15/05/2026

Trailer for the anime Patlabor EZY - File 2

While the first compilation film is released in Japanese theaters today, the producer has released the first trailer for the second Patlabor EZY which you can find below along with all the information.

Patlabor EZY consists of eight episodes that will be released in Japanese theaters in three parts: "File 1" on May 15th with the first three episodes; "File 2" on August 14th with the next three; and finally "File 3" in March 2027 with the final episodes, which will tell a two-part story.

The most important work of the collective Headgear, a group of Japanese artists led by Mamoru Oshii and composed of Kazunori Ito (scriptwriter), Akemi Takada (illustrator and character design), Yutaka Izubuchi (mecha design) and Masami Yuki (mangaka), is Kido keisatsu Patlabor, more simply known as Patlabor, which has produced manga, OAV series, television series, feature films (animated and with live actors), video games and models.

The events is now set in the 2030s, with Japan facing increased labor shortage and increased automation via AI. Labors, the piloted mecha that was once considered cutting edge technology for manual labor, has become just another part of life, with piloted Labors themselves increasingly being replaced with autonomous robots. SV-2's job of preventing Labor crimes remains the same even in this age, as they use a tuned-up version of their original SV-98 Ingrams.

The new anime is being produced by J.C. Staff with part of Headgear returning to the project, including mecha designer Yutaka Izubuchi as director, scriptwriter Kazunori Ito as the new story writer, illustrator Akemi Takada as costume designer, and composer Kenji Kawai as the music composer. Taro Maki (Patlabor, Millennium Actress) is the producer. Kanetake Ebikawa (Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury) and Toshiaki Ihara (Evangelion: 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon A Time) are handling the mechanical design. Yoshinori Moriizumi (Pokémon movies) is the CG director produced by GAZEN studios.

Here is the promo and a poster for "File 2":

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