Patlabor 2

Haneda tarmac at o’dark-thirty. A hijacked VTOL jet’s shadow stretches too long across empty runway. The Special Vehicle Section’s mecha squad dismantle the drone carrying a single crate—then realize the explosives inside are live. A general seizes the scare to lock Tokyo down. A bureaucrat’s last visit to an old friend in Kadena turns into a cat-and-mouse between red berets and olive drab.

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Mamoru Oshii directed Patlabor 2 in 1993. See Mamoru Oshii's full filmography, where to start with Mamoru Oshii, or where to go after you've seen everything by Mamoru Oshii.

Patlabor 2 was released in 1993 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 116 minutes.