Patlabor: The TV Series Season 1

(1989) October - September | # of Episodes : 47

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Series Details

Seasons: 1

Total Episodes: 47

Creators: Mamoru Oshii , Kazunori Ito , Yutaka Izubuchi , Masami Yuuki , Akemi Takada

Networks: Nippon TV

Status: Ended

First Air Date: Oct 11, 1989

Recent Air Date: Sep 26, 1990

Run Time: m

In Production: No

Original Language: Japanese

Age Rating: NR

Website: Link

Production Companies: Studio Deen , SUNRISE , Headgear

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Main Cast

Ryusuke Ohbayashi

Captain Kiichi Goto (voice)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 34%

Akio Otsuka

Sergeant Tsutomu Gomioka (voice)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 58%

Takuma Gōno

Badrinath Bud Harchand (voice)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 2%

Mina Tominaga

Noa Izumi (voice)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 30%

Toshio Furukawa

Asuma Shinohara (voice)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 47%

Daisuke Gori

Hiromi Yamazaki (voice)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 37%

Michihiro Ikemizu

Isao Ota (voice)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 17%

Issei Futamata

Shinshi Mikiyasu (voice)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 40%

Episodes

Episode 1

11 October 1989 - Ingram Activated

SV2 is going to get new AV 98 ingrams soon. Asuma and Ota go to Shinohara Heavy Industries to get it. Noa also heads there to take her labor aptitude test. When someone steals the ingram, Noa goes to save it.

Episode 2

11 October 1989 - Kanuka Has Come

Kanuka comes to Japan from America. She participates in a labor combat tournament. Noa and the gang also compete in it.

Episode 3

01 November 1989 - This Is SV2

Noa must adapt to living in SV2.

Episode 4

08 November 1989 - Head to the Mountain of Mystery!

A monster is seen somewhere in the forest. The police sends SV2 to go capture the monster.

Episode 5

15 November 1989 - Runaway Labor X-10

Runaway Labor X-10 is loose in the forest. Division 2 is sent to go stop it.

Episode 6

22 November 1989 - The Tower: SOS

Tower 1 of Tower City gets on fire. Division 1 and 2 go to stop it and save the people in the fire.

Episode 7

29 November 1989 - Glorious Type 97 Modified

The new 97 model is visiting Division 2.

Episode 8

06 December 1989 - Elusive Green

Noa, Asuma, and Hiromi are sent to investigate on a tree. People believe that there is curse on the tree.

Episode 9

13 December 1989 - Red Labor Landing

Noa and Asuma are sent to investigate on a terrorist who is gonna steal a red labor, a military labor.

Episode 10

20 December 1989 - Eve's Trap

Kanuka's grandma from Hawaii visits Tokyo for Christmas. Then she suddenly disappears. The only clue to find her is "The Christmas of 50 years ago". When they try to find her, they are called off to duty.

Episode 11

27 December 1989 - Eve's Terror

Kanuka's grandma is still missing. Shinshi and some guy is sent to go find her. Kanuka uses Ota's labor to help Noa in the mission.

Episode 12

10 January 1990 - Ohta's One Troubled Afternoon

Ota is having an arranged marriage. Noa and the gang helps Ota out on his dates.

Episode 13

17 January 1990 - Gently, Your Highness

A prince from the desert joins Division 2 for a couple of days so he can establish a labor team at his homeland. A sniper is out to kill the prince, so Division 2 goes to stop him.

Episode 14

24 January 1990 - You Win

Goto takes Division 2 out to drink in order for them to get to know each other more.

Episode 15

31 January 1990 - The Whale That Sang a Song

An endangered humpback whale enters the Tokyo Bay. The city and Division 2 try to get the whale to leave the bay and go back to the ocean.

Episode 16

07 February 1990 - The Unit Crosses the Sea

Noa's hometown is having a winter festival and Division 2 is helping out. They also try to help out a boy named Satoru who hates labors.

Episode 17

14 February 1990 - Target, Chief Goto

Goto starts to act very strangely lately. Also, there are a lot of random attacks coming at Goto. Could these attacks have anything to do why Goto is acting strangely?

Episode 18

21 February 1990 - I Love Noa-sempai

A famous entertainer named Kana is joining Division 2 for one week. Everybody is trying to teach Kana how to pilot a labor. A crime gang tries to kidnap Kana so they can get one of Division 2's ingrams. However, they accidently steal Noa. Now, they have to save Noa without having to give the gang one of their ingrams.

Episode 19

28 February 1990 - Shadow in Geo-Front

A terrorist implants a bomb in Geo-City. Division 2 go to disarm the bomb. Kanuka goes on the mission with Noa instead of Ota.

Episode 20

07 March 1990 - Movement in the Dark

Noa and Asuma get into a fight concerning Asuma's personal life. When Division 2 get's assigned a special mission, Asuma is sent to Hajioji to pick up Unit 3.

Episode 21

14 March 1990 - Phantom Again

Asuma heads to Hajioji to get back Unit 3. He now heads to the battle. However, in the meantime, Noa and Ota are getting their butts kicked by the enemy.

Episode 22

21 March 1990 - Labor and Flower

Noa and Kanuka meet up with some old guy and shows them his labor collection. He also gets training on how to pilot a labor from them. The old guy's friend owns a very powerful labor, but that's it. And he doesn't know how to pilot it. Later, the old man and his friend fight with their labors. Who will win, the old man with some piloting skills with a weak labor or his friend with no piloting skills with a powerful labor?

Episode 23

04 April 1990 - Kanuka's Report

Kanuka is now leaving Division 2 and going back home to America. Asuma, Ota, and the others decide to throw her a farewell party. Noa is sent to spy on Kanuka. When the guys finish setting up the party, they come across Kanuka's reports on Division 2 and decide to read them.

