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Format: TV
Episodes: 47
Episode length: 25 min
Status: Finished
Aired from: Oct 11, 1989
Until: Sep 26, 1990
Season: Fall 1989
Source: Original
Average score: 76%
Mean score: 77%
Popularity: 14,190
Favorites: 397
Studio: Sunrise
Producers: Maiden Japan, Touhouku Shinsha
Genres: Comedy, Sci-Fi, Mecha
Romaji: Kidou Keisatsu Patlabor ON TELEVISION
English: Patlabor the Mobile Police
Native: 機動警察パトレイバー ON TELEVISION
Synonyms: Mobile Police Patlabor ON TELEVISION

Patlabor the Mobile Police

★ 7.6 14,190 members

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.

(Source: Anime News Network)