Live-action PATLABOR decked out with a life-size Ingram in the middle of Shinjuku! In conjunction with the 4K premiere screening on April 21

THE NEXT GENERATION PATLABOR" is a live-action version of the classic anime "Mobile Police Patlabor," and a life-size Ingram will be decked out in Shinjuku.


→Live-action version of PATLABOR, 7 chapters will be screened at the event starting in April 2014! Completely original new "THE NEXT GENERATION PATLABOR".

The film is also notable for the total production cost of 2.2 billion yen, including the 8-meter-long life-size Type 98 Ingram and the Section 2 building with its own Laberdog, which were fully materialized. The Great Legacy") was screened. Then, on May 1, 2015, the feature-length theatrical version "THE NEXT GENERATION PATLABOR: Capital Decisive Battle" will be released.

In preparation for the May 1 release of the feature-length theatrical version, a full-scale Ingram deck-up will be held in Shinjuku. It is a bold plan to deck up the big city for the last time before the release of the film, and to make it appear in the middle of Shinjuku between Yasukuni Dori and Shinjuku Dori. It will also coincide with the 4K premiere screening on April 21, where Toshio Kakei, Erina Mano, Kanna Mori, Mamoru Oshii, and others will take the stage, so this will be a major event just before the film's release.


Incidentally, the full-scale Ingram has been decked out in various locations across Japan, starting with Toyosu in 2014, followed by Kichijoji, Nakano, Roppongi, Osaka, Kyoto, Nagoya, and Fukushima, but there are many requests for "I still want to see Ingram standing in the middle of the city! The number of requests for the deck-up has been high.




All seven chapters of "THE NEXT GENERATION PATLABOR" series
The film will be screened at Shinjuku Piccadilly and other theaters from April 5! (Episode 0: about 15 minutes, Episodes 1-12: about 48 minutes each)
Release date: [Chapter 1] April 5, [Chapter 2] May 31, [Chapter 3] July 12, [Chapter 4] August 30, [Chapter 5] October 18, [Chapter 6] November 29, [Chapter 7] January 10, 2015
Cast: Erina Mano, Toshio Kakei, Seiji Fukushi, Rina Ota, Shigeru Chiba, etc.
General Director: Mamoru Oshii / Music: Kenji Kawai / Original Idea: Head Gear
Production: Tohoku Shinsha, Omnibus Japan / Distributor: Shochiku Media Division


THE NEXT GENERATION PATLABOR: Capital Crisis Feature Film
Opening Friday, May 1, 2015 at Shinjuku Piccadilly and other theaters nationwide (approx. 100 min.)
Cast: Toshio Kakei, Erina Mano, Seiji Fukushi, Rina Ota, Shigeru Chiba, Kanna Mori, Kotaro Yoshida, Reiko Takashima
Director/Screenplay: Mamoru Oshii / Music: Kenji Kawai / Original Idea: Head Gear
Production: Tohokushinsha / VFX Production: Omnibus Japan / Distributor: Shochiku


(C)2015 HEADGEAR/"THE NEXT GENERATION -PATLABOR-" Production Committee

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