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Mobile Police Patlabor

Kidou Keisatsu Patlabor: On Television / 機動警察パトレイバー ON TELEVISION

TVFinished 198976% score

Sci-Fi Action Comedy

18h 48m total / Teens 13 or older

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Story

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: A...

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