Patlabor the Mobile Police (Animation, Japanese)
Genres: Comedy, Action, Anime, Science-Fiction
Status: Ended
Premiered: 1989-10-11
Ended: 1992-04-22
Network: NTV
Country: JP
Airs on: Saturday
Runtime: 30 minutes
In the future, advanced robotics has created heavy robots ("labors") for use in a variety of functions: construction, fire-fighting, military, and more. However, though the robots are only machines, their operators are also only human—and humans sometimes turn to crime. Since a heavy labor unit can be a dangerous weapon, the police of the future are set to fight fire with fire, using advanced patrol labor units, "patlabors." This is the story of the Second Special Vehicles Division, a motley crew of patlabor policemen and women doing their best to fight crime and live a normal life.