Patlabor: The Movie is an anime film that premiered in summer 1989, produced by Production I.G.

About the production: the story comes from an original script, the film runs about 99 minutes and its current status is "finished".

Its main genres are drama, mecha and sci-fi, with themes such as Cyberpunk, Noir, Police and Real Robot.

On AniList, Patlabor: The Movie has an average score of 76%, a very good score, and appears on 19,517 users' lists.

The franchise continues in or follows from: Kidou Keisatsu Patlabor and WXIII Kidou Keisatsu Patlabor.

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 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. (Source: Anime News Network)

Official synopsis from AniList.