Common Crossover: GotÅ gets loads of physical comparison to Koi wa Ameagari no You Ni's Kondou Masami, to the point where many crossover fanarts would have the two men meet or their peers confusing the two of them with each other. It gets so prominent that the character designer for Patlabor ended up drawing an obinote the paper strip that wraps horizontally around the book cover for the manga.
Superlative Dubbing: The first two films' Manga Entertainment dubs are excellent, but especially the dub for the second film, and Peter Marinker's turn as Goto is the best of any English voice actor. Bandai Visual's 2006 redubs were technically quite good, if never quite spectacular, and certainly not nearly as memorable as the original mid-90s efforts.
, the comeback answer was "This show exists. It's called Pat Labor."
