Pat's Labor

Pat's Labor: Patlabor: The Movie

Biblical allegories and autonomous Patlabor's abound in the series first feature outing. We discover that while a bigger budget lets the animators shine even more brightl

Pat's Labor: SV2, Go North!

Going into this episode we were all wondering, how would Patlabor follow up it's 2-part thrill ride and cap off the OVA with it's seventh and final episode. Do we found o

Pat's Labor: The SV2's Longest Day (Part 2)

After the previous episodes simmering political tensions and noir tone, it was really an open question if Patlabor could top itself. Well guess what!? It did! The SV2's L

Pat's Labor: The SV2's Longest Day (Part 1)

What’s a coup look like? For better or worse, we’ve had a number of answers to that question. In the world of 1989’s original Patlabor OVA, Mamoru Oshii imagined the long

Pat's Labor: The Tragedy of L

After a brief Kaiju pivot, Patlabor is back to real police work, like using firearms irresponsibly and solving ghost mysteries. The ghosts of the labor movement are also

Pat's Labor 03: The 450 Million Year Old Trap

Just when we're starting to get a handle on what Patlabor is, we reach the 3rd episode of The Early Days and are treated to a loving tribute to... Kaiju movies? And speak

Pat's Labor 02: Longshot

On the second episode of Pat's Labor, Toussaint, Clayton and Pat talk about the intersection of unions and environmentalism as The Early Days starts exploring how climate

Pat's Labor 01: Second Unit, Move Out!

Welcome to episode 1 of Pat's Labor, a podcast about the anime Patlabor and Pat (Gill's) labor to bring his cohost Toussaint Egan and Clayton Ashley a related labor issue