Episode 24

11 April 1990 - Farewell, Kanuka

Kanuka is heading back to America. However, there is a hijacker trying to hijack the plane Kanuka is riding on. How is Kanuka going to stop this, and without her gun?

Episode 25

18 April 1990 - Storm of Spring

Shinshi takes control of Kanuka's position in Division 2. However, he is really bad at it. Then, he is offered a new job. Will Shinshi stay with Division 2 or will he take the new job? And how is his wife going to react?

Episode 26

25 April 1990 - I'm Takeo Kumagami

Takeo Kumagami now joins Division 2. Noa is worried that Goto will reassign positions and that Takeo will take her place as the pilot for Unit 1.

Episode 27

02 May 1990 - A Calling Voice in the Dark

SV2 now owns this old mansion. While they work on the mansion, everyone starts to see ghosts.

Episode 28

09 May 1990 - Suspicious Duo

Noa and Asuma meet Utsumi and Bud in an arcade. Utsumi is giving Bud a new special labor called the Griffon. Bud will use it to fight Noa in the future.

Episode 29

23 May 1990 - SV2 Wiped Out!

SV2 orders their lunch from Shanghai Restraunt, as usual. But they never get it. They intend to find out why and won't work until they get their food.

Episode 30

30 May 1990 - Griffon Was Here!

Utsumi plans to unveil the Griffon to the public. Meanwhile, H.Q. wants to put in more divisions, so they will get rid of the ingrams and replace them with a bunch of economy models, but the decision isn't final yet.

Episode 31

06 June 1990 - Tragedy in Rain

Division 2 is on duty at the International Labor Show. Asuma takes Noa's movement disk to test out the new economy model. But then, the Griffon is unleashed. He beats up Asuma and Ota. Noa enters the fight after getting her disk back, but the Griffon retreats since it was raining.

Episode 32

13 June 1990 - Reunion

The Griffon has crashed and Noa is relieved. However, the Griffon is being fixed up. Kanuka comes back to Tokyo and temporarily takes control of command of Machine 1.

Episode 33

20 June 1990 - Hounds of SCHAFT

Noa and the gang that the Griffon didn't really crash, the crash was faked. SCHAFT must not let Utsumi get to Tokyo, but he gets there. Noa must prepare for the fight against the Griffon.

Episode 34

27 June 1990 - The Battle of the Gate

Noa and Alphonse begin the fight with Bud and the Griffon. Noa is given a rifle to use but she can't use it because there are stupid people in the way. She tries using it like a sword but it didn't work out.

Episode 35

04 July 1990 - Griffon Down

Noa and Alphonse continue her fight with the Griffon. But the Griffon gets away in order for Utsumi to escape. Kanuka must go back to America.

Episode 36

11 July 1990 - Noa's Adventures

Division 2 goes to stay by the mountains for a week for training. While out buying dinner, Noa finds 20,000 yen and goes to find where the money came from all by herself.

Episode 37

18 July 1990 - Safety on Sales

Division 2 must get the Patlabor Insurance to cover for the cars they destroyed.

Episode 38

25 July 1990 - Underground Labyrinth Case

Something is out stealing stuff from Division 2. It appears to come from an old tunnel. Ota and Shinshi go to check it out. When Division 2 loses contact with them, Noa, Asuma, Hiromi, and Takeo go to find them.

Episode 39

01 August 1990 - Mass Production Plan

Shinohara Industries has finished the new production model of a police labor. Noa, Ota, and Gomioka tests them. What will they think of them?

Episode 40

08 August 1990 - Shore Watch Out Order

People claim to have seen some kind of monster on the beach. Division 2 investigates this.

Episode 41

15 August 1990 - Save the Terrorists

Division 2 must save 2 very lousy terrorists that set off a bomb in the wrong place.

Episode 42

22 August 1990 - Return of the Men

Three old terrorists team up to steal some money.

Episode 43

29 August 1990 - Working Ladies

Momoko Sakurayama is interviewing Noa for "The Working Girl" show. Meanwhile, a sick man steals a labor in order to commit suicide.

Episode 44

05 September 1990 - CLAT Forever

Shige is being sent to New York. However, he gets hurt before he goes and has a dream that he is in New York working with CLAT.

Episode 45

12 September 1990 - Freedom to Choose a Job

Noa is offered to become a pilot for a Helldiver. While Noa tries to make her decision, she must stop a criminal without Alphonse.

Episode 46

19 September 1990 - It's Name, Zero

SV2 gets a new patlabor model called the Zero. It is superior to the ingram. After messing up during a mission, Noa is worried that she will lose Alphonse.

Episode 47

26 September 1990 - Condition Green

Noa goes back to her hometown and sees the grave of her dog Alphonse. Asuma goes to get her when a terrorist comes. Division 1 and 2 must find the terrorist without using weapons since it would cause a fire.

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Naoyuki Yoshinaga
	Assistant Director	Akihiko Nishiyama Keitaro Motonaga Yasunao Aoki
Writing	Series Composition	Kazunori Ito
	Writer	Kazunori Ito
	Author	Kazunori Ito Masami Yuuki Mamoru Oshii Yutaka Izubuchi Akemi Takada
Sound	Music	Kenji Kawai
Camera	Director of Photography	Atsushi Okui
Visual Effects	Character Designer	Akemi Takada
	Mechanical Designer	Yoshinori Sayama Yutaka Izubuchi
Art	Art Direction	Yukihiro Shibutani
Production	Producer	Eiji Sashida Kiyoshi Ishikawa Shin Unozawa Taro Maki
Editing	Editor	Tomoaki Tsurubuchi
Department	Role	Name

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