Live-action PATLABOR, the DC version of the feature-length theatrical version, will be offered to visitors!　Stage greeting to be held on the first day of the event.

THE NEXT GENERATION PATLABOR" is a live-action version of the classic anime "Mobile Police Patlabor," and the director's cut of the feature-length theatrical version is now available for visitors.

→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"), and the feature-length theatrical version "THE NEXT GENERATION PATLABOR: Capital Decisive Battle" was released on May 1, 2015.

The director's cut version of the feature-length theatrical version, which will be released on October 10, will be available as a special gift for visitors. The first week of the event will feature a business card of Zero Haibara, a mysterious terrorist who controls the state-of-the-art combat helicopter "Gray Ghost," and the second week will feature a card with the specifications of the Gray Ghost.

In addition, a stage greeting will be held on the opening day. Mr. Oshii, Takanori Tsujimoto, the director of the series and the second director of the feature film version, and Shigeru Chiba, who plays Shiba Shigeo, are scheduled to appear on stage, and the members of the Special Vehicle Section 2 Maintenance Team led by Shiba Shigeo will be there in force.

All seven chapters of "THE NEXT GENERATION PATLABOR" series
The film will be screened from April 5 at Shinjuku Piccadilly and other locations! (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: Tohoku Shinsha / VFX Production: Omnibus Japan / Distributor: Shochiku

THE NEXT GENERATION PATLABOR: Capital Crisis Director's Cut
October 10 (Sat.) Roadshow throughout Japan

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