Continuing below is a chronological listing of every Japanese release of the New OVA series (AKA P-Series) on every format it was released on. Note: Please do not ask me where bootlegs and/or downloads can be found. If you email me regarding bootlegs or downloads, don't expect any response.

Patlabor on Television P-13 and S-13

Notes: P-13 (Perfect-13) Laserdisc and VHS contains episodes 37 to 39 plus the New OVA Series episode "The Dungeon - Again". The S-13 (Standard-13) only contains the New OVA Series episode "The Dungeon - Again". All versions contain a P-Club booklet.

Patlabor on Television P-14 and S-14

Notes: P-14 (Perfect-14) Laserdisc and VHS contains episodes 40 to 42 plus the New OVA Series episode "Snow Rondo". The S-14 (Standard-14) only contains the New OVA Series episode "Snow Rondo". All versions contain a P-Club booklet.

Patlabor on Television P-15 and S-15

Notes: P-15 (Perfect-15) Laserdisc and VHS contains episodes 43 to 45 plus the New OVA Series episode "The Woman Who Came from the Stars". The S-15 (Standard-15) only contains the New OVA Series episode "The Woman Who Came from the Stars". All versions contain a P-Club booklet.

Patlabor on Television P-16 and S-16

Notes: P-16 (Perfect-16) Laserdisc and VHS contains episodes 46 and 47 with "Koyasai Sanbonjime" (a sanbonjime is a Japanese clapping ritual done to honour the close of an event) designated as episode 48, which was a bonus collection of staff and cast interviews that was done after the final recording session for the series and was never aired on TV. Plus the New OVA Series episode "All Quite at the SV2". The S-16 (Standard-16) only contains the New OVA Series episode "All Quite at the SV2". A reversible cover was also issued for the P-16 VHS version to celebrate the sales of one million Patlabor videos. All versions contain a P-Club booklet.

Patlabor New OVA Series Memorial Box

Company: VAP Video Format: NTSC Laserdisc (6 CLV discs) Runtime: 600 minutes Catalogue Number: VPLY-70522 Release Date: 1 December 1995 Availability: Out of Print

Notes: Contains all 16 new series OVAs. From this release and in every subsequent release, the four Griffin episodes are presented in their chronological order and at the beginning of the series. The box set also contains TV commercials, Music Clips, Concert Tour '92, "Koyasai Sanbonjime" (a sanbonjime is a Japanese clapping ritual done to honour the close of an event) designated as TV episode 48, which was a bonus collection of staff and cast interviews that was done after the final recording session for the series and was never aired on TV, and a 52 page booklet.

Patlabor New OVA Series DVD Box

Company: Emotion [Bandai Visual] Format: NTSC DVD, Region 2 (4 discs) Runtime: 600 minutes Catalogue Number: BCBA-0602 Release Date: 25 August 2000 Availability: In Print

Notes: Contains all 16 episodes, Music Clips, Concert Tour '92, The Day After audio drama and a 64 page booklet.

Patlabor New OVA 1 (Rental Version)

Company: Emotion [Bandai Visual] Format: NTSC DVD, Region 2 Runtime: 150 minutes Catalogue Number: BCDR-0875 Release Date: 24 June 2005 Availability: Not for Retail Sale

Notes: Contains episodes 1 to 6. Essentially the same as the first disc in the DVD box release. Not available for retail sale, for video shop rental only.

Patlabor New OVA 2 (Rental Version)

Company: Emotion [Bandai Visual] Format: NTSC DVD, Region 2 Runtime: 150 minutes Catalogue Number: BCDR-0876 Release Date: 24 June 2005 Availability: Not for Retail Sale

Notes: Contains episodes 7 to 12. Essentially the same as the second disc in the DVD box release. Not available for retail sale, for video shop rental only.

Patlabor New OVA 3 (Rental Version)

Company: Emotion [Bandai Visual] Format: NTSC DVD, Region 2 Runtime: 150 minutes Catalogue Number: BCDR-0877 Release Date: 24 June 2005 Availability: Not for Retail Sale

Notes: Contains episodes 13 to 16. Essentially the same as the third disc in the DVD box release. Not available for retail sale, for video shop rental only.

Patlabor DVD Memorial Box

Company: Emotion [Bandai Visual] Format: NTSC DVD Region 2 (15 discs) Runtime: 2000 minutes Catalogue Number: BCBA-2917 Release Date: 25 May 2007 Availability: Out of Print

Notes: Limited release DVD box which includes all 16 New OVA Series episodes (with audio commentary for episodes 8, 11 - 12, 14 - 16). Also includes all 7 original OVA episodes (with audio commentary for episodes 2, 5 and 6) and volume 6½ Kawaraban, all 47 TV episodes (with audio commentary for episode 44), Patlabor the Live Action Movie Pilot, Music Clips and Concert Tour '92. Included on the audio commentaries are Mamoru Oshii, Yutaka Izubuchi, Akemi Takada, Masami Yuuki, Hiroko Kasahara (who performed "Condition Green", the second opening theme song for the TV series), Ryunosuke Ohbayashi (voice actor for Kiichi Goto), Yoshiko Sakakibara (voice actor for Shinobu Nagumo), Shigeru Chiba (voice actor for Shigeo Shiba), Toshio Furukawa (voice actor for Asuma Shinohara) and Miina Tominaga (voice actor for Noa Izumi).

Patlabor New OVA BD-Box

Company: Honneamise [Bandai Visual] Format: NTSC Blu-ray Disc, Region A/1, Japanese Dialogue Only (3 discs) Runtime: 400 minutes Catalogue Number: BCXA-0260 Release Date: 24 September 2010 Availability: In Print

Notes: Disc extras yet to be determined. Comes with 16 page colour booklet "Now and Then".

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