The official website of the Kidou Keisatsu Patlabor: EZY (Patlabor EZY) anime project unveiled production staff and a new teaser visual (pictured) on Friday. The new anime project, produced by J.C.Staff, is planned for a 2026 debut.
Staff
Director: Yutaka Izubuchi (RahXephon)
Series Composition, Script: Kazunori Itou (Kidou Keisatsu Patlabor)
Original Character Design: Masami Yuuki (Tetsuwan Birdy Decode)
Character Design, Chief Animation Director: Takamitsu Satou (Satsuriku no Tenshi)
Costume Design Cooperation: Akemi Takada (Kimagure Orange☆Road character design)
Mechanical Design: Kanetake Ebikawa (Kidou Senshi Gundam 00), Toshiaki Ihara (Full Metal Panic!)
Art: Masanori Kikuchi (Top wo Nerae 2! Diebuster art director), Yuuta Akiyama (Toaru Majutsu no Index III assistant art director)
CG Director: Yasutomo Moriizumi (Pokemon Movie 21: Minna no Monogatari)
Music: Kenji Kawai (Mob Psycho 100)
Producer: Taro Maki (Kono Sekai no Katasumi ni)
Studio: J.C.Staff
CG Production: GAZEN
Production: Genco
Kidou Keisatsu Patlabor the Movie (Patlabor: The Movie), the 1989 film directed by Mamoru Oshii (Koukaku Kidoutai), will receive a revival screen in 105 theaters nationwide on September 20, alongside the project's two-minute pilot film.
The Kidou Keisatsu Patlabor: EZY (Patlabor EZY) anime project was originally revealed by animation planning company Genco at the MIFA market at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in 2017 alongside Naoki Urasawa's Pluto.
Created by HEADGEAR—a group consisting of director Mamoru Oshii, screenwriter Kazunori Itou, mecha designer Yutaka Izubuchi, character designer Akemi Takada, and manga artist Masami Yuuki—the Kidou Keisatsu Patlabor (Patlabor: The Mobile Police) mixed media project began with a manga and original video anime in 1988. The franchise has since received two original video anime series, a television anime, and three movies. The third and latest movie, WXIII Kidou Keisatsu Patlabor (Patlabor: WXIII), opened in 2002.
The Kidou Keisatsu Patlabor: Reboot (Mobile Police Patlabor: Reboot) short movie by animation studio Khara, premiered in October 2016.
Official site: https://patlabor.tokyo/
Official X: @patlabor0810
Source: animate Times
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