Wow you guys loved this one alright, Thank you all so much!! Videos like this take a lot of time, writing, editing, and research, so I'm glad to see it pop off so hard in the last year. I hope to make more like this and I am currently working on them, but I would very much prefer to do it un-sponsored and without youtube's ad bullshit constantly ruining the experience for everyone. So please feel free to use ad-blocker, I am not getting money from them in anyway. If you WOULD like to help fund these videos, please feel free to do so through my Patreaon: www.patreon.com/luckyonce I hope you all look forward to more videos in the future! See you all then!

Saw the movies before the series because they were on premium cable channels we had at the time. Man, 90s anime movies have such a good vibe. Those backgrounds.

I'm a simple man. I see Patlabor, I watch the video. Well done!

Title: Most realistic Mecha KZfaq: It's Evangelion

I like that you noticed the difference in tone between the movies and the original tv shows. The series was much more light hearted while the movies were done in the style of the director Mamoru Oshii who went on to do Ghost In The Shell. I preferred the tv series much more. Great review and I hope people search for this title and enjoy it. The way we watched anime in the past was to rent vhs tapes from various places and I was lucky to find Patlabor vhs tapes rented out by a comic book store.

Gundam 0080 and patlabor are both slice of life with giant robot. They share same mechanic design and both have photograph-like illustration book. The gundam book is called ms era 0099 and I just want to say I have the live: Noa photographs which is really cool.

Patlabor is definitely one of the GOATs next to Gundam, Macross, VOTOMS, and Five Star Stories. The world building and storytelling is genuinely good, and the mecha are more than well worth the price of admission.

I still have all the dvd collection of the patlabor tv series i had when I was a kid. although I completely forgot 99% of the anime, I remember it so fondly that I'd still consider it one of my favourites. I was afraid of rewatching it because maybe it really wasn't that good, but your video made me want to take a deep dive in this forgotten gem

There it is, the Patlabor video! The waiting was worth it! I loved it! Patlabor is so unique in its portrayal of the mechas and soooooo comfy. I am still amazed that they created a franchise where you could put all the characters in every story you want and it just works. The franchise was lightning in a bottle. All those talented people coming together to create something awesome. The whole creation story behind Patlabor is easily as entertaining as the show. I wanted to add some sidenotes: Patlabor 3 is based on the manga arc WASTED WXIII which is an extended version of the monster episode from the OVA. Yet in the manga, SV2 is heavily involved in investigating the monster and bringing it down. Plus it integrates itself into the Griffon arc. But all those connections and SV2 were basically cut in the third movie... but I still like the movie. It's at least pretty lol. The live action show is an entertaining watch. The vibe is like the tv show (some of the stories are even heavily inspired by some episodes) but the last episode and closing movie have big ties with Patlabor 2, so there the tone shifts to be more in line with the movies. So yeah, thanks for the video!

stumbled onto this video, decided to check it out since I never got to see Patlabor but was aware of it. From your presentation, down to your use of some of my favorite vaporwave hits (mostly from Home) - this was a wonderful watch. Thanks!

You should do Armoured trooper votoms retrospective next. I think it might be realistic as this

I found out about the Patlabor movies when watching the GITS dvd extras in 2000. They used shots from the opening battle from Patlabor 2, and I knew I had to see these movies. The score by Kenji Kawai is so wonderful puts the viewer into the right frame of mind. I remember listening to the score on my iPod while taking the limo bus from Narita into Toyko, and it was perfect.

Great video, turned me onto a show I had no idea existed, and I'm someone who searches out mecha anime. Will definitely be checking this one out, and looking out for more of your content.

I'm not an anime fan, but listening to the sheer volume of Home during the cuts makes my brain vibrate into something more than happy. Great video man, keep up the great work!

My favourite episodes are a tossup between the one with the Mossad Spy Dog and the one where Ota becomes Ryan Gosling.

Damn, I could already tell you're passionate about the craft from the second you presented yourself. This is more well shot than most drama channels that talk about fuck all, this is honestly some good stuff man. I think if I had a gripe it was the audio editing. I had to change the volume every other scene since your voice overs were sometimes lower than everything and I had to go nearly full volume on my phone. But my attention was held nonetheless :o.

