Patlabor: The Movie
Patlabor 1 (Japanese機動 警察 パトレイバー 劇場 版, Kido keisatsu patorebā Gekijōban, dt " Mobile Police ( Group ) Patlabor: The Movie ") is an anime movie in 1989, the of on the manga series Kido Keisatsu Patlabor Masami Yūki is based. Directed the science fiction film led Mamoru Oshii. The animations are from Studio Deen.
Action
In Japan, about the year 2000, special robots by the military, used by the police or in high-rise construction. These robots are called laboratory ( to German [ the ] "workers" ), which are called the Police Patlabor (short for patrol laboratories). They are manufactured robot in the ark, a high and broad fabrication plant, which consists of several levels and is situated in the sea.
In Tokyo, there is a strange string of shootings of some laboratories. The only commonality of this robot seems a new operating system that HOS - to be hyper operating system. It turns out that the developers of this operating system is responsible for the problems: He has programmed a virus that is difficult to remove from the labs and triggers the shootings.
The police also notes that limit the shootings to certain neighborhoods. On the search for the cause they find out that in these districts are special buildings ( skyscrapers, bridges). Due to the construction of these buildings produce for people inaudible tones. Apparently, the developer was planning a global rampage of all staff working with the new operating system laboratory robot.
The trigger for this event is supposed to be a typhoon that would enable the huge factory ark because of the open structure to vibrate and move through the resonance vibration and other buildings to vibrate. The generated high frequencies of these buildings should then trigger the rampage of the laboratories.
Because the typhoon is about to hit Tokyo, the police have no time to test the theory. The safest solution is to destroy the ark. Although the developer has also foreseen this possibility and has also infected the computer of the ark with the virus, but a Notzerstörungsanlage the police can destroy the ark.
Reception
The film was released in Japanese theaters on July 15, 1989. Later he appeared in several countries on VHS and DVD. In Germany, the DVD was released in January 2005 with Panini video.
Continuation
1993 appeared the successor to Patlabor 2 - The Movie.