About this episode

The episode discusses the final theatrical animated film of Patlabor and its related works.

We're finishing off our run on Patlabor with a trio of offerings. First there's the main event, Patlabor WXIII, the last of the theatrical animated films and an often overlooked and underappreciated part of the series. Then there's MiniPato, the short form experimental parody anime, and last (and probably least) there's Patlabor Reboot, the 2016 proof of concept for a modern Patlabor series that's finally going to see its actualization in the upcoming Patlabor EZY. Anime Discussed: Patlabor the Movie 3, MiniPato, and Patlabor Reboot Next time: Wish Upon the Pleiades 1-6 Send us your questions! You can email us at underthekotatsu.anime@gmail.com or DM us on twitter @underthekotatsu and on bluesky @underthekotatsu.bsky.social

People in this episode

Hosts: Daniel, Austin, Danielle

Topics covered

• Patlabor
• anime
• film analysis
• animation
• manga

Keywords

• Patlabor
• WXIII
• MiniPato
• Reboot
• anime

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Patlabor WXIII, MiniPato, Patlabor Reboot, Patlabor the Movie 3, Wish Upon the Pleiades

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