WXIII: Patlabor the Movie 3

WXIII: Patlabor the Movie 3
WXIII: Patlabor the Movie 3
	Theatrical poster
Japanese name
Kana	WXIII 機動警察パトレイバー
Revised Hepburn
Transcriptions
Revised Hepburn	Weisuteddo Sātīn Kidō Keisatsu Patoreibā
Directed by	Fumihiko Takayama
Screenplay by	Miki Tori
Based on	Patlabor; by Headgear
Produced by	Masahiro Fukushima; Tsutomu Sugita
Starring	Katsuhiko Watabiki; Hiroaki Hirata; Atsuko Tanaka;
Cinematography	Hisao Shirai
Edited by	Kyoko Mizuta; Takeshi Seyama; Mutsumi Takemiya; Megumi Uchida
Music by	Kenji Kawai
Production; companies	Madhouse; Triangle Staff
Distributed by	Shochiku
Release date	March 30, 2002;
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.

^ Lenburg, Jeff (2009). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons (3rd ed.). New York: Checkmark Books. p. 244. ISBN 978-0-8160-6600-1.

[1] Lenburg, Jeff (2009). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons (3rd ed.). New York: Checkmark Books. p. 244. ISBN 978-0-8160-6600-1.

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