With the rapid development of Hyper Technology came the Labor...
a multi-purpose, humanoid construction machine whose use...
spread into almost every field.
However, this gave rise to a new threat to society: Labor crime.
The Tokyo Metro Police founded the Special Vehicles, Section 2...
within the Security Division to combat these ever-growing crimes.
This was the beginning of the SV2 Patrol Labor... Patlabor... units.
You really threw a wrench into my works
If I can get my heartbeat under control, I think I'll make it
We're futurists, you and me; technicians of love
Higher, faster, I'll love you if I want to
I think I'll get to like
The way I get flushed at the touch of your metal body
Oh, don't stop this gravity-defying feeling
That goes way beyond mere imagination
You really threw a wrench into my works
When I hold him tight, my Alphonse can do anything
We're futurists, you and me; technicians of love
Anytime, anywhere, nothing's impossible
Nothing's impossible
Second Unit... vacation
Huh? Weren't you supposed to go on vacation today?
I am. Well, I'm on vacation, but I thought... you know...
With us on vacation, it must be tough on you guys...
so maybe I could help out and make myself useful or something.
I appreciate the sentiment, but that's not necessary.
If something comes up, you'll be called in anyway...
so why don't you go to your apartment and get some sleep?
Your gang of delinquents is living it up back home.
It must be nice to have someplace to go home to.
All right, then. How about putting on some coffee for starters?
Shinohara Heavy Industries Hachiouji
Don't! You can't!
Don't worry about it!
I said, you shouldn't be in here!
Get lost!
Okay, this way.
That area's off-limits!
You can't come in here!
Asuma!
Hey, Jeets. How's it going?
For Heaven's sake...
the few times you do come here, it's always out of the blue.
No! Don't!
You can't!
If the president found out... If it were leaked to outsiders...
Please, your old friend Jitsuyama is begging you!
Stop!
I saw it all.
So what're you gonna use a behemoth like this for?
That's restricted information!
Nothing's restricted from the president's son.
C'mon, you can tell me!
Your father doesn't trust you at all.
Its drive system is two SCLMs...
upgraded from the kind we use in the SV2.
This is good, but this independent custom computer...
and 64-gigabyte CD-ROM in the shoulder here...
Why would a Labor need an FCS?
Hey, wait a minute.
Don't tell me this is for military use!
It is, but it's still in the testing stage, though.
Your father wants to take on Yotsubishi with it.
With construction on the first phase of the Babylon Project finished...
and sales to private firms leveling off...
I can understand why we'd have to worm our way into military market.
There's a world of difference between this...
and those overblown armored car Type-97s that they're using now.
If this works, you've really put the know-how you got from...
developing the Patlabors to use in a strange way.
By the way, have you gone to see your father yet?
We started fighting the instant we saw each other.
And it would've been worse if I'd known about this.
That's too bad.
You haven't gone home in such a long time.
Who cares?
So I can't go home, big deal.
There's plenty of other places I can go.
Um, Tamiko?
You know it's dangerous to use cutlery when you're worked up.
He's not staying here, is he? We don't have a spare bed!
What if he hears? That's embarrassing!
But you promised that we'd spend your vacation together!
Just the two of us! You said you'd pamper me!
I haven't forgotten!
We can do the shopping together, okay?
Um...
I just remembered someplace that I need to go.
I'll be going now.
Oh, are you sure? Well, take your time!
Dinner will be ready soon, but we only have two strips of meat.
Miki? Why don't you set out some beer?
Oh, right. I'm sorry I was so inconsiderate.
You may think I'm pathetic now, but you'll understand someday!
Talk about forward, you didn't even call.
What if I hadn't been here?
But you are.
- Come on in. - This is a hold up!
Thanks, but jokes like that are bad for your health.
The JSDF has left to participate in LIMPAC 99, the US-Japan...
circum-pan-Pacific Joint Maneuvers, which began today.
And in response to the burgeoning defense budget, there is a call...
for discussion, in conjunction with opposition party movements...
to cut it back once again to 1%.
As always, many ships and aircraft are participating this year.
They include:
15 transport escorts...
12 submarines...
- 5 tankers... - Hey.
18 frigates...
25 sub-spotting planes.
Aren't you going anywhere?
You're gonna spend your whole vacation here in front of the TV?
Don't be ridiculous. I'm going back.
Back?
I couldn't get a ticket...
so I'm taking the morning flight the day after tomorrow.
It won't be much more than a day trip, but I want to see my grandma.
Your grandmother, huh?
