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NEWS: 'Mobile Police Patlabor Reboot' Short Anime Announced for October


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DuelGundam2099



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 28, 2016 12:33 pm Reply with quote
>It is just a short

Oh good, lets just hope Oshii doesn't insult the genre again like he did in MiniPato.
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ZeetherKID77



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 28, 2016 12:34 pm Reply with quote
Please go to a series, a short just isn't enough if they're calling it a reboot. Most of this Animator Expo stuff barely interests me because none of it goes to series.

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AliceTheHare



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 28, 2016 12:37 pm Reply with quote
Yasuhiro Yoshiura is directing something Patlabor related. This is something I never knew I wanted, but I definitely really like it.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 28, 2016 1:30 pm Reply with quote
Aw, man! I was hoping for a full rebooted series! Sad

I just started re-watching the original and it could use an upgrade.
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XSp



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 28, 2016 1:32 pm Reply with quote
This is looking pretty good... too bad it's a short only.
Would be interesting to see Patlabor completely redone as a regular TV series
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Alabaster Spectrum



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 28, 2016 1:51 pm Reply with quote
I guess it's better than nothing. It's so hard to get a decent mecha thing nowadays that isn't Gundam or Macross though.
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Zin5ki



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 28, 2016 3:00 pm Reply with quote
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Kenji Kawai (Patlabor the Mobile Police, Ghost in the Shell) is composing the music.

As much as it may be disappointing for the original characters to be replaced, the choice of Kawai as the composer will ensure that some of the original series' flair is retained. The clip's combination of energetic strings and tambourine-heavy percussion certainly sounds distinctively familiar.
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Kruszer



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 28, 2016 3:21 pm Reply with quote
A short is too short. I want another series. Sad
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MarshalBanana



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 28, 2016 3:25 pm Reply with quote
Alabaster Spectrum wrote:
I guess it's better than nothing. It's so hard to get a decent mecha thing nowadays that isn't Gundam or Macross though.
I think what you meant to say was it is hard to see a mecha show now that isn't Gundam or Macross. The genre has been in decline since the 90s after all. They should really make another Super Robot Wars Anime.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 28, 2016 4:21 pm Reply with quote
MarshalBanana wrote:
I think what you meant to say was it is hard to see a mecha show now that isn't Gundam or Macross.


There were at least half a dozen in 2015:

    Fafner
    Aldnoah.Zero
    Transformers Q (if you count Transformers, some people don't)
    Knights of Sidonia
    Aquarion
    Heavy Object
    Comet Lucifer


Obviously nowhere near the glory days of the 90s, but it's not like the genre has died out. It's still here, still making money.
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penguintruth



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 28, 2016 4:41 pm Reply with quote
No Furukawa? No Sakakibara? No Chiba? Pfft.

Oh well, it's a short, maybe I'll give it a shot. But Oshii should do another movie. Not a live-action one, though.
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manapear



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PostPosted: Fri Jul 29, 2016 12:01 am Reply with quote
No Noa. . .? Or anyone? I don't know if I'm really interested in it, even with Megumi Hayashibara in it.
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Zhou-BR



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PostPosted: Fri Jul 29, 2016 8:53 pm Reply with quote
DuelGundam2099 wrote:
>It is just a short

Oh good, lets just hope Oshii doesn't insult the genre again like he did in MiniPato.


Oshii isn't involved in this short. If he were, I bet Kazunori Ito wouldn't be co-writing it, since they reportedly had a falling-out during the production of Avalon.
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Wrangler



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 30, 2016 1:57 pm Reply with quote
I'm more excited about Patlabor reboot.

I wished it wasn't such a short anime air time per episodes.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 01, 2016 2:59 pm Reply with quote
ZeetherKID77 wrote:
Please go to a series, a short just isn't enough if they're calling it a reboot. Most of this Animator Expo stuff barely interests me because none of it goes to series.


This. This is an excellent staff for a reboot, wish they were doing a full series not just a short.

Zin5ki wrote:
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Kenji Kawai (Patlabor the Mobile Police, Ghost in the Shell) is composing the music.

As much as it may be disappointing for the original characters to be replaced, the choice of Kawai as the composer will ensure that some of the original series' flair is retained. The clip's combination of energetic strings and tambourine-heavy percussion certainly sounds distinctively familiar.


I agree, one of my favorite composers.

manapear wrote:
No Noa. . .? Or anyone? I don't know if I'm really interested in it, even with Megumi Hayashibara in it.


This. I'd really like some new Noa-based Patlabor.
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