Patlabor 2: The Movie
PatlaborThe Movie the Movie , Kid keisatsu patoreib the movie 2? is a 1993 Japanese anime film directed by Mamoru Oshii, who also directed Patlabor The Movie. It was produced by Production I.G, Bandai Visual and Tohokushinsha. The movie has taken some liberties from being a mechathemed movie in theme to a politicalthemed one with domestic and international issues that the Japanese government had faced during the 20th century. The main theme of the movie is mainly based on the status of Japan, which had been economically, politically and technologically progressing under prosperous years without being involved in another war after the nations defeat and occupation by the Allied Forces after the end of World War II.
Suspicious events begin to materialize with the face of a military takeover of Tokyo by GSDF forces and martial law after the Yokohama Bay Bridge is destroyed by a missile, with belief that the JASDF was the culprit. Protests in various JSDF bases take place as a means of conveying their denial of the bridge attack. Before long, public panic comes as JGSDFmarked gunships attack in several bridges in Tokyo Bay, various communication centers and SV2 headquarters, coupled by the release of a supposed deadly gas after Special Assault Team snipers shoot down an autopiloted blimp that was responsible for jamming all electronics in the Greater Tokyo Area.Goto and Nagumo once more assemble the original Sectionmembers in an abandoned subway passage as they embark on a secret operation to apprehend Yukihito Tsuge, a former GSDF officer who planned the terrorist attacks as revenge for the failure of a UN peacekeeping operation in Cambodia back in 1999. With the threat of US intervention looming unless the government controls the situation, the team uses an old stretch of the Ginza Line to approach an artificial island Tsuge uses as his hideout. Goto also takes care of things on his end by facilitating the arrest of Shigeki Arakawa, a GSDF intelligence agent who is actually one of Tsuges cohorts. After a fierce fight inside the artificial islands tunnel which results in flooding, the team evacuates the tunnel while Nagumo breaks through to finally arrest Tsuge. ........
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