Bad take if you know anything about Oshii's actual politics vs the actual politics of the guy who wrote the Dark Knight films, they are pretty much polar opposites.
Considering the in-depth discussion about the politics and history of Patlabor, the Movie 2, wow, you guys really missed the themes behind Patlabor the Movie 1. It was made during the bubble economy when Japan was so intent on modernizing that they were basically tossing their past out with the trash in order to make these big, new shiny buildings. It kept on contrasting the future (giant robots) with the past and traditional ways of doing things, like airing out futons on the Patlabor hanger's roof or pilots growing tomatoes. The entire investigation takes the two detectives to all of these traditional parts of town, now run down and forgotten or destroyed by "renovation." I'm sure it's a big surprise that Oshii made a movie that was basically political, but the politics was playing out in the background (or, in many cases, the background paintings) so that it wasn't as obvious a political statement as Patlabor the Movie 2.
@@WeHeartGiantRobots I'm not sure what you mean by the question, but it's basically my interpretation of the themes of the movie. I've lived in Japan during the bubble economy and again after the bubble popped, and the imagery (especially that conversation that took place in the half-demolished public bath--not the conversation itself but the imagery surrounding it) really struck me as a criticism of Japan's tendencies at the time. It's been a while since I saw it, but wasn't E. Hoba choosing to live in more traditional sections of town, almost laying a trail of bread crumbs to draw attention to them? Anyway, the story is deeper than the way you guys portrayed it. That being said, you did a great job of analyzing the second movie.
Thank you for saying this! It's such an obvious theming throughout the entire film, and as I recall it's almost outright stated in certain parts. It's very clear what E. Hoba's motives were and the way in which he went about this. Hearing it being said that the plot and story is completely meaningless is quite odd. You're the first comment I can find that takes issue with this analysis of the first film (or lack there-of).
Aaand six months later I'm here to write you "well said". As a huge Patlabor fan I'm obviously happy that the guys in this channel like this series, but I feel they did their homework in a very hasty way. The first movie is a masterpiece, and I'm afraid it gets overlooked only because the second one presented its political themes in a more obvious way, having some characters monologuing for what feels like hours (and basically explaining themes that could've been conveyed with action and plot). It often sounds very clever, but it's dry, depressing, didascalic, and ultimately a joyless watch to me. It lacks that spark of pure anime fun, that fantasy element that was still present in Patlabor 1. P.S. Speaking about a hasty homework... no mention of the second OAV series, and the overarching plot of the manga and TV series (concluded in the second OAV series) with Utsumi and the Griffon? He's basically the main villain of the whole story, and a fantastic villain to boot.
@@catoblepag British people will always seem to put their famous "wit" and humor above everything else, even a simple dissection of obvious themes in a movie. Some of them just can't help but try to make 10 jokes a second to live up to their Monty Pythonesque reputation, instead of being serious for a minute. The first Patlabor movie was damn good and had all of the hallmarks of a great Oshii production. The visual storytelling did a great job of telling the plot and this is a scientifically proven fact, but these guys just seem to focus on the logic of the script. This may be a reason why many modern Western movies need to spell everything out and include a ton of logical exposition and backstory instead of relying on at least some form of self-expression on the part of the director.
Just a note about the "flak vests" on Patlabor 2's Ingram mechs, they're actually more like ERA in the form of flak vests, partially why there's the large explosions whenever they get hit by the vulkan rounds from the Ixtls. I don't remember if it's shown in the film but it's brought up in one of the drawings in the DVD box set's extra books if I'm remembering correctly.
In the „landscape” sequence in the middle of Patlabor 2 the imagery is strongly inspired by photos from 1981-1983 Martial Law in Poland. Oshii has a lot of connections with my country, he even directed live-action movie here, with local actors. It is called Avalon.
Great video as always. Patlabor 2 is one of my favourite movies ever. Being Irish the movie really resonates with me, we are in a very similar position to Japan where we are a nation that pertains to neutrality and peace but actively participates in the United States global hegemony both directly and indirectly
It’s probably my favorite animated film of all time. I’ll admit that a lot of it was lost on me when I first watched it way back when I was like 13 (33 now) and even after a second viewing I was struggling with its concepts. Mainly because I’m an American and our circumstances involving military intervention and the civilian relationship with the military are completely different from Japan’s. But after the Iraq and Afghanistan wars among other things as well as the erosion of our soft power… I watched it again when I was 26. And it finally clicked for me. I got what Oshii was trying to say and I was able to even apply it’s lessons to the modern United States and our gradual fall as a modern empire. And our hypocrisy on the international stage. Basically it was the film I needed to grow up with to understand it’s concepts.
