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Live-Action Patlabor's Premiere Dates, Visuals Unveiled
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1st of 7-part series slated for April 5, followed by 100-minute feature film in spring 2015

Further details of the previously Mamoru Oshii and other directors. Then, Oshii is directing and writing a feature-length film that will open in 2015.
The first part is set to premiere on April 5, 2014 in the Shinjuku Piccadilly theater, followed by the rest of the seven parts:
Part 1: April 5, 2014
Part 2: May 31, 2014
Part 3: July 12, 2014
Part 4: August 30, 2014
Part 5: October 18, 2014
Part 6: November 29, 2014
Part 7: January 1, 2015

The Next Generation -Patlabor- project is not a remake of the earlier Patlabor anime stories, but a completely new work. The story is set in Tokyo in 2013, and it represents the "third generation" of Patlabor. The Tokyo Metropolitan Police has disbanded its Section 2 Division 1 of police robots, and Section 2 Division 2 barely survived the budget cuts due to the long recession.

The production is budgeted at 2 billion yen (US$20 million), and principal photography is running from June to the end of December. The two life-size Ingram robots were built at the cost of several tens of millions of yen (several hundred thousand US dollars).

The production company Evangelion films.
The series' original concept of police officers piloting robotic mecha (patrol labors or "Patlabors") was developed by HEADGEAR, a group consisting of director Oshii (Ghost in the Shell, announced the rights for the video anime series in January.
Source: animeanime
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