TV series

Patlabor: The New Files

1990–1992 · 1 season

A relaxed, character-driven police procedural with occasional robot action, balancing workplace comedy and light drama.

Tagline: Target...Lock On!
Overview: Special Vehicles Division 2 is back on duty, along with their Ingram Patrol Labor (Patlabor) robots. Using their courage as well as the Ingrams, Captain Goto's motley crew of officers battle crime in Tokyo city. They also deal with their personal lives, as well as the supernatural.
How it feels: Warm, light, tense and whimsical. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Work, friendship, crime, technology
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
Note: Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

Your rating is saved. See your suggestions, or find titles like this one below.

Rate it, and Mesmero finds titles that feel like it. You do not need an account.

Add to a list: Patlabor: The New Files

In the USNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.

In your watch list

More like this

Like Patlabor: The New Files, but

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown

Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: work
friendship
crime
technology
identity
Places: big city
workplace
Era: near-future
Audience: teen
Form: serialised
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild