Patlabor: The New Files
{{Short description|Japanese original video animation (OVA) series}}
{{Infobox animanga/Header
| name = Patlabor: The New Files
| image = Patlabor The New Files.jpg
| caption = Cover of the first volume of the DVD release of Patlabor: The New Files
| ja_kanji = 機動警察パトレイバー2
| ja_romaji = Kidō Keisatsu Patoreibaa Tsū
| genre = Comedy, Mecha, Police
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type = ova
| director = Naoyuki Yoshinaga
| writer = Kazunori Itō
| music = Kenji Kawai
| studio = Sunrise
| licensee = {{English anime licensee
| AUS = Madman Entertainment
| NA = Central Park Media (former)
Maiden Japan
| UK = MVM Entertainment
}}
| first = November 22, 1990
| last = April 23, 1992
| runtime =
| episodes = 16
| episode_list = List of Patlabor episodes#Patlabor: The New Files
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer}}
Patlabor: The New Files, known in Japan as {{Nihongo|Mobile Police Patlabor 2|機動警察パトレイバー2}}, is a Japanese original video animation series based on the Patlabor anime franchise. These episodes take place at several points between episodes of Patlabor: The TV Series and after the latter's final episode. The OVA episodes also feature the conclusion of the Griffon story arc.
Plot
{{main|List of Patlabor characters}}
Four episodes of The New Files series serve as the finale for the Griffin arc of the television series. The rest of the series mainly consists of side stories that take place during or after the TV show.
Episodes
{{Main|List of Patlabor episodes#Patlabor: The New Files}}
The episodes were released as OVAs alongside the TV series on Laserdisc and VHS from Bandai Visual from November 22, 1990 to June 6, 1992.{{cite web|title=機動警察パトレイバー S-1|date=21 November 1990|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00005EF54|publisher=Amazon.co.jp|access-date=8 April 2013|archive-date=19 December 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241219093035/https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00005EF54|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=機動警察パトレイバー(S-15)|date=18 March 1992|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B000064E3Y|publisher=Amazon.co.jp|access-date=8 April 2013|archive-date=18 December 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241218190532/https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B000064E3Y|url-status=live}} They were later released on DVD on August 25, 2000, and on Blu-ray on September 24, 2010.{{cite web|title=機動警察パトレイバー NEW OVA SERIES [DVD]|date=25 April 2001|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00005HX24|publisher=Amazon.co.jp|access-date=8 April 2013|archive-date=18 December 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241218184733/https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00005HX24|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=機動警察パトレイバー NEW OVA BD-BOX|date=24 September 2010|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B003E110FQ|publisher=Amazon.co.jp|access-date=8 April 2013|archive-date=30 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221130220114/https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B003E110FQ/|url-status=live}} Central Park Media licensed the New Files series and released them on subtitled VHS under the U.S. Manga Corps label. They later released one DVD volume with English audio before releasing a box set containing all 16 episodes.{{cite web|title=Patlabor New Files on 3 DVDs|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2005-05-04/patlabor-new-files-on-3-dvds|publisher=Anime News Network|access-date=21 March 2013|archive-date=2023-04-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404172142/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2005-05-04/patlabor-new-files-on-3-dvds|url-status=live}} Only four{{efn|Episodes 1, 2, 3, & 5.}} episodes of the series were dubbed; the rest were subtitled only. Maiden Japan has relicensed the OVA series, and released the series on Blu-ray and DVD on February 17, 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-10-22/maiden-japan-adds-patlabor-the-new-files-ova/.80214|title=Maiden Japan Adds Patlabor The New Files OVA|publisher=Anime News Network|date=2014-10-22|access-date=2025-02-16|archive-date=2023-10-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231010123304/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-10-22/maiden-japan-adds-patlabor-the-new-files-ova/.80214|url-status=live}} All of the episodes were included in the Patlabor the Mobile Police - Complete Collection boxset also released by Maiden Japan on 6 January 2019.{{cite web |title=Patlabor the Mobile Police - Complete Collection [Special Edition] (Blu-Ray) |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/releases.php?id=35886 |website=Anime News Network |access-date=14 March 2019 |date=6 January 2019}}
Footnotes
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References
External links
- {{anime News Network|anime|409|Mobile Police Patlabor - The New Files}}
{{Patlabor}}
{{Sunrise OVAs}}
Category:Comedy anime and manga