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Patlabor (a portmanteau of "patrol" and "labor"), also known as Mobile Police Patlabor (ζ©εθ¦ε―γγγ¬γ€γγΌ), is an anime and manga science fiction franchise created in 1988 by "Headgear", a group consisting of manga artist Yuuki Masami, director Oshii Mamoru, screenwriter ItΕ Kazunori, mecha designer Izubuchi Yutaka, and character designer Takada Akemi.
Patlabor is set in a near future Japan, and it chronicles the exploits of a metropolitan police unit equipped with patrol mechas called "Patlabors".
The franchise includes a manga, a TV series, two OVA series, three feature-length movies, two light novel series, and a short film compilation, named Minipato (γγγγ) because of its chibi drawing style.
The original manga received the 36th Shogakukan Manga Award for shΕnen in 1991.
The following tags are aliased to this tag: mobile_police_patlabor and patlabor (learn more).