In the future, advanced robotics has created heavy robots ("labors") for use in a variety of functions: construction, fire-fighting, military, and more. However, though the robots are only machines, their operators are also only human—and humans sometimes turn to crime. Since a heavy labor unit can be a dangerous weapon, the police of the future are set to fight fire with fire, using advanced patrol labor units, "patlabors." This is the story of the Second Special Vehicles Division, a motley crew of patlabor policemen and women doing their best to fight crime and live a normal life.
Mobile Police Patlabor has finished airing and it has 47 Episodes. It is also Known as: 機動警察パトレイバー ON TELEVISION, Kido Keisatsu Patlabor, Mobile Police Patlabor ON TELEVISION
Genres: Earth , Science Fiction , Mecha , Japan , Action , Piloted Robot , Asia , Comedy , Working Life , Tokyo , Crime , Future , Cops
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Top 5 Anime Like Mobile Police Patlabor (Kidou Keisatsu Patlabor: On Television) [2026 List]
5. Coyote Ragtime Show
Mister is a "coyote" or space faring outlaw who has been sitting in prison for a year for a traffic offense. Ten days from release, he breaks out with the help of his old partners Bishop and Katana. He then seeks out Franka who has been left in his care by her dead father and takes her on a journey to find her father's treasure. On their heels are the federal investigators Angelica and Chelsea as well as the android assassins of the Criminal Guild, Madame Marciano's Twelve Sisters.
Coyote Ragtime Show has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: コヨーテ ラグタイムショー, Coyote Ragtime Show
4. Solty Rei
In a future-based disaster-ridden city with an enormous gap between the rich and the poor, it is hard to tell which humans are walking around with cybernetic body parts. This makes Roy Revant's job as a renegade bounty hunter/bodyguard-for-hire even more difficult. When a young girl with unbeliveable strength rescues him from a particularly dangerous criminal, Roy realizes that perhaps help can be found in the strangest of places. Joining together with a few others, they engage in a battle to find out the truth behind the giant conglomerates that are supposedly serving mankind and making life better.
Solty, an android who has lost her memory, has escaped and is being hunted by the RUC Security Bureau. She encounters the bounty hunter Roy and he adopts her as his daughter after being hired as a bodygaurd for Miranda.
Solty Rei has finished airing and it has 24 Episodes. It is also Known as: ソルティレイ, SoltyRei
3. Kidou Keisatsu Patlabor: On Television
In the future, advanced robotics has created heavy robots ("labors") for use in a variety of functions: construction, fire-fighting, military, and more. However, though the robots are only machines, their operators are also only human—and humans sometimes turn to crime. Since a heavy labor unit can be a dangerous weapon, the police of the future are set to fight fire with fire, using advanced patrol labor units, "patlabors." This is the story of the Second Special Vehicles Division, a motley crew of patlabor policemen and women doing their best to fight crime and live a normal life.
Mobile Police Patlabor has finished airing and it has 47 Episodes. It is also Known as: 機動警察パトレイバー ON TELEVISION, Kido Keisatsu Patlabor, Mobile Police Patlabor ON TELEVISION
2. Kiddy Grade
After fighting in numerous interstellar wars, mankind forms the Galactic Union to bring stability and to prevent conflicts between different planets. However, disputes between members of the union itself persists. In the Star Century year 0165, the Galactic Organization of Trade and Tariffs (GOTT) was formed. This organization utilizes the superpowered ES taskforce to maintain order. Eclair and Lumiere are two low-ranking ES members who carry out missions for GOTT. However, as they begin to see more and more of the galaxy, they soon realize that what they know about GOTT, the Galactic Union, and even themselves might not be all there is to it...
Kiddy Grade has finished airing and it has 24 Episodes. It is also Known as: キディ・グレイド, Kiddy Grade
1. Bakuretsu Tenshi
In Japan's not-too-distant future, crime has become so common that the government has legalised firearms for citizens to use in self-defence. To combat this new wave of wrongdoing, the Recently Armed Police of Tokyo was established in hopes of hunting down criminals with lethal force.
Kyohei Tachibana is a gifted culinary student who dreams of saving up enough money to become a pastry chef in France. When four young mercenaries ask him to be their cook, he's forced into making a tough choice. As Jo, Meg, Sei, and Amy take on the bloodiest jobs in the chaotic city of Tokyo, Kyohei accepts an imminent descent into the world of crime—and he'll do a lot more than just cooking!
Burst Angel has finished airing and it has 24 Episodes. It is also Known as: 爆裂天使, Bakuretsu Tenshi
