The BEST episodes of Patlabor: The Mobile Police season 1
Every episode of Patlabor: The Mobile Police season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Patlabor: The Mobile Police season 1!
In the future, advanced robotics has created heavy robots ("labors") for use in a variety of functions: construction, fire-fighting, military, and more. However, though the robots are only machines, their operators are also only human—and humans sometimes turn to crime. Since a heavy labor unit can be a dangerous weapon, the police of the future are set to fight fire with fire, using advanced patrol labor units, "patlabors." This is the story of the Second Special Vehicles Division, a motley crew of patlabor policemen and women doing their best to fight crime and live a normal life.
#1 - Special Vehicles Department 2
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/1/1989
Noa must adapt to living in SV2.
#2 - Go to Demon Mountain
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/8/1989
A monster surprises a group of hikers in a forest. The police sends SV2 to capture it.
#3 - Kanuka Appears!
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/18/1989
Kanuka comes to Japan from America. She participates in a labor combat tournament. Noa and the gang also compete in it.
#4 - Ingram Activated
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/11/1989
SV2 is assigned new AV 98 Ingrams. Asuma and Ota go to Shinohara Heavy Industries to pick them up. Noa also heads there to take her labor aptitude test. When someone steals one of the Ingrams, Noa gives chase.
#5 - Red Labor Landing
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/13/1989
Noa and Asuma are sent to investigate a terrorist who is going to steal a military labor of the Soviet Armed Forces.
#6 - Labor X-10, Out of Control!
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/15/1989
Runaway Labor X-10 is loose in the forest. Division 2 is sent to go stop it.
#7 - The Suspicious Pair
Season 1 - Episode 28 - Aired 5/9/1990
Noa and Asuma meet a strange duo at an arcade. Later, a strange and powerful labor is revealed.
#8 - Condition Green
Season 1 - Episode 47 - Aired 9/26/1990
Noa goes back to her hometown and sees the grave of her dog Alphonse. Asuma goes to get her when a terrorist comes. Division 1 and 2 must find the terrorist without using weapons since it would cause a fire.
#9 - The Destruction of Special Vehicles!
Season 1 - Episode 29 - Aired 5/23/1990
SV2 orders their lunch from Shanghai Restraunt, as usual. But they never get it. They intend to find out why and won't work until they get their food.
#10 - Griffon Arrives!
Season 1 - Episode 30 - Aired 5/30/1990
Utsumi plans to unveil the Griffon to the public. Meanwhile, H.Q. wants to stand up additional labor divisions, planning to replace the Ingrams with a more economic model.
#11 - Tragedy in the Rain
Season 1 - Episode 31 - Aired 6/6/1990
Division 2 is on duty at the International Labor Show. Asuma takes Noa's movement disk to test out the new economy model. But then, the Griffon is unleashed. He beats up Asuma and Ota. Noa enters the fight after getting her disk back, but the Griffon retreats since it was raining.
#12 - Reunion
Season 1 - Episode 32 - Aired 6/13/1990
The Griffon has crashed and Noa is relieved. However, the Griffon is being fixed up. Kanuka comes back to Tokyo and temporarily takes control of command of Unit 1.
#13 - The Dogs of SCHAFT
Season 1 - Episode 33 - Aired 6/20/1990
Noa and the gang that the Griffon didn't really crash, the crash was faked. SCHAFT must not let Utsumi get to Tokyo, but he gets there. Noa must prepare for the fight against the Griffon.
#14 - Battle at Castle Gate
Season 1 - Episode 34 - Aired 6/27/1990
Noa and Alphonse begin the fight with Bud and the Griffon. Noa is given a rifle to use but she can't use it because there are stupid people in the way. She tries using it like a sword but it didn't work out.
#15 - The Black Giant Has Landed!
Season 1 - Episode 35 - Aired 7/4/1990
Noa and Alphonse continue her fight with the Griffon. But the Griffon gets away in order for Utsumi to escape. Kanuka must go back to America.
#16 - Noa's Big Adventure
Season 1 - Episode 36 - Aired 7/11/1990
Division 2 goes to stay by the mountains for a week for training. While out buying dinner, Noa finds 20,000 yen and goes to find where the money came from all by herself.
#17 - I'm Selling Peace of Mind
Season 1 - Episode 37 - Aired 7/18/1990
Division 2 must get the Patlabor Insurance to cover for the cars they destroyed.
#18 - Mysterious Underground Labyrinth
Season 1 - Episode 38 - Aired 7/25/1990
Something is out stealing stuff from Division 2. It appears to come from an old tunnel. Ota and Shinshi go to check it out. When Division 2 loses contact with them, Noa, Asuma, Hiromi, and Takeo go to find them.
#19 - Mass Market Product Plan
Season 1 - Episode 39 - Aired 8/1/1990
Shinohara Industries has finished the new production model of a police labor. Noa, Ota, and Gomioka tests them. What will they think of them?
#20 - The Painful Coastal Order
Season 1 - Episode 40 - Aired 8/8/1990
People claim to have seen some kind of monster on the beach. Division 2 investigates this.
#21 - Terrorist Rescue
Season 1 - Episode 41 - Aired 8/15/1990
Division 2 must save 2 very lousy terrorists that set off a bomb in the wrong place.
#22 - The Men Who Returned
Season 1 - Episode 42 - Aired 8/22/1990
Three old terrorists team up to steal some money.
#23 - The Working Woman
Season 1 - Episode 43 - Aired 8/29/1990
Momoko Sakurayama is interviewing Noa for "The Working Girl" show. Meanwhile, a sick man steals a labor in order to commit suicide.
#24 - Long Live CLAT
Season 1 - Episode 44 - Aired 9/5/1990
Shige is being sent to New York. However, he gets hurt before he goes and has a dream that he is in New York working with CLAT.
#25 - Vocational Options
Season 1 - Episode 45 - Aired 9/12/1990
Noa is offered to become a pilot for a Helldiver. While Noa tries to make her decision, she must stop a criminal without Alphonse.