Kidou Keisatsu Patlabor: On Television
English title: Patlabor: The Mobile Police - The TV Series
Japanese title: 機動警察パトレイバー ON TELEVISION
Type: TV
Episodes: 47
Premiered: fall 1989
Source: Original
Genres: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Studios: Sunrise
Producers: Tohokushinsha Film Corporation
Duration: 24 min per ep
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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.

(Source: ANN)