With the rapid development of hyper technology came...
humanoid construction machines
called Labors.
However, this gave rise to Labor Crimes,
a new threat to society.
The Metropolitan Police formed a special vehicles section to combat these crimes.
Known as the SV2, Patrol Labor units.
The beginning of Patlabor.
And time has passed since. Now it is year 2013, Tokyo.
SV2 Division 1 has disbanded.
Division 2 is barely surviving.
With the matter of survival in question, this is the story of...
struggling days of the third generation SV2 Division 2.
One, Two, Push
Careful, careful
It's about to begin.
It'll work properly this time
Yes. Captain's feeling confident.
Leg parts are renewed and tuned up.
— How did you find the replacement parts — It must've been out of stock.
Yep.
We'll begin Labor No. 1 operation test.
Unlock No. 1 and purging the deck.
Roger
lt'll....
Might work.
From Backup to Pilot. Are you ready
From Pilot to Backup. I'm ready.
Akira, let's start with pausing.
From neutral to stamping.
Roger
Fall in.
Next, left side forward bending.
Roger
What!
How's it going
Hydraulic and electrical pressures are normal. No problems.
Good! We go boldly.
180 degrees turn on right side. Cat's legs.
Cat's legs
Roger
We can do it, Akira!
Yeah.
Youth is wonderful as they have no fear.
Mr. Gotoda...
Yuma, hydraulic doesn't seem right. Do you think it's OK
Don't worry about that. 270 degrees turn!
Do the ball kick!
Kick balls
OK.
I'm ready to kick.
What a reckless move!
How dare you...
Chief, are you alright
They aren't supposed to do that
They shouldn't. They'll be really in trouble.
But it looks great.
Next, left 45 degrees two steps kicking. Let's do it!
What's wrong
Do the two steps kicking!
Yuma, hydraulic pressure is...
Gosh.
Running out of power.
You idiot, Yuma!
Where's the idiot who let Labor to do the Karate forms
— He's already run away. — Find and bring him to me!
Roger
You assholes are all the same. Only thing you do is muscle training.
No more training during lunch break!
"REACTIVATE TYPE 98"
So I said I can't.
You didn't. You were into it.
You only tried impossible things.
What I wanted to test was the
Labor leg's moving limitation.
That resulted in complete loss of leg damper
Head sensor as well.
Making a Labor do cool moves has no profit.
Move with zero waste.
Having skillful hands made them manufacture complicated items.
That is a bad habit of the Japanese.
But your country's bargain tank made...
piles of crap in Middle East.
Before delivering one punch to US you get one hundred.
Shut up you America's subordinate!
You wanna fight
Speak Japanese.
Cut it out.
I said speak Japanese.
Sachiko, are you fine
Shooting training
It's been two months from last training.
Didn't you almost make the holes in a Coast Guard's ship...
on the last training, didn't you
That was manipilator's...
Manipulator.
That manipilator did...
Mani—pu-lator.
The manipulator shot without an order.
With Labor No. 1's poor condition, we can't have training.
Our Labor No.2 can do the job.
Your No. 2's leg parts were installed in No. 1.
We need training to keep our shooting skills.
You should not waste bullets by avoiding real shooting lessons.
But in case of emergency, shoot out in one shot.
That is the task of a Japanese policeman.
I can't accept it.
Yes, this is Gotoda of SV2.
Yes.
What
— Oh, I see. - What is he saying
Equipment overhaul
You don't know it
That is the biggest annual event of Security Bureau...
with attendance of Superintendent General.
That's the General's inspection.
Will we have to participate in that
— SV2 - bring the Labor with
— Of course. — I guess that is...
harassing SV2 to shut down.
If we can't bring the Labor, they'll put all the blame on our captain.
And they‘ll disband SV2.
Maybe Security Manager plotted it.
That brown noser!
But the timing is too bad...
as we are in poor condition.
They might set the event by knowing our condition.
I see.
No way!
It's impossible to move the Labors.
But please...
Labor No. 1 is in poor condition and No.2 has missing parts.
Please arrange it.
When is the equipment overhaul?
Five days from today.
— We can't. — Just standing is fine.
Even you say so...
