Patlabor: The TV Series

1989 - 1990 TV-14 25m 7.6

The misadventures of a police robot pilot squad and its support crew in a futuristic Tokyo.

In the near future, heavy industrial robot vechiles, or Labors, have become widely used throughout the world for their versatility and power. Unfortunately, those same qualities have also made them popular for criminals. To deal with this new problem, the police have organized special patrol labor units to be a counter force. In Tokyo Japan, the Special Vehicle Units serve in this function with Unit 1 or SV1 having a fine reputation for their professionalism and skill. However, the focus of this series, SV2, has its own rep for being clumsy and causing a great deal of collateral damage in their albeit effective methods. In this series, the adventures of this unit are featured as they go about their jobs and keep the peace in their own eccentric way.

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Episodes:

Episode 1 Ingram Activated

1. Ingram Activated

Aired: Oct 11, 1989

SV2 is going to get new AV 98 ingrams soon. Asuma and Ota go to Shinohara Hea...

Episode 2 Kanuka Has Come

2. Kanuka Has Come

Aired: Oct 11, 1989

Kanuka comes to Japan from America. She participates in a labor combat tourna...

Episode 5 Runaway Labor X-10

5. Runaway Labor X-10

Aired: Nov 14, 1989

Runaway Labor X-10 is loose in the forest. Division 2 is sent to go stop it.

Episode 6 The Tower: SOS

6. The Tower: SOS

Aired: Nov 21, 1989

Tower 1 of Tower City gets on fire. Division 1 and 2 go to stop it and save t...

Episode 8 Elusive Green

8. Elusive Green

Aired: Dec 5, 1989

Noa, Asuma, and Hiromi are sent to investigate on a tree. People believe that...

Episode 9 Red Labor Landing

9. Red Labor Landing

Aired: Dec 12, 1989

Noa and Asuma are sent to investigate on a terrorist who is gonna steal a red...

Episode 10 Eve's Trap

10. Eve's Trap

Aired: Dec 19, 1989

Kanuka's grandma from Hawaii visits Tokyo for Christmas. Then she suddenly di...

Episode 11 Eve's Terror

11. Eve's Terror

Aired: Dec 26, 1989

Kanuka's grandma is still missing. Shinshi and some guy is sent to go find he...

Episode 14 You Win

14. You Win

Aired: Jan 23, 1990

Goto takes Division 2 out to drink in order for them to get to know each othe...

Episode 17 Target, Chief Goto

17. Target, Chief Goto

Aired: Feb 13, 1990

Goto starts to act very strangely lately. Also, there are a lot of random att...

Episode 18 I Love Noa-sempai

18. I Love Noa-sempai

Aired: Feb 20, 1990

A famous entertainer named Kana is joining Division 2 for one week. Everybody...

Episode 19 Shadow in Geo-Front

19. Shadow in Geo-Front

Aired: Feb 27, 1990

A terrorist implants a bomb in Geo-City. Division 2 go to disarm the bomb. Ka...

Episode 20 Movement in the Dark

20. Movement in the Dark

Aired: Mar 6, 1990

Noa and Asuma get into a fight concerning Asuma's personal life. When Divisio...

Episode 21 Phantom Again

21. Phantom Again

Aired: Mar 13, 1990

Asuma heads to Hajioji to get back Unit 3. He now heads to the battle. Howeve...

Episode 22 Labor and Flower

22. Labor and Flower

Aired: Mar 20, 1990

Noa and Kanuka meet up with some old guy and shows them his labor collection....

Episode 23 Kanuka's Report

23. Kanuka's Report

Aired: Apr 4, 1990

Kanuka is now leaving Division 2 and going back home to America. Asuma, Ota, ...

Episode 24 Farewell, Kanuka

24. Farewell, Kanuka

Aired: Apr 11, 1990

Kanuka is heading back to America. However, there is a hijacker trying to hij...

Episode 25 Storm of Spring

25. Storm of Spring

Aired: Apr 18, 1990

Shinshi takes control of Kanuka's position in Division 2. However, he is real...

Episode 26 I'm Takeo Kumagami

26. I'm Takeo Kumagami

Aired: Apr 25, 1990

Takeo Kumagami now joins Division 2. Noa is worried that Goto will reassign p...

Episode 28 Suspicious Duo

28. Suspicious Duo

Aired: May 9, 1990

Noa and Asuma meet Utsumi and Bud in an arcade. Utsumi is giving Bud a new sp...

Episode 29 SV2 Wiped Out!

29. SV2 Wiped Out!

Aired: May 23, 1990

SV2 orders their lunch from Shanghai Restraunt, as usual. But they never get ...

Episode 30 Griffon Was Here!

30. Griffon Was Here!

Aired: May 30, 1990

Utsumi plans to unveil the Griffon to the public. Meanwhile, H.Q. wants to pu...

Episode 31 Tragedy in Rain

31. Tragedy in Rain

Aired: Jun 6, 1990

Division 2 is on duty at the International Labor Show. Asuma takes Noa's move...

Episode 32 Reunion

32. Reunion

Aired: Jun 13, 1990

The Griffon has crashed and Noa is relieved. However, the Griffon is being fi...

Episode 33 Hounds of SCHAFT

33. Hounds of SCHAFT

Aired: Jun 20, 1990

Noa and the gang that the Griffon didn't really crash, the crash was faked. S...

Episode 35 Griffon Down

35. Griffon Down

Aired: Jul 4, 1990

Noa and Alphonse continue her fight with the Griffon. But the Griffon gets aw...

Episode 36 Noa's Adventures

36. Noa's Adventures

Aired: Jul 11, 1990

Division 2 goes to stay by the mountains for a week for training. While out b...

Episode 37 Safety on Sales

37. Safety on Sales

Aired: Jul 18, 1990

Division 2 must get the Patlabor Insurance to cover for the cars they destroyed.

Episode 39 Mass Production Plan

39. Mass Production Plan

Aired: Aug 1, 1990

Shinohara Industries has finished the new production model of a police labor....

Episode 41 Save the Terrorists

41. Save the Terrorists

Aired: Aug 15, 1990

Division 2 must save 2 very lousy terrorists that set off a bomb in the wrong...

Episode 43 Working Ladies

43. Working Ladies

Aired: Aug 29, 1990

Momoko Sakurayama is interviewing Noa for "The Working Girl" show. Meanwhile,...

Episode 44 CLAT Forever

44. CLAT Forever

Aired: Sep 5, 1990

Shige is being sent to New York. However, he gets hurt before he goes and has...

Episode 46 It's Name, Zero

46. It's Name, Zero

Aired: Sep 19, 1990

SV2 gets a new patlabor model called the Zero. It is superior to the ingram. ...

Episode 47 Condition Green

47. Condition Green

Aired: Sep 26, 1990

Noa goes back to her hometown and sees the grave of her dog Alphonse. Asuma g...

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Current Status: Ended

Network: Nippon TV

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Animation, Action