History Anime / Patlabor2TheMovie

* PoliceAreUseless: Captains Gotoh and Nagumo may have a better grasp of the situation. But their superiors are ObstructiveBureaucrats more concerned with protecting the civilian administration and their ambitions and careers.

''Anime/{{Patlabor}} 2: The Movie'' is a 1993 RealRobot ConspiracyThriller [[AnimatedFilms anime film]] written by Creator/KazunoriIto and directed by Creator/MamoruOshii.

* ThrowAwayCountry: Could be averted. According to an interview with the production crew, the country that shows up in the prologue of the second movie has background references to suggest that it can be Cambodia. Which does lead to TruthInTelevision since Japanese soldiers and police officers were deployed in Cambodia, years after the end of the Second Pacific War as [=UN=]-mandated personnel.

* BittersweetEnding: Good grief is it! [[spoiler: Nagumo stops Tsuge, the only man she has ever loved from his attacks. But he will spend the rest of his life behind bars. Countless people have died, and the shockwaves will affect the Japanese Government for decades. Goto's love will remain unrequited, and Division 2 will more than likely not work together again.]]

The film was followed in production order by the {{interquel}} ''Anime/WXIIIPatlaborTheMovie3'' in 2002.

* ShownTheirWork: The JASDF interception sequence has been [[https://taskandpurpose.com/culture/realistic-aerial-combat-movie-patlabor-2/ critically praised]] as one of the most accurate fictional depictions of modern air combat ever.

* ADayInTheLimelight: This is very much a film about Shinobu Nagumo, who is usually a MauveShirt or HeroOfAnotherStory since she leads Division 1 when the franchise usually focuses on Division 2. Nagumo is the viewpoint character for much of the film, as well as the BigBad's ex-lover.

* ADayInTheLimelight: This is very much a film about Shinobu Nagumo, who is usually a MauveShirt or HeroOfAnotherStory since she leads Division 1 when the franchise usually focuses on Division 2.

* FantasyConflictCounterpart: The battle that Tsuge experiences in TheTeaser was inspired by the JSDF's participation in the UN peacekeeping mission in Cambodia in the early '90s, which writer Creator/KazunoriIto and director Creator/MamoruOshii both opposed. It's part of a larger commentary on the political debate in Japan over the legacy of its imperialism in the first half of the 20th century--which, as Gotoh notes in one scene, "ended in Hiroshima and defeat"--and what role the country should play in world affairs, for example the controversy over amending [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_9_of_the_Japanese_Constitution Article 9]].

''Anime/{{Patlabor}} 2: The Movie'' is a 1993 RealRobot {{thriller}} anime film written by Creator/KazunoriIto and directed by Creator/MamoruOshii.

* CoolPlane: The fictional [[http://mekamo.web.fc2.com/021_HELLHOUND.html AH-88 Hellhound]] actually out-cools most of the HumongousMecha. Also the canard-winged F-15J variants used by the (then) future JASDF.

''Patlabor 2: The Movie'' is a 1993 RealRobot thriller anime film directed by Creator/MamoruOshii, and part of the ''Anime/{{Patlabor}}'' franchise.

* FictionalConflictCounterpart: The battle that Tsuge experiences in TheTeaser was inspired by the JSDF's participation in the UN peacekeeping mission in Cambodia in the early '90s, which writer Creator/KazunoriIto and director Creator/MamoruOshii both opposed. It's part of a larger commentary on the political debate in Japan over the legacy of its imperialism in the first half of the 20th century--which, as Gotoh notes in one scene, "ended in Hiroshima and defeat"--and what role the country should play in world affairs, for example the controversy over amending [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_9_of_the_Japanese_Constitution Article 9]].

Two years after the events of the first movie. The men and women of Division 2 have mostly moved on with their lives. But sinister forces working behind the scenes are attempting to bring down the government. A group called 'The Defence family' are seeking to draw attention to the lack of preparation that Japan would have in any future war. The group are staging violent attacks that shock Tokyo.

* CoolPlane: The fictional [[http://mekamo.web.fc2.com/021_HELLHOUND.html AH-88 Hellhound]] actually out-cools most of the HumongousMecha.
* DarkerAndEdgier: A Creator/TomClancy thriller as an anime.[[note]]Many critics compare the movie to technothriller novels, especially Tom Clancy.[[/note]] A cabal of JSDF personnel, defense contractors and other conspirators attempt to bring down the Japanese government.

* EagleLand: It's mentioned that the U.S. has threatened to take military action and deploy USFJ troops if the Japanese can't get their house in order.

* ShootingGallery: [[TriggerHappy Otah]] gets chewed out for not only shooting an automated target, but [[CoupDeGrace charging in to smash it up with his baton afterwards]], destroying an expensive piece of equipment.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: The members of division 2 can't remain a RagtagBunchOfMisfits forever. By the second film Noa Izumi and Asuma Shinohara are now testing new Labors at a facility run by the Metropolitan Police. Isao Ota is a police academy Labor instructor. Mikiyasu Shinshi has since been reassigned as the Tokyo Metropolitan Police's head of General Affairs.Goto and Nagumo remain though. Having displeased their higher-ranking superiors.

* EagleLand: It's mentioned that the U.S. has threatened to take military action if the Japanese can't get their house in order.

* DarkerAndEdgier: A TomClancy thriller as an anime. A cabal of JSDF personnel, defense contractors and other conspirators attempt to bring down the Japanese government.

!!''Anime/Patlabor2TheMovie'' provides examples of the following tropes:

* DarkerAndEdgier: A TomClancy thriller as an anime. A cabal of Japanese officers and other conspirators attempt to bring down the Japanese government.

* ShootingGallery: [[TriggerHappy Otah]] gets chewed out for not only shooting an automated target, but [[CoupDeGrace charging in to smash it up with his baton afterwards]], destroying an expensive piece of equipment.

* RealityEnsues: The members of division 2 can't remain a RagtagBunchOfMisfits forever. By the second film Noa Izumi and Asuma Shinohara are now testing new Labors at a facility run by the Metropolitan Police. Isao Ota is a police academy Labor instructor. Mikiyasu Shinshi has since been reassigned as the Tokyo Metropolitan Police's head of General Affairs.Goto and Nagumo remain though. Having displeased their higher-ranking superiors.

As the stakes rise, the former members of Division 2 must reunite to stop the terrorists and the chaos that has ensnared in Tokyo.

* BittersweetEnding:

* TheChessmaster: Yukihito Tsuge, the stoic BigBad of the second film, fits this quite succinctly, driving Tokyo to the brink of civil war while never once getting his hands dirty himself.

* DarkerAndEdgier:

* RealityEnsues: The members of division 2 can't remain a RagtagBunchOfMisfits forever. By the second film Noa Izumi and Asuma Shinohara are now testing new Labors at a facility run by the Metropolitan Police. Isao Ota is a police academy Labor instructor. Mikiyasu Shinshi has since been reassigned as the Tokyo Metropolitan Police's head of General Affairs.