Vice Head, come forward.
Stand upright. Chest out!
Whether Labor or human, the walking on two legs is fine, but
it'll easily fall over when they stand still
and take sudden impact.
But if when Labor is moving...
As you can see, they can correspond.
We cut technical details but...
the stabilizer that is supporting the Labor's walking system works...
when they receive the input from the sensor...
by collaborating with actuator and damper in real time.
They can't stand still without input.
So thus when you want a Labor to stand still,
you must activate the system...
making it stand with full power.
That is the necessary process.
Please participate.
Did you listen to what I said
Yes.
Then
Please.
What will you do if I said no
Many people in Metropolitan Police wanna shut SV2 down.
When our existence is in jeopardy...
They'll shut us down immediately.
If we make Labor stand and and it falls over on site
No future for SV2.
Bring off duty crews and get going with everyone.
I'll throw you into ocean if you move slowly.
Take backup parts from warehouse as much as possible.
Kitchen crews, go and get food.
No one goes home until restoration is done.
I'll go to negotiate with the parts makers so you are in charge Vice Head.
Roger
Make two units when off duty crews arrive.
— Rotate two units to do a rush job. — Yes sir.
Shige—san.
It's not for you.
If SV2's shut down in my era,
I can't face the late predecessor.
I, Shigeo Shiba...
I'll make the Labor stand
in the name of my predecessor.
Present arms to Head Mechanic.
Thus the SV2's survival days have begun.
Check the power sufficiency rate of SCB.
87.2% is the max.
That's not good. Check the electrical pressure again.
They worked on their tasks round—the-clock...
until the day of equipment overhaul.
They ate meals heartily by rotation.
They slept wherever they could.
And got up and worked again.
Burned their souls.
They kept working with their lives.
Listen you guys!
Let's restore the Labor's movable condition at any cost.
Anyone close their eyes shut for three seconds...
I'll throw you into ocean!
For you guys, there'll be no sweet rest...
like cotton candy.
How did you find back up parts?
We begged the head of Uchiyama Corp, who made Labors, and now works as an advisor.
He has a debt to our former Head Mechanic,
so we made him manufacture the parts by force.
It's good to have someone in our debt.
I'll make a call.
Who? Oh Gotoda of SV2
"Director of Metropolitan Security Bureau Seiichiro Kaito"
I'll take the call.
This is Unoyama.
"Manager of Metropolitan Security Bureau. Makoto Unoyama"
The General is busy. He has no time to take your call.
I'll listen to you instead.
You made a call for such a trivial thing
What's wrong?
It's about the notification of equipment overhaul.
We scheduled SV2 to participate this year, right
Are they begging for mercy?
No, they said SV2's AV-98 will attend for sure.
Come again?
But by you information, SV2's Labor is...
One Labor is a complete loss on the last test.
The other one also doesn't work as it's parts were taken.
Equipment overhauls is a tradition of the whole Security Bureau.
We'll let you participate by the General's special grace.
We don't need your consent.
By the way, SV2 has a special device, don't you?
Yes. That revolver cannon.
Equip it at overhaul.
What did you say?
Of course you need to bring the cannon for real.
Equipment overhaul is literally overhauling the equipment!
You're saying the Labor really needs to shoot the cannon?
You have to.
That is the proud device of SV2.
Fire gun salute to the General.
Yes, I'll allow you to shoot. Shoot it now!
If you can't shoot, do harakiri.
Director, you are mischievous.
Because you order the shooting of the cannon to a Labor that can barely stand up.
It's not a hard thing.
As a policemen, we must make sure all the equipment...
can be used at any time.
If you can't move the Labor in the big moment, it is neglect of duty.
Take one.
I choose the Half Killing.
Half Killing?
Back home it's what we call a mixture of smashed sweet red beans.
and strained whole sweet red beans
Also called a Massacre.
How come you knew it? I am impressed.
— Ready — Yep.
If I give this cannon a second look, it seems really stupid.
Handgun only by name.
This is the Metropolitan Police's largest and strongest firearm.
Surely this looks like revolver.
But gun maniacs will call this a full copy of a Colt Python.
I don't know who named this...
but this thing is in no way a handgun as it has the name "revolver cannon".
