WXIII: Patlabor The Movie 3 (2002)
Set in the year 2000 (between the events of Patlabor and Patlabor 2), when the level of Labor accidents begin to escalate around Tokyo Bay, police detectives Kusumi and Hata are assigned to investigate. What they discover leads to a series of government cover-ups, conspiracy concerning a new biological weapon entitled WXIII-Wasted Thirteen and a tragic, personal connection to Hata. The only hope to stop this threat is to cooperate with the military and lead WXIII into a showdown with the Labors of Special Vehicle Division 2.
Released: Mar 30, 2002
Runtime: 107 minutes
Genre: Action, Animation, Science Fiction, Thriller
Stars: Hiroaki Hirata, Katsuhiko Watabiki, Atsuko Tanaka, Ryusuke Ohbayashi, Mina Tominaga, Toshio Furukawa
Crew: Fumihiko Takayama (Director), Kim Eun-young (Animation Manager), Hisao Shirai (Director of Photography), Toshiki Kameyama (Sound Director), Keiko Mizuta (Editor), Hiroki Takagi (Character Designer)