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Patlabor: The Movie is pretty good but (IMO) nothing special. The OVAs/TV shows are very slice-of-life and have a much slower tempo than the movie. (From the ar
by ranger207 2y ago
Patlabor: The Movie is pretty good but (IMO) nothing special. The OVAs/TV shows are very slice-of-life and have a much slower tempo than the movie. (From the article: "One memorable episode of the TV series was about the tribulations involved in getting a Chinese restaurant to deliver to the base.") The second movie is much darker and more cerebral, a la Ghost in the Shell (same director), and was previously discussed on HN at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37916306 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37916306. Overall though the whole franchise is very enjoyable
- Barrin92 2y ago> The second movie is much darker and more cerebral It's one of the most underrated animated movies there is I think. There's a limited edition I was lucky to grab in a pretty random store in Tokyo years ago that comes with two books, one has a lot of the storyboards and the other contains interviews with Oshii and he considered it the most important movie he made for its exploration of post WW 2 Japan. And although GitS is great I think it's a bit of a shame that it overshadows Patlabor so much, in particular internationally.