Kidou Keisatsu Patlabor 2 the Movie
English title: Patlabor 2: The Movie
Japanese title: 機動警察パトレイバー2 the Movie
Type: Movie
Source: Original
Episodes: 1
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Aug 7, 1993
Duration: 1 hr 53 min
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
Studios: Production I.G
Producers: Bandai Visual, VAP, Shochiku, Tohokushinsha Film Corporation
Licensors: Maiden Japan, Manga Entertainment, Bandai Visual USA
Genres: Action, Award Winning, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Themes: Detective, Mecha, Military

Three years after the Babylon Project conspiracy is resolved, the members of Kiichi Gotou's Patlabor unit have gone their separate ways. Gotou remains with the Patlabor team, accompanied by Shinobu Nagumo, his romantic crush and comrade.

Playing into the public's skepticism toward the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force, a terrorist organization begins to work from within the military to cause destruction and mass civil unrest throughout Japan. Nagumo learns that the mastermind behind the growing terrorist plot is none other than Yukihito Tsuge, her former mentor and lover.

Gotou reassembles his former Patlabor team, spearheaded by pilot Noa Izumi. Leading the team into a mission to arrest Tsuge, Nagumo must come to terms with her complicated past relationships in order to save Japan.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

The film won the 1993 Mainichi Film Award for animation and a 4DX renewal was shown in Japanese theaters on February 11, 2021.