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Patlabor 2 the movie
This film is essentially a reworking of episodes 5 and 6
of the original Patlabor OVA series. It is of course much more complex and more
political. In an interview Masami Yuuki claims that Mamoru Oshii made this film
to showcase his favourite character Shinobu Nagamo. Oshii apparently got the job
as director for "Ghost in the Shell" based upon his work on this film. Apart
from the bird motif of the film, Oshii's favourite animal, a Basset Hound, makes
it's debut in one of his anime films (a cardboard cut out appeared in his 1992
live action film "Talking Head") and would later become one of his trademarks.
The dog would later appear in "Ghost in the Shell", "Minipato", "Avalon" and
"Innocence".
Currently, only three versions of the film are in print in the English speaking world. Panorama in Hong Kong have released the movie on DVD and Blu-ray with English subtitles as well as well as an optional Cantonese dub and Chinese subtitles. Madman Entertainment have the rights to the Manga Video dubbed version in Australia and New Zealand and have released the film as a bilingual double DVD set with "Patlabor the movie". Recently deleted versions include a Bandai
Visual USA version of the film released in the US and UK. In the US it was been released on their Honneamise
video label on DVD, in a standard disc only edition, as well as a limited 10,000
unit special edition which includes; exclusive packaging illustrations by
Akemi Takada, remastered 5.1 audio channel, a new English-dubbed audio track, a
making of documentary, Japanese trailers and TV commercials, the complete
300-page storyboard book drawn by Mamoru Oshii with an English translation, and
a second book that includes past interviews, articles, artwork and drawings.
Bandai's European video arm, Beez Entertainment, also released the movie in
the same format on DVD, except the special edition is limited to 1,000 units. A
double DVD pack of the single disc versions and a double pack of the limited
edition versions (including the bonus discs and books) were also released by the
company.
This movie is available in Japan from Bandai Visual/Emotion on DVD, Blu-ray, HD DVD and UMD-Video as well as the "Mamoru Oshii Introduction-Box" DVD box set. The DVD and UMD versions do not come with English subtitles or an English dub, however the double disc DVD/Blu-ray and DVD/HD DVD sets as well as the single disc Blu-ray release come with the new English dub and English subtitles. Please note all versions listed below only contain the 1998 Dolby Digital 5.1 remix, with the exception of the "Emotion the Best" DVD version, which is the only DVD release in Japan to include the original 1993 theatrical audio. These discs are only available in Japan, and therefore will only work on DVD, Blu-ray, HD DVD and UMD players that are both NTSC compatible and will play region 2 DVD discs and region A Blu-ray discs (if you don't live in Japan, check your player's instruction manual to see if it will play the discs). Please see the Japanese Movie Releases Video List for a complete listing of all releases, formats and product specifications for this movie.
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