Patlabor The Movie: Limited Collector's Edition

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Patlabor The Movie: Limited Collector's Edition
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Jitendar Canth

Before there was Ghost in the Shell, there was Patlabor
Certificate: PG
Running Time: 99 mins
Retail Price: £49.99
Release Date: 2006
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