Live-Action Patlabors 11th Episode Footage Streamed Footage from the eleventh episode of the Mamoru Oshiis live-action The Next Generation -Patlabor- series began streaming on Thursday. In the eleventh episode, The Long Goodbye, the tone changes when the heroine Akira Izumino (Erina Mano) is reunited with her first love from high school. The episode premiered along with episode 10 in Part 6, which began screening on November 29. 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 project begins with this seven-part series, which is composed of the episode 0 and 12 full episodes helmed by chief director Mamoru Oshii and other directors. Each full episode is projected to be about 48 minutes long. Finally, Oshii is directing and writing a feature-length film that will open during Japans Golden Week holidays in spring 2015, and it is expected to run about 100 minutes long. Former Hello! Project singer and actress Erina Mano stars as pilot Akira Izumino (as opposed to the earlier animes heroine Noa Izumi). The cast also includes Seiji Fukushi as Yūma Shiobara, Rina Oota as Ekaterina Krachevna Kankaeva (Kasha) from Russia, Shigeru Chiba reprising his anime role as maintenance crew chief Shigeo Shiba, and Toshio Kakei as Captain Keiji Gotōda (the successor to the animes Captain Kiichi Gotō). The Patlabor franchises 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, Sky Crawlers), script writer Kazunori Ito (.hack, Dirty Pair), mecha designer Yutaka Izubuchi (Eureka Seven, Mobile Suit Gundam franchise), character designer Akemi Takada (Kimagure Orange Road, Urusei Yatsura, Fancy Lala), and manga creator Masami Yuuki (Birdy the Mighty). The franchise spawned two original video anime, a television anime series, and three anime films. The last anime film, Patlabor WXIII, was released in theaters in Japan in 2002. Oshii commented that the seven-part series will have a slapstick ambiance, while the feature film will be serious. Oshii and Kei Yamamura are writing the scripts for the series, and Kenji Kawai is returning to the franchise to compose the music for both the series and the feature film.
Posted on: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 11:59:31 +0000
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