Patlabor WXIII - The Movie (Ultimate Edition 3-Disc Set)
This lavish set includes a 16-page "collectible" booklet and reams of  information on the creation of theWXIIIfeature. TheMinipatoadventures on the second disc use a combination of cut-paper puppets and  computer graphics for three spoofs of the originalMobile Police  Patlaborseries. Captain Goto explains the firearms used on the show--and  the mistakes made in their designs; Shigeo discusses various "cool" mecha  genres and howPatlaboreclipses them. Shinobu reveals the carefully  guarded story of how Captain Goto got tired of trying to make ends meet on  the miniscule budget allottd to Special Vehicles Division #2 and supplemented  it with a dried gobey scheme. These send-ups are lots of fun, but they're  tied to the slapstick comedy-adventure series, rather than the darkerWXIIIfeature. The rather standard making-of documentaries on the  third disc overlap, and provide more information than most viewers will  want--or the movie really warrants. (Rated R, restricted: violence,  grotesque imagery, profanity, tobacco use)--Charles Solomon