Patlabor The Movie: Limited Collector's Edition

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Before there was Ghost in the Shell, there was Patlabor
Certificate: PG
Running Time: 99 mins
Retail Price: £49.99
Release Date:
Content Type: Movie

Synopsis:
A mysterious suicide and a series of unmanned robot run-aways sparks off a Police investigation into the suspicious software on-board thousands of industrial robots around Tokyo. Step by step, the police find themselves tangled up by the web of a perfect crime which awaits the approaching Typhoon to activate thousands of virus affected robots. As time runs out, Asuma and his team must complete a task that is doomed to be a failure before the Typhoon lands upon Tokyo....

Special Features:
Limited edition box with cover art illustrated especially for this release, by Yukata Izubuchi (creator and director of RahXephon)
Bonus DVD
Making of Featurette
Patlabor Archives, a 184 page long book containing many interviews with the key staff, as well as key animation drawing samples with explanatory notes
A 300 page long book of storyboards by Mamoru Oshii, with English explanations

Video Tracks:
1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen

Audio Tracks:
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround English
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Japanese

Subtitle Tracks:
English

Directed By:
Mamoru Oshii

Written By:


Starring:
Miina Tominaga
Daisuke Gouri
Issei Futamata
Kouji Tsujitani
Michihiro Ikemizu
Osamu Saka
Ryunosuke Ohbayashi
Shigeru Chiba
Tomomichi Nishimura
Toshio Furukawa
Julie Ann Taylor
C.J. Mills
Doug Erholtz
Joey Lotsko
Karen Thompson
Lisa Enochs
Peter Doyle
Peter Marinker
Roger C. Smith
Sam Regal

Music From:
Kenji Kawai

Director of Photography:
Mitsunobu Yoshida

Editor:
Kumi Hiishi
Masaki Sakamoto
Sachiko Miki
Seiji Morita

Producer:
Makoto Kubo
Motoko Kubo
Shin Unozawa
Taro Maki

Distributor:
Beez Entertainment

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