'Kidou Keisatsu Patlabor: EZY' Reveals Main Cast, Additional Staff, Teaser Promo, Premiere Dates

by DatRandomDude
Jan 19, 8:13 PM | 7 Comments

The official website of the Kidou Keisatsu Patlabor: EZY anime revealed the main cast, additional staff, key visual (pictured above), and a special promotional video on Tuesday.

The eight-episode anime will premiere in three installments in theaters on May 15, August 14, and in March 2027. Episodes one through six, which comprise File 1 and File 2, will be presented in a standalone, omnibus-style format, while episodes seven and eight in File 3 will form a single, continuous storyline.

Voice actors Sumire Uesaka (Tokidoki Bosotto Russia-go de Dereru Tonari no Alya-san) and Kikunosuke Toya (Chainsaw Man) are starring as Touwa Kuga and Kippei Atori, respectively.

Staff
Chief Episode Director: Kouzou Kaihou (Nanatsu no Maken ga Shihai suru episode director)
Display Design: Yoshinori Sayama (Kidou Senshi Gundam: Senkou no Hathaway)
Color Design: Yukiko Itou (Edens Zero)
Director of Photography: Yoshio Ookouchi (One Punch Man 2nd Season)
Editing: Maki Sendo (REAL-T) (Nozomanu Fushi no Boukensha)
CG Production: GAZEN, J.C.Staff CG Department
Sound Director: Kazuhiro Wakabayashi (Bungou Stray Dogs)
Sound Effects: Kaori Yamada (Gimai Seikatsu)
Sound Production: Magic Capsule
Executive Producer: Taro Maki (Pluto)
Producer: Yuuya Machida (Yama no Susume Second Season)
Animation Producer: Yuuji Matsukura (J.C.Staff) (Mewkledreamy)
Distribution: Shochiku ODS Business Office, Bandai Namco Filmworks

Yutaka Izubuchi (RahXephon) is directing the anime at J.C.Staff. Kazunori Itou (Kidou Keisatsu Patlabor) is handling the series composition and penning the script, and Takamitsu Satou (Satsuriku no Tenshi) is designing the characters. Kenji Kawai (Mob Psycho 100) is composing the music.

Created by HEADGEAR—a group consisting of director Mamoru Oshii, screenwriter Kazunori Itou, mecha designer Yutaka Izubuchi, character designer Akemi Takada, and manga artist Masami Yuuki—the Kidou Keisatsu Patlabor (Patlabor: The Mobile Police) mixed media project began with a manga and original video anime in 1988. The franchise has since received two original video anime series, a television anime, and three movies. The third and latest movie, WXIII Kidou Keisatsu Patlabor (Patlabor: WXIII), opened in 2002.

The Kidou Keisatsu Patlabor: Reboot (Mobile Police Patlabor: Reboot) short movie by animation studio Khara, premiered in October 2016.

Teaser Trailer

Source: Comic Natalie

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Finally some good anime news.

Jan 20, 8:09 PM by Gentropy

The EZY website is great! Cant wait to see all the char bios!

Jan 20, 7:06 PM by Mirania

And some folks said that the mecha genre was pretty much dead, lol.

Nice to see another classic mecha title getting more anime love.

Jan 20, 4:32 PM by Adnash

yeah, it is similar to Gundam Hathaway Flash. people may think they try to "emulate" old anime, but when old people make new anime, it's only natural that it will look like old anime. they're not emulating anything, it is just their way of doing things.

it looks good and faithful to the original's tone as far as i'm concerned, complaining about CGI mechs at this point is like kicking someone who's already down. get over it, there's no coming back. it wouldn't look as good as the original even if it was 2D anyway.

Jan 20, 3:14 AM by roquefort

@iThink How would it be co opting a recognizable aesthetic when the original team behind said aesthetic is working on it?

Jan 20, 1:56 AM by ProtoMekka

Got to admit I haven't watched a good mech series in a while, maybe this will scratch that itch!

Jan 20, 12:40 AM by Retro8bit

I was afraid because of the J.C.Staff announcement but this feels like an ultimate fanservice for the Patlabor fans (well... I can't call myself a true fan cause I watched only OVA and first two movies, but still).
CGI mechs never bother me, in most cases I even prefer them instead of 5 fps drawn "mechs" in modern anime shows.

Great, can't wait for the release.

Jan 19, 10:35 PM by kataneer