As an Australian, we can relate to this too. Our sovereignty is directly surrendered to America in the name of a false peace and their wars of "peace" have really led the breakdown of global order and societal cohesion. Oshii must have already seen the surrendering of Japan's economic future to the US (and much of the rest of the developed world has followed suit since) but what has happened in the past decade has escalated into an utter surrendering of all cultural and ethnic identity to our American overlords that will essentially amount to genocide of our entire identities and nation states if allowed to further continue.
Brilliant video lads, your discussion of the 226 incident helped me to put Patlabor 2 into context. I want to rewatch it now if only for the philosophical boat ride and military occupation montages again. I have been working my way through the Patlabor franchise for a while, am halfway through the tv series and finding it really comfy.
Fun fact. Declassified documents have shown the USA was actually pushing for Japan to take the "Southern Road" and even tacitly consenting to them fucking with not just the KMT's China, but British, French, and Dutch colonies. Because FDR's administration was shot through with Soviet agents. How much influence this actually had on Japan's choice is hard to say, given the coup's failure may have been inevitable.
I loved how deep you guys went into the history of Japan. That's why some anime it's so good because it has a deeper element of reality and society in it. Great video
Thank you for reviewing this underrated gem and including the associated Japanese history lesson. Agreed, that Patlabor II is CRIMINALLY disregarded even by fans from that generation. Excellent!
Gasaraki kinda picks up where Patlabor 2 left off in terms of having a very heavy focus on Japanese politics regarding their military and it’s socio-economic relationship with the US. That said, I would call it Ryosuke Takahashi’s attempt at making a post-modern Mecha series ala Evangelion
Someone needs to make an MP4 playback app for PC that adds custom CRT effects and other things so we can just watch anything but make it look like this your editing.
I think Shinobu Nagamo being often at odds with her superiors and stuck in this dead end is a reflection of the 1980s Japanese conservative view of women in top level leadership positions.
I reckon you're onto something there. I recall Arakawa specifically stating that Tsuge's career wasn't affected in the way Nagumo's was, even though he was married and she wasn't.
@@WeHeartGiantRobots yeah she is headstrong and tend to butt heads with her superiors. Though the timelines might be unrelated, the tv series covers more of the world building
Very well done! Yet another that I enjoyed probably more than you expect us to. Now get on with Gundam Unicorn (and you might as well cram in the sequel movie Narrative while you're at it). Cheers
To me, Shigeki Arakawa in Patlabor: The Movie 2 bears the same resemblance to Kazundo Gouda from Ghost in The Shell 2nd GIG; both of them are creepy and manipulate the protags in both Patlabor the Movie 2 and GiTS 2nd GIG.
It happened! The letter writing and borderline harassment comment campaign worked!!!!! Great job boys! I loved watching the intellectual, political, mecha, drama, action, analysis from you!!! Robot Carnival, Tekkaman Blade, MD Geist, Five Star Stories, Tank Police when? But seriously, I love you guys, keep up the great work and I will keep watching ya!
In the universe of patlabor the giant robots are just an every day vehicle type... like a car, a tank or a jet. They don't make the robots a big deal like shonen anime
Btw, I think Patlabor Live action gets an unnecessary bad wrap. The directors cut version of the movie - Tokyo War is actually a direct followup to Patlabor 2, its not quite as good as the original, but still a really solid Patlabor film my only issue with it is that the version that's out has subtitles that are from a non native speaker, they are passable, but I'd like a proper translation as I feel that some stuff was probably lost in it. What I saw of the Live Action TV show is pretty good too, its pretty much Patlabor moved to the lost decades, though again only a couple episodes have gotten proper translations. I did some digging into why it was percieved as being so bad, and I found some really dumb criticism over hiring an idol as one of the key actresses in the series. Somehow over time this became a meme of all of Patlabor live action is bad, when actually I think its just a really dumb overly critical (in a dumb way) side of otaku culture (some of the stuff the idol fans do is absolutely insane) seeping into general perceptions of this series. I also feel that the film version may have gotten a bad wrap due to like 30 mins being cut out of it on release, the directors cut was pretty solid.
