Format
TV
Episodes
47
Episode Duration
24 min per ep
Status
Finished Airing
Premiered
Fall 1989
Aired
1989-10-11 to 1990-09-26
Source
Original
Rating
PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
Genres
Comedy
Mecha
Sci-Fi
Detective
Studios
Sunrise
Producers
Tohokushinsha Film Corporation
Licensors
Central Park Media
Maiden Japan
Kidou Keisatsu Patlabor: On Television (機動警察パトレイバー ON TELEVISION)
In the future, advanced robotics has created heavy robots ("labors") for use in a variety of functions: construction, fire-fighting, military, and more. However, though the robots are only machines, their operators are also only human—and humans sometimes turn to crime. Since a heavy labor unit can be a dangerous weapon, the police of the future are set to fight fire with fire, using advanced patrol labor units, "patlabors." This is the story of the Second Special Vehicles Division, a motley crew of patlabor policemen and women doing their best to fight crime and live a normal life. (Source: ANN)