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(REVIEW) Heavy Metal in Hot Pursuit in PATLABOR: THE MOVIE
Can this classic’s many technical artistic achievements overshadow the fact that, at its heart, this is still a movie about a bunch of cops heroically saving the day?
Pre-2000s Anime with Multi-Channel Audio
Had this in Drafts for about a year because I lost interest. Obviously this is an incomplete list, so I may come back and update it if I…
Mononoke, Jungle Emperor Leo, Devilman, Gunsmith Cats, Jungle Emperor Leo
Patlabor the Movie
By Andrew Osmond. Mamoru Oshii, the director of Patlabor the Movie, once described his 1989 film as pop entertainment. Any fan of Oshii, best known for Ghost in…
Mobile Police Patlabor The Movie
The two Patlabor movies directed by Mamoru Oshii are landmarks in anime history. Even without considering their intrinsic artistic qualities, their importance for the development of the aesthetics…
Mobile Police Patlabor, Photon: The Idiot Adventures, Twilight Q, Zillion, Grave of the Fireflies
What I Watched This Week – 6/27-7/3
Patlabor: The Movie – I wasn’t sure if this movie was a sequel to the OVA or the TV series, but it turns out it doesn’t really matter…
“Great Trash”—Patlabor 3 and the Problems of Auteur Theory
An in-depth look at WXIII: Patlabor the Movie 3, that examines the film's impact, and the role of the auteur devil and angel in its production
#OshiiOct Patlabor 2: The Movie – A Needed Intervention
Following Patlabor: The Movie, which I have mostly positive thoughts on, comes Patlabor 2: The Movie. Something I feel a lot better at and much more thematically rich…
#OshiiOct Patlabor: The Movie – Low Frequency Problems
This post is a culmination of a lot of previous posts finally coming together. To understand all that craziness, this movie is a follow up to short OVA…
Patlabor: The Movie
I’ve written about Patlabor before. The TV series is a great sitcom about Japanese police officers in the future, that offers commentary on politics, humor working with strange…
OtakuGeneration (Show #517) Avengers: Age of Ultron
Shownotes :: (show 517) :: (website) :: (podcast feed) :: (direct download) :: (direct iTunes link) With Kemonozume, recorded live May 3rd, 2015. This week we saw the…
Manga Mania Mondays – July 1995
Cover this month was by Metin Salih NEWS Upcoming Releases (titles that got news feature in bold) Manga Video – Project A-Ko 2, Patlabor the Movie, Wings of…
Space Adventure Cobra, Angel Cop, Dominion Tank Police, New Dominion Tank Police, Project A-ko