Live-action PATLABOR, Chapter 6, starring Erina Mano, 23, appeared in a high school girl costume for the stage greeting! Seiji Fukushi, who has been away for about six months, also made an appearance.

THE NEXT GENERATION PATLABOR" is a live-action version of the classic anime "Mobile Police Patlabor," and the first-day stage appearances for the sixth chapter have been announced.


→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 for its total production cost of 2.2 billion yen, including the 8-meter-long life-size Type 98 Ingram and the fully realized Section 2 building with its own Laberdog, will be shown sequentially from Chapter 1 (Episodes 0 to 1) on April 5, and Chapter 5 (Episodes 8 "Long-Range Sniper 2000" to 9 "Crocodile Dungeon") will be shown on October 18. Crocodile Dungeon") has been shown since October 18.


Finally, on November 29, Chapter 6 (Episodes 10 "Runaway! Red Reaver" - Episode 11 "THE LONG GOODBYE") will be released on November 29, and the participants for the first day's stage greeting have been determined. Four people will appear at Shinjuku Piccadilly and MOVIX Kameari: Erina Mano, who plays the main character Akira Izumino; Seiji Fukushi, who plays Yuma Shiobara; Kiyotaka Taguchi, who directed episode 10; and Mamoru Oshii, the general director of the show. In particular, Mr. Mano will appear on stage in his school uniform in reference to a reminiscent scene in episode 11 (Izumino is invited to a class reunion, where he is passed a basketball by his classmate Takato, whom he has feelings for, and before he knows it he is dressed in his high school uniform).


This will also be Fukushi's first appearance on stage in about six months, since the first day of the second chapter's stage greeting at the end of May. Akira Izumino, dressed as a high school girl, and Yuma Shiobara, who has not appeared on the stage for some time, will be a combination of the two, so one cannot miss what they have to say. Tickets for the opening day greeting will go on sale on November 22 at the official website of each theater.






All seven chapters of "THE NEXT GENERATION PATLABOR" series
Screenings will 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" Feature Film (Title TBD)
GW 2015, Shinjuku Piccadilly and other theaters nationwide (approx. 100 min.)
Cast: Toshio Kakei, Erina Mano, Seiji Fukushi, Rina Ota, Shigeru Chiba, Kanna Mori, Reiko Takashima and others
Director/Screenplay: Mamoru Oshii / Music: Kenji Kawai / Original Idea: Head Gear
Production: Tohoku Shinsha, Omnibus Japan / Distributor: Shochiku


(C)2014 HEADGEAR/"THE NEXT GENERATION -PATLABOR-" Production Committee


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