WXIII: Patlabor the Movie 3
| WXIII: Patlabor the Movie 3 | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical poster | |
| Japanese | WXIII 機動警察パトレイバー |
| Hepburn | Weisuteddo Sātīn Kidō Keisatsu Patoreibā |
| Directed by |
Takuji Endō Fumihiko Takayama (chief) |
| Produced by |
Masahiro Fukushima Tsutomu Sugita |
| Screenplay by | Miki Tori |
| Story by | Headgear |
| Starring |
Katsuhiko Watabiki Hiroaki Hirata Atsuko Tanaka Masaru Ikeda Junpei Morita Takanobu Hozumi Shingo Hiromori Miina Tominaga Ryūsuke Ōbayashi |
| Music by | Kenji Kawai |
| Cinematography | Hisao Shirai |
| Edited by |
Kyoko Mizuta Takeshi Seyama Mutsumi Takemiya Megumi Uchida |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Shochiku |
Release dates |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
WXIII: Patlabor the Movie 3 (WXIII 機動警察パトレイバー Weisuteddo Sātīn Kidō Keisatsu Patoreibā) is a 2002 Japanese anime science-fiction/thriller film. It was chiefly directed and storyboarded by Fumihiko Takayama, directed by Takuji Endō, written by Miki Tori based on the concept by Headgear, animated by Madhouse and produced by Bandai Visual and Tohokushinsha.
The movie is the third and the final installment of the Patlabor film trilogy and it takes place in between Patlabor: The Movie and Patlabor 2: The Movie and serves as a side story.
Plot
In 2000, a series of unknown attacks on Labors have led to two police detectives, Shinichiro Hata and Takeshi Kusumi, being assigned to investigate these string of events, assisted by members of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's SV2 unit.
As they begin to unravel the mystery behind the attacks, the two detectives find reason to suspect that the attacks may have something to do with the American military stationed in Japan, elements of the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Forces, and a female scientist involved in a biological weapons program known as Wasted XIII.
Cast
| Character | Japanese | English |
|---|---|---|
| Detective Takeshi Kusumi | Katsuhiko Watabiki | Alfred Thor |
| Detective Shinichiro Hata | Hiroaki Hirata | Dave Wittenberg |
| Saeko Misaki | Atsuko Tanaka | Kari Wahlgren |
| Toshiro Kurusu | Takanobu Hozumi | Simon Prescott |
| Shizuo Miyanomori | Shingo Hiromori | Steven Chester Prince |
| Goro Ishihara | Junpei Morita | Kirk Thornton |
| Hitomi Misaki | Risa Suzuki | Julie Maddalena |
| Captain Kiichi Goto | Ryūsuke Ōbayashi | Daran Norris |
| Noa Izumi | Miina Tominaga | Michelle Ruff |
| Asuma Shinohara | Toshio Furukawa | Richard Cansino |
| Isao Ohta | Michihiro Ikemizu | Richard Epcar |
| Mikiyasu Shinshi | Issei Futamata | |
| Hiromi Yamazaki | Daisuke Gōri | |
| Ōsumi | Masaru Ikeda | |
Development
It is based on a part of the manga and has a similar premise to a story in the original OVA series.
Release
WXIII premiered out of competition during the Tokyo International Fantastic Film Festival, which had special screening on December 10, 2001. WXIII's Japanese theatrical release took place on March 30, 2002 to coincide with the release of Minipato. Geneon Entertainment licensed WXIII for its North American theatrical release on January 10, 2003 and DVD release on May 2003, which was eventually followed by later DVD releases to Europe and Oceania. It was licensed in Australia by Madman Entertainment. Maiden Japan has licensed all three Patlabor films for North America.[1] Maiden Japan released the movie on Blu-ray and DVD on September 8, 2015.[2]
Reception
Based on the reviews of 11 critics, it holds a score of 47 on Metacritic.[3]
Animerica gave it a more favorable review calling it an "ambitious work which holds its own with both Oshii's justly acclaimed Patlabor movies and with the best works of Japan's live-action horror cinema."[4]
References
- ↑ "Section23 Films Adds Patlabor Film, The World God Only Knows OVAs". Anime Network. 2015-01-22.
- ↑ "Hamatora Anime Gets English Dub". Anime News Network. 2015-05-19. Retrieved 2015-05-20.
- ↑ http://www.metacritic.com/movie/wxiii-patlabor-the-movie-3
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20040407172058/www.animerica-mag.com/features/11.04/patlabor.html
External links
- WXIII * PATLABOR THE MOVIE 3 (Japanese)
- Patlabor WXIII (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- WXIII: Patlabor the Movie 3 at the Internet Movie Database
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