Directed by Naoyuki Yoshinaga Music by Kenji Kawai Music director Kenji Kawai | Written by Kazunori Itō Director Naoyuki Yoshinaga Studio Sunrise | |
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Licensed by Madman Entertainment
Maiden Japan Released November 22, 1990 – April 23, 1992 Genres Action Film, Science Fiction, Comedy Similar Patlabor: The Movie, Dirty Pair: Project Eden, City Hunter: Million D, Zone of the Enders: 2167 Idolo, WXIII: Patlabor the Movie 3 | ||
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Patlabor: The New Files (機動警察パトレイバー(OVA第2期)) is a Japanese original video animation series based on the Patlabor anime franchise. These episodes take place after the Patlabor TV series.
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Plot
Four episodes of the New Files series are set in the Griffin arc of the television series and serve as the finale. The rest of the series mainly consists of side stories that take place during or after the TV show.
Episodes
The episodes were released as OVAs alongside the TV series on Laserdisc and VHS from Bandai Visual from November 22, 1990 to June 6, 1992. They were later released on DVD on August 25, 2000, and on Blu-ray on September 24, 2010. Central Park Media licensed the New Files series and released them on subtitled VHS under the U.S. Manga Corps label. They later released one DVD volume with English audio before releasing a box set containing all 16 episodes. Only four episodes of the series were dubbed; the rest were subtitled only. Maiden Japan has relicensed the OVA series, and will release the series on Blu-ray and DVD on February 17, 2015.