Patlabor the Mobile Police: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

In the future, advanced robotics has created heavy robots ("labors") for use in a variety of functions: construction, fire-fighting, military, and more. However, though the robots are only machines, their operators are also only human—and humans sometimes turn to crime. Since a heavy labor unit can be a dangerous weapon, the police of the future are set to fight fire with fire, using advanced patrol labor units, "patlabors." This is the story of the Second Special Vehicles Division, a motley crew of patlabor policemen and women doing their best to fight crime and live a normal life.

Series details

• Title: Patlabor the Mobile Police
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Comedy, Action, Anime, Science-Fiction
• Premiere date: 1989-10-11
• Final broadcast date listed: 1992-04-22
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: NTV
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 48544
• IMDb ID: tt0159883
• TVDB ID: 80789

Cast and credited roles

• Miina Tominaga — Noa Izumi
• Michihiro Ikemizu — Isao Ota
• Osamu Saka — Seitaro Sakaki
• Ryusuke Oobayashi — Kiichi Goto
• Tomomichi Nishimura — Detective Matsui
• Toshio Furukawa — Asuma Shinohara
• Yoshiko Sakakibara — Shinobu Nagumo
• You Inoue — Kanuka Clancy

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1989-10-11; final listed air date 1990-09-26; episode order: 47.
• Season 2: premiered 1990-11-22; final listed air date 1992-04-22.

Source and licence

Adapted from Patlabor the Mobile Police on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.