Patlabor is one of my go to mecha anime, other than Dai-Guard and gundam 0080

Super great vid man, I can't wait to watch Patlabor for the first time ever now!!

Though there are mechas, I never thought Patlabor as a mecha genre, but more of a Japanese police drama series. This makes the series easier to transition to live action J-Drama because all the elements are there.

With regards to the patlabor EZY project, news has been sparse on the matter but there was a pilot screening in Tokyo for patlabor day IIRC (yes patlabor day is a thing in Japan) and that was it. At least three stills of the anime exist on the open internet. There doesn't really exist much beyond that but who knows.

Once school is done at the end of May, I will binge the hell out of any Patlabor Manga/Anime I can find. I just love this series so much because of how different it feels most of the time.

Yo, that first song is from the album “Before The Night” by “HOME”. The song is “We’re Finally Landing”.

FINALLY! Somebody whose knowledge of mecha doesn't just boil down to "uhh it's Eva... I guess" and then ratting off tons of misinformation or vague guesses about the genre. I'm not that big on the realism but Patlabor is great and a must-watch. Also, Noa is a treat for every Tomboy lover.

Finally. Tons of trash I've went through to get to this gem is behind me. It took a damn week to find something I genuinely interested to watch. It's harder and harder each time, but it was worth it. Damn great vid, keep em up.

A truely underrated series that deserves more love. I'd like to see more stories in this universe, or maybe like a light novel showcasing what happened to the main cast after the end of the series (both OVA and TV) in more detail. Amusingly I'm one of those fans who loves the TV series despite some of the flaws, and few of it has to do with the writing in my book. A few times due to being on a budget crunch-time TV schedule that some of the action scenes become very 'static moving objects' as opposed to dynamically moving mecha duking it out. Which makes me wish the TV show could get a redo with modern animation but otherwise leave most of what was written intact (aside from any needed updates or improvements to meh concepts). Although sometimes its best to leave a good thing in the past so the modern age doesn't erode it. Not to say I dislike the OVA's, they are the OG's and I LOVE the first two Patlabor movies, they're among my most re-watch anime films and still hold up thirty years later. The third movie, is the only piece of Patlabor media I am very meh on. I don't hate it, but the absolute near removal of the SV2 crew was a BIG mistake, otherwise it's a nice noir detective piece set in the Patlabor universe, but it barely feels like a Patlabor piece of media until the very end.

My exposure to Patlabor has kind of been all over the place. I first saw the second movie, with the dub by Manga entertainment. Sad to say, I felt like I had come in to the franchise too late, and the movie had this feeling that the party had ended a long time ago, and the movie was cleaning up some time later. Thankfully, I managed to watch the original OVAs, and a few tapes of the tv series and the new files. Along the way, I managed to get a few issues of the manga when Viz was releasing chapters as monthly comic books. You covered most of the main cast, but I was kind of disappointed to see that you didn't mention two of my favorite characters from the mechanical crew, the crew chief (aka the Old Man), amd Shigeo (voiced by the incredibly talented Shigeo Chiba), (but you did show clip of him from the Godzilla pastiche episode). I would have to say that my favorite ovas were the Godzilla and Ultraman parodies, although the one about the mechanics staging a revolution wasn't without its charms. If the opportunity came up, I would probably watch all of the ovas, the tv series, and the first movie. It's sad to hear that Wxii (which I had read about in the late 90s as something attached to Izubuchi), turned out so bad.

Great video, great soundtrack (hat tip to you sir)... subscribed!

ALPHONSE! I love the OVA, Noa is such a lovable character, and yes, i like Ota too, he is loud, he is obnoxious, he is a gun nut, but he has a good heart, somewhere, probably at home. Patlabor is amazing and severely underappreciated, especially the OVA, the mecha designs are great, having even some overlap with other franchises. Sadly today we rarely get good mecha shows, the last one i really like was Knights & Magic.

well the guys behind the anime actually know their craft i guess. i mean: the same folks might have actually worked on the ghost in the shell tv series and in the second episode of season one right at the start you can see a HAW 204 and the follow up model HAW 206 mech tanks. and the HAW 204 uses caterpillar tracks that are build into the legs to walk and drive while also being a plausible design.

