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.
The 2001–2003 Japan Window
247 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. WXIII: Patlabor The Movie 3 sits at position #170.
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 2000s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2000s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when WXIII: Patlabor The Movie 3 premiered. 1020 total titles in this decade from Japan.
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 |