Patlabor WXIII the Movie (2003)
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. The only hope to stop this threat is to cooperate with the military and lead WXIII into a showdown with the Labors of Special Vehicle Division 2.
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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. The only hope to stop this threat is to cooperate with the military and lead WXIII into a showdown with the Labors of Special Vehicle Division 2.
Rating:R
Genre:Action, Animation, Science Fiction, Thriller
Written By:Miki Tori
In Theaters:1/10/2003
Box Office:
Runtime:107 minutes
Studio:Madhouse, Bandai Visual, TFC
Cast
Fumihiko Takayama, Takuji Endo
Director
Hiroaki Hirata
Detective Shinichiro Hata (voice)
Katsuhiko Watabiki
Senior Detective Takeshi Kusumi (voice)
Atsuko Tanaka
Saeko Misaki (voice)
Ryusuke Ohbayashi
Kiichi Gotoh (voice)
Mina Tominaga
Noa Izumi (voice)
Toshio Furukawa
Asuma Shinohara (voice)
Michihiro Ikemizu
Isao Ota (voice)
Akimasa Omori
Patrol Department Manager Yamadera (voice)
Daisuke Gori
Hiromi Yamazaki (voice)
Issei Futamata
Mikiyasu Shinshi (voice)
Junpei Morita
Colonel Goro Ishihara (voice)
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