[i][b][[Patlabor]][/b][/i] (a portmanteau of "patrol" and "labor"), also known as [i][b]Mobile Police Patlabor[/b][/i] (機動警察パトレイバー), is an anime and manga [[science fiction]] franchise created in 1988 by "Headgear", a group consisting of manga artist [[Yuuki Masami]], director Oshii Mamoru, screenwriter Itō Kazunori, mecha designer [[Izubuchi Yutaka]], and character designer [[Takada Akemi]]. 

Patlabor is set in a near future [[Japan]], and it chronicles the exploits of a metropolitan [[police]] unit equipped with patrol [[mecha]]s called "Patlabors". 

The franchise includes a manga, a TV series, two OVA series, three feature-length movies, two light novel series, and a short film compilation, named [i][b]Minipato[/b][/i] (ミニパト) because of its [[chibi]] drawing style.

The original manga received the 36th Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen in 1991.

h4. Characters

* [[AV-98 Ingram]]
** [[ alphonse_(av-98_ingram)|Alphonse]]
*** [[Izumi Noa]]
** [[AV-98 Ingram Unit 2]]
*** [[Oota Isao]]
* [[Shinohara Asuma]]
* [[Kanuka Clancy]]
* [[Kumagami Takeo]]
* [[Gotou Kiichi]]
* [[Nagumo Shinobu]]
* [[Shinshi Mikiyasu]]
* [[Yamazaki Hiromi]] 
* [[Type J-9 Griffon]]
** [[Badrinath Harchand]]
* [[Hal X-10]]
* [[Doshka]]
* [[RADHA_(patlabor)|]]
* [[AH-88 Hellhound]]

h4. See also

* [[Kidou Keisatsu Patlabor 2 The Movie]]
* [[The Next Generation -Patlabor-]]

h4. External links

* "Wikipedia: Patlabor":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patlabor
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