Patlabor I: The Movie (1990) Rating: Starring: Shigeru Chiba, William Dufries, Lisa Enochs, Doug Erholtz, Blair Fairman Director: Mamoru Oshii Category: Foreign, Animation Studio: Ryko Discs Subtitles: English, Japanese Length: 100 mins     "A must-see for both hard-core anime fans as well as newcomers alike."-Animeco The year is 1999 and Tokyo's Mobile Police have a new weapon in the war on crime -- advanced robots called Labors are used to combat the criminals who would use the new technology for illegal means.The suicide of a mysterious man on the massive Babylon Project construction site sets off a cascade of events that may signal the destruction of Tokyo.What is the connection between the suicide, the new Mobile Police AV-XO Zero Labor, and a berserk prototype tank? When Patlabor cops Noah Izumi and Azuma Shinohara investigate an unexplained wave of rogue Labors' rampaging across the city, they uncover a sinister revenge plot to infect Tokyo's eight thousand Labor population with the deadly BABEL virus.With the future of the city hanging in the balance and a typhoon poised to trigger the devastation, Noah, Azuma and their teammates must destroy the source of the virus -- the giant Babylon Project tower in Tokyo Bay -- in a die hard battle to the finish. Patlabor 1: The Movie is a science-fiction police drama set against a tale of danger and high-tech revenge.