Considering the political discussions herein. As I look back, and consider how geopolitics has shaken out. With China threatening the entire region, most notably Taiwan, and they will not stop there. It would have been best for both Japan and the US, and the world. If Japan had become the 51st state. Both nations have had a close relation, despite the grumblings of some artist, for 70+yrs now. As of 1990 it was over 40yrs. In that time many US soldiers had married and had children. Many of these families staying Japan for decades. The bonds between are two nations are strong and it would have stabilized the region against the perdations of both China and N Korea.
@@WeHeartGiantRobots oh fawk.... well boys your in for a treat of death.... then a wtf.... then back to a decent series. Zz is criminally shat on despite getting really good later
So, this might be a show that's too new for you to review, but wonder what you guys would think of the new Gundam Hathaway's Flash movie. Short spoiler: it's just setup, but it's a good setup. And keth is creepy
@@WeHeartGiantRobots They spelled it like that for the American audience obviously. UK is less powerful nation than USA. I discovered Patlabor in summer 89 and watched the TV series and had all the Bandai plastic models. I'm a friend with Yutaka Izubuchi as well.
Hmm yes more hipster sci fi shit to add to my collection. Im doing zeta gundam rn. Evangleon next and i was interested in Patlabour but never knew where to start
Hello I have a wried question for you would guys like to be on my podcast NerdTalk talking about anything really anime manga UA-cam or anything else have a great day
Another thing. This pacifist attitude, is part of why China feels comfortable being so aggressive today. By relying on the US they have left themselves and the region vulnerable. This pacifist attitude isn't just held by Japa. It was held by Taiwan, until about a year ago. Only S Korea seems to take the threat seriously, and they have their own threat to worry about. Australia is also half bowing to the ccp and not showing a spine, which surprised a lot us in the US. IF japan. S. Korea, Taiwan, the archipelago nations, and Australia don't join forces. China will like roll right over them. Especially if they take Taiwan.
I only heard good things about Patlabor, but when I saw the OVA i didn't like it much....i hoped I'd like the TV show more, but i liked it less.....i liked the movies even less =/
Just got done watching Patlabor 2 for the first time. Man, I won't lie, I was kind of bored, had to look up a plot summary throughout. I think Ghost in the Shell is better, but mostly because it's a shorter run time and it better paces the heady artsy filmmaking. The only other Oshii film I've seen is Ghost in the Shell 2. Going from Patlabor 1 to 2 was very jarrring. Because, I honestly thought the visuals on 1 looked better. They were more crisp, and there were way more scenes of super fluid animation. Patlabor 2 was just chocked full of that ugly VHS filter look and ultra pale bloom lighting, which I think worked better in Ghost in the Shell, but just felt like a downgrade coming off Patlabor 1.
Patlabor 2 is definitely a slower, more thoughtful experience, and I can definitely understand why you might find it a bit jarring compared to everything it's following on from.
Patlabor 2 second half plot is essentially Dark Knight Rises but police mecha.
Bad take if you know anything about Oshii's actual politics vs the actual politics of the guy who wrote the Dark Knight films, they are pretty much polar opposites.
Not at all accurate lol
Now we just need to bully you guys into a G Gundam review.
I'm down
Considering the in-depth discussion about the politics and history of Patlabor, the Movie 2, wow, you guys really missed the themes behind Patlabor the Movie 1. It was made during the bubble economy when Japan was so intent on modernizing that they were basically tossing their past out with the trash in order to make these big, new shiny buildings. It kept on contrasting the future (giant robots) with the past and traditional ways of doing things, like airing out futons on the Patlabor hanger's roof or pilots growing tomatoes. The entire investigation takes the two detectives to all of these traditional parts of town, now run down and forgotten or destroyed by "renovation." I'm sure it's a big surprise that Oshii made a movie that was basically political, but the politics was playing out in the background (or, in many cases, the background paintings) so that it wasn't as obvious a political statement as Patlabor the Movie 2.
interesting take bro, what do you lift
@@WeHeartGiantRobots I'm not sure what you mean by the question, but it's basically my interpretation of the themes of the movie. I've lived in Japan during the bubble economy and again after the bubble popped, and the imagery (especially that conversation that took place in the half-demolished public bath--not the conversation itself but the imagery surrounding it) really struck me as a criticism of Japan's tendencies at the time. It's been a while since I saw it, but wasn't E. Hoba choosing to live in more traditional sections of town, almost laying a trail of bread crumbs to draw attention to them? Anyway, the story is deeper than the way you guys portrayed it.
