Patlabor

Anime "Patlabor" is SF robot Anime of the Masami Yuki original. The Manga printing block was published serially in (Shogakukan) on "week boy Sunday" from 1988 to 1994. As for the book, 22 volumes are published. It was broadcasted as TV Anime until September, 1990 from October, 1989. It is shown as Anime for theater in 1989.

It developed rapidly, and general-purpose many feet walk type work machine "Labor" that I appeared spread, and it came to be used regardless of military affairs / public welfare in every field by the development of the robot technology. Labor was already common existence for the national project "Babylon project" that served as disposal of the debris of the Tokyo south offing big earthquake that attacked it in 1995 and the cancellation of the lack of land of the metropolitan area in the metropolitan area including Tokyo in particular. But, as a result, various criminal acts (from a scuffle uproar and the theft of the drunkard to terrorism) that I used Labor for occurred frequently and became the social problem not to mention an accident by Labor.

The Metropolitan Police Department introduced Labor into the special start corps in the Security Department to deal with this "Labor crime" and let the job be successful. However, as for the Patlabor, a start was constantly advancing with the thing which strengthened armor in Labor for old work at first, and Labor gathered the talented people who were excellent in the situation that improved performance;, in 1998, the Metropolitan Police Department established "2 sections of vehicle squadrons, popular name "tank 2 sections" specially" newly as a specialty post in a Security Department without the start corps can cope with a Labor crime especially. This is the birth of the Patlabor squadron.