Patlabor 2: The Movie

Patlabor 2: The Movie continues the story of the Tokyo police unit that operates giant humanoid machines known as Labors. Three years after the events of the first film, a wave of attacks strikes the city, including the destruction of a bridge in Yokohama Bay. Responsibility is placed on a military aircraft, deepening the tension between civilian authorities and the armed forces, and the government is pushed toward declaring a state of emergency. With their Labors taken away, members of the Special Vehicles Unit conduct their own investigation, aided by a government agent, as they try to prevent the situation from spiraling into a coup.

The film is directed by Mamoru Oshii, the fifth of the thirteen features he has directed in chronological order, following Patlabor: The Movie and preceding Ghost in the Shell. Mizuho Nishikubo is also credited as director. Oshii wrote the screenplay with Kazunori Ito and Yutaka Izubuchi. The voice cast includes Mina Tominaga, Toshio Furukawa, Ryusuke Ohbayashi, Yoshiko Sakakibara, Michihiro Ikemizu and Daisuke Gori.

Released in Japan in August 1993, the film runs 113 minutes and was made on a budget of about two million dollars. It holds a 7.5 rating from roughly 5,100 votes on IMDb and a 7.4 rating on TMDB, indicating steady appreciation from viewers decades after its release.