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Patlabor: The TV Series
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Patlabor: The TV Series

1989-10-11 · 25 min / episode · ★ 7.1

Comedy · Animation · Action & Adventure

Patlabor: The TV Series is an anime television series, created by Headgear, animated by Sunrise, and based on the Patlabor anime franchise.

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Creators
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Production companies
Studio Deen, SUNRISE, Headgear
Countries
Japan
Status
Ended

Top Cast

Mina TominagaMina TominagaNoa Izumi (voice)
Ryusuke OhbayashiRyusuke OhbayashiCaptain Kiichi Goto (voice)
Toshio FurukawaToshio FurukawaAsuma Shinohara (voice)
Michihiro IkemizuMichihiro IkemizuIsao Ota (voice)
Yo InoueClancy Kanuka (voice)
Issei FutamataIssei FutamataShinshi Mikiyasu (voice)
Yoshiko SakakibaraYoshiko SakakibaraCaptain Shinobu Nagumo (voice)
Akio OtsukaAkio OtsukaSergeant Tsutomu Gomioka (voice)
Daisuke GoriDaisuke GoriHiromi Yamazaki (voice)
Osamu SakaOsamu SakaChief Seitaroh Sakaki (voice)
Shigeru ChibaShigeru ChibaChief Shigeo Shiba (voice)
Hirotaka SuzuokiHirotaka SuzuokiRichard Wong ou Utsumi (voice)
Takaya HashiTakaya HashiKurosaki (voice)
Keiko YokozawaKeiko YokozawaLieutenant Takeo Kumagami (voice)
Tomomichi NishimuraTomomichi NishimuraDetective Takahiro Matsui (voice)
Takuma GonoBadrinath Bud Harchand (voice)

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