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Synopses for Patlabor On Television
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Division 2
are on hand to provide security at the Tokyo
International Labor Show. Utsumi and Bud meet Noa and
Asuma again while looking at the new Economy Ingram.
Utsumi realises for the first time that they're from
Division 2. Bud and Utsumi are actually there to plot
their attack on them. Asuma decides to test the new
Ingram without telling Captain Gotoh. Ota unhappy at
the situation decides to challenge him with his
Ingram. Suddenly a truck collides with the Labors and
gas starts pouring out creating a smoke screen. The
Griffin Labor smashes out of the truck and starts
attacking Ota. Noa is unable to help him as Asuma is
using her movement disc in the Economy Ingram. Both
Ingram labors are defeated and an injured Asuma passes
the disc back to Noa. The Griffin attempts to take
Ota's moment disc, but Noa begins to fight. Rain
causes the smoke screen to disperse and Bud is given
orders to retreat. To everyone's amazement the Griffin
Labor takes off and flies like a jet. Meanwhile
Kumagami sees a car nearby and asks them to leave the
area. Inside is Utsumi who is giving Bud directions
via radio. Kumagami recognises him as Richard Wong.
Utsumi's driver panics and shoots Kumagami and they
flee from the scene. Screenplay by Satoshi Namiki.
The
members of the SV2 discuss yesterday's events. How
could the Labor fly, and who has manufactured it? At
least they have demonstrated to headquarters that the
Economy Ingram isn't good enough for police work, and
thankfully Asuma and Kumagami are both in a
satisfactory condition in hospital. Meanwhile the
remains of the Griffin are found in the Chiba
Mountains. In reality Schaft have faked the crash
landing and destruction of the Labor and have taken
Bud and the Griffin to a safe place. Kumagami gives
Detective Matsui a description of Richard Wong for a
police sketch. Asuma who is visiting Kumagami's room
sees the picture and identifies him as Utsumi. Asuma
suddenly makes the connection between him, Schaft and
the Griffin. Matsui goes to Schaft to talk to Utsumi.
The manager finds out the police are after Utsumi and
immediately orders the cancellation of the project.
But he knows that Utsumi won't give up without a fight
and calls in Schaft Security Systems, or Three-S for
short. They are essentially a private army for Schaft,
and have a bad reputation for getting things done no
matter what the cost. With Three-S coming to Japan,
Kanuka returns to the SV2 to investigate why Three-S
are there. With Asuma out of action for a while Kanuka
becomes Noa's backup.
Utsumi and
Kurosaki are cornered by Three-S, but escape with the
Griffin. The division manager of Schaft orders Three-S
to capture them. Captain Gotoh discovers that the
crash was faked, and the Griffin Labor is still out
there somewhere. Noa is upset at the news. She doesn't
want to fight it. After Three-S track Utsumi down, he
decides to take the Griffin and flees to Tokyo to show
what it can do. Matsui is in pursuit and tells Gotoh
that they will be entering by boat through the "Castle
Gate", the entrance to the Babylon Project. Three-S
know this too and plan to stop Utsumi there. Division
2 plan to head Three-S off before they get a chance to
attack. Unfortunately Ota's Ingram is still out of
commission, so Noa will have to go it alone.
The
Griffin lands on the far side away from where Division
2 are, and they have race to the other side. Meanwhile
Three-S attempt to ambush the Griffin but several of
their Labors are destroyed. Asuma, who has been
discharged from hospital, watches the events on TV and
tries to find away to get the the scene. He has been
ordered not to go. Sasaki decides he can come with him
to deliver a back up battery by helicopter. Noa goes
in to attack but Momoko Sakuryama's TV crew arrive and
she can't take a shot at the Griffin because they're
in the way. Three-S decide to blow up the the Griffin
by getting one of it's Labors to attach explosives it
it. The Griffin attacks Noa, she responds by hitting
it with her shotgun, which goes off and almost hits
her. The battle between Noa and the Griffin continues.
Kanuka eventually removes Momoko and her crew so that
Noa can shoot the Griffin. She shoots and the Griffin
dodges and the bullets hits the the Three-S Labor
carrying the explosives, causing a massive fireball.
