Japan Synopsis
WXIII 機動警察パトレイバー
Set in the year 2000 (between the events of Patlabor and Patlabor 2), when the level of Labor accidents begin to escalate around Tokyo Bay, police detectives Kusumi and Hata are assigned to investigate. What they discover leads to a series of government cover-ups, conspiracy concerning a new biological weapon entitled WXIII-Wasted Thirteen and a tragic, personal connection to Hata. The only hope to stop this threat is to cooperate with the military and lead WXIII into a showdown with the Labors of Special Vehicle Division 2.
Action + Animation in Japan
1178 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Action and Animation genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding WXIII: Patlabor The Movie 3 itself).
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with WXIII: Patlabor The Movie 3. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
The 2001–2003 Japan Window
WXIII: Patlabor The Movie 3 holds position #170 of 247 Japan films in the 2001–2003 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2000s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in Japan, 1020 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when WXIII: Patlabor The Movie 3 premiered alongside 81 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 81 other Japan films in 2002.
The 1418th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
36 audience reviews — more than 56% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (56th percentile) outruns trending popularity (35th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #3,300 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (28th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.5 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Action productions specifically: #1,289 of 1,714 (top 75%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Bandai Digital Entertainment, Emotion, Headgear, Madhouse, Omnibus Japan |
| Runtime | 1h 47m |
| Release Date | March 30, 2002 |
| IMDb | tt0318819 |