Trailer for the seventh (and final) chapter of the live-action version of PATLABOR is released! The trailer features meaningful images that lead to the feature-length version, including "The Legacy of Special Vehicle Section 2" and "Tsuge Gyojin.

THE NEXT GENERATION PATLABOR" is a live-action version of the classic anime "Mobile Police Patlabor," and the trailer for the seventh chapter has been released.


→Live-action version of PATLABOR, all seven 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 the full-scale, 8-meter-long Type 98 Ingram and the Section 2 building with its own Laberdog, will be released 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 released 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 details of Chapter 7 (Episode 12 "The Great Legacy"), which will be released on January 10, 2015, have been released. Chapter 7 is a postquel to "Mobile Police PATLABOR 2 the Movie," which is depicted by Mamoru Oshii himself, and the trailer shows him talking to Captain Goto with a mysterious look on his face, "Do you want to know about the legacy of Special Vehicle Section 2? Shigeo Shiba speaks to Captain Goto with a mysterious expression on his face, and with disturbing music, something begins to happen under the surface of the water. Aside from the members of the team, who look as bored as ever, images of tanks and combat helicopters are inserted, and Gotoji murmurs, "There's a storm coming. Gotoida murmurs, "A storm is coming. What exactly is the "legacy of Special Vehicle Section 2"? The feature-length version of the film, which has already been released, is shown in conjunction with the serious flow of the final chapter, emphasizing that this is a work that will lead to the feature-length version of the film. In addition, the back view of Gyoto Tsuge, who held the key in 2 the movie, is also unveiled.


Episode 12 "The Great Legacy
Amidst rumors about the appointment of a successor to the ill police commissioner, the dismantling of the Special Vehicle Section 2, which has survived despite being considered useless, finally begins to become a reality. Sensing the unsettled atmosphere, Goto, the commander of the Special Vehicle Division 2, begins to investigate the "legacy" that his predecessor, Goto, had planted within the police department in order to keep the Division 2 alive. Goutouda then leads him to a man who once led a phantom coup d'etat, but is now imprisoned...





All seven chapters of "THE NEXT GENERATION PATLABOR" series
The film will be screened at Shinjuku Piccadilly and other theaters from April 5, 2012! (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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