This editing is fucking S Class. Hot damn. Keep it up dude

cant believe this isnt a massive video from a massive channel the quality is insane

wow that was awesome. I love me some Patlabor

“Build homes for an ever growing Japanese population” Well that didn’t age well

Great video! Just had to subscribe since you've introduced me to something I've been trying to find.

Good video, I enjoyed it. I should finish watching all of Patlabor myself.

I literally subscribed just because of the monitor head, absolute genius!

Me sees Patlabor, me likes video, me thanks Computer monitor man. Luv you. I really hope your channel grows and you get more recognition. :D

i love patlabor so much!

Cool video man! Recoding it with this thing in the head was not easy

I am standing up and applauding you.

This is such a beautifully animated series, I have never watched Patlabor but Evangelion was one of my first animes and helped me through a dark time in my life thats why im so endeared to the mecha genre. I will definitley watch this series after your video Ive been getting into old anime recently and want to see this after having watched Zeta Gundam and Ghibli films!

I just recently rewatched both Patlabor 1 and 2 and god are they beautiful. There's just something about that 80-90's aesthetic style that just pulls me in a way more recent anime cant

I love Patlabor tv series probably one of my favorite anime I got so excited when this video came up hehe ty

I'm surprised you didn't talk more about the manga, it's been almost entirely fan-translated at this point (Less than half a volume left to go.)

Thanks for the reminder that I need to make time to watch Patlabor.

great, enjoyed it! subbed!

Wow. My favorite HOME song in a Patlabor video. Great choice.

Love patlabor and love the music you used in this video! Can you list the songs you used.

I know im late to the party but i absolutely love this video and Patlabor.

The coup scenes I think it was tanks with the snow lightly falling always gives chills in patlabor 2

I love Patlabor, its the only non-military mecha anime I can think of.

Liked and subbed. You made me get the good kind of flashback. Clicked that bell I hope more o.g. mecha context. Ty for this. Did you ever watch gunhed? It wasn't a fabulous film I bet you seen it but the costumes in it were sick

hits just right

WoW man ngl the music edit in this video make review more Superb Quality. If feels like you're watching one of those Netflix Documentaries 👌

after watching the movies, i watched some of the TV series and realized it really isnt just a mecha series.

Of all the movies, I really liked the 1st movie since like you said, it's quite serious but still has a few moments of comedy, a nice balance. Also man the TV series is whack, basically anything goes, conspiracy shit, giant monsters and paranormal stuff. I love it

I see patlabor, I watch. Time to spam this to my friends

You should do a April Fools review of the BattleTech cartoon. All the episodes have been uploaded on KZfaq remastered. It's so bad that it's good.

god id cut my toes off for more stuff set in this setting.

Its interesting how prevalent the whole "anime girl andd giant robot" trend was back in the day. Quite odd really. Its also funny how back then when they smiled they looked so goofy. Nowadays they are cute wheen they smile and don't look like monkeys. That tangent aside, old school mecha always had the most attention to detail and believability in mecha. Honestly the 80's andd 90's in general was the golden age of detailed, realistic, dark (literally), gritty, down to earth anime. Now everything is almost painfully bright and colorful and all so over the top fantasy. Not to mention the attention to detail on objects is far less.

I saw the title, and i agreed, so i watched.

me show Patlabor figure at gathering, and my gundam friend : "Jegan, how are you"

patlabor and votom take my top pics with Gasaraki and big o being honorable mentions for rendering

I like the end credits song!

Never stop making this content I love it. Also, I would enjoy an Evangelion video from you immensely, because I feel you would address things I haven't heard from other reviewers. Do you think Evangelion had to be as depressing as it was in order for it to get its message across?

Patlabor is the GOAT

Patlabor, at least I know you have good taste. Need to break out the box set again.

I watch every episodes of the anime. It was dead boring at first time I watched it in my elementary school days. I asked for a Gundam but my dad bought this one instead. But I watched it again when I was an adult then I realized what a masterpiece it was

Wow i use to watch this when i was kid❤

what is the music playing during the opening section about the three films? that sort of lo-fi cyberpunk is such a great sound.

For me, the movies were my introduction to this franchise. I actually watched the first two after I saw ghost in the shell.

I love the TV series and the second ova series of the Patlabor, first and second movie are also great, I really wish to see more patlabor anime or manga, but just like you said if the sequel become something compelety different like the third moive, is better just end the story.

