Live-action PATLABOR, feature-length theatrical version of "Capital Decisive Battle" news-style commercial is completed!　Yumi Masuda reads out the emergency news bulletin.

THE NEXT GENERATION PATLABOR" is a live-action version of the classic anime "Mobile Police Patlabor," and a news-style commercial for the feature-length theatrical version has been released.

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

The film, which has attracted attention because it was produced at a total production cost of 2.2 billion yen, including a life-size Type 98 Ingram measuring 8 meters in length and a fully realized Section 2 building with a Laberdog attached, will start with Chapter 1 (Episodes 0-1) on April 5, 2014, followed by the final Chapter 7 (Episode 12, "The Great Legacy") on January 10, 2015. 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 news-style commercial has been completed. The video is finished in a shocking news-like style, with the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building exploding due to a terrorist armed helicopter, Self Defense Force helicopters fighting in the air, and the Metropolitan Police Department's Patlabor squadron deploying with Ingram. Yumi Masuda, the first female Fuji Television announcer to retire on February 27, 2015, read the emergency news bulletin from the studio! the World," a popular program that took the world by storm and made her a popular figure in the TV industry with her nickname "Hyokin Yumi. The announcement video may embody the realistic world of this film, which takes place in a world that is extremely close to reality except for the presence of Ingram, such as the Self-Defense Forces fighting against terrorism.

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

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