In this adventure story, the brave rookies of Patlabor Section Two begin their training. On their first mission in the field, the squad finds itself up against a terrorist Labor (a humanoid robot)... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1569312877
ISBN13:9781569312872
Release Date:October 1998
Publisher:Viz Media
Length:192 Pages
Weight:0.65 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 5.6" x 8.1"
Customer Reviews
4 ratings
Quite Good
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
Sadly, I fear the sales of this series of manga suffered from the movies. I believe people go into these books expecting to see what was shown in the three Patlabor movies... and find something completely different.Patlabor, in each incarnation (Manga, OAVs, and TV series), has been a comedy. The movies were not. And so, a lot of the audience who had been hyped up by the earlier US release of the movies were... disappointed... by finding that the predecessor to those movies were comedies. Which is a shame, because these are such good works -- funny, smart, and well developed. Episodic in parts, yes, but with enough of a main storyline not to fall into a 'villain of the week' type format.The TV series was a great series. The OAVs were a great series. The MANGA is a great series. None of them have sold as they should have, however, and I fear that is why this manga series release in the US was prematurely discontinued. I sincerely hope that one day, the remaining volumes are published... because it's a shame that this is all that we have.
honestly, the best anime there is
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
I've seen most of the mecha anime I can find around my area, including Akira and by far, this story is in my opinion, the best of the best. It focuses not on the mechs themselves, but rather the pilots and the idea, adding satire, humor and oh yes, mecha fight scenes too. With a solid story as it's backbone, Patlabor never ceases to amaze me with it's clever development. Truely the best anime there is
Get your gun Pa, the Brocken Labors are comin'
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
The 2nd volumn of Mobile Police Patlabor is even better than the first. After getting to know everyone in the 1st book, we actually get a real plot moving. And there's a new member in the 2nd Unit too! Isao Ota is his usual "shoot first, ask questions later" self, and Noa Izumi whips Isao's out-of-shape butt in basic training, with a little help. Now if only they could beat those Brocken Labors into submission...we'll see what happens.
Mean Mechs, Chain Smokin' Goto, Gun happy Isao Ota...
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
This manga is the BEST. I absolutley love mech manga, and Masami Yuki's graphic novel based off of the hit T.V. series and movies was excelent. The first part of the book starts off with introducing the one of the main characters, Noa Izumi. The second unit consists of 5 goofy members, and their comatose commander Captain Goto. I thought that Isao Ota was especially funny in the sense that he's obsessed with guns, needs to fire one to be happy, but is a terrible shot. Goto smokes in the bathroom because he can't smoke in the captains' offices, and always has some cheesy grin as if he's mocking everyone he comes in eye-contact with. After everyone is introduced, the plot goes really fast. I think that anyone would get a kick out of this book. I sure did.
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