Patlabor: The TV Series

Patlabor: The TV Series
Patlabor: The TV Series first DVD cover
機動警察パトレイバー ON TELEVISION
(Kidō Keisatsu Patoreibaa ON TELEVISION)
GenreAction, comedy, police drama[1]
Anime television series
Directed byNaoyuki Yoshinaga
Produced byTarou Maki
Written byHiroyuki Hoshiyama
Kazunori Itō
Mamoru Oshii
Music byKenji Kawai
StudioSunrise
Licensed by
Original networkNTV
English network
Original run October 11, 1989 September 29, 1990
Episodes47 (List of episodes)

Patlabor: The TV Series, known in Japan as Patlabor The Mobile Police: On Television (機動警察パトレイバー ON TELEVISION), is a 1989-1990 anime television series. It was created by Headgear, animated by Sunrise, and based on the Patlabor anime franchise. The story focuses on Second Special Vehicles Division (SV2), a group of Patlabor policemen who fight and investigate crimes. The TV series is an alternate timeline to the original Patlabor OVAs and films, with an all-new origin story.

  1. ^ Beveridge, Chris (August 14, 2001). "Patlabor TV Vol. #1". Anime On DVD. Archived from the original on March 8, 2005. Retrieved January 12, 2020. While it's primarily a police drama, it has an interesting flair for comedy and still provides some good mech action.