37 mm caliber is surely a cannon.
— Uemura! — Yes sir.
I always told you to keep the inside of the muzzle clean.
Sorry sir. Rotate it.
Bring it here.
— Open the can. — Yes.
After the solvent, do the brushing. Don't slack off.
It smells so bad.
To clean the inside, we need toxic solvents like ammonium.
So please be careful.
This must be hard work.
It is easy to shoot, but maintenance is a big burden.
- bring that thing. — Yes sir.
As the gun is that big, so is the cartridge.
The 37 mm cartridge. It looks the same as a normal handgun cartridge.
This is officially a 37 mm, but that is not the diameter of the projectiles.
Yeah, it can't be that size.
Look at this carefully.
In a precise sense,
this is not a solid bullet but a hollow cylinder.
With a resin cap
And what's inside the cylinder covered with cap?
Don't worry. We removed the propellant.
I see.
This cylinder is 37 mm.
This is spherical form ball made with soft iron.
Nine of them exist in a regularly equipped OOB.
So this bullet is...
The same as a shotgun shell.
This is just a big revolver type shotgun.
Basically this is only designed for close fight with Labors...
so the initial speed and penetration power are not really necessary.
To minimize the collateral damage, the choke of the gun muzzle is deepened.
What is the choke?
But the power is enormous.
It can destroy the engine blocks of trucks with one shot.
That powerful.
Mr. Gotoda, it is about your unit.
Even so you know nothing.
I don't carry guns. That's my style.
Former captain said almost the same thing.
And what's your request
They want Labor to fire a gun salute at the next equipment overhaul.
— Gun salute — Yep.
— By the Labor? — They want it to.
— In front of the General? — and the whole Security crews as well.
Are you sure?
It's Security Director's direct order. Don't you have a blank shot?
If you say we must do it, I'll arrange it.
Please do so.
— do we really have to do it? — We don't have a blank shot.
Shut the hell up!
We have to do it as the Metropolitan's elite said so.
- But... — Don't answer back!
Go to ammunition store and bring live bullets.
Yes sir.
Just see. We're gonna make hell of a thing.
I hold no responsibility anyway.
While that incident is going on...
what we, Labor crews, doing was...
This is so easy.
Akira, your face is smiling. Stay sharp.
Ohtawara, look what you're doing.
Does it really mean anything for what we are doing?
When the Labor's auto-balancer went wrong,
the Pilot must operate manually it to keep the Labor standing.
A sense of balance is important in the end.
— Stand up, Ohtawara. — Damn you.
I could have been an Olympian.
Don't take a rest on your own.
Don't give up if you are a man.
Shut up and speak Japanese.
And 5 days have quickly passed.
You two withstood well until today.
Now we'll cap the training of overhaul.
- What? — Cap the training
— Yuma! — Are you trying to kill us?
Akira and Ohtawara,
don't think of it as a two meter high balance beam.
Instead it is a straight track connecting the top of two highrises.
A vast abyss is under your foot.
You will die instantly if you fall.
This is the straight road to hell.
Ohtawara—san!
Izumino!
Ohtawara—san!
Izumino!
Ohtawara—san, where are you?
Izumino, I'm here.
Hang in there, Ohtawara.
If you touch the beam, 100,000 volts electricity will burn you...
and you will fall into a bottomless abyss.
If you touch that merciless track,
you'll be electrified in an instant.
That is a truly deadly bridge crossing.
Ohtawara—san!
Izumino!
Ohtawara—san!
Izumino!
Only kidding.
This is so easy.
Good luck, Ohtawara—san.
You...
Hey, Ohtawara!
Shut up. I can't do this without drinking.
Ohtawara—san!
Yes! I've done it!
Cross the bridge success
Ohtawara!
You guys are devils.
bloody...
Bravo!
It's good to be young.
Let's go.
OOB.
That's total of five.
We confirm five OOBs.
— Kambara-san. — What do you want, girl
Is it normal to shoot five
Gun salute should be odd numbers, and funereal cannonade is even.
For our Emperor or foreign president, we'll shoot 21.
But we can load only six to the cannon so five is fine for the General.