Weirdly enough my favorite patlabor changes between 2 and 3.

wait there another one made after the 90's... i am old. i was 12 when i watched the "originals", and thus i became an anime fan.

Also, War In the Pocket? Favourite Gundam series hands out, go see it. Not fun. But a masterpiece.

Hm, interesting, I grew up with Macross/Robotech growing up, and this definitely caught my interest as a mecha fan. I'll definetly have to check Patlabor out. Also, I really like the song you used at 19:30 can I ask what it is?

What was the name of the music track you used at the 20 min mark?

i miss those days when they drive big destructive machines strangle a girl while shedding tears on them. i wish i could do the same😊

Great video!! Loved the movies as a kid but I've never seen the show. Also: what's the music that starts at 19:31?

Wait how the hell do you barely have a few hundred subs?!?!

I know the song in the intro and it's driving me crazy that I can't remember what it is

the manga is really good.. when the manga ends, i wish there is more..

I have all the video files in an old hard drive but I have no sub-titles so everything is in japanese :( I'll have to learn japanese and write my own srt files, fml

I love Patlabor but Votoms inches above is very slightly just because I like me some Military Sci Fi.

Funny enough I didn't watched the third movie and strangely I never heard nobody talking about it, which is at least strange, now you that you talked about it I understand why...

Was that the Laine theme I heard in the background?

Is your channel name a reference to the IRA bombing Thatcher? Because that'd be pretty cool.

Aw yiisss another tomboy enjoyer :D. Anyways this has moved Patlabor up my watch list for sure.

I just heard Yugi in there.

Show Kenji Kawai some love...

Funny, while I can see where the two OVAs can be superior to the TV in some regards, I've always like the TV show better, perhaps for it was introduction to Patlabor just watching the Latin American broadcast of Fox Kids, and seeing the commercials that the show was coming and like the design on the Ingram, (looked similar to Tekkaman Blade aka Technoman which I like already) and saw the movies and OVAs a few years later. And like the more comedy driven angle at times, kind of middle ground or mix of Gundam with the Police Academy movies. And liked the flying Griffon over aquatic version. And teh TV and OVA version of the AV-0 Peace Maker over the one on the 1st movie.

one of the best animes of all time....

why is there the anti spiral face on the T.V. screen at 2:36?!

Patlabor was my first mecha. Patlabor will be my last.

This sure was a video on YT, but I'm glad I found it, I knew that name was familiar, and I don't remember the show too much, but I remember now that I watched some of the TV show and really like the idea of this science fiction late 20's Japan where this police woman has this special connection with her mecha police patrol. I kinda like these stories of people humanizing robots and AI especially when they show a wide range of emotion and sentience, and maybe why I don't like Star Wars droids as they are functional but not so sentient tbh, they are kinda stupid even, but yeah glad I chose to doomscroll late at night and being reminded of some beautiful piece of vintage science fiction anime. BTW screw Eva, it's to pretentious and sadly no one wants to make a mecha show where you just got big robots kicking butt for the sake of it, that's why Megas XLR is so precious to me, but there are many other science fiction movies and anime that tackle philosophical and existential themes better than Eva no wonder the Patlabor movies are like a mix bag, screw Eva man, no matter I watched the whole show and EOE as a kid and have a considerable amount of merchandise (Asuka besto girl), screw Eva!

can i have some context as to why the dude at 4:58 has the Oxygen Destroyer from Godzilla? 🤣

patlabor 2 the movie is a vibe man

What's the name of the opening song of this vid?

29:40 this is actually close to the manga.

Since you mentioned venting I want to have my turn. I didn't really enjoy the Patlabor OVA. I loved the first 2 films. Especially the 2nd one. I didn't like the goofy nature and for me the slapstick didn't resonate much, it was just a bit too much for me. However I think that is just a taste difference. I HATE the effects of Evangelion on the mecha genre. Evangelion has no right to be as influential as it is. Pre-Evangelion mecha deconstructions in the form of Gundam War in the Pocket are much better as mecha deconstructions. NGE is not bad, but it isn't the greatest anime, I would say far from it. I think Gundam (the original series) handels teenagers in robots better. Patlabor is neat however and it would be nice to see more of it exploring the police aspect.