the prologue scene in patlabor 2 is one of the most terifying, exhilarating and beautiful actions scenes ever. love it love it
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Itās very good, and so deliberate. I found the non-action scenes even more terrifying; when tanks roll into downtown, soldiers replace civilians, and nobody is clear which of these units can be trusted or how much they are protecting normal life instead of claiming it, replacing it.
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In Sink The Bismarck, Hitler sends a Birthday Card.
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Dang, I want to watch Patlabor 2 but I know nothing about Patlabor. Is there anything I should watch beforehand? Patlabor 1? The series?
patlabor 2 is a standalone work, you can start there!
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I had trouble with Patlabor 1 when I watched it before anything else, particularly reconciling the dour, introspective Oshii tone with the sitcom personalities, and the smaller-scale extent of the problem and revelations. To be clear, the characters work, but the introspection I was primed to get was usually interrupted by a character comedy bit, which works if you understand how their stock is playing against the thinking character.
Patlabor 2 is more divorced from the show characters and I think itād work better.
Iād recommend watching the 7-episode OVA, which sets up the characters and the themes of the movies ā the first movieās focus on how rapidly cities and society change and whether thatās sustainable, and the secondās civilian/military relations and how past mistakes echo forward.
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seconded, patlabor is the only anime rec Iāve actually taken and enjoyed in the past decade and thatās how I did it
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if you want the Oshii experience, yeah, 7 ep OVA followed by the two movies.
If you end up enjoying the sitcom bits (I did!), the tv series is excellent and mostly sitcom with thoughtful politics simmering underneath.
didnāt you watch one or two eps of the ova with us in anime club @OneSecondBefore?
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i have ONLY watched patlabor 2 so far and i didnāt feel like i was missing anything. it rules
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I for one have a strong preference for Oshii undercutting his navel gazing with comedy.
Gosenzo-sama Banbanzai is probably his greatest accomplishment.
Everything Oshii did after Patlabor 2 was worse than everything he did before Patlabor 2
Patlabor 2 is pretty much the one time besides Angelās Egg where Oshii can do full serious without frustrating and annoying me.
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yeah i didnt even know there was a tv show and shit when i saw it. i liked it enough that ill probably watch the show sometime
no one ever talks about patlabor outside here but everyone here loves it so much. do the robots in the show also wear clothes
Yeah, I definitely watched a bit of Patlabor in anime club, but it was in the middle of the series so I wasnāt really that tuned in. Seemed promising though!
I think I will watch the OVA first, thanks for the reccs!
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oh Daphny you donāt know about how she names her robot, do you? ooh
OH GREAT IT LOOKS LIKE I ABSOLUTELY MUST WATCH THIS NOW THANK YOU VERY MUCH
no one answered me about the robot clothes though
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i tend to agree but being ungenerous, ghost in the shell is at least as good as patlabor 2
okay so i missed this post but this is the sickest shit ive ever seen, i havent been this captivated by an action scene since i saw ninja scroll when i was 12. thank you so much
How the fuck is Torque real. I thought it was Fast and Furious but bikes. It is Speed Racer but I like it. It feels like drugs. Itās Michael Bay but coherent. I keep screaming How Is This Real.
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the pepsi vs mountain dew bike duel in torque is amazing
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