I see.
Izumino, shoot the cannon when Captain sends you a cue.
— Watch me and do the same. - Roger.
It's been a while so enjoy it, Ohtawara.
But it‘s just a blank shot after all.
Yes, just a blank shot.
I'll leave you to the installation onto the Labor.
— Please. - OK.
Kambara—san, is this really OK
It doesn't matter as one idiot let's shoot another.
Make sure it's loaded and equipped to the Labor.
Yes. This is Gotoda of SV2.
Oh, that's what they said...
The General wants to inspect everything beforehand.
This is an order even though it is a sudden call.
Asking me when? Wake up!
It's immediate. We'll visit right now.
Welcome of the General by all crews with full—dress uniform. And...
The General is looking forward to see the gun salute.
Prepare the revolver cannon!
Prepare now
Yep.
— The General is coming — Yep.
From his office...
It'll take about 20 minutes.
Listen everyone.
The situation has changed. In 20 minutes, the General will be here for an inspection.
Make preparations for his welcome at once!
Activate Labor and Transporter.
Wake up the dead around you!
Let's go.
Begin the deck up!
"Welcome to SV2, Superintendent General"
Gotoda—san.
How come this happened?
I said to the General that we were sure to participate in the overhaul.
But that led us to need to perform a revolver cannon gun salute.
Assuming the cannon won't work, they think they are imposing on us an impossible task.
— and then? — So I said to them.
We can fire s gun salute.
But we can't assure how long the Labor can stand.
If by any chance the Labor collapses,
it's not only a major failure of us but also the Security Bureau.
Director and General may own some responsibility.
So I was wondering how they would order us.
They are better than we think.
My senior said that I always made unnecessary comments in the last.
— They've arrived. — Everybody, face left!
Somehow we made the Labor stand up but we didn't test it.
It won't last long even if power saving mode is used.
Thus when it happens...
we don't take full blame but put some on Security.
You are the same as the former Captain.
— Am I the same as Goto? — Yep.
Natural born villain.
But you are not as perfect as him.
The General wants to go to the bathroom.
Bathroom
Gotoda, are you sure Labor can hold up?
If by any chance, Labor would collapse in front of General...
As I said on the phone,
we can't assure how long the Labor can stand.
Come again
He's taking quite long.
I heard the General has a prostate problem,
so it takes at least 10 minutes for him to pee.
10 minutes...
Yuma, auto—balancer seems to be having trouble.
Damn it. It's as bad as I suspected.
Akira, change to the manual mode.
Roger
Ohtawara, do the same as well.
It becomes interesting.
Ohtawara, show your guts.
What is the General doing?
He's just back.
With thanks to fair weather of today,
we can have season of fresh and fine greenery.
By the way, the General is known for his long speeches.
Stop talking bull and go home.
Ohtawara, you're speaking too loud!
The more relaxed environment to be more careful to avoid making mistakes
...So as Goethe said
More light.
Who knows the mind of water 100 feet under
In the past, boys had ambitions,
Momotaro went to the continent and became Genghis Khan.
Anyway bad wife brings damnation.
It means that to be or not to be...
Instruction is awfully long as well as bathroom time.
Eating tomatoes is good.
What?
Eating tomatoes everyday is good...
for prevention of prostate enlargement.
I'm going to fall over!
Ohtawara—san!
They can't hold up any longer.
Don't worry. Akira is now going off into a trance.
In crisis, her power of focus is astonishing.
Video game freak's...
Yep.
Stand against any hardships with confidence at any time.
I strongly wish you to continue...
meeting civilian's expectations.
To the General, present arms!
— How about the Gun salute? — Gun salute?
Gotoda, did you prepare the cannon gun salute?
Is it ready?
We can do, right?
Yes we can.
Revolver cannon is ready to shoot.
— Then hurry to shoot. — We will.
You shouldn't say that. If we shoot inside the hanger...
— But isn't it a blank shot — is that so?
Yes. It's a blank shot.
It is specially made by SV2's Mechanics.
Shoot it.
Akira, shoot it.
Really?
Ohtawara.
I can shoot it anytime.
Then do it.
Give me booze.
Booze.
You‘ve done too much.