History Anime / WXIIIPatlaborTheMovie3

The film follows detectives Shinichiro Hata (Creator/HiroakiHirata) and Takeshi Kusumi (Katsuhiko Watabiki) who are investigating a strange chain of labor vandalism. They seem random at first, but eventually, the detectives figure out the pattern along with [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever other things]] that only end up making the situation more complicated. Namely, a gigantic fish monster that later is revealed to be called "prototype 13". While on the case, Hata meets a female university professor called Saeko Misaki (Creator/AtsukoTanaka) and develops feelings for her. Unfortunately, [[MadScientist there's more to her than meets the eye]] and as the film goes on their relationship takes a turn for the worse.

The film also stars Takanobu Hozumi as Toshiro Kurusu, Shingo Hiromori as Shizuo Miyanomori, Junpei Morita as Goro Ishihara, Masaru Ikeda as Captain Osumi, Creator/MinnaTominaga as Noa Izumi, Creator/ToshioFurukawa as Asuma Shinohara, Michihiro Ikemizu as Isao Ota, Creator/DaisukeGori as Hiromi Yamazaki and Ryusuke Obayashi as Kiichi Goto.

* CastingGag: It's not the first time Creator/HiroakiHirata has voiced a character who smokes a cigarette before, except the last time [[Manga/OnePiece he was a chef for the Straw Hat Pirates]].

* TechnologicallyBlindElders: Kusumi has an extensive classical record collection at his home.

''WXIII: Patlabor the Movie 3'' (also known as ''Wasted 13'') is an unrelated side-story taking place somewhere between the first and second movies. Chief directed by Fumihiko Takayama, directed by Takuji Endo and produced by Creator/{{Madhouse}}, it barely features the main cast of ''Anime/{{Patlabor}}'', though [[AMechByAnyOtherName labors]] themselves are still visible in the setting and related to the plot.

* UsefulNotes/SignedLanguage: The police consulted a deaf video expert to lip-read a suspect on a video and needed an sign language interpreter to communicate with her.

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Colonel Ishihara orders a JGSDF squad to fire an anti-tank rocket launcher to take out the disabled Ryujin in order to prevent their plan from falling apart. Goto sarcastically calls him out on it.

''WXIII: Patlabor the Movie 3'' (also known as ''Wasted 13'') is an unrelated side-story taking place somewhere between the first and second movies. It barely features the main cast of ''Anime/{{Patlabor}}'', though [[AMechByAnyOtherName labors]] themselves are still visible in the setting and related to the plot.

The film follows detectives Shinichiro Hata (voiced by Creator/HiroakiHirata) and Takeshi Kusumi (Katsuhiko Watabiki) who are investigating a strange chain of labor vandalism. They seem random at first, but eventually, the detectives figure out the pattern along with [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever other things]] that only end up making the situation more complicated. Namely, a gigantic fish monster that later is revealed to be called "prototype 13". While on the case, Hata meets a female university professor called Saeko Misaki (Creator/AtsukoTanaka) and develops feelings for her. Unfortunately, [[MadScientist there's more to her than meets the eye]] and as the film goes on their relationship takes a turn for the worse.

The film follows detectives Shinichiro Hata and Takeshi Kusumi who are investigating a strange chain of labor vandalism. They seem random at first, but eventually, the detectives figure out the pattern along with [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever other things]] that only end up making the situation more complicated. Namely, a gigantic fish monster that later is revealed to be called "prototype 13". While on the case, Hata meets a female university professor called Saeko Misaki and develops feelings for her. Unfortunately, [[MadScientist there's more to her than meets the eye]] and as the film goes on their relationship takes a turn for the worse.

* {{Irony}}: During Hata's time with Saeko, she smokes a cigarette. By the end of the film, [[spoiler:Hata becomes a smoker himself]].

* ClusterFBomb: The only reason why this film is rated R is because of an irate American film director who drops six F bombs, among other expletives, when the film he's working on gets disrupted.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Misaki commits suicide in front of Kusumi, as the monster made from her daughter's mutated cancer cells is finished off by the Self Defence Forces.]]

* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Misaki commits suicide suicide at the end of the film when her daughter is destroyed]].

* DarkerAndEdgier

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Misaki committs suicide in front of Kusumi, as the monster made from her daughter's mutated cancer cells is finished off by the Self Defence Forces.]]

* JadeColoredGlasses: Hata's character developement seems to ultimately lead to this during the course of the film. His partner has a different, more cynical although realistic world view, and [[spoiler: Hata's potential love interest is revealed to be broken on the inside to the point where she created a monster she considers her daughter and kills herself when it is destroyed before her.]]

'''''WXIII: Patlabor the Movie 3''''' (also known as '''''Wasted 13''''') is an unrelated side-story taking place somewhere between the first and second movies. It barely features the main cast of ''Anime/{{Patlabor}}'', though [[AMechByAnyOtherName labors]] themselves are still visible in the setting and related to the plot.

* RoomFullOfCrazy: A Downplayed, but still surprisingly creepy version. [[spoiler: While the rest of Misaki's apartment is plain, even barely furnished, Hata can immediately tell she has a screw loose when he sees a photo of her late daughter blown up to take up an ''entire wall'' of her bedroom.]]

* RoomFullOfCrazy: A Downplayed, but still surprisingly creepy version. [[spoilers While the rest of Misaki's apartment is plain, even barely furnished, Hata can immediately tell she has a screw loose when he sees a photo of her late daughter blown up to take up an ''entire wall'' of her bedroom.]]

* IllGirl: Misaki's daughter died from cancer.

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Colonel Ishira orders a JGSDF squad to fire an anti-tank rocket launcher to take out the disabled Ryujin in order to prevent their plan from falling apart. Goto sarcastically calls him out on it.

The last and darkest of the three movies, ''Patlabor the Movie 3'' falls heavily to the serious side of the SlidingScaleOfSillinessVersusSeriousness. While Mamoru Oshii was only the producer instead of directly working on the film, it is much like ''Anime/JinRoh'' and ''[[Anime/GhostInTheShell Ghost In The Shell Innocence]]'' that he made around the same time, both being very moody and grim.

The film follows detectives Hata and Kusumi who are investigating a strange chain of labor vandalism. They seem random at first, but eventually the detectives figure out the pattern along with [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever other things]] that only end up making the situation more complicated. Namely a gigantic fish monster that later is revealed to be called "prototype 13". While on the case, Hata meets a female university professor called Saeko Misaki and develops feelings for her. Unfortunately, [[MadScientist there's more to her than meets the eye]] and as the film goes on their relationship takes a turn for the worse.

The last and darkest of the three movies, ''Patlabor the Movie 3'' falls heavily to the serious side of the SlidingScaleOfSillinessVersusSeriousness. While Mamoru Oshii was only the producer instead of direcetly working on the film, it is much like ''Anime/JinRoh'' and ''[[Anime/GhostInTheShell Ghost In The Shell Innocence]]'' that he made around the same time, both being very moody and grim.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Misaki committs suicide in front of Kusumi, as the monster made from her daughter's mutated cancer cells is obliterated by the Self Defence Forces.]]

The last and darkest of the three movies, ''Patlabor the Movie 3'' falls heavily to the serious side of the SlidingScaleOfSillinessVersusSeriousness. While Mamoru Oshii was only the producer instead of direcetly working on the film, it is much like ''Anime/JinRoh'' and ''Anime/GhostInTheShellInnocence'' that he made around the same time, both being very moody and grim.