WXIII: Patlabor the Movie 3

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WXIII: Patlabor the Movie 3
Theatrical poster
Japanese name
KanaWXIII 機動警察パトレイバー
Transcriptions
Revised HepburnWeisuteddo Sātīn Kidō Keisatsu Patoreibā
Directed byFumihiko Takayama
Screenplay by
Madhouse
Distributed byShochiku
Release date
  • March 30, 2002 (2002-03-30)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

WXIII: Patlabor the Movie 3 (WXIII 機動警察パトレイバー, Weisuteddo Sātīn Kidō Keisatsu Patoreibā) is a 2002 Japanese

Tohokushinsha
.

Plot

In 2000, a series of unknown attacks on Labors have led to two police detectives, Shinichiro Hata and Takeshi Kusumi, being assigned to investigate these string of events, assisted by members of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's SV2 unit.

As they begin to unravel the mystery behind the attacks, the two detectives find reason to suspect that the attacks may have something to do with the

biological weapons
program known as Wasted XIII.

Cast

Character Japanese English
(
Geneon Entertainment
, 2003)
Detective Takeshi Kusumi Katsuhiko Watabiki Alfred Thor
Detective Shinichiro Hata Hiroaki Hirata Dave Wittenberg
Saeko Misaki Atsuko Tanaka Kari Wahlgren
Toshiro Kurusu Takanobu Hozumi Simon Prescott
Shizuo Miyanomori Shingo Hiromori Steven Chester Prince
Goro Ishihara Junpei Morita Kirk Thornton
Hitomi Misaki Risa Suzuki Julie Maddalena
Captain Kiichi Goto Ryūsuke Ōbayashi Daran Norris
Noa Izumi Miina Tominaga Michelle Ruff
Asuma Shinohara Toshio Furukawa Richard Cansino
Isao Ohta Michihiro Ikemizu Richard Epcar
Mikiyasu Shinshi Issei Futamata
Hiromi Yamazaki Daisuke Gōri
Captain Ōsumi Masaru Ikeda Dan Lorge

Development

Madhouse
then took over the project, though Triangle Staff's involvement would be acknowledged in the film's end credits.

Very similar in premise and plot to episode 3 of the original OVA The 450-Million-Year-Old Trap and the manga arcs in volumes 7 to 10 that greatly extended the plot of that episode.

Release

WXIII premiered out of competition during the Tokyo International Fantastic Film Festival, which had special screening on December 10, 2001. WXIII's Japanese theatrical release took place on March 30, 2002 to coincide with the release of Minipato.

Geneon Entertainment licensed WXIII for its North American theatrical release on January 10, 2003 and DVD release on May 2003, which was eventually followed by later DVD releases to Europe and Oceania. It was licensed in Australia by Madman Entertainment. Section23 Films has licensed all three Patlabor films for North America.[2] Section23 Films released the movie on Blu-ray and DVD on September 8, 2015.[3]

Reception

WXIII garnered generally mixed reviews, and holds an average of 47/100 on aggregate web site Metacritic.[4]

Animerica gave it a favorable review calling it an "ambitious work which holds its own with both Oshii's justly acclaimed Patlabor movies and with the best works of Japan's live-action horror cinema."[5]

References

  1. ISBN 978-0-8160-6600-1
    .
  2. ^ "Section23 Films Adds Patlabor Film, The World God Only Knows OVAs". Anime Network. 2015-01-22.
  3. ^ "Hamatora Anime Gets English Dub". Anime News Network. 2015-05-19. Retrieved 2015-05-20.
  4. ^ "WXIII: Patlabor the Movie 3". Metacritic.
  5. ^ "Animerica: Animerica Feature: Patlabor the Movie 3: WXIII". Archived from the original on 2004-04-07. Retrieved 2004-04-07.

External links

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