Live-action PATLABOR, web-only commercial for the feature-length theatrical version "Capital Battles" is released! Cab drivers who were taking a nap wake up in the "Decked Up" version.

THE NEXT GENERATION PATLABOR" is a live-action version of the classic anime "Mobile Police Patlabor," and a web-only commercial "Deck Up" 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".

Starting with the first chapter (episodes 0-1) on April 5, 2014, the seventh and final chapter (episode 12 "The Great Legacy") will be screened 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" was released.

The web-only commercial "Deck Up" from the feature film "THE NEXT GENERATION PATLABOR: Capital Decisive Battle" was released on May 1, 2015. This commercial was created in response to the attention that deck-ups have garnered throughout Japan, starting with Toyosu in 2014 and continuing with Kichijoji, Nakano, Roppongi Hills, Osaka, Kyoto, Nagoya, Fukushima, etc. The "driver taking a nap in a cab," "a patient finishing a procedure at a dentist," "a woman having a treatment at a beauty salon," etc. are all The deck ups are synchronized with Ingram's deck ups and depict a positive attitude to push forward.



All seven chapters of "THE NEXT GENERATION PATLABOR" series
Screenings begin on April 5 at Shinjuku Piccadilly and other theaters! (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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