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MiniPato: Mobile Police Patlabor Minimum (2002-2002)

Premiere:
March 30, 2002

# of Seasons: 1

# of Episodes: 3

Finale:
April 13, 2002

Creators:
Mamoru Oshii
Kazunori Ito
Yutaka Izubuchi
Masami Yuki
Akemi Takada

Original Title:
ミニパト

Alternate Titles:
Minipato

Genres:
Animation | Comedy | Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Production Companies:
Bandai Visual
Production I.G
TFC

Countries:
JP

Overview from TheMovieDB

Unlike most shows the three episodes are not only totally unrelated to each other but really don't follow a plot as such and are more a light-hearted jibe at both the Patlabor series (TV and films) and other "mecha" Anime. Episode 1 is a brief introduction to the weaponry carried by the Ingram and how it was designed and why it is the way it is. Episode 2 looks at the design and maintenance of the Ingram 98 AV in SVU2 and takes a swipe at the marketing forces behind them (as in merchandising for the series). Episode 3 is the only one to attempt to expand on a very minor point raised in the original TV show and just how SVU2 is actually funded.

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Performers

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Production

Animation Director:
Kenji Kamiyama

Art Direction:
Hiromasa Ogura

Character Designer:
Tetsuya Nishio

Creator:
Masami Yuki

Editor:
Junichi Uematsu

Executive Producer:
Mitsuhisa Ishikawa

Key Animation:
Tetsuya Nishio

Music:
Kenji Kawai

Original Series Creator:
Akemi Takada
Kazunori Ito
Yutaka Izubuchi
Mamoru Oshii
Masami Yuki

Producer:
Mamoru Oshii

Production Coordinator:
Shigeru Watanabe

Series Director:
Kenji Kamiyama

Theme Song Performance:
Mako Hyodo

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