Saturday 28 September 2013

Live Action Patlabor to hit theaters 2014 and 2015

The live action Patlabor movie has been making progress since the 1:1 Ingram model was last spotted at the beginning of initial photography, and we can look forward to not one, but two different projects for the special police force.


During a conference on the latest live action version of this popular anime and manga series, we found out that there are actually two projects director Oshii Mamoru is planning on doing with his mobile police series. The first will be a set of seven 48 minute episodes that will run in theaters starting April 2014. Then, in 2015, we can look forward to a full blown, 100 minute, live-action film.


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Something worth noting is that the features aren’t an adaptation of the original manga or anime, but a separate story all on their own. They will take place nine years after the original series during the year 2013, when Tokyo Metropolitan Police Section 2 Division 1 has been disbanded, and Division 2 is still hanging in there despite budget cuts.


The main heroine will not be returning this time around either, and instead Erina Mano will be taking on the main pilot role as Akira Izumo. Her character will lead the others as the number one pilot in the squad. Akira is skilled both at hand-to-hand combat and firearms, and is a first generation game master. That’s right, not only does Erina get to play an Ingram pilot, but she gets to play as a gamer.


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She will be joined by  the Russian pilot Ekaterina Krachevna Kankaeva (Rina Oota), Yūma Shiobara (Seiji Fukushi), and Captain Keiji Gotōda (Toshio Kakei). They aren’t all unfamiliar faces, though, as Shigeo Shiba, part of the maintenance crew, managed to keep his job and is even being played by Shigeru Chiba who voiced the character in the anime.


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You can watch the full conference and the actors suited up in their costumes in the video below.



For even more views of that 8 meter tall Ingram, you can check out the official site for the movie series here.


Source: AnimeAnime



Live Action Patlabor to hit theaters 2014 and 2015

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