Original subtitles

Labour: A robot specifically designed for construction work.

Labours facilitate dramatic advances in construction, but also in crime.

To combat these new Labour crimes, the police create a special unit: The Patrol Labour.

And thus, the birth of Patlabor.

Yume wo sutenaide me wo sorasanaide

Futari no ai mo kumoru yo

Utsumuita kata wo dakishimeta keredo

Samishisa mune ni tsumotta

Yume wa kimi no buki no hazu da yo

Nee dakara kurushimi mo kirinukete itte

So never cry itsu mo kimi wo mitsumeteru yo

Fair na ikikata no kimi ga suki

So never cry itsu mo kimi no soba ni iru yo

Dakara mata asu e kakedashite

Head to the Mountain of Mystery!

Now, gentlemen, let's sing "The Green Pastures"

Oh, the wide pasture is so green

A sea of grass with winds blowing across

Oh, the wide pasture is so green

Look how overgrown it's become!

Hey!

II H eyll?

Hey, hey, hey, hey!

It isn't "hey." The lyrics are...

"Look how overgrown it's become, eh!"

Right?

I can accept that you're shy, and sing off-key...

but don't ruin the mood for us, okay? It's "eh"! "Eh"!

Hey.

You blockhead! It's "eh!" "Eh!"

We're trying to escape the urban life, become one with nature!

Come on!

What is that?

Something's passed this way!

Passed this way? What could possibly do this?

It was huge, whatever it was!

Something's there!

Don't say that! What if a bear came out? What could we do?

You idiot! There aren't any bears that strong!

You've seen too many monster movies.

What if it's... more than a bear?

That's possible.

You idiot!

Save me! I'm too young to die!

I want to get married!

Hey, it's just a Labour!

The hand of man takes hold in the forest this far.

How dare it scare us like that!

It wasn't my fault!

Did you hear that?

That didn't sound like a Labour.

Hello, 119 Emergency. Yes?

A monster?

You saw a ten-metre-tall bear? Oh, it might have been a cat.

A monkey?

Listen, the police don't have time to chase hallucinations.

Maybe you should call the self-defence force.

Hold on!

We can't give this to the army. It's our jurisdiction.

I'm afraid we must call... THEM.

A mysterious giant creature?

We're not really equipped to handle that.

Yes, but...

What was that?

Monster control.

Thank goodness my team isn't on call this week.

Have a heart.

Monsters? It's got to be a false alarm.

But it's a good opportunity for sight-seeing.

...So we're heading out. Any questions?

Yes, Sir! Where are we going, and what we do there?

Do I have to tell you?

Won't you tell us anything?

There are some perplexing elements to the original report.

There may or may not be... a giant creature in the forest.

You mean... a MONSTER!

It's obviously a Labour.

There have been cases of Labours in costume.

Really?

Can this monster fly?

It's a LABOUR.

No one's perfected a Labour that can move like an animal.

But all the animals that size are extinct.

What about an elephant?

Let's go kill it! We can identify it afterwards!

I suppose so.

We're sure of it! Parts from the Labour fell everywhere!

These are definitely parts.

So where's the main body? Did your monster scare it away?

No, it was far too damaged to move! But it was here! We all saw it!

And then there was a cry that came from the depths of Hell!

It came from the heart of the forest, with huge, evil eyes!

It's absolutely true! Don't you believe us?

It's hard to believe in an animal that's ten metres tall.

But it's true!

Then there's the issue of your vanishing Labour.

My backpack!

Something was chewing on it!

It was after our food. Does a Labour need food?

This proves it!

Something's been drooling on my backpack!

Maybe we should turn back, and wait for the Labour team.

Good ideal! Let's go!

Get down! Crawl so it doesn't see you.

Hurry! Get in the car!

What was that?

Do you believe us now?

In 30 years, I've never seen anything like that!

So that means... it must be one of THOSE...

One of what?

It's a space alien!

Glad you're here.

So, this is the pride of HQ.

They've been called money sinks, jokes, and a useless waste.

But still, this really is the pride of HQ.

What's the situation?

There really is something out there. Take a look at that.

So it's true.

Yes.

We'll get right to it.

Wait. I don't suppose...

You want it captured alive?

A monster could really boost tourism. That's what they're thinking down in City Hall.

Lieutenant, don't we have instructions yet?

Just a little longer, please.

In a worst-case scenario, couldn't we just have it stuffed?

Procedure when confronting a target...

1: Call for a surrender over the speaker.

2: Thrust the baton into a non-critical component.

Officer Izumi, those are the procedures for a manned Labour.

Yes, but the manual doesn't say anything about monsters.

Against another Labour, the Ingram's speed is its main advantage in a fight.

But you'd have a very tough time against a live animal.

You sound so happy.

Labour vs. Giant Monster! It stirs the blood, doesn't it?

How could you?

Time for a council of war!

He's peculiar.

Any ideas on strategy?

We must play it by ear. We don't know enough to plan a strategy.

Sorry, that was poorly worded.

When we find the beast...

should we prioritise offence or defence?

Come on... he's the pilot of Unit 2.

Lieutenant, can we go now?!

Why'd I bother to ask?

Here it comes!

It's coming!

Dauphin

Crab-man

Over here! The trail leads back toward the mountains!

Team 2 is on the south trail.

