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Patlabor: The Movie AKA Kidô Keisatsu Patorebâ: The Movie AKA Patlabor: Mobile Police (1989)

A mysterious suicide and strange robot malfunctions are clues to a devastating sabotage plot that Special Vehicle Unit 2 must stop
Director: Mamoru Oshii

OVERALL: Draw
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R1 America - Image Entertainment
R1 America - Manga
R1 America - Image Entertainment - Limited Edition
R2 France - Manga
R2 Holland - A-Film
R2 Japan - Bandai
R2 United Kingdom - Manga Entertainment
R4 Australia - AV Channel

OVERALL: Draw

- The Japanese release is in the original 1.66:1 aspect ratio, with an anamorphic transfer and both the original 2.0 Surround and 5.1 remix soundtracks, but it isn't English friendly.
- R1 LE is slightly reframed at 1.78:1 and offers only a 5.1 remix, but it is still Anamorphic, has a featurette on its second disc, comes with two books and is English friendly.

Note that the UK edition has an exclusive documentary, but the movie isn't anamorphic.

A DVD edition of the movie is also available in the Japanese Blu-ray set, but its specifications are currently unknown.
CUTS:
- R1 America- Image Entertainment - No cuts (98:57 NTSC).
- R1 America- Manga - No cuts.
- R1 Limited Edition America- Image Entertainment - No cuts (98:54 NTSC).
- R2 France- Manga - No cuts.
- R2 Holland- A-Film - No cuts.
- R2 Japan- Bandai - No cuts.
- R2 United Kingdom- Manga Entertainment - No cuts.
- R4 Australia- AV Channel - No cuts.
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Comparison added by David on 11/09/03
Comparison last updated by Vincent_Bouche on 02/09/10

UPDATE LOG:

02/09/10 : Overall update: the documentary on disc two of the Australian edition seems to be related to 'Patlabor 2' and the one on the UK disc to 'Patlabor'.
04/05/10 : Slight update of US Image Entertainment edition specifications.
27/02/10 : Addition of the R1 Image Entertainment editions and comparison clean-up.
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