

Patlabor: The Movie(1989)
A mysterious suicide and a series of unmanned robot run-aways sparks off a Police investigation into the suspicious software on-board thousands of industrial robots around Tokyo.



Movie: Patlabor: The Movie
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Kanuka Clancy (voice)
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