Patlabor WXIII - The Movie (Ultimate Edition 3-Disc Set)

Patlabor WXIII - The Movie (Ultimate Edition 3-Disc Set)
by Fumihiko Takayama, Takuji Endo

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DVD Review: Boy this broke my heart
Summary: 3 Stars

Keeping in mind I love all Patlabor, imagine this scenario: You're a Star Trek fan and you get a new ... dvd movie set. Sadly, it's about how the Romulans deal with the Borg invasion and manage to drag it out for 3 hours. Now I'm sure you'd want to see Pickard/Kirk and crew kick some tail right? They'd only appear 3 times during the movie! Well now you know how I feel! Ya want a refund for this ... movie that has nothing to do with your heroes. You're here for the Enterprise, not the Romulans. I kept waiting and hoping the SV2 would jump in but they only appeared at the very end. Disappointment is at an all-time high, my friends.

To me, this movie is a one time see-er and not quite worth the [amount] for the delux set. If you dont care what it is as long it concerns patlabor, get this film for the most complete anime experience ever.

I thought MiniPato was a rather funny little set of shorts. The animation was absolutely unique, yet I was disappointed once again. Instead of paroding the series, little SD(super deformed to all you non-anime fanatics) cartoon SV2 characters explainined all about the technical aspects of the Ingram and Revolver Cannon. Then, there was an extremely random episode about Captain Gotoh and how he established the gobi industry within the SV2. Now dont get me wrong; I was pleasantly enchanted by these informative and semi-entertaining shorts but I was looking for the Ingrams' crime-busting action in this cartoon style, not a video about the tehnical aspects.

In all, I give this 3 DVD set a 3 out of 5. There are several fine aspects about the film and included shorts, but if you're looking for a godzilla VS Robot type movie (Somethin all about Ota/Izumi VS bio monster) keep lookin. You're gonna be extremely disappointed. The creators wanted to try something new with good old Patlabor, yet I personally feel you shouldn't change something that's genuinely classic.

~Now excuse me while I go watch some Patlabor ; )