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Patlabor: Mobile Police is the first Patlabor movie and in my opinion ranks among the best 'thinking man's anime' anime around, up there with Wings of Honneamise. But where Wings' depth can from its issues about the achievements of mankind, Patlabor's plot is immensely convoluted and complicated. You will have to watch this film several times before you work out all the details of the plot. People think AKIRA is hard to understand (I disagree personally) but it hasn't got a thing on this.

Despite its devastating complexity, Patlabor's story is extremely good. Amazingly good in fact: as the police try to understand the motives of whoever planned this and work out what's going on you find yourself thinking hard yourself. This mystery is brilliant, and as the police, headed by the amazing Captain Goto, investigate we watch one of the junior members (that's Azuma) trying to prove himself.

The animation quality varies, although not much. This film is eleven years old, being released in Japan in 1989 (which explains why there are thirty-foot tall robots in an anime set last year) but the animation is generally very good. The mecha designs, however, are nothing short of brilliant. These are genuine, realistic robots, which still look extremely cool. Their weaponry is very down to earth -large revolvers and shotguns, with not a plasma blaster in sight- and they act realistically as well, although it is a little idealistic to think that they can move with such grace. The character designs are good, if a little bland, with no standouts.

The English dubbed voice acting in Patlabor varies between good and irritating. Fortunately almost everyone is good: Azuma could have been a little better and Noa is just plain irritating, but that's it. The music is also widely varied and hard to describe, but on the whole is very good, especially the closing credits music.

Patlabor's action is very low key. Although you might expect there to be robots smashing each other up every inch of the way, most of the movie covers the investigation, which is no less interesting than the fighting (yes there is some). However, there are three action scenes- the opening battle against the rogue tank, the fight against the beserk labor, and the climatic assault... no I won't tell you about the climax, but take this tip: don't read the back of the box. It may not spoil the whole plot, but it sure ruins the surprise of the climax, even if you could see it coming. These scenes are really, really cool, especially the final battle which despite the fact that there is no mood music and the action is far from fast and furious, is one of the most tense fights I've ever seen in my whole time.

Overall Patlabor: Mobile Police is a film which truly deserves the ranking of "brilliant". If you can use your brain, you are sure to enjoy it.


Violence:
1--The robots do a bit of the smashing, crashing stuff, but not much.
Nudity:
0--Not in this anime,
Sex:
0--Nothing.
Language:
1--Occasional swearing, but again not much.