That being said, you did a great job of analyzing the second movie.
Thank you for saying this! It's such an obvious theming throughout the entire film, and as I recall it's almost outright stated in certain parts. It's very clear what E. Hoba's motives were and the way in which he went about this. Hearing it being said that the plot and story is completely meaningless is quite odd. You're the first comment I can find that takes issue with this analysis of the first film (or lack there-of).
Aaand six months later I'm here to write you "well said". As a huge Patlabor fan I'm obviously happy that the guys in this channel like this series, but I feel they did their homework in a very hasty way. The first movie is a masterpiece, and I'm afraid it gets overlooked only because the second one presented its political themes in a more obvious way, having some characters monologuing for what feels like hours (and basically explaining themes that could've been conveyed with action and plot). It often sounds very clever, but it's dry, depressing, didascalic, and ultimately a joyless watch to me. It lacks that spark of pure anime fun, that fantasy element that was still present in Patlabor 1. P.S. Speaking about a hasty homework... no mention of the second OAV series, and the overarching plot of the manga and TV series (concluded in the second OAV series) with Utsumi and the Griffon? He's basically the main villain of the whole story, and a fantastic villain to boot.
@@catoblepag British people will always seem to put their famous "wit" and humor above everything else, even a simple dissection of obvious themes in a movie. Some of them just can't help but try to make 10 jokes a second to live up to their Monty Pythonesque reputation, instead of being serious for a minute.
The first Patlabor movie was damn good and had all of the hallmarks of a great Oshii production. The visual storytelling did a great job of telling the plot and this is a scientifically proven fact, but these guys just seem to focus on the logic of the script. This may be a reason why many modern Western movies need to spell everything out and include a ton of logical exposition and backstory instead of relying on at least some form of self-expression on the part of the director.
Just a note about the "flak vests" on Patlabor 2's Ingram mechs, they're actually more like ERA in the form of flak vests, partially why there's the large explosions whenever they get hit by the vulkan rounds from the Ixtls. I don't remember if it's shown in the film but it's brought up in one of the drawings in the DVD box set's extra books if I'm remembering correctly.
Also, if you really want to get into Japanese politics being involved in anime, you should cover Legend of the Galactic Heroes
Yes this. It's Chobam armor for humanoid mechas.
@@james_chatman Chobham and ERA are different.
@@james_chatman Chobam is NERA which is non-reactive, this is more along the lines of reactive.
In the „landscape” sequence in the middle of Patlabor 2 the imagery is strongly inspired by photos from 1981-1983 Martial Law in Poland. Oshii has a lot of connections with my country, he even directed live-action movie here, with local actors. It is called Avalon.
Avalon is a masterpiece
Great video as always. Patlabor 2 is one of my favourite movies ever. Being Irish the movie really resonates with me, we are in a very similar position to Japan where we are a nation that pertains to neutrality and peace but actively participates in the United States global hegemony both directly and indirectly
It’s probably my favorite animated film of all time.
I’ll admit that a lot of it was lost on me when I first watched it way back when I was like 13 (33 now) and even after a second viewing I was struggling with its concepts. Mainly because I’m an American and our circumstances involving military intervention and the civilian relationship with the military are completely different from Japan’s.
But after the Iraq and Afghanistan wars among other things as well as the erosion of our soft power… I watched it again when I was 26. And it finally clicked for me. I got what Oshii was trying to say and I was able to even apply it’s lessons to the modern United States and our gradual fall as a modern empire. And our hypocrisy on the international stage.
Basically it was the film I needed to grow up with to understand it’s concepts.
As an Australian, we can relate to this too. Our sovereignty is directly surrendered to America in the name of a false peace and their wars of "peace" have really led the breakdown of global order and societal cohesion. Oshii must have already seen the surrendering of Japan's economic future to the US (and much of the rest of the developed world has followed suit since) but what has happened in the past decade has escalated into an utter surrendering of all cultural and ethnic identity to our American overlords that will essentially amount to genocide of our entire identities and nation states if allowed to further continue.
Brilliant video lads, your discussion of the 226 incident helped me to put Patlabor 2 into context. I want to rewatch it now if only for the philosophical boat ride and military occupation montages again.
