Patlabor 2: The Movie

Patlabor 2: The Movie
Japanese theatrical poster
Directed by	Mamoru Oshii
Written by	Kazunori Itō
Based on	Patlabor by Headgear
Produced by	Mitsuhisa Ishikawa Shin Unozawa Tsuyoshi Hamawatari
Starring	Ryūsuke Ōbayashi Yoshiko Sakakibara Naoto Takenaka
Cinematography	Akihiko Takahashi
Edited by	Shuichi Kakesu Yasue Funami
Music by	Kenji Kawai
Production company	Production I.G
Distributed by	Shochiku
Release date	August 7, 1993 (1993-08-07)
Running time	113 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Box office	¥180,000,000

Patlabor 2: The Movie (機動警察パトレイバー 2 the Movie, Kidō Keisatsu Patoreibā 2 the Movie) is a 1993 Japanese animated science fiction political thriller film directed by Mamoru Oshii and written by Kazunori Itō, who also respectively directed and wrote Patlabor: The Movie.^[1] It was produced by Production I.G, Bandai Visual and Tohokushinsha.^[2]

Patlabor 2 strays from past iterations of the Patlabor series by heavily focusing on political themes. It touches on domestic and international issues that the Japanese government faced during the 20th century.^[3] The film focuses on the post-occupation status of Japan, during which the country had economically, politically and technologically progressed under prosperous years without being involved in another war after the nation surrendered and was occupied by the United States-led Allied forces after the End of World War II in Asia.^[3]