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Kana | WXIII 機動警察パトレイバー | ||||
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Directed by | Fumihiko Takayama | ||||
Screenplay by | Miki Tori | ||||
Based on | Patlabor by Headgear | ||||
Produced by | Masahiro Fukushima Tsutomu Sugita | ||||
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Cinematography | Hisao Shirai | ||||
Edited by | Kyoko Mizuta Takeshi Seyama Mutsumi Takemiya Megumi Uchida | ||||
Music by | Kenji Kawai | ||||
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Distributed by | Shochiku | ||||
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Running time | 94 minutes | ||||
Country | Japan | ||||
Language | Japanese |
WXIII: Patlabor the Movie 3 (WXIII 機動警察パトレイバー, Weisuteddo Sātīn Kidō Keisatsu Patoreibā) is a 2002 Japanese animated science fiction thriller film directed by Fumihiko Takayama and written by Miki Tori. The third and final installment of the Patlabor film trilogy,[1] it takes place in between Patlabor: The Movie and Patlabor 2: The Movie and serves as a side story, focusing on two police detectives and SV2 as they investigate a series of mysterious acts of deadly destruction occurring in and around Tokyo Bay that may be connected to a genetic experiment gone wrong. It was animated by Madhouse and produced by Bandai Visual and Tohokushinsha.