At the dawn of the millennium in Tokyo, advanced robotic vehicles called Labors are heavily relied upon to build fortifications to project Japan from global rising sea levels. A maverick team from the Metropolitan Police led by Noa Izumi and Azuma Shinohara uncover a devilish scheme to infect Tokyo's 8,000 Labors with the BABEL virus. As a powerful typhoon approaches Tokyo and the apocalyptic vision of a dead man begins, the team must locate and destroy the source of the virus, the giant Babylon Project Tower in the heart of Tokyo Bay, before 8,000 Labors go berserk! The Special Limited Edition is a numbered collector's edition with only 10,000 created! Boasting cover art especially illustrated for this release by Yutaka Izubuchi (creator and director of Rahxephon) and includes a 2-DVD set and 2 books never before available! Disc 1: - The full-length animated Patlabor The Movie - Japanese and English languages with optional English subtitles (with new English translation and dubbing) - Newly remastered anamorphic transfer (first US release) - New authentic 5.1 channel sound (first US release) - Japanese trailers and television commercials Disc 2: - "The Making of Patlabor The Movie" (Japanese language with English subtitles) Book 1: Archives (184 pages, 4 color and black & white in English): * Exposition and criticism of the film (character, story background, artwork, etc.) * Interviews with director Mamoru Oshii, screenwriter Kazunori Ito, mecha designer Yutaka Izubuchi, character designer Akemi Takada and music composer Kenji Kawai * Key animation drawing samples with explanatory notes * And more! Book 2: Storyboard by Mamoru Oshii (300 pages with English translations)
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