Team 3 has the western trail-head.

The carriers and Team 1 are at the central trail-head.

With no warning, my birds suddenly flew into a panic!

It was after the birds! See, look! They took off in the direction of Seashore Hill!

A huge black thing appeared! THIS big!

A huge black thing?

I've lived here nigh on 60 years, and I've never seen anything like it!

So anyway...

It must be a carnivore, if it's after birds.

It must have run out of food in the mountains.

But if it can't find enough to eat...

It may start attacking people.

That fool! Doesn't he remember we're back here?

Is he really a policeman? He keeps changing course.

And look at this path of destruction!

Unit 2, try to move a bit more efficiently.

The monster isn't worried about being efficient.

This ancient forest isn't your enemy.

What's the fuss if I knock over a few useless trees?

Gyah!

You big idiot!

We'll beat him to a pulp!

Calm down, you men!

Lieutenant, even if the target does head this way...

are you sure it'll come out here?

There's a good chance. Don't you agree, Yamazaki?

Well, an animal will usually follow the easiest path.

And all the trails come out here.

I just hope something happens before it gets dark.

Which way should I go?

We'll be here forever if we keep following you.

Let's check the thermograph data.

Right!

Hey, watch it!

He's a troublemaker!

That's right. I've said so since the start!

There's something!

There!

Wait, it's too big, and its heat signature is too concentrated.

No time for details!

We can't let it escape!

Hold on! It isn't a living creature. It looks like a standard-model Labour.

A target's a target.

I'll bet it surrenders after one shot!

Ota, to your left!

The left!

Ow! Hot hot hot!

Bullets!

Ah! You don't have any reserve bullets!

Explain that shoddy marksmanship!

We don't have any more bullets!

Then I'll use raw strength!

Enough excuses! Your heat source is getting away!

Those were gunshots.

He fired all six. I'll bet he didn't hit anything.

This is command car 2.

Well?

It's on its way.

We're handling the additional target.

An additional target?

Over and out.

What's she talking about?

Positions, everyone. Here it comes.

Noa, let's go!

Let's go! We can't let it get past us!

There they go.

You're sending her on this mission?

That's her job.

Submit!

Let me explain...

We'll handle this! Go help Unit 1!

Roger!

Target approaching!

200! 150! 100! 50!

Here it comes!

Roger!

Why, you!

What are you doing, Noa?

Come along quietly!

I don't think it understands!

This is terrifying!

Shinshi, Yamazaki.

Spread out... it's coming back your way.

I repeat, it's heading back toward you.

Here it comes! Grab it!

Roger!

Where'd it go?

Where is it? Where is it?

Calm down. Animals are most dangerous when they're cornered.

THERE IT IS!

Noa!

You'll not use that trick twice!

Noa, use your baton!

You won't get away this time! Take this!

Good work. Capture successful.

How dare you use my precious Pat-chan as a stepping stone!

Take that! And that and that and that!

Isumi! I want some of the action!

Take this!

No, Ota, don't! You'll kill him!

Out of my way!

Don't! That's enough! He's stopped attacking! Ota!

Oh, so you want to fight me, too?

That's not what I said!

Then get out of my way!

No, Ota, stop!

Fine, fine. Good work.

Hello?

...so it was a creation of a medical lab in the mountains.

After its growth spurt, they planned to destroy it...

but the creature escaped, first.

So they tried to capture it with a Labour?

But when it beat their Labour, they hauled off the scrap.

They wanted to hide the evidence.

What a nusiance!

They won't kill him, will they?

You're worried, after you tried so hard to beat it to a pulp?

But he hasn't done anything wrong!

Can they give him to a zoo? Or maybe a school could raise him.

What was it, anyway?

A bear.

I thought it looked like a cat.

I think it was a mole.

No, I think it was a giant rat.

The Keukegen Hair Monster!

No, it was a giant black panda.

There's no such thing.

That's because they just invented it!

I still think it was the Hair Monster!

All right, let's go.

Yes, Sir!

What a crew!

Oh, the wide pasture is so green

A sea of grass with winds blowing across

Oh, the wide pasture is so green

Look how overgrown it's become!

Hey!

Dakishimete Midnight Blue

Konya reiji no bus ni nottara

Midnight Blue

Ichido kiri nara dekiru hazu dakara

Yume ni hikizurare

Ore wa ase mamire no lonely

Hanashi aite no TV switch hipparu

Ashita ichinichi wa

Akogareta machi no gomi no naka

Hayaku main street no sawaritai no sa

Manazashi dake wa itsu demo

Ue wo muiteru tsumori

Tatta hitotsu no michi dakara

Dakishimete Midnight Blue

Konya reiji no bus ni nottara

Midnight Blue

Ichido kiri nara dekiru hazu dakara

Midnight Blue

Konya reiji no bus ni nottara

Midnight Blue

Ichido kiri nara dekiru hazu dakara

This story is fiction... but in 10 years, who knows?

Okay, team, let's get moving.

Lieutenant, where are we going? I'm not really sure.

"Project X-10" went haywire... and we have to clean up the mess.

Remember, this is a Top Secret operation.

This sounds like a tough one.

You're right.

Next Episode: "Labour X-10, Out of Control!"

Target, Lock On!

Next episode: Labour X-10, Out of Control!