Patlabor 2 - Opening

[WeissVogel]

@Kanuskiz, Good thing I bought a compilation of the movies and even a compilation of both OVA sets. Loved the robots, they're so grounded in reality. I liked the JSDF labors (Helldiver FTW!) and damn if they did really exist in our world. It's gonna change warfare forever.

[derBene]

I love it, too. :)))

[XXXPEACEXXX7]

nevermind lol my bad i just read the description xD

[XXXPEACEXXX7]

Is this an anime or a movie?

[tankobokiboji166]

I didnt know that Kon Satoshi joined as a stuff.

[soronefabrik1]

thanks to this short clip ive just decided to watch te whole patlabor saga

[JavaLuCpp]

@soronefabrik1 The first season's graphic can take a toll on ya. But you have to watch it!!!

[shonenarts23]

hey I didn't get to see here face wth!!!

[ashmerino]

lol front mission 3 

[reck101101]

I watched when I was 9......I was blown away....

[mobius1aic]

One of the interesting things about Patlabor 2 is that it's not a mech movie/anime at all. The Patlabors and military Labors in the movie are just another tool amongst the myriad of others used to complete the objectives of the characters.

It's a suspense/war film, through and through. I wonder if Tom Clancy has seen it, as I would think he would very much appreciate it's level of intrigue.

[extraleague01]

@mobius1aic

Yes, I had same thought! Tom Clancy might like this movie. Though the show did not focus on Labors unlike movie 1, I appreciated the political suspense and war mystery plot of this movie.

[Blastaar7]

@extraleague01 me too. When i saw "the siege", it made me think of this movie a bit, if only due to a simular theme of occupation.

[Blastaar7]

Respond to this video... This sort of thing will be possible once we move past petroleum and really dive into alternative energy sources.

[extraleague01]

@Blastaar7

If an alternative energy source that is more powerful and stable is developed, Labors or Mobile Suits may be possible? LOL.

[manicd81]

@mobius1aic Can you recommend any good "Mech-Anime" film's please?

[mobius1aic]

@manicd81

Patlabors 1 & 2

Macross Plus

Macross: Do You Remember Love?

Mobile Suit Gundam 0080

MSG 0083

MSG Char's Counterattack

There is quite a bit out there that I have never seen.

[manicd81]

@mobius1aic Thanks for the suggestions

[sikalangdotcom]

great package = superb animation + killer soundtrack. one of the true masterpiece among the best

[Naxwell]

This intro STRONGLY reminds me of Front Mission 3.

[Terramax]

Fantastic intro. Most films try to be high octine to force the audiences attention, whilst Patlabor 2 gives us a mixture of wonder, spectacle and realism.

[Kanuskiz]

This movie is truly the last story for Patlabor franchise. Noa is completely grew out of her love for Alphonse, Asuma ultimately ended up working in his father's company that he hated so much and the 2nd SVU division is irreversibly disbanded at the end. Lastly, Goto does not end up with Shinobu... Of course, this is the ending for one continuity. The alternate timeline just ended without a real denouement.

[Blastaar7]

@Kanuskiz It's bitter sweet. I know i really hated patlabor 3, even though it takes place before this one. Or is that the alt time line?

[Kanuskiz]

@Blastaar7

Patlabor movies are all officially connected. Chronologically, that continuity is: Old OVAs - movie 1 - movie 3 - movie 2. I was also pissed off tha the first feature in 8 years had only few minutes of the original cast and Ingrams. But I appreciated how the good old voices had remained unchanged, though there was no Kanuka Clancy (RIP Inoue). I also liked Ingrams' more realistic movements. I believe some fans protested the movie 2 ending with no Goto x Shinobu.

[Blastaar7]

@Kanuskiz I think movie 2 was easily the strongest with part 1 coming in 2nd. Like i said, i HATED the third movie as it was just a depressing "nothing happening" type story.

[Kanuskiz]

@Blastaar7

You're so right about "nothing happening" in movie 3. Wasted too much time on those two cops, when that time could have been well used on showing the 2nd SVU division 2 members.

[WeissVogel]

@Kanuskiz you know what's weird? I thought the OVA, the TV series, and the movies were all part of one continuity. Although I never got to watch the TV series whole (only got as far as the Phantom storyarc), the part where Asuma made up with his father for me seemed to take place in late 2000 ( I still got a Protoculture Addicts eps guide). The retirement of Alphonse was May 2001, nine months before P2.

[JinRenegade]

Excellent quality.

[s0nnyburnett]

I'm impressed. I've always been a big gundam fan but this opening makes me wanna give patlabor a try.

[RIEKSONE]

@s0nnyburnett

some the guys who worked in gundam have worked on patlabor and vice versa

[henritje19]

@s0nnyburnett it,s worth it the mech designs are entirely different then any of Gundam,s designs and they show more of the mechanical stuff (like shown in the opening) it,s setting is also refreshing (set in a more urban area somewhere in 90,s Japan instead of space)

[Kanuskiz]

@henritje19

Not to annoy you or anything, but this movie takes place in 2002. haha. I wish Labors existed as of today, 2011.

[henritje19]

@Kanuskiz it,s made late 80,s and early 90,s this is reflected in the art style (the Ingram would look entirely different if it was designed in the 00,s)

[henritje19]

@Kanuskiz it,s not the first time Sci-Fi lied to me.

if sci-fi was correct I would be on the moon right now.

[controllerbrain]

@henritje19 2001: A Space Odyssey

[henritje19]

@Kanuskiz and yes I know it,s set in the early 2000,s but it,s made in the 90,s or 80,s which is reflected in the aesthetics.