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NEWS: Live-Action Patlabor's 10th Episode Footage Streamed

Wow, was that a completely CGI Tank/Vehicle or a full size prop? that was amazing.

You think we will get an english release? I can't even find a torrent save episode 00.

There are a few trend stories out there right now about how Japanese films aren't marketable outside of Japan and how, aside from Ghibli output, they perform poorly in international film festivals. It's considered a handicap and something they need to fix if they want the kind of box office and prestige that comes from having internationally marketable product, but I'm not at all sure how the industry itself there is approaching that or if they even care.

I desperately want this live-action Patlabor to get a domestic release. But I'm not holding my breath. Nobody's even fansubbing it, though, which is a shame.

Lowlife187 wrote:

You think we will get an english release? I can't even find a torrent save episode 00.

That's my beef with Japanese film industry, they're not taking the international market seriously. Zac has said this on another thread:

Zac wrote:

There are a few trend stories out there right now about how Japanese films aren't marketable outside of Japan and how, aside from Ghibli output, they perform poorly in international film festivals. It's considered a handicap and something they need to fix if they want the kind of box office and prestige that comes from having internationally marketable product, but I'm not at all sure how the industry itself there is approaching that or if they even care.

Even on Dramafever, where they have catalog of films from South Korea and China/Hong Kong. There's no Japanese film (not counting J-dramas) on their catalog at all. Even on Hulu, the only Japanese films they have old classics one, they don't have a lot of recent Japanese films that came out between 2011-2013.

I remember a few years ago Funimation used to pick up a lot of Japanese films, but they stopped picking up. They may have picked up Space Battleship Yamato, but they haven't picked up other Japanese films that came out not long ago in Japan.

I desperately want this live-action Patlabor to get a domestic release. But I'm not holding my breath. Nobody's even fansubbing it, though, which is a shame.

I agree, I have seen a lot of Korean and Chinese live action be marketed here, but most of the Japanese movies get "the American treatment" and redone into subpar movies. The Grudge and the Ring were way better in Japanese than the remakes. Also the The Departed was better(that might be Chinese)

As a whole Japanese live action and anime need to think about foreign viewers. A streaming or VOD would be the best option to reduce the cost of DVDs or Bluray discs.