I have been working my way through the Patlabor franchise for a while, am halfway through the tv series and finding it really comfy.
Fun fact. Declassified documents have shown the USA was actually pushing for Japan to take the "Southern Road" and even tacitly consenting to them fucking with not just the KMT's China, but British, French, and Dutch colonies. Because FDR's administration was shot through with Soviet agents. How much influence this actually had on Japan's choice is hard to say, given the coup's failure may have been inevitable.
I loved how deep you guys went into the history of Japan.
That's why some anime it's so good because it has a deeper element of reality and society in it.
Great video
pat-la-bor
pat-lay-bor
If they wanted it pronounced "Patlabour" then they should have put a U in there like a decent, civilised human being.
Came to look at a cartoon about robots, got to learn about japanese history.
Based times.
The two detectives are those guys that Goto gets to investigate things for him in the previous two movies.
I really want a Patlabor Video game, i would really love to role play as one of the pilots
There is a playstation (PS1) game
Thank you for reviewing this underrated gem and including the associated Japanese history lesson. Agreed, that Patlabor II is CRIMINALLY disregarded even by fans from that generation. Excellent!
Gasaraki kinda picks up where Patlabor 2 left off in terms of having a very heavy focus on Japanese politics regarding their military and it’s socio-economic relationship with the US. That said, I would call it Ryosuke Takahashi’s attempt at making a post-modern Mecha series ala Evangelion
the BG silhouette kinda looks like a mech dabing and i can´t unsee it
I thought the same damn thing!
This episode existing goes against the continuity of the universe
Also Dave how long did you have to sit Rob down and record the audio for this time?
We were actually pretty concise this time, only took us a little over two hours.
Why do I do this to myself.
@@WeHeartGiantRobots Ill take your word for that, I think this is the longest I have heard Rob stay on topic
49:07 yep. But I'm glad you eventually did, now I can just link this instead of trying to explain why people should watch Patlabor
God I love this channel 😩
The dawn of patlabor is nigh
Pat lá bor?... Isn't it pronounced "Pát Labour"? Because, you know... Labour robots? ;P
I was fucking waiting for this comment.
@@WeHeartGiantRobots Well, you should have anticipated it. Your pronunciation blows.
American hands typed this post
Someone needs to make an MP4 playback app for PC that adds custom CRT effects and other things so we can just watch anything but make it look like this your editing.
Now everyone can be retro and evade copyright ID from the comfort of their own monitor.
@@WeHeartGiantRobots exactly.
Great to see you guys back
Patlabor best franchise
Damn, this is a really good unpacking of Patlabor 2.
the patlabor movies are absolute garbage
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I think Shinobu Nagamo being often at odds with her superiors and stuck in this dead end is a reflection of the 1980s Japanese conservative view of women in top level leadership positions.
I reckon you're onto something there. I recall Arakawa specifically stating that Tsuge's career wasn't affected in the way Nagumo's was, even though he was married and she wasn't.
@@WeHeartGiantRobots yeah she is headstrong and tend to butt heads with her superiors. Though the timelines might be unrelated, the tv series covers more of the world building
You guys need to do Gundam Hathaway please please please
OHOHOHO this is gonna be great!
Very well done! Yet another that I enjoyed probably more than you expect us to. Now get on with Gundam Unicorn (and you might as well cram in the sequel movie Narrative while you're at it). Cheers
To me, Shigeki Arakawa in Patlabor: The Movie 2 bears the same resemblance to Kazundo Gouda from Ghost in The Shell 2nd GIG; both of them are creepy and manipulate the protags in both Patlabor the Movie 2 and GiTS 2nd GIG.
Macross
Macross
MACROSS
It's going to be the best fan requested video
Flak vests are dope as fvck and make sense 🤧
Rule of Cool.
well they are expecting to get shot at, so kind of make sense?
It happened! The letter writing and borderline harassment comment campaign worked!!!!! Great job boys! I loved watching the intellectual, political, mecha, drama, action, analysis from you!!! Robot Carnival, Tekkaman Blade, MD Geist, Five Star Stories, Tank Police when? But seriously, I love you guys, keep up the great work and I will keep watching ya!
I feel like we're setting a bad example here.
@@WeHeartGiantRobots Nah, consider it community engagement. I mean, you could review a chia pet, and I'd watch it.
