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| 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) | |
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| Genre | Action, comedy, police drama[1] |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Naoyuki Yoshinaga |
| Produced by | Tarou Maki |
| Written by | Hiroyuki Hoshiyama Kazunori Itō Mamoru Oshii |
| Music by | Kenji Kawai |
| Studio | Sunrise |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | Nippon TV |
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| Original run | October 11, 1989 – September 29, 1990 |
| Episodes | 47 |
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.
- ^ 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.