In this post, we take a closer look at the current status of the series “Kidou Keisatsu Patlabor”, also known by the following titles:
- Patlabor: The Mobile Police
- 機動警察パトレイバー
- Patlabor The Mobile Police: The Original Series
- Kido Keisatsu Patlabor: Early Days
- Mobile Police Patlabor
Status#
Based on our analysis, the series is FINISHED. ✅
Here’s how we reached that conclusion:
- All related entries are marked as finished on MyAnimeList
- The series is listed as ended on Trakt
These sources consistently confirm that the main story of Kidou Keisatsu Patlabor has been fully concluded.
Watch order#
Kidou Keisatsu Patlabor ↗ ↖
機動警察パトレイバー
Summary
In the near future, large mecha called Labors are made to assist in various reconstruction projects in major countries around the world that are being threatened by global warming. In Japan, the government has enacted Project Babylon in order to conduct land reclamation. Labors are also being pressed into police and military service aside from civilian use.However, terrorists are now attempting to use labors to make themselves heard, as well as common criminals, thugs and guerrillas. The National Police Agency established the Special Vehicles Division, an all-labor task force to combat the potential use of labors for criminal/terrorist activities.
(Source: MU)
Background
Kidou Keisatsu Patlabor won the 36th Shogakukan Manga Award for shounen manga in 1991. The series was partially published in English as Mobile Police Patlabor by VIZ Media, who published the first two volumes between July 6, 1998 and October 6, 1998, before the license was dropped.
Kidou Keisatsu Patlabor ↗ ↖
機動警察パトレイバー
Summary
As the human race evolves, so does its technology. Engineers have successfully created robots dubbed "Labors" for mass distribution, utilized by society for a number of everyday tasks. However, there are criminals who manage to get their hands on these Labors, using them for their own nefarious means.To combat this new form of delinquency, police around the world begin using “Patrol Labors” or “Patlabors” to put a stop to Labor-related crimes. Rookie police officer Noa Izumi is drafted into a special Patlabor unit, getting her own mechanical suit to fight crime. Naming this machine Alphonse, Izumi works tirelessly alongside her peers to keep civilization safe from those who would use this advanced technology to harm others.
As Izumi becomes further ingrained within her unit, she must also learn how to navigate both her social and professional spheres with grace and wit. She befriends the aloof Asuma Shinohara, fellow pilot Isao Oota, and the other members of her brigade as she helps them to combat conspiratorial plots, workplace revolts, and supernatural beings.
[Written by MAL Rewrite]
Kidou Keisatsu Patlabor the Movie ↗ ↖
機動警察パトレイバー the Movie
Summary
The Babylon Project is a massive renovation of Tokyo's neighborhoods, including the creation of artificial islands in the Bay. Utilizing "Labors," or robots created for the express purpose of doing work, architects and construction crews are able to more efficiently progress development of the overhaul. When a key figure in the Project's conception is found dead after committing suicide under mysterious circumstances, Captain Kiichi Gotou's Patlabor police unit is tasked with getting to the bottom of the bizarre situation.As several Labors begin to go haywire and a hacked AI program endangers the people of Tokyo, young pilot Noa Izumi and her Patlabor Alphonse work under Gotou’s orders to save the city and the entire nation from a massive biblical conspiracy.
[Written by MAL Rewrite]
Kidou Keisatsu Patlabor: On Television ↗ ↖
機動警察パトレイバー ON TELEVISION
Summary
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: ANN)
Kidou Keisatsu Patlabor ↗ ↖
Mobile Police Patlabor
Summary
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: ANN)
Kidou Keisatsu Patlabor 2 the Movie ↗ ↖
機動警察パトレイバー2 the Movie
Summary
Three years after the Babylon Project conspiracy is resolved, the members of Kiichi Gotou's Patlabor unit have gone their separate ways. Gotou remains with the Patlabor team, accompanied by Shinobu Nagumo, his romantic crush and comrade.Playing into the public’s skepticism toward the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force, a terrorist organization begins to work from within the military to cause destruction and mass civil unrest throughout Japan. Nagumo learns that the mastermind behind the growing terrorist plot is none other than Yukihito Tsuge, her former mentor and lover.
Gotou reassembles his former Patlabor team, spearheaded by pilot Noa Izumi. Leading the team into a mission to arrest Tsuge, Nagumo must come to terms with her complicated past relationships in order to save Japan.
[Written by MAL Rewrite]
Background
The film won the 1993 Mainichi Film Award for animation and a 4DX renewal was shown in Japanese theaters on February 11, 2021.
WXIII Kidou Keisatsu Patlabor ↗ ↖
WXIII 機動警察パトレイバー
Summary
When the level of Labor accidents begin to escalate around Tokyo Bay, police detectives Kusumi and Hata are assigned to investigate. What they discover leads to a series of government cover-ups, conspiracy concerning a new biological weapon entitled WXIII-Wasted Thirteen and a tragic, personal connection to Hata. The only hope to stop this threat is to cooperate with the military and lead WXIII into a showdown with the Labors of Special Vehicle Division 2.(Source: ANN)