Yeah. That's something to go home for.
And in other news...
A woman claiming to be the common-law wife of...
designer Yutaka Buchiyama, age 33, whose nude body was...
found in his home office last April...
If I go back to the dorms now and get drunk alone...
I may as well just hang it up.
Izumi Liquors
Being a cop keeps you so busy that you can only come home at New Year's?
You know Naoko down the street? She's getting married this summer.
You should, too!
You can't spend your whole life driving those robots around!
He's a Labor, not a robot.
Whatever! A woman shouldn't be doing such dangerous work!
It'll be a catastrophe if you get hurt and can't get married!
If you get hurt, it'll be too late!
I'm done.
Who does she get this from?
But I like Alphonse.
Really? Is that the only reason?
Oh, I don't know.
Noa! Telephone!
It's from some boy named Shinohara.
Shinohara?
Coming! I'll be right there!
Geez! How long were you gonna keep me waiting?
Hey, I thought you might be bored...
so I figured we might go out and do something.
Huh?
I said, do you wanna go and do something?
Really? You mean it?
I'll call again when I get there, so come and pick me up, okay?
By the way, where did you say you live?
Huh? Tomakomai?
Wait, the Tomakomai in Hokkaido?
Why the hell do you live so far away?
Clearance 2.8 Meters
I'm sorry, but I'll need to see your license.
Is something wrong?
No, it's just a general check.
- Everything's in order. - Thanks.
Hold on!
That's a Labor you have in back, right? Do you have a permit?
You do know that you need a permit to transport...
general-purpose Labors, don't you?
Um, sure.
Could you step out of the truck, please?
I must've forgotten it.
This is the Trans-Tohoku Highway checkpoint at Ichinoseki!
A large trailer carrying a suspicious Labor has just...
broken through the checkpoint and fled the scene!
We're being followed.
We have no choice, then.
Master Sergeant, you're cleared to fire. Take them out.
Ground Self-Defense Forces
Patlabor
Tomakomai Station
Fresh Noodles
And in other news, a trailer broke through a police checkpoint...
fled, and opened fire on pursuing patrol cars.
At 11:20 last night near Ichinoseki on the Trans-Tohoku Highway...
a large trailer with Kanagawa plates suddenly broke through...
a general mobile traffic police crackdown checkpoint.
Patrol cars pursued the trailer...
Mister! Gimme a croquette chaser.
Sure.
but they were suddenly fired upon.
Witnesses have described a brief burst of gunfire...
- C'mon in. - Egg.
which may have been a large-caliber machine gun.
Could I get a bowl of steaming hot noodles?
Sure, coming right up.
- Gimme some bean curd. - Punk.
Sorry, could I get that without scallions?
Uh... Sure. Here you go.
Thanks. This is the only way to go when you're cold.
You from Tokyo?
Asuma!
- Sorry! - You sure took your time!
- How much do I owe you? - Forget it.
Really? Talk about lucky!
Let's go!
Come on!
These guys just don't look like your usual out-of-town Labor nuts.
Public Security, maybe?
No, they have that expression that says "uniform"...
but I don't see why cops would stake out other cops.
How long have they been there?
I first noticed them two or three days ago.
I figured that maybe one of those environmental protection groups...
picked us as the target of their next attack.
So that's why you stayed here.
Among other things.
Sitting here won't help anything.
Our best bet is to go out and ask them directly.
Hey! Wait!
You can't be serious!
The kids have been working night and day to finish overhauling...
all three Labors before your unit gets back from vacation!
But to send just one of them to the manufacturer for maintenance?
Why? What do you think is going to happen?
We can get the job done in time without you doing that!
Try to have a little more faith in us, okay?
Look, I'm sorry.
Would you mind telling me why, Goto?
Just call it a hunch, I guess.
Shige, load Unit 1 onto its trailer.
Chief?
I don't mind you shipping it to the manufacturer...
- but I can't take it there for you. - That's taken care of.
We finally get a vacation...
so how come I have to go out on a drive with you, Captain?
Besides, driving these things is Yamazaki's or Shinshi's job!
Yamazaki's in Okinawa, and Shinshi's married.
Besides, don't you always say that justice never goes on vacation?
Then tell me who we're fighting.
They haven't shown themselves yet. The light's changed.
There sure isn't much traffic today.
That's because it looks like it's going to snow.
Nobody wants to go outside on a day like this.
Wow!
Okay, pops! Chug it!
You liquor store owners can sure hold your booze, all right!
Huh?
Noa! Go and grab another bottle from the store.
