equipped with reactive armor from Patlabor 2.
@user-lv3uf7qk4k yeah i can't wait! The ThreeZero figures are amazing.
I remember this, really enjoyed the OVA and manga, it's really underappreciated in my country
I never even heard of the show till like a few weeks ago when I watch that my library and I’m hooked
I grew up reading the manga way way before I was exposed to Gundam series, and man this left a great memory and feeling, it should have a reboot to a newer audience
this actually helped me get into the series since i couldnt find too much info on it. you should do a video bout VOTOMS- it really needs more love as a series.
Just found this.. So fucking awesome and you do Patlabor justice. Thank you. Please do one on the Guyver franchise if you could.
IIRC, Hajime Katoki, one of the famous mechanical designers for Gundam(Sentinel, Stardust Memory, Wing/Endless Waltz, Unicorn, The Origin, Thunderbolt), also worked on Patlabor 2.
TH-cam recommended me some patlabor 2 scenes and i liked those, reminded me of ghost in the shell so i became intrigued. Then youtube recommends me your video detailing the patlabor franchise. I'm a bit terrified by the good algorythm but i found some good movies and a good channel so its alright
i dont really think the TV series are inferior to the movies and OVAs, the TV series are fun, and really shows the SV2 as a human being and member of the society
Excellent, many thanks for this.
Very well made video dude!
I love the fact that Patlabor, is sci-fi, but modern, and for most part grounded in realism. Usually the mechanics move slower, aren't some kind of "savior" group of robots... it's just equipment/tools for the job. I also liked the fact that, some things are scaled up, to fit the mechs. Like the body armor. Visually, the movies are stunning, with everything usually having "weight" to the actions. Special place in my heart for Patlabor. :)
Patlabor was one of the first serious anime movies i saw with mecha as a kid and loved it!
that was one of the few anime we got on tv back around the turn of the millenium
Alphonse!! I frikkin LOVED this series!
EXCELLENT! Thanks and subscribed! Patlabor rules.
Ahhh patlabor, I found the first couple of episodes in a flea market out in Gunbarrel Texas (yes, that's in the middle of nowhere). VHS it was my first mecha anime and while I never got to finish watching the series I loved it
love this series
MANY THANKS! fo this video, was very informative. I'm a fan of Patlabor who lost track of what happened with it. looking forward to the reboot ( I even have a model kit of ingram).
I'm going to have to strongly disagree with you about the TV universe paling in comparison to the movie universe because it wasted so much time with comedy. I had watched the movies years before I ever got to see the TV series, and honestly, the TV series made me fall in love with the franchise all over again because it was such a funny combination and it worked. To this day, when I have to explain to people what exactly Patlabor is, I just tell them, "imagine Gundam and Police Academy had a love child".
The Dee exactly hahahaha the child of gundam and police academy
same
The dub for Patlabor 2 by Manga entertainment was pretty stellar. I absolutely loved the scene about the unjust war segment. Amazing piece of cinema.
Patlabor movies and series are so good!!
This video got me into patlabor so thanks for getting me into it
I have watched de movie patlabor 2 yesterday and DAMN, thats a great piece of philosophy and arte. The best anime movie i have seen in a while, totally recommended
the daily activities of the crew were so fun to watch
PATLABOR is awesome. I watched the OVA on Hulu and bought the DVDs of the movies a few years ago.
I wish they'd make blu-ray releases of all the great 80s and early 90s anime. I like some of the new digitally colored series, but there's nothing like the old-fashioned ink and paint to push all my nostalgia buttons.
Patlabor is still an all time favorite of mine. Especially the OVAs which were set in the movie universe. The regular TV show was more fun filled and I like tossing it on for highjinx every now and then. But the slightly grittier ovas that are meant to set the stage for the movies are hands down my favorite. I only discovered Patlabor because one of the local channels was showing the movie once. But afterwards I was a fan. I still have an ingram 1 model with flashing lights.
i used to watch this when i was a kid always loved the design of the mecha
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I got the DVD’s years ago and love Patlabor.
I see robots in the thumbnail, i click. thanks for introducing me to this series!
Patlabor is just pure Nostalgia trip for me
I am sitting next to a Patlabor poster in 2018. Not forgotten here...
Wow. This is why TH-cam exists!! Best video on the Patlabor genre I have ever seen. I have most of the films on DVD but didn't know about the Live Actions or TV series. Thanks. Also, I either forgot that Oshi was direct of PatLabor. No wonder I love PatLabor because I love Stand Alone Complex. Thanks you. Awesome Job.
Stand Alone Complex wasn't directed by Oshii..