Maiden Japan and Houston-based anime distributor Section23 Films have announced the Blu-ray release of
Patlabor The Mobile Police: The New Files (1990-92), which features episodes 1-16 of Studio Sunrise and director Naoyuki Yoshinaga's OVA series.
The New Files arrives on Blu-ray on February 17, 2015.
Official Synopsis: Every cop has a story to tell, but not all of them are safe to show on television. That's especially true in the crazed world of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police's Special Vehicle Section, because when you toss giant robots into the mix almost anything can happen. A teddy bear holding people hostage and a search for albino alligators may just be typical days on the job, but what about an undercover mission into a public bathhouse looking for suspicious moles?
What happens when the only place where you and your coworker can wait out a typhoon is a room in one of Japan's notorious "Love Hotels"? Then there's that drunken weekend at the hot springs and the infamous "underwear incident." But not every story has a humorous edge, and what begins as a battle for corporate survival turns into a melee in the streets as the makers of the deadly Griffin return for the ultimate exercise in urban combat. Noa Izumi and the men and women of the SV2 reveal the stories that couldn't be told before.
The Blu-ray release of
Patlabor The Mobile Police: The New Files features episodes 1-16. Japanese and English lossless audio is available for episodes 1-4; Japanese lossless audio is available for episodes 5-16. English subtitles are included for all episodes. The set doesn't include any bonus content.