@@WeHeartGiantRobots yes now do double zeta you cowards
In the universe of patlabor the giant robots are just an every day vehicle type... like a car, a tank or a jet. They don't make the robots a big deal like shonen anime
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Great Work I’ve Wished I Knew more of Sooner
Thanks
I Love The Artstyle
Still Immense Political and Historical Accuracy Skill Issue
Have you guys seen " the big o" ? That is another example of if David Lynch made a mecha anime
You guys still good? Been missin your content
Outstanding episode.
Btw, I think Patlabor Live action gets an unnecessary bad wrap. The directors cut version of the movie - Tokyo War is actually a direct followup to Patlabor 2, its not quite as good as the original, but still a really solid Patlabor film my only issue with it is that the version that's out has subtitles that are from a non native speaker, they are passable, but I'd like a proper translation as I feel that some stuff was probably lost in it.
What I saw of the Live Action TV show is pretty good too, its pretty much Patlabor moved to the lost decades, though again only a couple episodes have gotten proper translations. I did some digging into why it was percieved as being so bad, and I found some really dumb criticism over hiring an idol as one of the key actresses in the series. Somehow over time this became a meme of all of Patlabor live action is bad, when actually I think its just a really dumb overly critical (in a dumb way) side of otaku culture (some of the stuff the idol fans do is absolutely insane) seeping into general perceptions of this series. I also feel that the film version may have gotten a bad wrap due to like 30 mins being cut out of it on release, the directors cut was pretty solid.
Good video, see you in 11 months.
Partlabor 4 ova is just basically stop ww3 from happening and is a bunch of mecha hijinks in the ocean and it’s awesome
when Rob drops science at like 3:15. damn son.
Hell yeah boiiiiii
I guess this is a lesson that with enough harassment you can achieve anything.
I will never stop yelling at you.
HE BROUGHT UP WRAITH SQUADRON! I now would love for them to cover the X-Wing series alas it will never happen
Rob's got the good references.
Cool channel.
OK he knows wraith squadron. So he knows good star wars not that Disney crap. So yall earn a new subscriber
Considering the political discussions herein. As I look back, and consider how geopolitics has shaken out. With China threatening the entire region, most notably Taiwan, and they will not stop there.
It would have been best for both Japan and the US, and the world. If Japan had become the 51st state.
Both nations have had a close relation, despite the grumblings of some artist, for 70+yrs now. As of 1990 it was over 40yrs.
In that time many US soldiers had married and had children. Many of these families staying Japan for decades.
The bonds between are two nations are strong and it would have stabilized the region against the perdations of both China and N Korea.
Btw, great video, and yes, we Americans love our guns. Further the 2A is very clear.
17:17 Skill Issue: Imminent
I'm curious to hear you two discuss the Hathaway movie
Have you lads thought about doing Ghost in the shell?
review G Gundam....see if you can make sense of it lol
You guys make really great fucking videos 👏
You put the emphasis on the wrong syllable. It's PAT-LAY-BUR.
don't make me tap the sign
What’s amazing is the Japanese invent military technology before the United States like AESA radar
Any plans for doing Hathaway Flash now that it’s out?
Honestly I'd love to cover as much Gundam as possible in the future. It's just finding the time.
Pat-la-bor! I 😆... It's " Pat-labor ", mang!
Can you guys review Halo Legends Prototype?
If you're going to break up your Gundams why not break up your VOTOMs?
Double zeta when
WE WANT DOUBLE ZETA CUS I CANT BE BOTHERED WATCHING IT. STILL HAVE LOADS OF UC STUFF TO GO
Mate we haven't even done Zeta.
Not that chronology has stopped us before.
@@WeHeartGiantRobots oh fawk.... well boys your in for a treat of death.... then a wtf.... then back to a decent series.
Zz is criminally shat on despite getting really good later
@@groove9899 I only have G-reco left and Hathaways flash and I’ll have seen every Gundam. Worth it.
@@WeHeartGiantRobots triple zeta when
Pat L’bour
Labor is an english woord😭😭
"Labour" is an English word. The QUEEN'S ENGLISH.
i saw in the intro but do blue gender!!!!!!
Also Evangelion
I wanna see full unedited versions of these videos
Having had to listen to the unedited recording sessions in order to parse the semi-coherent segments from them, trust me.
You really, really don't.