You're gonna drink some more?
What, so now you're not gonna do what I tell you?
What's with you?
The pilot shall act in accordance with Command's orders!
You'll have to write out another apology for breaking regulations.
There you go again, spouting off.
You always make me do the dirty work.
Hey, don't I always tell you that partners are two in one?
All right, all right.
Officer Izumi, now departing!
That's better!
Forget it. I'm going to bed.
Was it something I said?
No, maybe he's jealous.
Huh? What're you talking about?
Hey, what do you think the Captain's up to?
Probably enjoying his time off...
trying to talk Captain Nagumo into a date. And...
What else? He gets shot down!
Bingo!
Hello, Nagumo residence.
Oh? Mr. Goto?
Thank you for looking after my Shinobu.
One moment, please.
Hello?
So what's the big idea, calling me all the way out here?
There's something I need to talk to you about tonight.
I don't think it is, but there's no telling if my phone is bugged.
Actually, there's something I need to tell you.
Okay, you go first.
The Labor carried by that trailer that broke through that checkpoint...
may have been a military one.
I got a call after you left for Hachiouji:
Based on the bullet holes in the squad cars and the casings...
recovered from the highway, the gun they used was...
A 20mm Line Metal MK22.
It was developed as a mini-gun for use in NATO gunships.
It's also mounted on the G-SDF's Type-97 Labors.
Your sources come through in a hurry, all right.
They say that HQ is in a panic.
With LIMPAC still going on, it looks like it'll take...
a couple of days just to do a check of all their equipment.
This is no guided rocket launcher or sub-machine gun.
This is something that needs a lot of maintenance.
Even if they stole one, terrorists just couldn't handle it.
What are you getting at?
I'm saying it was used by the people it was issued to in the first place.
And even if we connect it to them, what if something's looming...
on the horizon that will make it all a moot point?
You can't possibly think that...
I do. But I'm just going on circumstantial evidence.
I might become a laughing stock, but I don't want to regret anything.
That's why I came to talk to you.
You'll give me a hand, right?
I'm sorry. You may wind up taking the fall for this.
I never could count on the Second Unit in the first place.
Shinobu?
Search the place and dig everybody out!
Shoot anybody who resists!
Hey! Where the hell do you think you are, dirtbags?
You're in charge here?
We're commandeering all the Labors here!
So would you mind handing over their startup disks?
Captain! The other hangar's empty! Nobody's here!
What?
What's going on here?
That's impossible!
I had lookouts on every road to and from this place!
There hasn't been a single car out of here since yesterday!
The bay?
You loaded them onto your boat and shipped them out at night!
Didn't you?
Captain! Message from the platoon that left for police headquarters!
Three Type-98 Labors have appeared at HQ's front gate!
What?
Attention, commanders!
If you wish to avoid meaningless combat...
lift your siege and leave the area immediately!
As a point of honor, if we must fight, we will do so to our utmost!
If blood is spilled here, Japan's 30,000 police officers...
will see you as the enemy and fight you to the last man!
I repeat, lift your siege and leave the area immediately!
Message from the Decisive Action Unit.
All objectives within the city have been occupied and neutralized.
- But... - But? But what?
Our forces are still in a standoff with a Metro Police Labor unit...
that was apparently lying in wait for them at Sakuradamon.
Goto.
You really did it this time, Kai.
Just you wait, I'll hunt you down. Count on it.
Shinobu? If things get hairy, get out of there.
Not that she'd listen.
Grandma? I won't be able to make it. Sorry.
We have learned that the Decisive Action Unit consists of...
You! It's you! You're who we're up against!
Don't go! I don't want you to go!
Tamiko! Don't! Let go!
Did you pay your respects to your father?
I won't be able to come home again until summer.
Take care.
Don't worry about me.
I'll write.
Mom...
Get going, Hiromi! You'll miss your bus.
Many buildings are currently occupied, including the Diet...
the Kabuto Stock Exchange, the NHK Broadcast Center...
This is bad.
Let's go, Asuma!
If we don't do something, Labor units will lose their reputation!
The uprising's mastermind: Kiyoteru Kai
Let's go to Tokyo, Noa.
A war was waiting for us in Tokyo.
The SV2's Longest Day Part 1
Consider everybody outside our unit as hostile?
Forced to stand alone because of pressure from above...
does the Second Unit stand a chance?
And what's the trump card that Kai's holding?
Orders have come down for your arrest, Captain Goto.
Next time! The SV2's Longest Day: Part 2!
Target, lock on!