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“Mobile Police Patlabor”, set in Tokyo in 1998, was broadcast as a video animation in 1988, and has been popular in media such as movies, manga, novels, and games.
The story is about a world where industrial robot labor has spread. This group of robots are collectively called “Labor.” As crimes committed by Labor increase, the Metropolitan Police Department establishes a new Patlabor unit.
In the story, Tsuchiura City appears as the location of "Shaft Enterprise Japan Tsuchiura Laboratory" that develops the villain Labor robots.
In 2020, exhibitions celebrating the 30th anniversary of Mobile Police Patlabor were held nationwide.
In 2022, an exhibition commemorating the 30th anniversary of Mobile Police Patlabor in Tsuchiura was held at the Tsuchiura Civic Gallery.
In 2023, 15 types of manhole covers designed after Mobile Police Patlabor were made and exhibited at Tsuchiura City Hall from March 24th to April 9th.
These manhole covers are currently installed on the sidewalk between Tsuchiura Station and Kijyo Park. So, we went to see the designed manhole covers.
From April 29, 2023, Tsuchiura City has been distributing coasters with the same designs to those who spread the photos of the designed manhole covers online, limited to 1000 of each type.
The upper part of the manhole cover lists famous places and event names that Tsuchiura City is proud of, the lower part features the name of a particular character or robot, and the corresponding character is drawn in the center.
This time, I’ll introduce 8 of 15 types of the designed manholes covers.
① No.2 is a manhole cover representing "Tsuchiura National Fireworks Festival" and "Izumi Noa ". She is a police officer in the 2nd Platoon of the Special Vehicles Section 2, Metropolitan Police Department, and is in charge of operating Ingram Unit 1.
② No.3 is"Lake Kasumigaura" and "Shinohara Asuma". He is also a police officer of the 2nd Platoon of the Special Vehicles Section 2, Metropolitan Police Department, and is in charge of commanding Unit 1 Ingram.
③ No.6 is "the number one lotus root production area in Japan" and "Housaku-kun". "Housaku-kun" is a versatile agricultural robot that can handle all types of agricultural work, from rice planting to rice harvesting and threshing.
④ No.7 is "Lake Kasumigaura" and "Sea Dock". Sea Dock is an unmanned underwater robot.
⑤ No.8 is "Paraglider" and "Helldiver". Ono, Tsuchiura City, where Komachi no Sato is located, has a hang glider jumping platform. The Helldiver is a Ground Self-Defense Force airborne robot, whose main task is to stop the evil robots attacking from the sky.
⑥ No.10 is "ASURA" and "Griffon and Bud". ASURA OS is an ultra-high-performance OS developed by a certain Lab at the Jonan Institute of Technology. This OS enables robots to move smoothly like living creatures. Bud is a Griffon pilot with an excellent game sense and outstanding piloting talent.
⑦ No.11 is "Shaft Tsuchiura Laboratory" and "Griffon". Griffon is an experimental prototype Labor developed by Shaft Tsuchiura Laboratory, and boasts non-standard performance.
⑧ No.14 is "Special Vehicle 2nd Division 2nd Platoon" and "Ingram Unit 2". This platoon is the department to which the main character, Izumi Noa, belongs, and there is Unit 2 of the "AV-98 Ingram".
The story is about a world where industrial robot labor has spread. This group of robots are collectively called “Labor.” As crimes committed by Labor increase, the Metropolitan Police Department establishes a new Patlabor unit.
In the story, Tsuchiura City appears as the location of "Shaft Enterprise Japan Tsuchiura Laboratory" that develops the villain Labor robots.
In 2020, exhibitions celebrating the 30th anniversary of Mobile Police Patlabor were held nationwide.
In 2022, an exhibition commemorating the 30th anniversary of Mobile Police Patlabor in Tsuchiura was held at the Tsuchiura Civic Gallery.
In 2023, 15 types of manhole covers designed after Mobile Police Patlabor were made and exhibited at Tsuchiura City Hall from March 24th to April 9th.
These manhole covers are currently installed on the sidewalk between Tsuchiura Station and Kijyo Park. So, we went to see the designed manhole covers.
From April 29, 2023, Tsuchiura City has been distributing coasters with the same designs to those who spread the photos of the designed manhole covers online, limited to 1000 of each type.
The upper part of the manhole cover lists famous places and event names that Tsuchiura City is proud of, the lower part features the name of a particular character or robot, and the corresponding character is drawn in the center.
This time, I’ll introduce 8 of 15 types of the designed manholes covers.
① No.2 is a manhole cover representing "Tsuchiura National Fireworks Festival" and "Izumi Noa ". She is a police officer in the 2nd Platoon of the Special Vehicles Section 2, Metropolitan Police Department, and is in charge of operating Ingram Unit 1.
② No.3 is"Lake Kasumigaura" and "Shinohara Asuma". He is also a police officer of the 2nd Platoon of the Special Vehicles Section 2, Metropolitan Police Department, and is in charge of commanding Unit 1 Ingram.
③ No.6 is "the number one lotus root production area in Japan" and "Housaku-kun". "Housaku-kun" is a versatile agricultural robot that can handle all types of agricultural work, from rice planting to rice harvesting and threshing.
④ No.7 is "Lake Kasumigaura" and "Sea Dock". Sea Dock is an unmanned underwater robot.
⑤ No.8 is "Paraglider" and "Helldiver". Ono, Tsuchiura City, where Komachi no Sato is located, has a hang glider jumping platform. The Helldiver is a Ground Self-Defense Force airborne robot, whose main task is to stop the evil robots attacking from the sky.
⑥ No.10 is "ASURA" and "Griffon and Bud". ASURA OS is an ultra-high-performance OS developed by a certain Lab at the Jonan Institute of Technology. This OS enables robots to move smoothly like living creatures. Bud is a Griffon pilot with an excellent game sense and outstanding piloting talent.
⑦ No.11 is "Shaft Tsuchiura Laboratory" and "Griffon". Griffon is an experimental prototype Labor developed by Shaft Tsuchiura Laboratory, and boasts non-standard performance.
⑧ No.14 is "Special Vehicle 2nd Division 2nd Platoon" and "Ingram Unit 2". This platoon is the department to which the main character, Izumi Noa, belongs, and there is Unit 2 of the "AV-98 Ingram".