@@WeHeartGiantRobots if they were a podcast i totally would though
Hello you two
So, this might be a show that's too new for you to review, but wonder what you guys would think of the new Gundam Hathaway's Flash movie. Short spoiler: it's just setup, but it's a good setup. And keth is creepy
Not had a chance to see Hathaway's Flash yet, but we'll definitely both be watching it.
I thought it was pronounced pat-labor as in," i labor to build a house." I guess i have been saying it wrong for decades...😮
Overwhelming feedback suggests that most people pronounce it that way.
But bollocks to them, if there's no "U" I'm not pronouncing it "Patlabour".
Can you do Macross?
It's pronounced Pat Leibar not Pat La Bor! It's Labour in British English.
If they want it pronounced right, they can bloody well spell it properly.
@@WeHeartGiantRobots They spelled it like that for the American audience obviously. UK is less powerful nation than USA. I discovered Patlabor in summer 89 and watched the TV series and had all the Bandai plastic models. I'm a friend with Yutaka Izubuchi as well.
Man there designs some sweet mechas.
How about
Giant Robo the animation
Code Geass, in a near future vid plz. Bless 🤝
but you have to do the live action show cos oshii did that too...
We want G gundam
Can you guys react to full skin panic? It's an OVA movie which I think will be up your ally
>Shinji Aramaki OVA
Alright, you've got my attention.
Hmm yes more hipster sci fi shit to add to my collection. Im doing zeta gundam rn. Evangleon next and i was interested in Patlabour but never knew where to start
Can't go wrong with any of it (except maybe the third movie), but Patlabor 2 is a classic.
@@WeHeartGiantRobots kinda sucks that none of my friends are into sci fi like i am. But still keep up the good work bois
"Pat-la-bore" wtf?
If they aren't spelling it properly, I'm not saying it properly.
Area 88 the OVA you hackssss
Rob has asked me to inform you that this request is, and I quote, "based".
@@WeHeartGiantRobots This is the proudest moment of my life.
noooooo
Review Gundam Unicorn! It's the best UC Gundam has to offer.
Is Bionicle mecha, and when will you review it?
I'm a US soldier who is stationed in japan if you want a first hand account just hmu
Hello I have a wried question for you would guys like to be on my podcast NerdTalk talking about anything really anime manga UA-cam or anything else have a great day
Patlabor=patrol lay-ber
Pronounces it lay-bore
Frustration
If they wanted it pronounced properly they should've put a U in it, like a civilised fucking person.
Another thing. This pacifist attitude, is part of why China feels comfortable being so aggressive today. By relying on the US they have left themselves and the region vulnerable. This pacifist attitude isn't just held by Japa. It was held by Taiwan, until about a year ago.
Only S Korea seems to take the threat seriously, and they have their own threat to worry about.
Australia is also half bowing to the ccp and not showing a spine, which surprised a lot us in the US.
IF japan. S. Korea, Taiwan, the archipelago nations, and Australia don't join forces. China will like roll right over them. Especially if they take Taiwan.
I only heard good things about Patlabor, but when I saw the OVA i didn't like it much....i hoped I'd like the TV show more, but i liked it less.....i liked the movies even less =/
Hey man, not everything works for everybody. Fair play to you for giving it a proper shot.
I can't with the way you pronounce patlabor 😢
Pat. Labor. Never luh bore. This is unwatchable
I agree with Rob, the illegal state of Ireland- hehuheuhhuehhueheheuhhuheheuhehuehe...
Insightful discussion only from WHGR's in-house shitposter.
Can you re-record the audio for this video and say “pat-labour” instead of “pat-la’bore”? Like nails on a fucking chalkboard.
Just got done watching Patlabor 2 for the first time. Man, I won't lie, I was kind of bored, had to look up a plot summary throughout. I think Ghost in the Shell is better, but mostly because it's a shorter run time and it better paces the heady artsy filmmaking. The only other Oshii film I've seen is Ghost in the Shell 2. Going from Patlabor 1 to 2 was very jarrring. Because, I honestly thought the visuals on 1 looked better. They were more crisp, and there were way more scenes of super fluid animation. Patlabor 2 was just chocked full of that ugly VHS filter look and ultra pale bloom lighting, which I think worked better in Ghost in the Shell, but just felt like a downgrade coming off Patlabor 1.
Patlabor 2 is definitely a slower, more thoughtful experience, and I can definitely understand why you might find it a bit jarring compared to everything it's following on from.
Patlabor? Really? This is so over done
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