The fight
continues, and Noa manages to backflip the Griffin. By
now the Griffin is starting to malfunction. It's still
putting up a fight though, smashing Noa's main camera.
Ota tries to help Noa by firing his Labor gun with the
help of Yamazaki, and manages to shoot out it's main
camera. Both machines are heavily damaged, and the
fight will probably not go on for much longer. Utsumi
orders Bud to escape. The Griffin flies off but
crashes in Tokyo Bay. Bud is saved, however the
Griffin sinks to the bottom of the ocean. Asuma, who's
been giving instruction to Noa all this time, rushes
over to Noa's battered Ingram. Inside she's crying.
Utsumi cuts a deal with Schaft to avoid having Three-S
chase him, and escapes Japan with Bud. Though Kanuka's
investigation is unresolved, it is over for now, and
she bids the SV2 farewell again.
Division 2
return to the Police Academy to hone their fighting
skills. Noa is getting a little depressed at the fact
Ota is much better than her, and she's not getting
much credit for her work. One night she sets off to
get dinner for everyone, and sees a few ¥10,000 notes
floating down a stream. She sees this as a big chance
to prove herself and follows the trail of money
upstream. Noa doesn't return to the Training Grounds,
and the team are worried. They come across a local
policeman who tells them a robbery has taken place.
This behaviour is quite unlike her and Division 2 are
now quite worried and begin to search for her.
After Ota
damages a number of cars on a call-out, the SV2's
insurance company sends in an investigator to check up
on the SV2 due to their high amount of claims. Naoyo
Yamada, a middle aged woman from the insurance company
asks Division to re-create the crime. After the
re-creation, she still can't decide if they should
have their insurance renewed or not, so she decides to
stay until their next mission. Though they apprehend
the criminal without any damage, unfortunately the
clean up is a total disaster. Ota is ordered to move
the criminal's truck, but in the process causes
several cars to have an accident which in turn cause a
massive pile up. Then Ota accidentally crushes a
child's bike. Will the SV2 be running without
insurance, or is there hope yet?
Mysterious
things have been happening at the SV2. Food and
alcohol have been disappearing over the time. One
night somebody steals two of the chickens. This causes
fights amongst mechanics, some even blame each other.
But who's the culprit? Nightly patrols commence and a
man is discovered running from the greenhouse that
hoses the tomato plants. The entire SV2 gives chase,
but he mysteriously disappears. Morning brings the
discovery of a manhole. Apparently there is a maze of
tunnels underneath the landfill that was used to
transport material for the site many years ago. They
were abandoned long ago and thought to be disused, but
the criminal is using the tunnels to escape. Ota and
Shinshi are sent down to find him, but after several
hours they fail to make contact. The rest of Division
2 follow, but are having a difficult time with all the
cats and rats down there, and also the fact they are
completely lost. But to add to their woes there is
something else lurking down in the water...
Shinohara
Heavy Industries completes a new prototype version of
the Economy Ingram. Noa, Gomika, and Ota are sent to
help test it out and give feedback to the engineers.
Noa gives the now model a fairly average score, to
which Ota accuses her of bias, because she seems to
love the Ingram so much. But it seems to be an
improvement over the the Ingram in some ways, but
needs some improvement. Jitsuyama, who is heading up
the project, implements the changes and all three
notice the results straight away, even though Noa is
still quite sceptical. Shinohara Heavy Industries are
very pleased with the results. They are so confident
that they suggest that they should have a mock fight
between the prototype Labor and the Ingram. Noa is
chosen to battle the new Economy Ingram much to Ota's
disappointment.
Near a
shrine on the costal village of Shikura, a fishing
boat has an accident and catches fire. The locals
claim a sea monster named Plessie is behind it all.
The coast guard order Division 2 to look into the
matter. Soon the media get involved (including Momoko
Sakurayama), and tourists start coming to the area in
hope of catching a glimpse of the monster. The locals
however seem to be rather well prepared for this
onslaught of tourists. Is it all just a hoax to get
the tourist buck?