Commemorating the release of "Mobile Police Patlabor 2 the Movie 4DX! Paid online talk show will be held on March 19! Special public viewing of "Pat-info" will also be held!

In commemoration of the theatrical release of "Mobile Police Patlabor 2 the Movie 4DX," a "paid online talk show to commemorate the release of "Mobile Police Patlabor 2 the Movie 4DX" will be broadcast live on Friday, March 19, 2021.

The "Mobile Police Patlabor" series began as an OVA (initial OVA) series in 1988. Since then, the series has expanded into a comic series (Weekly Shōnen Sunday), TV series, theater productions, and OVA (new OVA), and continues to be a hit series that continues to excite fans with its innovative promotions.
The "Mobile Police Patlabor 2 the Movie," which will be released in 4DX this time, is the second theatrical film in the series, which was released in 1993 after the broadcast of the TV series and the release of the new OVA. 28 years after the first release in 1993, the previous film "Mobile Police Patlabor the Movie 4DX," which drew 40,000 viewers in the summer of 2020, will be followed by "Mobile Police Patlabor 2 the Movie 4DX," which will be released in 4DX in the summer of 2020. Movie 4DX" which drew about 40,000 people in the summer of 2020, "Mobile Police Patlabor 2 the Movie" will finally be released in a 4DX theater on February 11, 2021 (Thursday, national holiday).

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In commemoration of the theatrical release of "Mobile Police Patlabor 2 the Movie 4DX" on February 11 (Thursday, national holiday), a "Paid Online Talk Show to Commemorate the Release of "Mobile Police Patlabor 2 the Movie 4DX" will be broadcast live on March 19 (Friday). This unique talk show, in which people who were at the mercy of director Mamoru Oshii when "Patlabor" was first produced will finally have their voices heard, will be delivered via live distribution.

The three participants will be screenwriter Kazunori Ito, character designer Akemi Takada, and voice actress Yoshiko Sakakibara.

The content of the talk will be about Goto and Nagumo, who have different characters in TV, theater, and OVA series, and if director Mamoru Oshii had directed "Two Karuizawa," he would have thought about the differences between the two characters. Talk 2 will discuss the characters created by the approaches of the scriptwriters, character designers, and voice actors, and the "story of the characters" from their respective standpoints. Talk 3. will be a talk about Mamoru Oshii, the director who is the subject of this event, and will talk about memorable episodes from all sides.

Event Information
Scheduled date and time: March 19, 2021 (Fri.) from 20:00

Scheduled performers (* titles omitted):
　Kazunori Ito (scriptwriter: who saw hell when he quickly got away in the TV series)
　Akemi Takada (Character Designer: who fainted when she saw different pictures from the character list in each movie version)
　Yoshiko Sakakibara (voice actress: who was suddenly confronted with the black history of a character she had nurtured)

Ticket prices:
　Patlabor official fan site members 1,500 yen
　General public 3,000 yen
　*Includes "Shinobu Nagumo goods" limited to the talk event (image shown)

Tickets on sale:
　February 11, 2021 20:00 - March 31, 2021 22:00
　Patlabor official fan site members: #
　General public: #

Talk themes to be announced:
　Talk theme 1.
　Goto and Nagumo have different characters in each series!
　If Mamoru Oshii was in charge of the script for "Two Karuizawa": ......

　Talk Theme 2.
　Character's Story" from each standpoint

　Talk Theme 3.
　Still, I can't hate him after all!
　Four-way conversation about Mamoru Oshii.

▼PATO INFO (January/February issue) Special public release
PATLABOR info" is distributed only to the members of the official PATLABOR fan site, and is open to the public only for the January/February issue. This is an opportunity for those who are not members of the official PATLABOR fan site to view the news, so please do so. For more information, please visit the official Twitter page.

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