The Best Episodes of Patlabor: The TV Series

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   #1 - Kanuka Has Come

   S1:E210/11/1989

   Kanuka comes to Japan from America. She participates in a labor combat tournament. Noa and the gang also compete in it.

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   #2 - The Tower: SOS

   S1:E611/22/1989

   Tower 1 of Tower City gets on fire. Division 1 and 2 go to stop it and save the people in the fire.

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   #3 - Glorious Type 97 Modified

   S1:E711/29/1989

   The new 97 model is visiting Division 2.

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   #4 - Eve's Terror

   S1:E1112/27/1989

   Kanuka's grandma is still missing. Shinshi and some guy is sent to go find her. Kanuka uses Ota's labor to help Noa in the mission.

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   #5 - Ohta's One Troubled Afternoon

   S1:E121/10/1990

   Ota is having an arranged marriage. Noa and the gang helps Ota out on his dates.

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   #6 - You Win

   S1:E141/24/1990

   Goto takes Division 2 out to drink in order for them to get to know each other more.

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   Writer:Mamoru Oshii

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   #7 - Shadow in Geo-Front

   S1:E192/28/1990

   A terrorist implants a bomb in Geo-City. Division 2 go to disarm the bomb. Kanuka goes on the mission with Noa instead of Ota.

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   #8 - Farewell, Kanuka

   S1:E244/11/1990

   Kanuka is heading back to America. However, there is a hijacker trying to hijack the plane Kanuka is riding on. How is Kanuka going to stop this, and without her gun?

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   #9 - Storm of Spring

   S1:E254/18/1990

   Shinshi takes control of Kanuka's position in Division 2. However, he is really bad at it. Then, he is offered a new job. Will Shinshi stay with Division 2 or will he take the new job? And how is his wife going to react?

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    #10 - Tragedy in Rain

    S1:E316/6/1990

    Division 2 is on duty at the International Labor Show. Asuma takes Noa's movement disk to test out the new economy model. But then, the Griffon is unleashed. He beats up Asuma and Ota. Noa enters the fight after getting her disk back, but the Griffon retreats since it was raining.

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    #11 - Griffon Down

    S1:E357/4/1990

    Noa and Alphonse continue her fight with the Griffon. But the Griffon gets away in order for Utsumi to escape. Kanuka must go back to America.

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    #12 - Underground Labyrinth Case

    S1:E387/25/1990

    Something is out stealing stuff from Division 2. It appears to come from an old tunnel. Ota and Shinshi go to check it out. When Division 2 loses contact with them, Noa, Asuma, Hiromi, and Takeo go to find them.

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    Writer:Mamoru Oshii

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    #13 - Condition Green

    S1:E479/26/1990

    Noa goes back to her hometown and sees the grave of her dog Alphonse. Asuma goes to get her when a terrorist comes. Division 1 and 2 must find the terrorist without using weapons since it would cause a fire.

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    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - Ingram Activated

    S1:E110/11/1989

    SV2 is going to get new AV 98 ingrams soon. Asuma and Ota go to Shinohara Heavy Industries to get it. Noa also heads there to take her labor aptitude test. When someone steals the ingram, Noa goes to save it.

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    #15 - Head to the Mountain of Mystery!

    S1:E411/8/1989

    A monster is seen somewhere in the forest. The police sends SV2 to go capture the monster.

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    #16 - Runaway Labor X-10

    S1:E511/15/1989

    Runaway Labor X-10 is loose in the forest. Division 2 is sent to go stop it.

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    #17 - Red Labor Landing

    S1:E912/13/1989

    Noa and Asuma are sent to investigate on a terrorist who is gonna steal a red labor, a military labor.

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    Writer:Mamoru Oshii

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    #18 - Eve's Trap

    S1:E1012/20/1989

    Kanuka's grandma from Hawaii visits Tokyo for Christmas. Then she suddenly disappears. The only clue to find her is "The Christmas of 50 years ago". When they try to find her, they are called off to duty.

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    #19 - The Whale That Sang a Song

    S1:E151/31/1990

    An endangered humpback whale enters the Tokyo Bay. The city and Division 2 try to get the whale to leave the bay and go back to the ocean.

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    #20 - The Unit Crosses the Sea

    S1:E162/7/1990

    Noa's hometown is having a winter festival and Division 2 is helping out. They also try to help out a boy named Satoru who hates labors.

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    #21 - Target, Chief Goto

    S1:E172/14/1990

    Goto starts to act very strangely lately. Also, there are a lot of random attacks coming at Goto. Could these attacks have anything to do why Goto is acting strangely?

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    #22 - I Love Noa-sempai

    S1:E182/21/1990

    A famous entertainer named Kana is joining Division 2 for one week. Everybody is trying to teach Kana how to pilot a labor. A crime gang tries to kidnap Kana so they can get one of Division 2's ingrams. However, they accidently steal Noa. Now, they have to save Noa without having to give the gang one of their ingrams.

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    #23 - Movement in the Dark

    S1:E203/7/1990

    Noa and Asuma get into a fight concerning Asuma's personal life. When Division 2 get's assigned a special mission, Asuma is sent to Hajioji to pick up Unit 3.

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    #24 - Phantom Again

    S1:E213/14/1990

    Asuma heads to Hajioji to get back Unit 3. He now heads to the battle. However, in the meantime, Noa and Ota are getting their butts kicked by the enemy.

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    #25 - Labor and Flower

    S1:E223/21/1990

    Noa and Kanuka meet up with some old guy and shows them his labor collection. He also gets training on how to pilot a labor from them. The old guy's friend owns a very powerful labor, but that's it. And he doesn't know how to pilot it. Later, the old man and his friend fight with their labors. Who will win, the old man with some piloting skills with a weak labor or his friend with no piloting skills with a powerful labor?

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