Patlabor WXIII the Movie
About Patlabor WXIII the Movie
Set in the year 2000, when the level of Labor accidents begin to escalate around Tokyo Bay, police detectives Kusumi and Hata are assigned to investigate. What they discover leads to a series of government cover-ups, conspiracy concerning a new biological weapon entitled WXIII-Wasted Thirteen and a tragic, personal connection to Hata.
Patlabor WXIII the Movie (2002) is an animation science fiction film directed by Fumihiko Takayama and Takuji Endo. The film is filed under robot, mecha, and police.
Hiroaki Hirata appears as Detective Shinichiro Hata (voice), Katsuhiko Watabiki as Senior Detective Takeshi Kusumi (voice), Atsuko Tanaka as Saeko Misaki (voice), and Ryusuke Ohbayashi as Kiichi Gotoh (voice). Released in March 2002, it runs 107 minutes.
The screenplay is by Miki Tori.
Patlabor: The Movie, Patlabor 2: The Movie, and The Five Star Stories make useful companions to Patlabor WXIII the Movie. TMDB voters put it at 6.6 out of 10 across 54 votes and it carries a R rating.