The Next Generation Patlabor Tv Boxset 2 Episodes 7 12 3 Dvd

labor labor 21 set in the year 2013 tokyo metropolitan police s special vehicles section 2 the so called patlabor has made some drastic changes to its labor forces due to the global recession the name of the unit stems from a robot specifically designed for heavy industry work called labor which opened up a new quality of crime thus the patrol labor patlabor police unit was created 15 years after the setting of the original patlabor animated movie the tmpd was forced to get rid of its former personnel making space for the next generation of labor pilots crew and technicians who took the place of the original 2nd special vehicles division leaving only shigeo shiba shige former second in command of the mechanics division as a veteran the live action series consists of thirteen episodes numbered 0 12 and is helmed by none other than the director of the original patlabor anime mamoru oshii it is set as a sequel to the patlabor series specifically to the three animated movies although a lot of plot ideas are recycled in comparison to the movies the show is much more of a comedy and parody of other works such as the kaiju and real robot genre than a police sci fi thriller the complete show is split into two dvd blu ray boxsets but the story of episode 12 will conclude with a feature length the next generation patlabor the movie also called tokyo war episode 7 time boomall of a sudden the special vehicles section 2 is under bomb threat that turns out to be more than just a bluff after an initial explosion in the section 2 offices a race against time starts to find more bombs that an anonymous caller predicted over the phone with the threat level rising and the time running out sv2 is hard pressed to decide whether to abandon their post or risk their lives to save their unit s existence episode 8 long range sniper 2000kasya a russian officer on loan to train with the sv2 is appointed to be the bodyguard of a high level russian official that is being targeted by a former kgb