As of July 2026, Patlabor: The TV Series Season 1 aired in 1989 with 47 episodes. Full episode guide and where to watch below.

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Patlabor: The TV Series Season 1

1989 47 Episodes Comedy · Animation ⭐ 7/10

Right now you can watch Patlabor: The TV Series Season 1 on streaming — and it is funnier than its reputation suggests. The show says what it needs to say in a single season, no filler. With 28 viewer ratings on TMDB, this is not a title flying under the radar. Mina Tominaga's performance alone is worth the time investment. Available now — press play and find out why people keep recommending it.

There is a reason Patlabor: The TV Series Season 1 keeps coming up in conversation. Patlabor: The TV Series Season 1 does what great comedies rarely manage — it is actually funny, consistently, across the whole run. Season 1 of Patlabor: The TV Series includes 47 episodes. It aired from October 1989 to September 1990. This season stars Mina Tominaga, Ryusuke Ohbayashi and Toshio Furukawa. Mina Tominaga and Ryusuke Ohbayashi lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 1989. Patlabor: The TV Series Season 1 earns its laughs from character rather than situation, which is why it does not wear thin the way pure farce tends to. It delivers reliably on what it promises, which is more than most of its competition manages.

For viewers who want something light without wanting something stupid, Patlabor: The TV Series Season 1 respects your intelligence. It stands on its own even without an obvious comparison point. Short enough to finish in a weekend, substantial enough to feel satisfying. Mina Tominaga's comic timing carries it through its weaker moments. The kind of comedy you recommend to someone who claims they do not watch much.

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🎬 Patlabor: The TV Series Season 1 — Episode Guide

Ingram Activated

SV2 is going to get new AV 98 ingrams soon. Asuma and Ota go to Shinohara Heavy Industries to get it. Noa also heads there to take her labor aptitude test. When someone steals the ingram, Noa goes to save it.

Kanuka Has Come

Kanuka comes to Japan from America. She participates in a labor combat tournament. Noa and the gang also compete in it.

Noa must adapt to living in SV2.

Head to the Mountain of Mystery!

A monster is seen somewhere in the forest. The police sends SV2 to go capture the monster.

Runaway Labor X-10

Runaway Labor X-10 is loose in the forest. Division 2 is sent to go stop it.

Tower 1 of Tower City gets on fire. Division 1 and 2 go to stop it and save the people in the fire.

Glorious Type 97 Modified

The new 97 model is visiting Division 2.

Noa, Asuma, and Hiromi are sent to investigate on a tree. People believe that there is curse on the tree.

Red Labor Landing

Noa and Asuma are sent to investigate on a terrorist who is gonna steal a red labor, a military labor.

Kanuka's grandma from Hawaii visits Tokyo for Christmas. Then she suddenly disappears. The only clue to find her is "The Christmas of 50 years ago". When they try to find her, they are called off to duty.

Kanuka's grandma is still missing. Shinshi and some guy is sent to go find her. Kanuka uses Ota's labor to help Noa in the mission.

Ohta's One Troubled Afternoon

Ota is having an arranged marriage. Noa and the gang helps Ota out on his dates.

Gently, Your Highness

A prince from the desert joins Division 2 for a couple of days so he can establish a labor team at his homeland. A sniper is out to kill the prince, so Division 2 goes to stop him.

Goto takes Division 2 out to drink in order for them to get to know each other more.

The Whale That Sang a Song

An endangered humpback whale enters the Tokyo Bay. The city and Division 2 try to get the whale to leave the bay and go back to the ocean.

The Unit Crosses the Sea

Noa's hometown is having a winter festival and Division 2 is helping out. They also try to help out a boy named Satoru who hates labors.

Target, Chief Goto

Goto starts to act very strangely lately. Also, there are a lot of random attacks coming at Goto. Could these attacks have anything to do why Goto is acting strangely?

I Love Noa-sempai

A famous entertainer named Kana is joining Division 2 for one week. Everybody is trying to teach Kana how to pilot a labor. A crime gang tries to kidnap Kana so they can get one of Division 2's ingrams. However, they accidently steal Noa. Now, they have to save Noa without having to give the gang on...

Shadow in Geo-Front

A terrorist implants a bomb in Geo-City. Division 2 go to disarm the bomb. Kanuka goes on the mission with Noa instead of Ota.

Movement in the Dark

Noa and Asuma get into a fight concerning Asuma's personal life. When Division 2 get's assigned a special mission, Asuma is sent to Hajioji to pick up Unit 3.

🎭 Cast of Patlabor: The TV Series Season 1

Mina Tominaga

Mina Tominaga

Noa Izumi (voice)

Ryusuke Ohbayashi

Ryusuke Ohbayashi

Captain Kiichi Goto (voice)

Toshio Furukawa

Toshio Furukawa

Asuma Shinohara (voice)

Michihiro Ikemizu

Michihiro Ikemizu

Isao Ota (voice)

YI

Yo Inoue

Clancy Kanuka (voice)

Issei Futamata

Issei Futamata

Shinshi Mikiyasu (voice)

Yoshiko Sakakibara

Yoshiko Sakakibara

Captain Shinobu Nagumo (voice)

Akio Otsuka

Sergeant Tsutomu Gomioka (voice)

Daisuke Gori

Daisuke Gori

Hiromi Yamazaki (voice)

Osamu Saka

Osamu Saka

Chief Seitaroh Sakaki (voice)

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