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This...this is one of the best DVDs ever. The movie is fantastic, with a great plot and excellent animation quality. The music score by Kenji Kawaii (Ghost In The Shell, When They Cry) perfectly captures the mood of each scene and sequence, and the character interactions, not to mention the characters themselves, are very entertaining to watch. I'll be honest, though, I had seen Patlabor the Movie 2 and WXIII before I ever saw this film. I had seen an abridged version of the film on YouTube before watching this, although I was still able to get the general idea of the plot thanks to that. Despite all of the acclaim that Mamoru Oshii, the director, might get for his work on Ghost In The Shell, Patlabor (and P2) are probably some of his best work. The plot is a great detective plot, just with giant robots. The fact that the changes in society caused by the integration of Labors (the name for these mecha in the franchise) are treated as a part of life is what makes Patlabor so different from other mech shows. The labors are part of everyday life, and so new schools for operating them and jobs related to labors seem natural, and that is also what helps the plot so well. I really don't want to spoil it, but if something like a specific frequency caused by wind can make a robot go berserk thanks to a code written in its software, then what happens when the robots found all around you, in construction sites and police departments, also receive a new upgrade with the same software and problem?
The DVD has a nice silver colored casing, and there are two discs. The first disc contains the film, with the original Japanese language track and a new English dub. This English dub was apparently made by professionals, since I can recognize some of the voices, and every character has a vocie that fits their personality just right. The Japanese track is, of course, the go to track, but I feel that both tracks are equal in terms of performance quality, and also in terms of audio quality as well. The Japanese track also has optional subtitles. There are also several Japanese theatrical trailers for the film as well. The second disc has a documentary. The DVD also comes with two booklets. The first one is basically the making of the film in text and image form, and it's great to read. It has a lot of information on the film, and it's very well written. The second booklet has dozens and dozens of storyboards, all with translation notes and whatnot. The discs themselves are held in a book-like case, similar to what Classic Media used for their Rodan/War of the Gargantuas DVD set.
Overall, this is an excellent DVD for an excellent movie. I Highly recommend it for anyone who's even remotely interested in anime or robots, or perhaps even robotic engineering! It's that good of a movie.
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Great movie. Bad blu-ray packaging.
This review is for the blu-ray version.PROS:- Phenomenal movie. Enough said.- Video quality is good. Although the artifacts is mainly from the age of the anime not so much of the transfer itself.- Audio is good. Appreciate that there is a dub for those who prefer dubs.CONS:- Packaging is the most lackluster I have ever seen. No insert for the left-hand side inside the case - not even a promotion for other anime blu-rays; absolutely nothing. See the plain photo.- Subtitles are in the ugly, disgusting yellow color font. Weird part is that on screen text have white subtitles.In conclusion, if you are coming from the Limited Edition DVD of Patlabor 1 and 2, then this is lackluster in the packaging experience. Otherwise beside the yellow subtitles font, the playback of the movie is fine.
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